ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: BUT UNTIL WE WANT WHAT GOD WANTS MORE THAN WE WANT WHAT
WE WANT, UNTIL YOU WANT WHAT GOD WANTS MORE THAN YOU EVEN WANT
WHAT YOU WANT, UNTIL YOU CAN SAY TO GOD AND MEAN IT, "THIS IS
WHAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE GOD, BUT PLEASE DON'T GIVE IT TO ME IF
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT ME TO HAVE," OOH HOO!
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: TONIGHT, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF THE CONDITION OF YOUR HEART.
WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF YOUR HEART?
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR PHYSICAL HEART.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE HEART OF MAN, THE DEEPEST PART OF OUR
BEING, WHAT GOD CALLS OUR HEART.
ARE YOU CONTENT?
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE?
ARE YOU TRUSTING GOD EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE
THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND?
OR MAYBE IS YOUR HEART FULL OF CONFUSION AND JUST NOT SO
CONTENT IN THERE?
ARE YOU HAPPY FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE BLESSED?
HOW ABOUT WHEN THEY GET WHAT YOU WANT, AND YOU DON'T GET IT?
YOU STILL HAPPY?
YOU TRUST GOD ENOUGH TO SAY, "WELL, GOD, IF YOU DIDN'T GIVE
THAT TO ME, THEN IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR ME YET, AND YOU'VE GOT
SOMETHING BETTER IN MIND FOR ME.
AND I KNOW YOU LOVE ME, AND YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE ME
OUT OF YOUR BLESSINGS."
AND IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE A HAPPY HEART.
IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE A TRUSTING HEART.
HOW MUCH SUSPICION YOU GOT RUNNING AROUND IN THERE?
ARE YOU ANGRY AT SOMEONE?
IS THERE RESENTMENT IN YOUR HEART?
ARE YOU MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT UPSET WITH GOD BECAUSE LIFE
HASN'T TURNED OUT QUITE LIKE YOU EXPECTED IT TO?
YOU HAVE SOME CRITICISMS AND JUDGMENT, SOME LUSTFUL THOUGHTS.
YOU KNOW, GOD CALLS US TO HAVE A PERFECT HEART.
AND THE WORD "PERFECT" CAN BE VERY FRIGHTENING TO US, BUT I
CAN TELL YOU THIS, THAT I DON'T BELIEVE AS LONG AS WE'RE IN
A HUMAN BODY WE'LL EVER HAVE PERFECT BEHAVIOR, BUT I
DO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN HAVE A PERFECT HEART.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU'RE NOT SURE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
AND IT HAPPENS THROUGH GROWING, THROUGH GROWING.
NONE OF US HAVE ARRIVED, BUT WE CAN GROW.
AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD WOULD RATHER HAVE SOMEBODY WITH
A PERFECT HEART--AND LET'S JUST SAY FOR A MINUTE THAT A PERFECT
HEART IS SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT WITH ALL YOUR
HEART, OKAY?
SO SEE, WHEN I SAID YOU CAN HAVE A PERFECT HEART, YOU ALL WENT...
I MEAN, SOME OF YOU CLAPPED, BUT YOU WERE KIND OF LIKE...
BUT SEE, I DON'T DO WHAT'S RIGHT IN EVERY SITUATION EVERY DAY OF
MY LIFE.
MATTER OF FACT, EVERY DAY I PROBABLY DON'T DO SOMETHING
RIGHT.
BUT I WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
AMEN?
AND IF YOU WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT--AND PROBABLY A LOT OF YOU
FEEL THAT WAY OR YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE OUT HERE TONIGHT.
I MEAN, UNLESS YOU DID JUST GO--YOU LIKE EVENTS, OR YOU LIKE
WHATEVER'S AT THE DOME, OR I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW.
YOU JUST THINK I'M A FUNNY LADY OR WHATEVER, SO YOU KNOW.
BUT USUALLY PEOPLE WHO WILL COME TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AFTER
THEY'VE WORKED ALL DAY, AND SOME OF YOU'VE TRAVELED AND YOU'VE
GOTTEN HOTELS AND STUFF, YOU WANT TO LEARN, YOU WANT TO GROW,
YOU KNOW.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE'RE HERE TONIGHT THAT I'M
NOT--WE'RE NOT ONLY TALKING TO YOU, BUT THERE ARE LITERALLY
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HEARING THIS SAME MESSAGE
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND I'M PRETTY CONVINCED THAT, OUT OF ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE, THAT
THERE'S PROBABLY A FEW WHOSE ATTITUDE IS NOT, "I REALLY WANT
TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT."
AND SO, HOPEFULLY WHAT I SAY TONIGHT WILL HELP SOME OF US TO
REALIZE THAT, UNTIL WE WANT WHAT GOD WANTS, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO
BE HAPPY.
UNTIL WE WANT WHAT GOD WANTS, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE HAPPY.
NOW, WE ALL SPEND A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO GET GOD TO GIVE US
WHAT WE WANT.
BUT UNTIL WE WANT WHAT GOD WANTS MORE THAN WE WANT WHAT WE WANT,
UNTIL YOU WANT WHAT GOD WANTS MORE THAN YOU EVEN WANT WHAT YOU
WANT, UNTIL YOU CAN SAY TO GOD AND MEAN IT, "THIS IS WHAT I'D
LIKE TO HAVE GOD, BUT PLEASE DON'T GIVE IT TO ME IF IT'S NOT
WHAT YOU WANT ME TO HAVE."
OOH HOO!
I'M GOING TO GO OVER HERE AND TALK TO THESE PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PRAY LIKE THAT.
THAT'S A SYMPTOM OF A PERFECT HEART.
"GOD, THIS IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE.
I WANT THIS."
YOU CAN ASK FOR ANYTHING.
"BUT GOD, IF IT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT ME TO HAVE, THEN DON'T GIVE
IT TO ME BECAUSE, EVEN THOUGH I WANT THAT, I WANT WHAT YOU WANT
MORE THAN I WANT WHAT I WANT."
NOW, THAT'S A POWER PRAYER RIGHT THERE.
AND THAT WAS WORTH YOUR CAR RIDE DOWN HERE.
BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, IF YOU GO HOME AND START PRAYING THAT,
MM MM MM, BOY, SOME GOOD STUFF IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
NOW, I'VE GOT SEVEN CHARACTERISTICS
OF A PERFECT HEART THAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT TONIGHT.
AND I KNOW DAVE IS ALREADY LAUGHING BECAUSE WHAT USUALLY
HAPPENS IS I TEACH ON TWO OR THREE, AND THEN I FAST FORWARD
THROUGH THE REST.
BUT AT ANY RATE, WE'LL GET GOING HERE AND SEE WHAT GOD DOES.
SO, FIRST SCRIPTURE WE WANT TO LOOK AT IS
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 16, AND I'M GOING TO BEGIN IN
VERSE 7.
"AT THAT TIME HANANI THE SEER," HE WAS A PROPHET, "CAME TO ASA
THE KING OF JUDAH AND SAID TO HIM, 'BECAUSE YOU RELIED ON
THE KING OF SYRIA AND NOT ON THE LORD YOUR GOD,
THE ARMY OF THE KING OF SYRIA HAS ESCAPED YOU.'"
SO, BECAUSE HE RELIED ON A HUMAN KING INSTEAD OF RELYING ON GOD,
HE LOST THE BATTLE.
LET ME PUT IT A LITTLE PLAINER.
BECAUSE HE RELIED ON HIS COUNSELOR THAT HE GOES TO EVERY
WEEK INSTEAD OF RELYING ON GOD, NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG
WITH GETTING COUNSELING, BUT YOU BETTER GO TO GOD FIRST.
AMEN?
[APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "WERE NOT THE ETHIOPIANS AND THE LIBYANS
A HUGE HOST WITH VERY MANY CHARIOTS AND HORSEMEN?
YET BECAUSE YOU RELIED THEN ON THE LORD,
HE GAVE THEM INTO YOUR HAND."
SO, NOW HE'S REMINDING HIM OF ANOTHER TIME IN BATTLE WHERE HE
SAID, "NOW, YOU WON THAT BATTLE, AND THEY WERE A MIGHTY HOST,
BECAUSE YOU RELIED ON THE LORD."
DO YOU KNOW IF WE RELY ON GOD, I DON'T CARE HOW BIG THE BATTLE
IS, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD.
AND GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD.
AND NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER.
AND I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON.
AMEN?
BUT WE GOT TO LEARN TO GO TO GOD.
AND IT'S A SYMPTOM OF HAVING A PERFECT HEART, WHERE WE ALWAYS
PUT GOD FIRST ALL THE TIME.
NOW, GOD USES PEOPLE TO HELP US, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
HE USES PEOPLE TO SPEAK TO US.
AND YOU MAYBE HAVE BEEN GOING TO GOD FOR SOME ANSWERS IN YOUR
LIFE THAT HE'S GOING TO BRING THROUGH MY MOUTH TONIGHT.
WE PARTNER WITH GOD.
WE'RE PARTNERS WITH GOD IN LIFE.
GOD USES YOU TO BLESS ME, HE USES ME TO BLESS YOU,
AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
BUT WE GET NOTHING THAT MAKES ANY SENSE FROM ANYBODY IF WE
DON'T GO TO GOD FIRST.
HERE'S A LITTLE EXAMPLE.
I USED TO HAVE A BAD HABIT, LIKE IF I WAS DOWN AND I NEEDED TO BE
ENCOURAGED, I WOULD EXPECT DAVE TO PICK UP ON THAT,
READ MY MIND.
YOU KNOW, WOMEN WANT MEN TO READ THEIR MINDS.
HAVE ANY OF YOU GUYS NOTICED THAT?
OKAY.
BUT NOT TO BE RUDE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE.
YOU'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, CLUELESS.
AND SO, I WOULD GET MAD AT DAVE BECAUSE HE WASN'T ENCOURAGING ME
AND MAKING ME FEEL BETTER.
AND GOD TAUGHT ME, WHEN I NEEDED ENCOURAGEMENT, TO GO TO HIM.
"GOD, I NEED ENCOURAGEMENT.
ENCOURAGE ME.
DO IT SUPERNATURALLY OR THROUGH WHOEVER YOU WANT,
BUT ENCOURAGE ME."
AND THEN SOMETIMES GOD WOULD USE DAVE, AND THEN SOMETIMES
HE'D USE SOMEBODY ELSE.
BUT SEE, IF WE DON'T START GOING TO GOD FIRST, TRUSTING HIM TO
USE WHOEVER HE WANTS TO, WE'RE GOING TO BE MAD AT SOMEBODY ALL
THE TIME BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT
GIVING US WHAT WE THINK THEY OUGHT TO GIVE US TO MAKE US FEEL
BETTER IN OUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, HE GOES ON TO SAY IN VERSE 9, "FOR THE EYES OF
THE LORD RUN TO AND FRO THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH."
GOD IS LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY.
"TO SHOW HIMSELF STRONG IN BEHALF OF THOSE WHOSE HEARTS
ARE BLAMELESS," OR PERFECT, "TOWARD HIM."
SO, THE EYES OF GOD ROAM TO AND FRO ACROSS THE EARTH, LOOKING
FOR SOMEONE WITH A PERFECT HEART.
NOT A PERFECT PERFORMANCE, BUT A PERFECT HEART.
AND WHEN GOD FINDS THAT, THEN HE SAYS, "I CAN SHOW MY STRENGTH
IN YOUR LIFE."
AMEN?
A PERFECT HEART.
NOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN PUT ON A GOOD SHOW, BUT THEIR
HEARTS ARE STILL REAL STINKY.
BAD HEARTS AND RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOR, GOD HATES IT.
AMEN?
THEY GO TO CHURCH ALL THE TIME, THEY DO THIS AND THIS.
BUT THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN COME INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD, INTO
HIS HOLY HILL, ACCORDING TO PSALM 24, ARE THOSE WHO HAVE
CLEAN HANDS AND A PURE HEART.
GOD WANTS US TO DO RIGHT, BUT OUT OF A PURE HEART.
IF WE'RE JUST DOING RIGHT AND OUR HEARTS ARE NOT RIGHT, THEN
WHAT WE DO MEANS NOTHING TO GOD.
VERY SIMPLE EXAMPLE.
MATTHEW CHAPTER 6, IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WHEN YOU GIVE, DON'T BLOW A TRUMPET BEFORE YOU LIKE
THE HYPOCRITES DO, HOPING THAT THEY'LL BE SEEN OF MEN.
SO, WHEN WE GIVE, WE DON'T CALL ATTENTION TO OURSELF.
WHEN WE DO GOOD THINGS FOR PEOPLE, WE DON'T CALL ATTENTION
TO OURSELF.
WHEN WE PRAY, WE DON'T DO IT TO GET ATTENTION BECAUSE IF I'M
DOING WHAT I'M DOING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE I WANT TO
GET ATTENTION FROM THEM, THEN I'M NOT DOING IT FOR GOD AT ALL.
I'VE LEFT GOD OUT.
BUT IF WE DO WHAT WE DO UNTO THE LORD, THEN THE BIBLE SAYS
THAT GOD REWARDS US IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE.
BUT IF WE DO IT TO IMPRESS THE PEOPLE, THEN THE BIBLE SAYS IN
MATTHEW 6, "YOU HAVE YOUR REWARD IN FULL ALREADY."
A STORY THAT I TELL AND HAVEN'T TOLD IT FOR A LITTLE BIT,
SO I'LL TELL IT TONIGHT.
MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, I USED TO GET MY FINGERNAILS DONE
AT A CERTAIN PLACE.
AND ONE DAY, THE GIRL WAS DOING MY NAILS, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER
GIRL WAITING TO GET HERS DONE.
AND WE WERE TALKING, AND SHE SAID SHE WAS A NURSE IN
A CANCER UNIT.
AND A LITTLE BIT OF CONVERSATION, WE FIGURED OUT WE
WERE ALL CHRISTIANS, AND SHE SAID, "IT'S SO HARD TO SEE
PEOPLE IN THE CONDITION THEY'RE IN AND NOT BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW,
TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS.
WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT GOD.
AND THAT'S JUST SO HARD WITH THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE."
AND I HAD THIS RATHER SIZABLE RHINESTONE JESUS PIN.
AND I JUST--THE THOUGHT JUST CAME TO ME, "I SHOULD GIVE HER
THAT," BECAUSE IF SHE WOULD WEAR IT ON HER UNIFORM, THEN WHENEVER
SHE BENT OVER THE PATIENTS, THEY WOULD SEE THAT NAME.
AND JUST THAT NAME WOULD BE A BLESSING TO THEM.
SO, I KIND OF FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, I SHOULD DO IT IN SECRET.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW I COULD DO THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER
GIRL DOING MY NAILS WAS SITTING THERE.
AND JUST SUDDENLY, THE GIRL GOT UP THAT WAS DOING MY NAILS AND
SHE SAID, "I HAVE TO RUN NEXT DOOR TO THE SUPPLY HOUSE," WHICH
HAPPENED TO BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HER SHOP, "AND GET SOME OF
THIS POWDER THAT I RAN OUT OF FOR YOUR NAILS."
WELL, I KNEW THAT I KNEW THAT I KNEW THAT GOD WAS OPENING THE
DOOR FOR ME TO DO IT IN SECRET.
BUT SEE, MY HEART WASN'T SO GOOD, AND I WANTED TO GET
SOME ATTENTION.
SO, I WAITED JUST LONG ENOUGH FOR HER TO COME BACK AND THEN I
MADE A DISPLAY.
"OH, YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE GOD TOLD ME TO GIVE YOU THIS,
AND NA NA NA NA NA NA NA."
OF COURSE, THEY ALL THOUGHT I WAS WONDERFUL, AND MY FLESH WAS
JUST--COME ON, YOU KNOW HOW YOUR FLESH PUFFS UP...
AND JUST FEELS SO GOOD.
JUST FEELS SO GOOD.
AND HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, GOD DOES SPEAK TO YOU AT TIMES.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT, THAT GOD DOES SPEAK TO YOU IN THAT
STILL, SMALL VOICE?
AND I HEARD VERY CLEARLY IN MY HEART, "I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THAT
BECAUSE THAT'S ALL YOU'RE GETTING."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO, WE CAN DO GOOD THINGS.
BUT IF WE DO THEM TO BE SEEN OF PEOPLE, OR TO BE NOTICED, OR TO
BE ADMIRED, THEN THAT'S NOT DOING IT FROM A PERFECT HEART.
WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING GOOD, SOMEBODY MAY SEE YOU, BUT THAT
SHOULDN'T BE YOUR MOTIVE.
HALLELUJAH?
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THE FLESH LIKES TO BE SEEN?
THE FLESH LOVES CLAPPING, OH.
I GET SO MUCH CLAPPING IN MY LIFE, AND MY FLESH LOVES IT.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND THEN I HAVE TO GO HOME AND TRY TO PRAY IT OFF OF
ME, YOU KNOW.
"GOD, WE KNOW THAT I'M NOT NEARLY AS WONDERFUL AS EVERYBODY
THINKS I AM."
ALL RIGHT, MATTHEW 23: 1 THROUGH 4.
"THEN JESUS SAID TO THE MULTITUDES AND TO HIS DISCIPLES,
'THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES SIT ON MOSES' SEAT
[OF AUTHORITY].
SO OBSERVE AND PRACTICE ALL THEY TELL YOU, BUT DON'T DO WHAT THEY
DO, FOR THEY PREACH, BUT THEY DO NOT PRACTICE.
THEY TIE UP HEAVY LOADS, HARD TO BEAR, AND PLACE THEM ON MEN'S
SHOULDERS, BUT THEY THEMSELVES WILL NOT LIFT A FINGER TO HELP
ANYBODY.
THEY DO ALL THEIR WORKS TO BE SEEN OF MEN.'"
SO, GOD REALLY JUST DOES NOT LIKE THAT
RELIGIOUS SPIRIT THAT CAN GET ON PEOPLE THAT MAKES THEM ACT LIKE
THEY THINK THEY'RE BETTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE, BE JUDGMENTAL
AND CRITICAL, BUT WON'T LIFT A FINGER TO HELP ANYBODY WHEN THEY
REALLY HAVE A NEED IN THEIR LIFE.
AMEN?
MATTHEW 23:25 THROUGH 28, "WOE TO YOU, SCRIBES AND PHARISEES,
PRETENDERS (HYPOCRITES]"
NOW, YOU KNOW, JESUS WASN'T ALWAYS JUST ROSES AND CANDY.
"WOE TO YOU, SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, PRETENDERS
(HYPOCRITES]
FOR YOU CLEAN THE OUTSIDE OF THE CUP AND OF THE PLATE, BUT
WITHIN, YOU'RE FULL OF EXTORTION (PREY, SPOIL, PLUNDER)
AND GRASPING SELF-INDULGENCE.
YOU BLIND PHARISEES.
FIRST CLEAN THE INSIDE OF THE CUP," THE HEART.
"FIRST CLEAN THE INSIDE OF THE CUP AND THE PLATE, AND THEN
THE OUTSIDE WILL BE CLEAN ALSO."
SEE, WHAT HE'S TELLING US IS, IF WE GET A RIGHT HEART, THEN IT'S
GOING TO SHOW UP OUT HERE.
WE NEED TO WORK ON OUR HEART CONDITION, AND THEN GOOD WORKS
WITH RIGHT MOTIVES ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT RIGHT
HEART CONDITION.
NOW, CAN I JUST THROW OUT FOR GOOD MEASURE THAT HAVING A
MEETING WITH YOURSELF A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK IS A GOOD IDEA?
HAVE A MEETING WITH YOURSELF, AND ASK GOD TO SHINE HIS LIGHT
ON YOUR HEART TO SHOW YOU ANYTHING YOU'VE GOT IN THERE
THAT SHOULDN'T BE IN THERE.
AND TRUST ME, HE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO IT.
AND NOT UNDER CONDEMNATION, BUT SO WE CAN SAY, "WELL, GOD, LET'S
WORK TOGETHER THEN TO GET THIS RIGHT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO
KEEP THIS BITTERNESS.
I DON'T WANT TO BE MAD AT ANYBODY.
I DON'T WANT TO BE JEALOUS.
I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THAT.
THAT'S HAVING A RIGHT HEART.
I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THIS.
CHANGE ME, GOD, CHANGE ME.
I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THIS."
NOT MAKING EXCUSES FOR THE BAD BEHAVIOR, BUT SAYING,
"I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THIS."
"WOE TO YOU," VERSE 27.
"WOE TO YOU, SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, PRETENDERS
(HYPOCRITES]
FOR YOU ARE LIKE TOMBS THAT HAVE BEEN WHITEWASHED, WHICH LOOK
BEAUTIFUL ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT INSIDE YOU'RE FULL OF
DEAD MEN'S BONES."
SO, IF YOU THINK I'M TOUGH ON YOU SOMETIMES, I'M PROBABLY
A LITTLE BIT NICER THAN JESUS MIGHT HAVE BEEN, ESPECIALLY WITH
SOME OF THE JUNK THAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY, AMEN?
AND WE DON'T NEED JUST ALL FLUFF AND PUFF IN OUR PREACHING.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO SAY, "JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON, AND WE NEED TO
BE READY WHEN HE COMES."
AMEN?
[APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND LET ME TELL YOU, THIS IS NOT A TIME
IN GOD'S TIMETABLE TO BE COMPROMISING.
THIS IS A TIME TO STAND STRONG, KNOW WHAT THE WORD SAYS, AND
BE FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT SO HE ENABLES YOU TO BE ABLE TO BE
CHRIST-LIKE IN YOUR BEHAVIOR.
BECAUSE THE WORLD IS LOOKING FOR JESUS, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO SEE HIM EXCEPT THROUGH US.
THE LORD IS COMING SOON.
AMEN?
WELL, HOW DO YOU KNOW?
WELL BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS SO.
"WELL, EVERYBODY SAYS THAT IN EVERY GENERATION."
YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY DO.
PAUL WAS SAYING IT BACK IN HIS DAY, BUT I FIGURE IF HE THOUGHT
HE WAS COMING SOON, WE'RE SOONER NOW THAN THAT SOON.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW HOW SOON, BUT I DO KNOW THAT I WANT TO
BE--I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THE FIVE FOOLISH VIRGINS, WHO TOOK
A NAP AND DIDN'T DO ANYTHING EXTRA TO BE PREPARED.
AND THEN, WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM SHOWED UP, THEY GOT LEFT
OUT BECAUSE THEY STARTED TRYING TO GET READY AFTER HE GOT THERE.
AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE TIME TO GET READY.
THIS IS THE GET READY SESSION RIGHT NOW.
[APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU ARE HERE IN THE GET READY SESSION.
THIS IS THE GET READY FOR JESUS' RETURN, AMEN?
WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON OUR HEARTS.
"KEEP AND GUARD YOUR HEART WITH ALL VIGILANCE AND ABOVE ALL THAT
YOU GUARD, FOR OUT OF IT FLOWS THE SPRINGS OF LIFE."
THAT'S PROVERBS 4:23.
KEEP AND GUARD YOUR HEART.
GOD'S TELLING US TO DO THAT.
WITH ALL VIGILANCE AND ABOVE ALL ELSE THAT YOU GUARD, FOR OUT OF
IT FLOWS THE SPRINGS OF LIFE.
IF WE WILL DO THESE THINGS WITH THE HELP AND THE GUIDANCE OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT, GOD CAN SHOW HIMSELF STRONG IN YOU.
AND ISN'T THAT WHAT WE WANT?
SO, YOU GOT TO KEEP GOD FIRST ALL THE TIME.
THAT'S THE FIRST POINT.
NUMBER TWO, A PERSON WITH A PERFECT HEART IS ALWAYS GROWING
SPIRITUALLY, ALWAYS GROWING.
WE'VE NOT ARRIVED, BUT WE'RE ON OUR WAY.
THAT'S RIGHT.
I'M OKAY, AND I'M ON MY WAY.
I'M NOT WHERE I NEED TO BE, BUT THANK GOD I'M NOT WHERE
I USED TO BE.
HALLELUJAH.
AND THAT GIVES ME HOPE.
NOW, MATTHEW 5:48 SAYS, "YOU, THEREFORE, MUST BE PERFECT
GROWING INTO COMPLETE MATURITY OF GODLINESS
IN MIND AND CHARACTER."
SO, TO BE PERFECT MEANS TO BE GROWING IN GODLINESS
AND CHRIST-LIKENESS.
I LOVE THAT.
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO GROW?
OF COURSE YOU DO OR YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
AMEN?
OR, WHATEVER YOU CAME FOR, IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO GROW, YOU
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE LEFT BY NOW BECAUSE I'M ALL ABOUT GROWING,
ALL RIGHT?
JOYCE: WELL, KEEP IN MIND THAT THE CONDITION OF YOUR HEART
IS IMPORTANT.
HAVING A PERFECT HEART DOES NOT MEAN THAT OUR BEHAVIOR IS
PERFECT.
A GOOD CHARACTERISTIC OF A PERFECT HEART IS A DESIRE
TO GROW SPIRITUALLY.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU CAN EXPECT GOD TO REALLY SHOW HIMSELF
STRONG IN YOU.
AND JUST TO HELP YOU CONTINUE TO GROW SPIRITUALLY, TODAY WE'RE
OFFERING YOU SOME RESOURCES THAT ARE JUST REALLY ALL ABOUT
THE WORD.
FIRST, A LITTLE BOOK THAT WE CALL "THE SECRET POWER OF
SPEAKING GOD'S WORD OUT LOUD."
WE FONDLY CALL IT THE PURPLE BOOK BECAUSE IT IS PURPLE.
AND IT'S JUST ABOUT THAT, IT'S ABOUT CONFESSING THE WORD OF GOD
OUT LOUD.
AND WE HAVE THIS DIVIDED UP INTO, LIKE, DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
SO, LET'S JUST SAY LIKE IF YOU'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH
YOU'RE ANGRY, WELL, YOU CAN GO TO THE SECTION ON ANGER AND
CONFESS THESE SCRIPTURES OUT LOUD ABOUT WHAT THE WORD SAYS
ABOUT NOT BEING ANGRY, AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY REALLY HELP YOU
TO CALM DOWN.
AND THEN ALSO, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I PUT TOGETHER RECENTLY.
I WENT INTO THE STUDIO AND I READ SCRIPTURES IN, LIKE,
THERE'S PROBABLY 15 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
WELL, THIS IS A GREAT WAY JUST TO HAVE THE WORD PLAYING IN
THE BACKGROUND AS YOU'RE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS, AND YOU'D BE
SURPRISED HOW MUCH OF IT WILL GET INTO YOUR HEART AS YOU
DO THAT.
SO, WE OFFER THESE RESOURCES TO YOU ON A REGULAR BASIS BECAUSE I
REALLY WANT YOU TO HAVE THE WORD ON A REGULAR BASIS.
NOW LISTEN, THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE, AND YOU CAN
REJOICE AND BE GLAD.
SO, JUST MAKE A DECISION TO DO THAT.
GOD BLESS YOU.
JOYCE: I THINK SOMETIMES, THE GREATEST THING YOU CAN HAVE
TO YOUR BENEFIT IS JUST TO BE DETERMINED THAT YOU ARE NEVER
GOING TO GIVE UP.
ISAIAH 40, VERSE 31 SAYS, "BUT THOSE WHO HOPE IN THE LORD
WILL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH.
THEY WILL SOAR ON WINGS LIKE EAGLES.
THEY WILL RUN AND NOT GROW WEARY.
THEY WILL WALK AND THEY WILL NOT FAINT."
ANNOUNCER: TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING SCRIPTURES TO
STRENGTHEN AND ENCOURAGE YOU ENTITLED, "GOD'S WORD
FOR YOUR LIFE."
THESE ARE ALL READ BY JOYCE, AND INCLUDE TOPICS SUCH AS RECEIVING
GOD'S LOVE, FAVOR, HOPE, WAITING ON GOD'S TIMING, AND MUCH MORE.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ADD "THE SECRET POWER OF SPEAKING
GOD'S WORD" GIFT EDITION TO THIS OFFER.
THESE PROMISES ARE ORGANIZED BY TOPIC TO FIND THE RIGHT
SCRIPTURE QUICKLY, AND SMALL ENOUGH TO BE A GOOD POCKET
COMPANION.
CALL US TODAY...
OR VISIT US AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
JOYCE: WELL, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME JOHN GRAY
TO THE 2017 LOVE LIFE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.
JOHN.
JOHN: YES.
JOYCE: YOU WERE SUCH A HUGE HIT LAST YEAR, WE ABSOLUTELY
HAD TO HAVE YOU BACK AGAIN.
JOHN: I'M SO GRATEFUL.
ST. LOUIS WAS A GAME CHANGER FOR ME.
BEING RAISED BY STRONG WOMEN OF FAITH, WOMEN OF GOD, AND BEING
IN THAT ATMOSPHERE, I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF WOMEN WORSHIPING GOD AND NOT
JUST THE SUPERNATURAL, BUT THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION
OF THE WORD.
IT WAS AMAZING.
JOYCE: WELL, YOU'RE NOT ONLY A GREAT SPEAKER THAT BRINGS
FORTH GOOD CONTENT, BUT YOU ARE ALSO EXTREMELY FUNNY.
JOHN: YOU GOTTA LAUGH IF YOU'RE GONNA LOVE YOUR LIFE.
JOYCE: WE NEED THAT, DON'T WE?
JOHN: ABSOLUTELY, IF YOU ARE A WOMAN THAT NEEDS JUST THAT
SPARK, THIS IS THE CONFERENCE FOR YOU.
JOYCE: WELL JOHN, WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE BACK
THIS YEAR.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE REALLY, REALLY WANT TO SEE YOU THERE.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE SAME IF YOU DON'T COME.
SO, WHY DON'T YOU INVITE A FRIEND, CONTACT US,
AND REGISTER TODAY.
ANNOUNCER: EVERYONE LOVES THE FEELING OF A FRESH MAKEOVER.
WELL, THIS SUMMER, LET'S FOCUS ON WHAT REALLY MATTERS.
IT'S TIME FOR JOYCE'S SUMMER MAKEOVER, A 12-WEEK CHALLENGE
THAT WILL CHANGE YOU FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG TO START YOUR TRANSFORMATION WITH
INSPIRING MESSAGES, SCRIPTURES, AND MORE TO KEEP YOU
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