ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: REVELATION 3:15, MIGHT AS WELL START IN THE GOOD BOOK.
LET'S JUST GET RIGHT OVER HERE WITH THE "WOES"
RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
VERSE 15: "I KNOW YOUR [RECORD OF] WORKS
AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING."
TURN TO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU AND SAY, "GOD KNOWS
WHAT YOU'RE DOING."
HM, THAT SHOULD JUST KIND OF SCARE SOME OF US.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO INSIDE AND SHUT THE DOOR TO YOUR
HOUSE AND BECOME A DIFFERENT HUMAN BEING THAN THE ONE YOU ARE
ON SUNDAY MORNING, C'MON, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
GOD STILL KNOWS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
"AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE NEITHER COLD NOR HOT.
AND I WOULD THAT YOU WERE COLD OR HOT!
SO, BECAUSE YOU ARE LUKEWARM AND NEITHER COLD OR HOT, I WILL SPEW
YOU OUT OF MY MOUTH!
FOR YOU SAY, I AM RICH; I HAVE PROSPERED AND GROWN WEALTHY,
AND I AM IN NEED OF NOTHING."
THIS REMINDS ME SO MUCH OF THE UNITED STATES.
WE'RE PROSPEROUS, WE'VE GOT IT ALL TOGETHER, WE'RE THE GREATEST
NATION ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND, BOY, IS THAT THEORY GOING
DOWN THE TUBES.
"AND I AM IN NEED OF NOTHING; AND YOU DO NOT REALIZE AND
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE WRETCHED, PITIABLE, POOR,
BLIND, AND NAKED."
WOW.
"THEREFORE I COUNSEL YOU TO PURCHASE FROM ME," CAPITAL "M,"
THIS IS GOD SPEAKING, "GOLD REFINED AND TESTED BY FIRE."
NOW, I JUST MIGHT AS WELL TELL YOU THAT I ALREADY AM GATHERING
MATERIAL TO TEACH MY SERIES THAT I AM GONNA PUT TOGETHER
ON THE FIRE OF GOD BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR US TO HAVE IT.
WHEN THE FIRE OF GOD COMES INTO YOUR LIFE IT BURNS UP EVERYTHING
THAT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH GOD'S NATURE AND IT SETS ON FIRE
WHATEVER HAPPENS TO BE LEFT.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND I KNOW ABOUT IT 'CAUSE I'VE HAD IT.
NOW, JESUS SAID--OR JOHN SAID OF JESUS, "HE WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH
THE HOLY GHOST AND WITH FIRE."
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE DON'T HEAR ENOUGH ABOUT THAT.
WE DON'T EVEN HEAR ENOUGH ANYMORE ABOUT BEING BAPTIZED IN
THE HOLY GHOST 'CAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT,
NOT SAY ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA SHAKE UP ANY OTHER DENOMINATION,
OTHER THAN YOUR OWN.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
ALL THIS DENOMINATION STUFF IS NONSENSE ANYWAY BECAUSE
IT'S NOT--THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY IN HEAVEN, AMEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT'S JUST SO SILLY.
"WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU SPEAK IN TONGUES AND I DON'T SPEAK
IN TONGUES.
AND YOU BELIEVE IN HEALING AND I DON'T BELIEVE IN HEALING,
SO I CAN'T TALK TO YOU.
I'VE GOT TO PUT UP A WALL.
YOU CAN'T COME INTO MY GROUP."
IF SOMEBODY IS FUNCTIONING OUT OF A GIFT OF THE SPIRIT AND YOU
DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT, INSTEAD
OF JUDGING THEM AND THINKING THEY'RE CRAZY,
WHY DON'T YOU SAY, "MAN, I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE"?
CHECK IT OUT IN THE BIBLE.
YOU KNOW, I HEARD THIS SOMETIME THIS PAST YEAR AND IT REALLY
MEANT A LOT TO ME.
ACTUALLY, I WAS OVER IN LONDON DOING A CONFERENCE ACTUALLY WITH
A LOT OF HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SO
DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING THERE BUT ANYWAY,
WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
AND I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE THE CONFESSOR TO THE POPE
AND AN ARCHBISHOP OF SOMETHING ELSE AND A ARCHBISHOP
FROM SOMETHING ELSE.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY HAD A TITLE AND THEN THERE WAS ME, JOYCE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: FROM FENTON.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO I GOT UP AND I SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M FROM ST. LOUIS AND WE'VE GOT THE ARCH SO
I'M THE ARCHBISHOP OF ST. LOUIS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THAT'S WHAT I TOLD THE CROWD SO I'M NOW
THE ARCHBISHOP OF ST. LOUIS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT ANYWAY, THE--ONE OF THE MEN THAT WERE SPEAKING
TOLD THIS STORY AND I THOUGHT IT WAS--OR HE DID--WASN'T A STORY.
HE JUST SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT?" HE SAID,
"WE'VE GOTTA STOP FIGHTING.
WE MAY NOT ALL BELIEVE EXACTLY THE SAME BUT WE ALL SERVE
THE SAME GOD."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
UNTIL WE STOP FIGHTING AMONGST OURSELVES AND BEGIN TO LOVE EACH
OTHER, THE WORLD IS GONNA THINK WE ARE NOTHING BUT A BIG JOKE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO I'M JUST GONNA TELL YOU AHEAD OF TIME, DON'T EVER
COME TO ME AND SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ANYBODY FROM ANOTHER
DENOMINATION 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT,
I'M NOT GETTING INTO IT.
I--REALLY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND
OF STUFF IN MY HEART.
IT'S NOT IN ME.
I DON'T--I MEAN, I JUST DON'T GET INTO THAT.
I DON'T--HOW CAN YOU JUST HATE SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY'RE
A DIFFERENT DENOMINATION THAN YOU ARE?
YOU KNOW, THAT'S ABOUT AS GOOFY AS NOT LIKING SOMEBODY 'CAUSE
THEY'VE GOT A DIFFERENT COLOR SKIN THAN YOU DO.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST--ALL THIS STUFF IS DEMONIC.
IT'S JUST THE ENEMY AND WE HAVE TO STOP BUYING INTO IT.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND SOMEBODY'S GOTTA TAKE A STAND AND I SAY
IT NEEDS TO START HERE.
AT LEAST WE CAN BE PART OF THE FIRE.
AND HE SAID, "DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN THE TERRORISTS ARE LINING CHRISTIANS UP AND SHOOTING THEM
BECAUSE THEY'RE CHRISTIANS, THEY DON'T STOP AND ASK,
'WHAT DENOMINATION ARE YOU?'" HE SAID, "THEY THINK WE'RE ONE.
WE'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT DON'T GET IT, AMEN?"
JESUS PRAYED THAT WE WOULD ALL BE ONE, EVEN AS HE
AND THE FATHER WERE ONE.
PAUL PRAYED THAT WE WOULD GET ALONG, THAT WE WOULD HAVE HUMBLE
MINDS AND GET ALONG.
AND SO HERE WE'RE BACK TO THE MIND AGAIN.
THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN TRULY LOVE SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT LIKE
YOU IS TO HAVE A HUMBLE ENOUGH MIND TO REALIZE THAT WHATEVER
YOU ARE IS A GIFT FROM GOD AND WHATEVER THEY'RE NOT IS NOT
SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN HELP.
GOD DIDN'T MAYBE GIVE THEM WHAT YOU HAVE BUT HE GAVE THEM
SOMETHING ELSE YOU DON'T HAVE, AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED
TO WORK TOGETHER.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THERE'LL PROBABLY BE PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT THAT SOMEBODY BROUGHT
YOU AS A GUEST OR, I DON'T KNOW, YOU'RE CURIOUS, WHATEVER, AND,
YOU KNOW, YOU ARE GONNA BE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE JUST
BECAUSE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING OR
BECAUSE IT'S NOT DONE THAT WAY IN YOUR CHURCH IF YOU GO HOME
WITH A JUDGMENTAL, CRITICAL ATTITUDE.
'CAUSE THE MINUTE THAT YOU BECOME OFFENDED, YOU CAN'T GROW
AND YOU CAN'T LEARN WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO LEARN.
AND SATAN WANTS US TO BE OFFENDED.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE FIRE OF GOD NEEDS TO BURN
OUT IN OUR LIVES.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
I AM BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY GHOST AND I DO BELIEVE IN THE GIFTS
OF THE SPIRIT AND I DO BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT THE BIBLE HAS TO
SAY AND I'M NOT GONNA CHANGE MY MIND AND I'M NOT ASHAMED OF IT.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE EXACTLY LIKE ME FOR ME TO LOVE YOU.
I'M GONNA LOVE YOU ANYWAY.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T LOVE ME, I'M GONNA LOVE YOU.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND YOU KNOW WHY I CAN SAY THAT?
'CAUSE I NOT ONLY GOT BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY GHOST,
I ALSO GOT THE BAPTISM OF FIRE.
I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA GET THAT.
I THINK WE THINK, "OH, YES, I WANNA BE FILLED
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, YES."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WHATEVER REASON.
SOME OF YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT TOMORROW.
YOU THINK, "WAIT A MINUTE, BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT?
I WAS BAPTIZED IN WATER, DOES THAT COUNT?
WHAT'S SHE TALKING ABOUT?" WELL, SEE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HALF THE TIME WHAT THE BIBLE HAS TO SAY
BECAUSE SOME OF OUR DENOMINATIONS DON'T OPEN US UP
TO THOSE THINGS AND THEN WE--WE'RE JUST, LIKE, "WHOA."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LISTEN, IT'S SAD BUT I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS FILLED
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT I GOT ASKED TO LEAVE MY CHURCH.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY TOLD ME?
AND THIS IS PATHETIC.
THEY SAID, "WE CANNOT DENY THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING HAPPENED
TO YOU IS IN THE BIBLE BUT IT'S NOT PART OF OUR DOCTRINE."
THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE SADDEST THING THAT I'VE EVER SEEN.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU BETTER GO WITH GOD
AND NOT DOCTRINE, AMEN.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WELL, I'M TAKING WAY TOO LONG WITH MY OPENING
SO I DON'T KNOW, YOU MAY HAVE TO GET PART TWO TOMORROW.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, AFTER I WAS BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
I HAD ABOUT 3 OR 4 WEEKS AND THE FIRE OF GOD HIT ME.
AND YOU SAY, "WELL, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?"
WELL, I MEAN GOD JUST STARTED MESSING IN MY BUSINESS.
AND I MEAN, IT WASN'T STUFF THAT I WANTED HIM TO GET INTO.
BUT I COULDN'T SEEM TO KEEP HIM OUT.
AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, IF YOU WANNA GO ALL THE WAY
WITH GOD AND I GUESS I'M ASKING TONIGHT IS THERE ANYBODY
IN HERE WHO WANTS TO GO ALL THE WAY WITH GOD?
OR DO YOU WANNA STAY ON THE STUPID FENCE?
IT'S TIME TO GET OFF OF THIS FENCE AND MAKE YOUR MIND UP
WHERE YOU'RE GONNA STAND.
WE DON'T NEED TO WHISPER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GOD.
NOW, WE DON'T NEED TO GET OUT IN THE WORLD AND ACT LIKE IDIOTS
BUT WE DON'T NEED TO ACT LIKE WE'RE ASHAMED OF THE GOD
THAT WE SERVE.
IT'S TIME.
IT'S TIME FOR US TO SHINE.
AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU, WHAT I'M SAYING TONIGHT'S TEARING YOU
APART 'CAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S GONNA REQUIRE SOME BIG DECISIONS
OUT OF YOU.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THERE IS SO MUCH SLOPPY LIVING IN
THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND I--OKAY, WE'LL SAY IT'S NONE OF YOU
BUT MAYBE IT'S SOMEBODY WATCHING ON TV.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT IT'S TRUE.
AND WE SHOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT.
WE NEED TO WANT TO BE LIKE CHRIST IN EVERY AREA
OF OUR LIVES.
"AND YOU'LL BE TESTED WITH FIRE, THAT YOU MAY BE [TRULY] WEALTHY,
AND WHITE CLOTHES TO CLOTHE YOU AND TO KEEP THE SHAME
OF YOUR NUDITY FROM BEING SEEN, AND SALVE TO PUT ON YOUR EYES,
THAT YOU MAY SEE."
IF YOU NOTICE IN VERSE 18, HE SAYS, "I COUNSEL YOU TO PURCHASE
THESE THINGS FROM ME."
WELL, HOW DO WE PURCHASE THESE THINGS?
NOT WITH MONEY, BUT BY LAYING YOUR WILL ON THE ALTAR
AND SAYING, "GOD, YOUR WILL BE DONE AND NOT MINE."
I LAY MY LIFE ON THE ALTAR AND I WANT WHAT YOU WANT,
EVEN IF I DON'T LIKE IT.
LISTEN, I TELL GOD ALL THE TIME, "YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT TO IN
MY LIFE AND, IF YOU HAVE TO, YOU TIE ME TO THE ALTAR BUT DON'T
YOU DARE LET ME GO UNTIL YOU'VE FINISHED DOING WHAT YOU WANNA DO
IN ME, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE ANYTHING OTHER
THAN WHAT YOU WANT ME TO BE."
VERSE 19: "THOSE WHOM I [DEARLY AND TENDERLY] LOVE, I
TELL THEIR FAULTS AND I CONVICT AND CONVINCE AND REPROVE
AND CHASTEN [I DISCIPLINE AND I INSTRUCT]"
NOW WATCH THIS.
"SO BE ENTHUSIASTIC."
ENTHUSIASTIC.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE AND SAY, "I HEARD THE BEST MESSAGE
TONIGHT I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE ABOUT GETTING OFF THE FENCE
AND INVITING THE FIRE OF GOD INTO YOUR LIFE."
"BE ENTHUSIASTIC AND IN EARNEST AND BURNING WITH ZEAL AND
REPENT [CHANGING YOUR MIND]"
YOU KNOW, REALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT SALVATION REALLY IS?
YOU DON'T JUST SAY, "I WANT JESUS."
WE'VE TURNED ALTAR CALLS INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT THEY SHOULD BE.
AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T EVEN SEE
AN ALTAR CALL IN THE BIBLE.
I MEAN, WE'RE REALLY JUST TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE TO A DECISION.
BUT THE BIBLE SAYS, "IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART AND YOU
CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH THAT JESUS IS LORD AND THAT HE
WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD, YOU SHALL BE SAVED."
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, REPENTANCE MEANS YOU CHANGE
YOUR MIND ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE.
YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND AND YOU'RE GONNA GO IN A TOTALLY
DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
AND SO I WANT SOME REPENTANCE IN THIS PLACE TONIGHT.
AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING BY TV,
YOU CAN FIND YOUR OWN ALTAR.
MAYBE YOU NEED TO JUST BOW DOWN WHERE YOU'RE AT
AT HOME RIGHT NOW.
LET'S COME TO A POINT WHERE WE SAY, "GOD, YOUR WILL BE DONE
IN MY LIFE.
NOT MINE, BUT YOUR WILL BE DONE."
BE ENTHUSIASTIC SO I CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT POINT.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: 2 TIMOTHY 3:1 THROUGH 5:
"BUT UNDERSTAND THIS, THAT IN THE LAST DAYS WILL COME (AND SET
IN) PERILOUS TIMES OF GREAT STRESS AND TROUBLE [HARD TO DEAL
WITH AND HARD TO BEAR]"
GREAT STRESS, GREAT STRESS.
LET ME TELL YOU, WE LIVE IN TIMES OF STRESS, TIMES THAT
ARE DIFFICULT AND HARD TO BEAR.
AND WE CANNOT USE IT AS AN EXCUSE TO BE UNGODLY.
"FOR PEOPLE WILL BE LOVERS OF SELF AND [UTTERLY]
SELF-CENTERED, LOVERS OF MONEY, AROUSED BY AN INORDINATE
[GREEDY] DESIRE FOR WEALTH, PROUD AND ARROGANT
AND CONTEMPTUOUS BOASTERS."
I MEAN, THE LIST IS JUST AWFUL.
VERSE 3: "[THEY WILL BE]
WITHOUT NATURAL [HUMAN]
AFFECTION (CALLOUS, INHUMAN), RELENTLESS, SLANDERERS
(TROUBLEMAKERS, ACCUSERS), UNCONTROLLED, FIERCE,
HATERS OF GOOD."
AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE THINKING, "MAN, THE WORLD IS A MESS.
YES, JOYCE, THAT'S THE WAY THE WORLD IS.
THE WORLD IS A MESS."
VERSE 4: "[THEY WILL BE]
TREACHEROUS [BETRAYERS], RASH, INFLATED WITH SELF-CONCEIT.
[THEY WILL BE] LOVERS OF SENSUAL PLEASURES AND
VAIN AMUSEMENTS MORE THAN AND RATHER THAN LOVERS OF GOD."
UH-OH.
VERSE 5: "FOR [ALTHOUGH]
THEY HOLD A FORM OF RELIGION--" DO YOU THINK HE'S TALKING
ABOUT SOME CHRISTIANS?
"FOR [ALTHOUGH]
THEY HOLD A FORM OF RELIGION, THEY DENY AND REJECT AND ARE
STRANGERS TO THE POWER OF IT [THEIR CONDUCT BELIES
THE GENUINENESS OF THEIR PROFESSION]"
IN OTHER WORDS, GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY AND ACT LIKE EVERYBODY
ELSE ON MONDAY.
I DID IT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
I MEAN, I TELL YOU WHAT, I COULD BE SO SPIRITUAL AROUND
MY CHRISTIAN FRIENDS.
PRAISE THE LORD; THANK YOU, JESUS; HALLELUJAH; GLORY TO GOD.
WE BRING SACRIFICE AND PRAISE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT I TELL YOU, I WASN'T SACRIFICING AT HOME.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IF THERE WERE TWO PIECES OF MEAT ON THE PLATTER, I TOOK THE BEST
ONE AND I GAVE DAVE THE WORST ONE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: C'MON, SELFISH, SELF-CENTERED CHRISTIANS.
DON'T ACT LIKE YOU DON'T DO THAT KIND OF STUFF.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DON'T EVEN ACT LIKE IT.
HIDE THE LAST PIECE OF CAKE FOR YOURSELF.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THEN GO TELL EVERYBODY YOU DON'T EAT DESSERT.
CHRISTIAN LIARS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OKAY, HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LIGHTS.
BUT IF I GOT DIRT ALL OVER MY BULB--NOW SEE,
I GOT A LIGHT IN ME.
I'M BORN AGAIN BUT IT'S NOT HELPING ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE
I'M ALL CAKED OVER WITH ALL THIS JUNK FROM THE WORLD
THAT I HANG OUT IN ALL THE TIME.
AND THIS DOESN'T HELP ANYBODY OR AFFECT ANYBODY AND EVEN IF
I KIND OF RAMP IT UP AS HIGH AS I THINK I CAN GET IT, "MAN, I'M
NOT ONLY GOING TO CHURCH ONCE A WEEK, NOW I'M GOING TWICE A WEEK
AND I SING IN THE CHOIR AND I'M AN USHER, A GREETER AT THE DOOR.
WHOO, LOOK AT ME, CHRISTIAN, CHRISTIAN.
AND I'VE GOT A BUMPER STICKER AND A PAIR OF CROSS EARRINGS
AND ALL OF JOYCE'S BOOKS."
SO WHAT?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I'M GONNA TRY REAL HARD.
I'M GONNA TRY REAL HARD.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU INVITE THE FIRE OF GOD INTO YOUR LIFE?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND YOU KNOW, IT STARTS OUT A LITTLE--LITTLE
FIRE, LITTLE MORE LIGHT.
LITTLE MORE FIRE, LITTLE MORE LIGHT.
LITTLE MORE FIRE, LITTLE MORE LIGHT.
OH MY GOD, I DON'T THINK I CAN TAKE ANYMORE.
LITTLE MORE FIRE, LITTLE MORE LIGHT.
LITTLE MORE FIRE, LITTLE MORE LIGHT.
LITTLE MORE FIRE, LITTLE MORE LIGHT.
WOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M BEING--AFFECTING PEOPLE
AND PEOPLE'S LIVES AROUND ME ARE CHANGING, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OKAY, NOW LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
JESUS IS COMING BACK.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'VE MADE A DECISION AND I'VE TALKED TO GOD ABOUT THIS.
I'M MAKING A COMMITMENT TO START TALKING ABOUT THAT MORE
IN MY PREACHING.
I'M NOT SAYING I'M GONNA START PREACHING ON END TIMES ALL THE
TIME, BUT I AM GONNA--I'M GONNA KEEP REMINDING PEOPLE JESUS
IS COMING SOON.
JESUS IS COMING SOON.
DO YOU KNOW, THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT?
PAUL TALKED ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
PETER TALKED ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
IT'S--THE BIBLE'S FULL OF IT.
IN 1 THESSALONIANS EVERY SINGLE BOOK, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW JESUS
IS COMING BACK SOON.
THEY LIVED NOT SITTING ON THE FENCE BUT THEY LIVED ON FULL
ALERT, ON GUARD, READY, DOING THE VERY BEST THAT THEY COULD
TO SERVE GOD WITH THEIR WHOLE HEARTS BECAUSE THEIR PREACHERS
WERE CONSTANTLY TELLING THEM, "JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON.
JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON."
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
WHAT WOULD CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE IF YOU KNEW FOR SURE THAT JESUS
WAS RETURNING IN 3 DAYS?
I ASKED MYSELF THAT QUESTION LAST WEEK.
AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT
I WOULD NEED TO CHANGE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M NOT TELLING YOU THAT TO IMPRESS YOU.
I'M TELLING YOU THAT BECAUSE I'VE HAD THE FIRE OF GOD IN MY
LIFE AND, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT, IT IS NOT EASY
BUT IT IS WORTH IT.
I'VE HAD TO WALK AWAY FROM A LOT OF THINGS AND SPEND A LOT OF
TIME BY MYSELF AND BE JUDGED AND CRITICIZED AND, OH MY GOSH, YOU
DON'T EVEN WANNA KNOW WHAT ALL I'VE GONE THROUGH TRYING TO GET
FROM WHERE--I MEAN, JUST TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO BE A SUBMISSIVE
WIFE I THOUGHT WOULD KILL ME.
JUST ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY, COMPLETELY
ANNIHILATE ME AND KILL ME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND YOU'VE HEARD MY STORIES.
I MEAN, YOU'VE HEARD ME PREACH HOW I LAID ON THE FLOOR ONE DAY
IN MY OFFICE AND HUNG ON TO THE LEGS OF MY DESK BECAUSE GOD
WAS TELLING ME THAT I NEEDED TO SUBMIT TO DAVE ABOUT SOMETHING
AND I WAS, "OHHHHH."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I DID THIS.
I SAID, "GOD, PLEASE HELP ME TO DO YOUR WILL
AND NOT RUN AWAY FROM YOU."
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, YOU BETTER GET RADICAL.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU WILL GET SO HAPPY IF YOU WILL GET YOUR MIND OFF YOURSELF
AND GET TOTALLY FOCUSED ON JESUS.
YOU WILL GET SO HAPPY IF YOU GET YOUR MIND OFF YOURSELF
AND SPEND YOUR DAYS THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO
TO HELP SOMEBODY ELSE.
GET OUT IN THE WORLD AND SHINE.
YOU SAY, "I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M CALLED TO DO."
YOU'RE CALLED TO SHINE.
SEE, I'M CONCERNED THAT IF WE DON'T MAKE A DECISION THAT
THINGS ARE GONNA SLIP UP ON US UNAWARES.
THIS IS WHY PAUL TAUGHT THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME:
"BE WATCHFUL, BE ON YOUR GUARD, DON'T BE DECEIVED.
HE'S GONNA COME BACK LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT," AT A TIME
WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE AND JUST GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, WHILE YOU'RE ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU'RE TAKING
SELFIES AND YOU'RE HASHTAGGING EVERYTHING AND CHECKING OUT
PINTEREST AND CHECKING OUT WHAT I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW,
I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH ALL OF IT.
BUT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE SO CAUGHT UP IN THAT TODAY.
AND IT'S A GREAT TOOL OF COMMUNICATION BUT LET'S USE IT
FOR WHAT IT IS, AND DON'T LET IT CONTROL OUR LIVES AND TAKE US
AWAY FROM THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: MARK 13:31: "HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL PERISH AND PASS
AWAY, BUT MY WORDS WILL NOT PERISH OR PASS AWAY."
IT'S ALL GONNA BE GONE SOMEDAY BUT THIS.
AND IT WON'T COME IN THE FORM OF THIS BOOK.
IT'S GONNA COME BACK RIDING ON A WHITE HORSE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WITH FIRE IN HIS EYES AND A ROBE DIPPED IN BLOOD WITH
THE NAME WRITTEN ACROSS HIM, "THE WORD OF GOD," AMEN?
"HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL PASS AWAY, BUT MY WORD
WILL NEVER PASS AWAY."
I'LL TELL YOU ANOTHER MISSION I'M ON AND I DON'T INTEND
TO SHUT UP ABOUT IT.
WE ARE GONNA HONOR THE WORD OF GOD,
RESPECT THE WORD OF GOD, STUDY THE WORD OF GOD,
BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD, STAND STRONG FOR THE WORD OF GOD.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT-- [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHEN I FINISH TONIGHT, IN REVELATION WHERE THE BIBLE
SAYS, HOO, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO ANYBODY WHO TRIES TO ADD TO
THE BOOK OR TAKE AWAY FROM IT, OH, MAN, WE BETTER BE CAREFUL
'CAUSE WE'RE LIVING IN DAYS WHERE THAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
AND YOU CAN'T START TAKING STUFF OUT OF THE WORD OR ADDING STUFF
TO THE WORD.
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO GOD.
MARK 13:31, VERSE 32: "BUT OF THAT DAY AND HOUR NOT A [SINGLE]
PERSON KNOWS, NOT EVEN THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN, NOR THE SON,
BUT ONLY THE FATHER."
SO REALLY, DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME READING STUFF THAT TELLS YOU
WHEN THE WORLD'S GONNA END.
THEY DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW WHY GOD'S NOT GONNA TELL US WHEN?
BECAUSE HE WANTS US TO LIVE READY.
HE WANTS US TO BE READY ALL THE TIME.
WE SHOULD BE READY EVERY DAY, NOT THINK, "OH, I'M GLAD HE'S
COMING BACK ON SEPTEMBER 30.
NOW, I'VE GOT 12 MORE DAYS TO GET READY."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WE'RE GONNA LIVE READY.
LIVE READY.
"BE ON YOUR GUARD [CONSTANTLY], AND WATCH AND PRAY;
FOR YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN THE TIME WILL COME.
IT'S LIKE A MAN [ALREADY]
GOING ON A JOURNEY; WHEN HE LEAVES HOME, HE PUTS HIS
SERVANTS IN CHARGE," THAT'S US, "EACH WITH HIS PARTICULAR TASK,
AND HE GIVES ORDERS TO THE DOORKEEPER TO BE CONSTANTLY
ALERT AND ON THE WATCH."
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT FROM GOD.
EVERY ONE OF US HAS AN ASSIGNMENT FROM GOD.
SOME ARE MORE FOCAL ASSIGNMENTS, SOME ARE MORE LIKE PLATFORM
ASSIGNMENTS, BUT MANY, MANY, MANY ASSIGNMENTS ARE LITTLE
THINGS THAT NOBODY BUT YOU AND GOD KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING
BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS JUST AS IMPORTANT
AS WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING.
AND WE ALL NEED TO DO IT WITH JOY.
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JOYCE: WELL, IT'S TIME FOR US TO NOT COMPROMISE, GET OFF THE
FENCE, SHINE FOR JESUS, AND SET OUR MINDS TO DO THE WILL OF GOD.
AND YOU KNOW, TO HELP YOU DO THAT, WE WANNA OFFER YOU THE
"BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND BIBLE" IN THE HARDCOVER EDITION.
YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE SO MUCH TEACHING ON THE MIND AND HOW OUR
MIND AFFECTS OUR EMOTIONS AND HOW IT AFFECTS OUR BEHAVIOR AND,
YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SAY, "WHERE THE MIND GOES THE MAN FOLLOWS."
AND YOUR LIFE CAN'T CHANGE IF YOUR MIND DOESN'T CHANGE.
AND THE WORD OF GOD RENEWS OUR MIND.
IT TEACHES US HOW TO THINK DIFFERENTLY.
IT TEACHES US HOW TO THINK THE WAY GOD WANTS US TO THINK SO WE
CAN HAVE THE LIFE THAT HE WANTS US TO HAVE.
AND SO THIS "BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND BIBLE" IS FULL OF,
FIRST OF ALL, THE WORD OF GOD.
IT IS THE BIBLE.
BUT WE HAVE INTERMINGLED ALL THROUGHOUT IT ARTICLES THAT I'VE
DONE ON THE MIND AND TEACHING ON THE MIND AND QUOTES ON THE MIND
AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I THINK WILL REALLY HELP YOU IN
THIS THING OF GETTING YOUR MIND RENEWED AND WINNING
THAT BATTLE THAT'S IN YOUR MIND.
SO I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET YOUR COPY TODAY.
ANNOUNCER: NEW FROM JOYCE MEYER, A STUDY BIBLE DESIGNED
TO HELP YOU RENEW YOUR THOUGHTS: THE "BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND
BIBLE," WITH INSIGHT FROM JOYCE'S BESTSELLING BOOK,
"BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND," PAIRED WITH THE SCRIPTURES
THAT INSPIRED THEM.
EXPLORE GOD'S WORD IN A DEEPER WAY TO HELP YOU LEARN TO THINK
HOW GOD THINKS, GAIN PRACTICAL TRUTHS FOR OVERCOMING LIFE'S
CHALLENGES, TRAIN YOUR MIND FOR ULTIMATE VICTORY AND MORE.
THE "BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND BIBLE."
RENEW YOUR MIND THROUGH THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD.
FROM JOYCE MEYER.
RECEIVE YOUR COPY TODAY FOR YOUR GIFT OF...OR MORE.
CALL...
OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
[MUSIC]
FEMALE: HOW DO I TRUST GOD WHEN I HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED
OVER AND OVER AND OVER?
FEMALE: HOW CAN I HAVE FAITH IN GOD WHEN I'M NOT SEEING
AN IMPROVEMENT?
MALE: I TRUST GOD BUT SOMETIMES I HAVE SO MANY FEAR
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
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ANNOUNCER: THANK YOU, FRIENDS AND PARTNERS.
TOGETHER WE'RE SHARING THE LOVE OF CHRIST AROUND THE WORLD.
TO FIND OUT MORE, PLEASE CONTACT US OR VISIT US ONLINE
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
JOIN US IN PARTNERSHIP AS WE SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST
AROUND THE GLOBE.
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR BY THE FRIENDS
AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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