ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM GOD FOR SO LONG
THAT YOU WONDER WHERE IN THE WORLD THAT HE'S AT.
THOSE ARE THE TIMES WHEN YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH
AND SAY, "GOD, I KNOW THAT YOU LOVE ME.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT
I KNOW THAT YOU LOVE ME.
I KNOW THAT YOU LOVE ME."
JOYCE: WELL, THERE'S REALLY NO SPECIAL FORMULA TO
SPENDING TIME WITH GOD.
IT'S JUST VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO IT.
MAKING THIS A PRIORITY WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE LIKE NOTHING
ELSE, I KNOW IT HAS MINE AND NOW I WANT TO HELP YOU ENRICH YOUR
TIME WITH GOD BY SHARING SOME THOUGHTS AND INSIGHTS FROM
MY OWN LIFE IN MY BRAND-NEW DEVOTIONAL CALLED,
"MY TIME WITH GOD."
LET'S FOCUS ON HIM TOGETHER AND MY PRAYER IS THAT THESE
SCRIPTURES AND DECLARATIONS OF FAITH WILL HELP YOU GROW DEEPER
IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST A LITTLE BIT MORE
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
ANNOUNCER: ORDER YOUR COPY OF JOYCE'S NEW DEVOTIONAL,
"MY TIME WITH GOD."
CALL...
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[MUSIC]
JOYCE: HOW ARE YOU EVER REALLY GONNA KNOW IF YOU CAN
TRUST GOD?
YOU GOTTA STEP OUT.
HOW ARE YOU EVER GONNA KNOW IF GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU
FINANCIALLY IF YOU NEVER DO THE PART HE ASKS YOU TO DO?
WELL, I'M TRUSTING GOD TO TAKE CARE OF ME BUT ARE YOU DOING
GOOD?
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALSO NEVER GONNA KNOW--YOU CAN'T TRUST GOD
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT HE LOVES YOU.
AND TO BE HONEST, THIS IS JUST THE MOST BASIC SIMPLE--THE WHOLE
MESSAGE ABOUT GOD LOVES YOU JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE BASIC
SIMPLE MESSAGE.
BUT THE VERY FIRST PUBLIC MESSAGE THAT I EVER PREACHED
OUTSIDE OF JUST THE HOME BIBLE STUDIES I WAS DOING WHEN I
STARTED WOMEN'S MINISTRY AT OUR CHURCH BACK IN THE EARLY '80S,
OH MAN, I WANTED TO HAVE THE RIGHT WORD FOR THAT MESSAGE.
I WAS SO EXCITED.
IT WAS LIKE MY FIRST TIME TO REALLY PREACH PUBLICLY.
AND I--GOD PUT ON MY HEART, "TELL THEM I LOVE THEM."
AND I JUST PRETTY MUCH INITIALLY SAID, "NO, THAT'S JUST--I DON'T
WANNA GO WITH SOME LITTLE SUNDAY SCHOOL MESSAGE."
I WANTED TO BE GOD'S WOMAN OF POWER FOR THE HOUR, YOU KNOW?
I WANTED SOMETHING THAT WOULD JUST BLOW PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR
SEATS.
I DIDN'T WANNA GO SAY, "JESUS LOVES ME, THIS I KNOW."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT NOW, LISTEN.
WHAT GOD PUT ON MY HEART, HE SAID, "PEOPLE DON'T KNOW
I LOVE 'EM.
IF THEY DO, THEY'D ACT A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY DO."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR.
WE DON'T LIVE IN FEAR.
IF WE REALLY KNOW THAT GOD LOVES US, WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO TAKE
A STEP OF FAITH.
WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO BE WRONG.
"WELL, WHAT IF I STEP OUT AND I MISS GOD?"
WELL, IF YOU REALLY KNOW THAT GOD LOVES YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
IF YOUR HEART'S RIGHT, YOU TAKE A STEP OF FAITH AND YOU FIND OUT
WHAT GOD'S TRYING TO SAY TO YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL SCRIPTURES
ABOUT HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US AND LET ME JUST TELL
YOU, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GONNA REALLY GET IN
ONE LITTLE MESSAGE.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GOTTA MEDITATE ON FOR A LONG,
LONG TIME.
IF I SAID RIGHT NOW HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT GOD LOVES YOU,
YOU'D PROBABLY ALL SAY, "YEAH, YEAH."
BUT WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'VE HAD TROUBLE FOR A LONG TIME
AND GOD IS SILENT?
WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR MIDNIGHT HOUR WHEN NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE
ABOUT YOU?
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM GOD FOR SO
LONG THAT YOU WONDER WHERE IN THE WORLD THAT HE'S AT?
THOSE ARE THE TIMES WHEN YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH
AND SAY, "GOD, I KNOW THAT YOU LOVE ME.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON BUT I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT I
KNOW THAT YOU LOVE ME.
I KNOW THAT YOU LOVE ME."
AND THIS IS NOT A HEAD KNOWING, THIS IS A HEART KNOWING.
AND JUST IN CASE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD IT, I WANT TO BE
A MOUTHPIECE FOR GOD TODAY AND I WANNA DECLARE TO YOU
AND TO EVERYBODY WATCHING ON TELEVISION, GOD LOVES YOU.
AND HE LOVES YOU UNCONDITIONALLY.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: MAYBE YOUR PARENTS DIDN'T LOVE YOU BUT GOD SAYS, "I
WILL ADOPT YOU AND I WILL TAKE YOU UP AS MY OWN CHILD.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE LOVED.
I DIDN'T GET IT FROM MY PARENTS.
I MARRIED A GUY WHEN I WAS 18 THAT MISTREATED ME AND RAN
AROUND WITH OTHER WOMEN.
I DIDN'T LEARN IT FROM HIM.
I'VE LEARNED ABOUT LOVE FROM MY HUSBAND AND THAT'S ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS THAT YOU CAN SERVE GOD IS TO LET GOD LOVE
OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH YOU.
DID YOU HEAR ME?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD LOVES YOU.
LET'S LOOK AT ROMANS CHAPTER 8, BEGINNING IN VERSE 35.
Y'ALL DOING OKAY TODAY?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: MAN, IT MAKES YOU POWERFUL WHEN YOU KNOW THAT GOD
LOVES YOU.
I MEAN, POWERFUL.
RECEIVING GOD'S LOVE HEALS EVERYTHING THAT'S BROKEN
IN YOUR SOUL.
ALL OF OUR INSECURITIES, ALL OF OUR FEARS, COME BECAUSE WE HAVE
NOT RECEIVED LOVE FROM OTHER PEOPLE AND THEN WE BEGIN TO
THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH US AND THAT'S WHY THEY
DIDN'T LOVE US.
BUT GOD COMES TO RESTORE, TO HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED, TO BIND
UP OUR WOUNDS AND OUR BRUISES.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE LOVE OF GOD IS POURED OUT INTO OUR
HEARTS BY THE HOLY GHOST.
WHEN YOU RECEIVE CHRIST, THE HOLY SPIRIT POURS THE LOVE
OF GOD INTO YOU BUT YOU HAVE TO RECEIVE IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ROMANS 8:35, "WHO SHALL EVER SEPARATE US
FROM CHRIST'S LOVE?
SHALL SUFFERING AND AFFLICTION AND TRIBULATION?
OR CALAMITY AND DISTRESS?
OR PERSECUTION OR HUNGER OR DESTITUTION OR PERIL OR SWORD?"
HE'S SAYING NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS, NO MATTER HOW MUCH
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, DON'T EVER LET IT SEPARATE YOU FROM
THE LOVE OF GOD.
IF YOU KNOW GOD LOVES YOU, YOU'RE POWERFUL.
"EVEN AS IT IS WRITTEN, FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE PUT TO DEATH ALL
THE DAY LONG; WE ARE REGARDED AND COUNTED AS SHEEP FOR
THE SLAUGHTER."
AND I LOVE THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THESE SCRIPTURES BECAUSE TO
OTHER PEOPLE, SOMETIMES, WE CAN JUST LOOK LIKE THESE DUMB SHEEP
THAT ARE BEING LED TO SLAUGHTER.
WELL, WHAT GOOD IS IT DOING YOU TO SERVE GOD?
WELL, LOOK AT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
NO MATTER WHAT MY CIRCUMSTANCES ARE, I'VE GOT SOMETHING ON
THE INSIDE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: C'MON.
I'VE GOT SOMETHING ON THE INSIDE THAT MOST OF THE WORLD IS TRYING
TO BUY ACROSS A COUNTER SOMEWHERE
AND ARE NEVER GONNA GET IT.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: EVERYTHING YOU GO BUY TO TRY TO MAKE YOURSELF FEEL
GOOD IS ALREADY ROTTING AND DECAYING WHEN YOU TAKE IT HOME.
BUT WE'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT IS IMPERISHABLE AND BEYOND DECAY.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I'M SORRY, BUT GOD LOVES YOU AND THERE'S JUST
NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND, LET ME TELL YOU THIS, I LOVE TO SAY THIS.
GOD WILL NEVER LOVE YOU ANY MORE THAN HE DOES AT THIS MOMENT
RIGHT NOW.
SEE, YOU'RE LIKE...
YOU KNOW WHY?
'CAUSE WE THINK, "WELL, IF WE'RE BETTER, THEN GOD WILL LOVE US
MORE."
NO, HIS LOVE IS PERFECT AND UNCONDITIONAL AND IT'S NOT BASED
ON ANYTHING WE DO OR DON'T DO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD LOVES YOU!
AND HE'S NEVER GONNA LOVE YOU ANY MORE THAN HE DOES RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU SHOULD NOT TRY TO BE GOOD TO GET GOD TO LOVE YOU
MORE.
YOU SHOULD WANT TO DO GOOD AS A RESPONSE TO THE LOVE
THAT HE GIVES YOU FREELY.
MY GOSH, I'M NOT DOING THIS TODAY TO GET GOD TO LOVE ME.
I'M GIVING HIM EVERY BIT OF ENERGY THAT I HAVE GOT FOR AS
LONG AS I'M BREATHING BECAUSE OF WHAT HE HAS ALREADY DONE FOR ME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YET RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THESE THINGS,
WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: HOW CAN YOU BE MORE THAN A CONQUEROR WHEN YOU'VE GOT
SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU'VE GOT?
BECAUSE BEFORE YOU EVER GOT THE PROBLEM, GOD HAD ALREADY
ARRANGED FOR YOUR VICTORY.
AND ALL YOU'RE DOING IS WALKING IT OUT.
IT MAY BE TAKING LONGER THAN YOU'D LIKE BUT IF YOU DON'T QUIT
ON GOD, OH, HONEY, THE DAY IS GONNA COME.
"FOR I AM PERSUADED BEYOND DOUBT--"
SEE, THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
WE NEED TO BE PERSUADED BEYOND DOUBT.
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID TO TIMOTHY--IT'S RECORDED IN
2 TIMOTHY 1:12, "FOR I AM POSITIVELY PERSUADED THAT HE IS
ABLE TO KEEP THAT WHICH I HAVE ENTRUSTED TO HIM."
GIVE GOD YOUR KIDS AND BE POSITIVELY PERSUADED THAT HE
WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO LET HIM.
MY PRAYERS WILL NEVER OVERTURN SOMEBODY ELSE'S FREE WILL.
I CAN PRAY FOR SOMEBODY AS MUCH AS I WANT TO AND WHAT THAT DOES
IS IT OPENS A DOOR FOR GOD TO WORK IN THEIR LIFE AND WORK IN
THEIR LIFE AND WORK IN THEIR LIFE AND WORK IN THEIR LIFE AND
WORK IN THEIR LIFE AND HE WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT HE POSSIBLY
CAN TO TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND.
PRAYER MAKES ALL THINGS POSSIBLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO CHOOSE BUT ONE THING'S FOR SURE,
IF THERE'S SOMEBODY IN MY LIFE THAT I LOVE, ME MAKING MYSELF
MISERABLE AND RUINING MY LIFE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SERVING GOD
IS NOT GONNA MAKE THEM SERVE GOD.
IF GOD CAN'T DO IT, I SURE CAN'T DO IT.
SO WHY NOT TRUST GOD AND GO AHEAD AND DO SOME GOOD AND MAYBE
THEY'LL SEE THE LIFE THAT I'M LIVING AND SAY,
"THIS STUFF'S REAL."
"I'M SURE THAT NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE, NOR ANGELS NOR
PRINCIPALITIES, NOR THINGS IMPENDING AND THREATENING NOR
THINGS TO COME, NOR POWERS, NOR HEIGHT NOR DEPTH, NOR ANYTHING
ELSE IN ALL CREATION WILL EVER BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM
THE LOVE OF GOD WHICH IS FOUND IN CHRIST JESUS."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, ISAIAH 49:15, CAN GOD FORGET ABOUT YOU?
NO, NOT REALLY.
ISAIAH 49:15, HOW MANY OF YOU LADIES HAVE EVER BREASTFED
A CHILD?
OKAY, I DID TOO.
NOW, I'M SORRY, GUYS.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO USE YOUR HOLY IMAGINATION TO GET
THIS ONE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DON'T THINK I COULD HAVE REALLY PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD
THESE SCRIPTURES HAD I NEVER BREASTFED A CHILD.
VERSE 14, "BUT ZION [JERUSALEM, HER PEOPLE AS SEEN IN CAPTIVITY]
SAID, THE LORD HAS FORSAKEN ME, AND MY LORD HAS FORGOTTEN ME."
NOW, I WONDER HOW MANY TIMES WE SAY THAT IN OUR LIVES?
"WELL, GOD'S FORSAKEN ME.
GOD'S FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT ME."
"[AND THE LORD ANSWERED] CAN A WOMAN FORGET HER NURSING CHILD,
THAT SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE COMPASSION ON THE SON OF
HER WOMB?
YES, THEY MAY FORGET, BUT I WILL NOT FORGET YOU."
NOW, HERE'S THE THING AND I DON'T MEAN--I'M NOT TRYING TO
BE RUDE.
I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE FACTS.
IF YOU'RE A NURSING MOTHER, AND I REMEMBER HAVING THIS HAPPEN,
YOU CAN BE OVER HERE IN ONE END OF THE HOUSE AND YOUR CHILD CAN
BE OUT IN ANOTHER ROOM AND YOU CAN HEAR THAT CHILD CRY
AND IMMEDIATELY, YOU FILL UP WITH PROVISION.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO.
YOU DON'T GOTTA TURN ON A SWITCH.
THE KID DOESN'T HAVE TO ASK FOR MILK, JUST "AH!"
AND YOU FILL UP WITH PROVISION FOR THAT CHILD.
AND FURTHERMORE, IF THEY HAVE GOTTEN THEMSELVES SO UPSET THAT
THEY WON'T TAKE THE PROVISION, NOW YOU GOT A BIG MESS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND YOU ACTUALLY ARE JUST LIKE, "WILL YOU CALM DOWN?
WILL YOU CALM DOWN?" I MEAN, I REMEMBER A CHILD LIKE
BEING SO UPSET...
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THAT'S THE WAY WE ARE SOMETIMES.
GOD'S TRYING TO SAY, "WILL YOU BE STILL AND LET ME HELP YOU?
COME ON, I GOT IT COVERED.
I'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED."
[IMITATING BABY CRYING]
COME ON, GOD PUT THIS IN HERE.
I DIDN'T MAKE THIS UP.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OH GOD, HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN US?
AND HE SAYS, "REALLY, CAN A NURSING MOTHER FORGET
HER CHILD?" AND NOW FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE
PROBLEMS WITH TATTOOS, HERE WE GO.
OH BOY, WE'RE GONNA KNOCK OVER SOME RELIGIOUS COWS NOW,
AREN'T WE?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: VERSE 16, "BEHOLD, I HAVE INDELIBLY IMPRINTED OR
(TATTOOED A PICTURE OF) YOU ON THE PALM OF EACH OF MY HANDS."
OH, GO AHEAD, DON'T BE STIFF AND SOUR, YOU MIGHT AS WELL LAUGH.
GOD'S LIKE--HE'S GOT A PICTURE OF YOU TATTOOED ON THE PALM
OF HIS HANDS.
WE LIKE TO SIT PICTURES OF OUR KIDS AROUND THE HOUSE.
AND THEN HE SAYS, "YOUR WALLS ARE CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME," THAT
SIMPLY JUST MEANS YOUR PROTECTION.
OKAY, NOW JUST HANG ON, GO TO HEBREWS 13:6.
I'M ABOUT TO GET HAPPY, WHOO!
YOU CAN TRUST GOD BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT HE LOVES YOU.
WHOO, JESUS.
SEE, THE GUYS DIDN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT EXAMPLE
AND THEY'RE THE ONES DOING THE SHOUTIN'.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OKAY, THIS SCRIPTURE IS SO GOOD, IT'S JUST
LIKE--HEBREWS 13:5.
I'M SORRY, GUYS IN THE BACK, BACK IT UP ONE SCRIPTURE.
"LET YOUR CHARACTER OR MORAL DISPOSITION BE FREE FROM
THE LOVE OF MONEY--" IN OTHER WORDS, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY.
"[INCLUDING GREED, AVARICE, LUST, AND CRAVING AFTER EARTHLY
POSSESSIONS] AND BE SATISFIED WITH YOUR PRESENT [CIRCUMSTANCES
AND WITH WHAT YOU HAVE]"
NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU DON'T WANT ANY CHANGE IN YOUR
LIFE BUT IT JUST MEANS THAT FOR RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE TRUSTING GOD
FOR WHERE YOU'RE AT AND YOU'RE SAYING, "I'M JUST GONNA ENJOY
THE JOURNEY AND BELIEVE THAT WHENEVER THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR
GOD TO DO SOMETHING ELSE IN MY LIFE, HE'LL DO IT."
NOW HANG ON, YOU HAVEN'T EVEN HEARD THE SCRIPTURE YET.
"FOR HE [GOD] HIMSELF HAS SAID, I WILL NOT IN ANY WAY FAIL YOU
NOR GIVE YOU UP NOR LEAVE YOU WITHOUT SUPPORT.
[I WILL] NOT, [I WILL] NOT, [I WILL] NOT IN ANY DEGREE LEAVE
YOU HELPLESS NOR FORSAKE NOR LET [YOU] DOWN NOR (RELAX MY HOLD
ON YOU)!
[MOST ASSUREDLY NOT!]"
"I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT,
I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU NOR--I WILL NOT."
"BUT GOD, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO COME THROUGH?"
WELL, MAYBE WHEN YOU TRUST GOD AND DO GOOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: STOP WORRYING ABOUT ALL YOUR PROBLEMS AND GET UP
EVERY DAY AND SAY, "GOD, WHAT CAN I DO TODAY TO BE A BLESSING
TO SOMEBODY ELSE?" [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
LOOK VERY FAR TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO'S IN NEED, AMEN?
YOU'RE GETTING IT, AREN'T YA?
BOY, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE DEVIL MAD, JUST REFUSE TO
SIT AROUND AND BE MISERABLE.
SAY, "JUST FORGET IT, I AM NOT GONNA STAY HOME AND FEEL SORRY
FOR MYSELF ALL DAY TODAY.
I REFUSE TO BE CONFUSED.
I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO FIGURE ANYTHING OUT."
YOU CAN'T BE CONFUSED IF YOU DON'T TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT.
MYSTERIES ARE CALLED MYSTERIES BECAUSE THEY'RE MYSTERIES.
I DON'T NEED TO KNOW.
I'M HAPPY NOT KNOWING.
I FOUND OUT SOMETIMES THE LESS YOU KNOW, THE HAPPIER YOU ARE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
EVEN IF YOU HAVE BEEN DUMB, DUMB, DOUBLE DUMB AND YOU HAVE
GOTTEN YOUR LIFE IN A SUPER GOOFY MESS, GOD WILL STILL
HELP YOU.
HE WILL STILL HELP YOU.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE WON'T CORRECT US BUT HE'LL STILL
HELP US.
AND YOU MIGHT THINK, "WELL, HOW IS GOD GONNA HELP ME WITH
THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE?
HOW CAN GOD USE ME WITH THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE?"
SEE, I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CAN I REALLY TRUST GOD, IT'S NOT
SO MUCH THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT GOD CAN DO WHATEVER HE NEEDS TO
DO, BUT WE WONDER, "WILL HE DO IT FOR ME?"
COME ON, "WILL HE DO IT FOR ME?" SO, JUST LISTEN TO THIS,
IT SEEMS TO ME WHEN I READ THE BIBLE THAT GOD ACTUALLY
PREFERS IMPERFECT PEOPLE THAT ARE MESSED UP.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YEAH, HERE I AM, THAT'S RIGHT.
I MEAN, ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS LOOK AT HIS DISCIPLES.
I MEAN, THEY WEREN'T THE ONLY 12 MEN ON THE PLANET.
I MEAN, SURELY THERE WERE SOME BETTER OPTIONS.
AND HE PRAYED ALL NIGHT BEFORE HE CHOSE THEM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THE BIBLE SAYS IN 1 CORINTHIANS THAT GOD PURPOSELY
CHOOSES AND DELIBERATELY SELECTS WHAT IN THE WORLD IS LOWBORN AND
TREATED WITH CONTEMPT THAT NO ONE CAN TAKE THE CREDIT FOR WHAT
GOD IS DOING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, JUST LISTEN TO THIS LIST AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO
FEEL A LOT BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF.
NOAH GOT DRUNK.
ABRAHAM LIED ABOUT HIS WIFE.
PETER DENIED CHRIST THREE TIMES.
DAVID COMMITTED ADULTERY AND MURDER.
JACOB WAS A DECEIVER.
MARY MAGDALENE HAD SEVEN DEMONS CAST OUT OF HER AND SHE WAS ON
THE TRAVEL TEAM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WHOO, HALLELUJAH.
AND THE OTHER MARY, AS SHE'S REFERRED TO--SEEMS LIKE
EVERYBODY WAS NAMED MARY, I DON'T KNOW.
THE OTHER MARY WHO TRAVELED WITH JESUS WAS A FORMER PROSTITUTE,
SHE WAS ON THE TRAVEL TEAM.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S AMAZING WHEN YOU LOVE GOD WHAT ALL IT COVERS.
YOU KNOW, THOSE TWO WOMEN WERE AT THE CROSS WHEN HE DIED.
THEY WERE THE ONES THAT GOT UP EARLY THE NEXT MORNING AND WERE
AT THE TOMB.
RAHAB WAS A HARLOT.
RUTH HAD BEEN AN IDOL WORSHIPER.
MOSES MURDERED AN EGYPTIAN, DID NOT ALWAYS BELIEVE GOD,
AND NEEDED SOME ANGER MANAGEMENT CLASSES.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THOMAS WAS A DOUBTER.
GIDEON WAS FEARFUL.
JEREMIAH WAS FEARFUL.
JAMES AND JOHN WANTED SPECIAL SEATS OF HONOR IN THE KINGDOM.
THE DISCIPLES FOUGHT AND ARGUED ABOUT WHICH OF THEM WAS
THE GREATEST.
PAUL AND BARNABAS HAD TO SPLIT UP BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET
ALONG.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ELIJAH STRUGGLED WITH DEPRESSION.
HE EXPERIENCED SELF-PITY AND WANTED TO DIE.
JONAH RAN AWAY FROM GOD AND THE CALL ON HIS LIFE.
GOD GAVE HIM A SECOND CHANCE.
SAMSON HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH LUST AND ANGER.
SOLOMON MARRIED FOREIGN WIVES AND WAS LED INTO IDOLATRY.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT AFTER THOSE 20, I'M STARTING TO
FEEL BETTER ABOUT MYSELF.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WHOO, I'M FEELING GOOD, AMEN, I'M FEELING GOOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOCYE: THE RIGHTNESS OF GOD IS GREATER
THAN ALL THE WRONGNESS THAT WE HAVE ALL PUT TOGETHER.
AND HE SAYS, "I LOVE YOU, I'VE GOT A GOOD PLAN FOR YOU.
YOU CAN TRUST ME.
IF IT TAKES LONGER THAN YOU THINK IT SHOULD, TRUST ME,
KEEP DOING GOOD.
OBEY ME, FIND SOMEBODY TO BE A BLESSING TO, AND YOU NEVER HAVE
TO BE AFRAID THAT I WILL NOT COME THROUGH FOR YOU," BECAUSE
GOD WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN.
HE WILL NEVER DISAPPOINT YOU.
HE MAY NOT GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU WANT, BUT HE WILL GIVE YOU
THE BEST THING FOR YOU.
COME ON, GIVE GOD PRAISE.
JOYCE: WELL, WE CAN'T TRUST GOD AND WORRY AT THE SAME TIME
SO LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO CAST YOUR CARE ON GOD AND BELIEVE
THAT HE IS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES ON YOUR BEHALF.
TODAY WE'RE OFFERING YOU THE "UNSHAKABLE TRUST" BOOK AND I'M
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I REALLY ENJOYED WRITING IT AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA REALLY
ENJOY READING IT AND NOT JUST ENJOY IT, I THINK IT'S REALLY
GONNA HELP YOU.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU THIS FOR YOUR GIFT TO THE MINISTRY
OF ANY AMOUNT.
IT WILL BE USED TO HELP REACH OUT TO HURTING PEOPLE ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
NOW, HAVE A GREAT DAY AND REMEMBER, GOD DOES HAVE
AN AMAZING PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.
FEMALE: HOW DO I TRUST GOD WHEN I'VE 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 FEARS
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
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