ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: SO THERE REALLY IS AN ANSWER FOR EVERY ONE OF
THESE FEELINGS THAT TORMENT US.
THERE'S AN ANSWER FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM, WHETHER IT'S FEAR,
OR REJECTION, OR LONELINESS, OR ANXIETY, OR WORRY.
GINGER: AS WE WALK THROUGH EACH NEW DAY,
WE ALL HAVE QUESTIONS.
THEY'RE JUST PART OF LIFE.
BUT DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE ANSWERS FOR YOU?
GOD SAYS WHEN WE LOOK, WE'LL FIND HIM.
HE'S NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING.
SO, TOGETHER, WE ARE DISCOVERING LIFE'S "EVERYDAY ANSWERS."
GINGER: EMOTIONS, THEY CAN BE FUN.
THEY CAN BE GREAT.
OR THEY CAN BE OUR WORST ENEMY.
SO TODAY ON "EVERYDAY ANSWERS," WE'RE TACKLING A QUESTION FROM
SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT AN EMOTION WE'VE ALL HAD TO FACE.
THIS IS FROM JOSHUA.
HE SAYS, "HOW CAN YOU OVERCOME NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AND ANGER?"
WELL, SOMETIMES WE REALLY DO ALL WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING,
BUT WE JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE IT.
WE'RE TOO ANGRY, OR ANXIOUS, OR ANNOYED.
WITHOUT GOD'S HELP TO MANAGE OUR EMOTIONS, SO MANY THINGS IN LIFE
BECOME MORE DIFFICULT, FOR YOU AND FOR EVERYONE AROUND YOU.
SO JOYCE IS GOING TO EXPLAIN WHAT YOU CAN DO AS SHE ANSWERS
THE QUESTION, "CAN YOU HELP ME DO THE RIGHT THING IN SPITE
OF HOW I FEEL?" JOYCE: PROBABLY MORE THAN
ANYTHING, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL.
PEOPLE WILL COME FOR PRAYER, "WELL, I FEEL.
I FEEL. I FEEL.
I FEEL. I FEEL."
AND WE ALL HAVE FEELINGS.
BUT THE THING YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT FEELINGS IS
THEY ARE EVER CHANGING.
THEY ARE FICKLE AND SO, REALLY, BECAUSE I FEEL SOMETHING, THAT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S TRUTH.
SO, FIRST LESSON, EVERYTHING YOU FEEL IS NOT TRUE.
YOU MAY FEEL LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT YOU'RE NO GOOD.
AND YET, IF YOU READ WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS, YOU HAVE
UNBELIEVABLE WORTH AND VALUE TO HIM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU MAY FEEL THAT YOU CAN NEVER BE FORGIVEN FOR THE
THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE WRONG IN THE PAST, BUT IF YOU WOULD LEARN
THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH SAYS THAT HE FORGIVES AND FORGIVES
AND FORGIVES AND FORGIVES AND FORGIVES AND FORGIVES AND
FORGIVES, AND WE ARE TO LET GO OF THE PAST AND PRESS ON TO
THE THINGS THAT ARE AHEAD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU MAY BE FORGIVEN OF A SIN AND STILL FEEL GUILTY.
BUT THAT GUILT THAT YOU'RE FEELING IS ACTUALLY A LIE.
BECAUSE IF THE SIN HAS BEEN REMOVED, THERE'S NOTHING THERE
TO FEEL GUILTY ABOUT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO YOU REALLY NEED TO START ASKIN' YOURSELF, "IS THIS
THING THAT I'M FEELING," THAT IN MANY INSTANCES WE'RE BASING OUR
LIFE ON, "IS THIS FEELING TRUE?
DOES IT AGREE WITH THE WORD OF GOD?
OR IS THIS JUST SOME RANDOM THING FROM SOMEWHERE THAT MAYBE
I'VE HAD FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, AND I NEED TO CHECK OUT THE
SOURCE AND SEE IF I'M BELIEVIN' A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT'S NOT
REALLY TRUE?" DO YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU
BELIEVE LIES, IT KEEPS YOU IN BONDAGE?
AND THERE'S PEOPLE IN HERE TONIGHT.
YOU BELIEVE CERTAIN THINGS THAT REALLY AREN'T EVEN TRUE.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO VALUABLE TO HEAR THE WORD, HEAR THE WORD,
HEAR THE WORD, STUDY THE WORD, STUDY THE WORD, STUDY THE WORD.
BECAUSE JESUS SAID, "I AM THE WAY.
I AM THE TRUTH.
AND I AM THE LIFE."
TODAY THE WORLD IS TRYIN' TO TELL US THAT THERE IS
NO ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
WELL, THERE ABSOLUTELY IS AN ABSOLUTE TRUTH, AND JESUS IS IT.
AMEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO LET'S LOOK AT A COUPLE OF SCRIPTURES.
ROMANS CHAPTER 8, VERSE 8: "SO THEN THOSE WHO
ARE LIVING THE LIFE OF THE FLESH [CATERING],"
EVERYBODY SAY, "CATERING."
AUDIENCE: CATERING.
JOYCE: "[TO THE APPETITES AND IMPULSES OF THEIR CARNAL
NATURE]," YOU KNOW WHAT AN IMPULSE IS?
IT'S JUST LIKE, WHOO!
WHOOP!
IT'S JUST THIS KINDA SUDDEN URGE, YOU KNOW, LIKE,
"WHOO, CHOCOLATE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WHOO, SALE."
"[THE IMPULSES OF THEIR CARNAL NATURE]," WHICH
MEANS THE PART OF US THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN CRUCIFIED, "THEY
CANNOT PLEASE OR SATISFY GOD, OR BE ACCEPTABLE UNTO HIM."
NOW, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT GOD DOESN'T ACCEPT US IF WE HAVE
ANY CARNALITY IN OUR LIVES.
BUT IT MEANS THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR IS NOT ACCEPTABLE
TO GOD.
THAT'S NOT HOW HE WANTS US TO BEHAVE.
OKAY, SO LET'S THINK ABOUT THE WORD "CATERING" FOR A MINUTE.
I SPENT A LOT OF YEARS CATERING TO MY FLESH.
AND I'M SURE SOME OF YOU HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE, AND MAY
STILL BE IN THAT SITUATION, AND YOU MAY NOT EVEN KNOW THAT
YOU'RE DOING IT.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS EVERY TIME YOU FEEL THAT YOU WANNA DO
SOMETHIN', YOU GO DO IT.
OR ANYTIME YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU DON'T WANNA DO SOMETHIN',
YOU DON'T DO IT.
WE CATER TO OUR FEELINGS.
WE FEED THE FLESH.
AND THE MORE YOU FEED ANYTHING, THE STRONGER IT GETS.
AND THE LESS YOU FEED ANYTHING, THE WEAKER IT GETS.
SO WE NEED, WE, BY THE HELP OF GOD, THROUGH THE GRACE OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE NEED TO LEARN
THE WORD, KNOW WHAT'S THE DEVIL, KNOW WHAT'S GOD.
AND WE NEED TO USE THE FRUIT OF SELF-CONTROL THAT EVERY ONE
OF US HAS.
DON'T EVER SAY YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SELF-CONTROL.
"WELL, I JUST CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF."
YEAH, YOU CAN.
MAY NOT WANT TO, BUT YOU CAN.
AND SO THE MORE WE GO WITH GOD AND DON'T GO WITH THE FLESH, THE
WEAKER, THE WEAKER, THE WEAKER IT GETS, UNTIL IT REALLY NO
LONGER CAN HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER YOU.
GINGER: WELL, YOU KNOW NOW THAT YOU CAN'T JUST DEPEND ON
YOUR EMOTIONS.
THOSE EMOTIONS WILL LIE TO YOU.
THEY WILL MAKE YOU FEEL THINGS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY REALITY.
SO JOYCE IS HERE WITH US TO HELP US TO GET A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN
HOW TO MANAGE ALL THOSE EMOTIONS THAT ARE JUST, IT SEEMS LIKE
SOMETIMES ARE JUST BOUNCIN' AROUND IN OUR HEADS AND MAKIN'
IT SO HARD.
BUT SO IF WE CAN ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS.
JOYCE: OH, WELL, SURE.
GINGER: ALL RIGHT.
THIS COMES FROM IRA, AND HE SAYS: "JOYCE, WHAT WAS THE MOST
CHALLENGING FOR YOU WHEN YOU BEGAN THE PROCESS OF BELIEVING
GOD'S WORD MORE THAN YOUR FEELINGS?"
JOYCE: WELL, THE MOST CHALLENGING THING FOR ME, I
GUESS, IS MAYBE WHEN PEOPLE WERE COMING AGAINST ME, MAYBE NOT
TREATING ME THE WAY I THOUGHT THEY SHOULD, AND IT SEEMED LIKE
IT JUST WENT ON AND ON AND ON.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I ACTUALLY FELT LIKE GOD
WAS DEALING WITH ME TO TREAT THEM RIGHT, BUT HE WASN'T
NECESSARILY DEALING WITH THEM TO TREAT ME RIGHT.
GINGER: SO YOU'RE LIKE, "WAIT A MINUTE.
THAT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR."
JOYCE: NOW, WHETHER HE WAS OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT IT DIDN'T APPEAR TO ME LIKE HE WAS.
AND YOU KNOW, GOD JUST HAD TO TEACH ME THAT IT WAS, MY JOB WAS
TO DO WHAT I FELT LIKE HE WAS TELLING ME TO DO.
WHETHER ANYBODY ELSE WAS DOIN' WHAT WAS RIGHT OR NOT, I NEEDED
TO DO WHAT I BELIEVED WAS RIGHT BEFORE HIM.
AND THAT SOMETIMES, WE HAVE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR A LONG TIME
BEFORE WE START GETTING THE RIGHT RESULTS.
AND THAT'S ALL PART OF TRUSTING GOD.
NOW, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE EMOTION IS CONCERNED, JUST
BECAUSE YOU DECIDE NOT TO LIVE BY HOW YOU FEEL DOESN'T MEAN
THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA FEEL ANYTHING.
SO IF SOMEBODY MISTREATS ME, PROBABLY MY NATURAL REACTION IS
GOING TO BE ANGER.
BUT THE DIFFERENCE FOR ME NOW IN KNOWING THE WORD OF GOD IS
I KNOW WHICH EMOTIONS THAT I SHOULD, I DON'T WANNA SAY,
"SUPPRESS," BUT CONTROL, WHICH ONES I SHOULD START PRAYIN'
ABOUT, "GOD, HELP ME NOT TO ACT ON THIS."
AND SO I KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH I FEEL ANGER, AND IT COULD EVEN BE
JUSTIFIED ANGER, THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE GOOD FOR ME OR MY
WITNESS FOR THE LORD, OR ANYTHING ELSE, IF I STAY ANGRY
AND GET UPSET, AND THEN I BEGIN TO ACT OUT OF THAT ANGER.
SO HERE AGAIN, IT'S NOT GETTING RID OF EMOTIONS.
IT'S LEARNING HOW TO MANAGE THOSE EMOTIONS AND TO KNOW WHICH
ONES ARE GODLY AND WHICH ONES AREN'T.
GINGER: RIGHT.
THERE ARE MANY SERIOUS REASONS WHY WE FEEL THE WAY THAT WE
FEEL.
BUT RECENTLY, AT OUR CONFERENCE IN DENVER, WE ASKED YOU, "WHAT
IS YOUR MOST DIFFICULT EMOTION TO DEAL WITH?"
AND HERE ARE A FEW OF YOUR RESPONSES.
TAKE A LOOK AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THEM.
[MUSIC]
FEMALE: THE MOST DIFFICULT EMOTION THAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH
IS FEAR.
FEMALE: LONELINESS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A SINGLE MOM FOR
19 YEARS.
FEMALE: FROM THE GET GO WAS REJECTION.
MY ADOPTED MOTHER AND I DIDN'T REALLY BOND AT ALL SO I WENT
THROUGH MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD BASICALLY WANTING TO DIE.
FEMALE: SINCE I WAS A CHILD, FEAR JUST IS SOMETHING THAT JUST
CAME UPON ME BECAUSE OF WHAT EVERYTHING THAT I WENT THROUGH.
MALE: REALLY, AN ANXIETY OVER HOW PEOPLE WILL RESPOND TO ME.
FEMALE: THE MOST DIFFICULT FEELING THAT I HAD TO DEAL WITH
WAS SHAME BECAUSE OF MY CHILDHOOD AND BECAUSE OF
MY PAST.
FEMALE: I DIDN'T WANNA GO OUT OF THE HOUSE.
I DIDN'T WANNA DO ANYTHING.
I WAS ALWAYS AFRAID.
AND I KNEW I COULDN'T LIVE THAT WAY FOREVER.
I JUST DIDN'T WANNA LIVE THAT WAY.
GINGER: SO WE APPRECIATE PEOPLE'S HONESTY.
AND WE'RE GONNA DIG IN AND HELP THEM WITH SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ALL OF US FACE IN
DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND ONE PERSON SAID THAT THE MOST DIFFICULT ONE TO DEAL
WITH IS FEAR.
AND FEAR, SOMETIMES YOU WONDER, "IS IT REALLY AN EMOTION?"
OR YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO BIG IN OUR LIVES AT TIMES.
JOYCE: WELL, I THINK FEAR IS ACTUALLY A SPIRIT.
IT'S CERTAINLY NOT FROM GOD SO IT MUST BE FROM THE ENEMY.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT, "GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR,
BUT OF POWER, LOVE, AND A SOUND MIND."
AND I THINK THAT THE MORE WE LEARN TO TRUST GOD, THE LESS
FEAR WE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE IN OUR LIVES.
NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE EVER GONNA BE JUST
TOTALLY FREE FROM EVER FEELING FEAR IN ANY KIND OF A SITUATION.
BUT WHEN I LOOK BACK, YOU KNOW, AT ONE TIME IN MY LIFE I WAS
BOTHERED A LOT MORE WITH FEAR THAN WHAT I EVER AM NOW.
AND YOU KNOW, LEARNING HOW TO TRUST GOD IS A JOURNEY, AND IT'S
SOMETHING THAT TAKES TIME.
AND IT'S REALLY JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN EVER
HAVE WITHOUT HAVING ANY EXPERIENCE WITH GOD.
YOU KNOW, PART OF GAINING EXPERIENCE WITH GOD IS BEING
AFRAID OF SOMETHING, BUT STEPPING OUT ANYWAY AND SEEING
HOW GOD WORKS IN YOUR LIFE IN THAT SITUATION AND HOW HE
HELPS YOU.
THEN THE NEXT TIME FEAR COMES, IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO DO
IT AGAIN.
AND SO ALL I KNOW, AND I KNOW THIS MORE AND MORE AND MORE
THE LONGER I LIVE, TRUSTING GOD IS PRETTY MUCH
THE KEY TO EVERYTHING.
GINGER: YEAH.
AND THAT TAKES US RIGHT BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYIN' ABOUT
THOSE EMOTIONS WILL LIE TO US.
BECAUSE SO OFTEN THE FEARS THAT WE HAVE BECOME REAL IN OUR MIND
THAT WE MAY NEVER HAVE TO FACE THOSE THINGS IN REALITY.
JOYCE: FEELINGS ARE FICKLE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT, I DON'T EVEN THINK WE NEED TO
SAY THEY'RE GOOD OR BAD.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY'RE GOOD.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE BAD.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE NOT THERE WHEN YOU NEED 'EM, AND
THEY DISAPPEAR WHEN YOU DO NEED 'EM.
AND SO YOU REALLY JUST HAVE TO LEARN TO SAY, "YOU KNOW, I HOPE
I FEEL GREAT ABOUT EVERYTHING.
BUT IF I DON'T, WITH GOD'S HELP, I'M STILL GONNA DO WHAT I NEED
TO DO."
GINGER: ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS MENTIONED IS SOMETHING THAT WE
CAN ALL RELATE TO ON DIFFERENT LEVELS.
AND THAT'S LONELINESS.
AND THAT'S SUCH A DIFFICULT THING FOR ALL OF US.
AND USUALLY, AT DIFFERENT SEASONS IN OUR LIFE, MAYBE WE'RE
DEALING WITH LONELINESS.
BUT IT HURTS.
JOYCE: WELL, YOU CAN BE ALONE AND NOT BE LONELY.
AND YOU CAN BE IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE AND STILL BE LONELY.
SO I THINK PART OF LONELINESS COMES FROM FEELING
MISUNDERSTOOD.
YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT YOU REALLY HAVE ANYONE TO SHARE
THINGS WITH, TO SHARE YOUR LIFE WITH.
I'M SURE THAT A LOT OF SINGLE PARENTS FEEL THAT.
THEY FEEL LIKE THAT THEY'RE GOIN' THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS AND MAYBE HAVE A TON OF RESPONSIBILITY.
I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH LONELINESS IN MY LIFE.
NOT NOW, BUT I DID IN THE PAST BECAUSE I'M ON THE ROAD A LOT.
I DON'T HAVE A, I HAVE A GREAT LIFE, BUT IT'S NOT, QUOTE,
"A NORMAL LIFE."
AND SO I'VE HAD TO LEARN TO GET A LOT OF MY WHAT I NEED FROM
GOD.
NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T NEED PEOPLE.
BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES YOU FEEL LIKE NOBODY
REALLY GETS YOU, NOBODY REALLY UNDERSTANDS YOU, NOBODY REALLY
UNDERSTANDS WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
BUT I LOVE HEBREWS 4:15 AND 16.
IT SAYS THAT: "WE HAVE A HIGH PRIEST WHO UNDERSTANDS."
AND IT TALKS ABOUT OUR WEAKNESSES AND OUR, YOU KNOW,
THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE LIABLE TO GET OURSELVES
INTO THROUGH SIN.
BUT I THINK THAT IT'S JUST, IT'S COMFORTING TO ME TO KNOW THAT
JESUS UNDERSTANDS ME, AND THAT I CAN ALWAYS GO TO HIM.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN DO IF
YOU ARE FEELING LONELY IS YOU CAN GO AND HELP SOMEBODY ELSE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY THAT FEELS A LOT WORSE
THAN YOU DO.
AND I THINK TOO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE TRIED TO TRAIN
MYSELF TO DO AND I'M STILL, YOU KNOW, WORKIN' WITH GOD ON
IT IS JUST REALIZING THAT HE'S ALWAYS WITH ME.
TO EVEN STOP ONCE IN A WHILE AND THINK, "GOD IS HERE RIGHT NOW.
HE'S HERE RIGHT NOW."
WE HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T JUST LOOK AT ALL OF OUR
PROBLEMS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S NOT GOIN' RIGHT, AND WHAT WE
DON'T HAVE, AND REMEMBER THAT WHATEVER YOU DON'T HAVE,
YOU DO HAVE GOD.
AND THAT MAKES UP FOR EVERYTHING ELSE.
GINGER: YEAH.
I REMEMBER ONE TIME YEARS AND YEARS AGO, GOING THROUGH THE
BIBLE AND JUST UNDERLINING ALL THOSE LITTLE PLACES WHERE JESUS
DEALT AS A MAN ON EARTH WITH THE SAME EMOTIONS THAT I WAS
DEALING WITH.
I MEAN, THERE WERE TIMES THAT HE WAS LONELY.
AND THERE WERE TIMES THAT HE DEALT WITH REJECTION.
SO HE UNDERSTANDS.
HE'S FELT THOSE HURTS, AND THAT WAS VERY COMFORTER, COMFORTING.
JOYCE: EVEN ON THE CROSS, "WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"
AND YET, HE SAID, "INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT."
SO WE CAN FEEL ONE THING, AND ACTUALLY BELIEVE SOMETHING ELSE.
I THINK THAT FEELINGS ARE MORE EXTERIOR.
AND SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT I FEEL, BUT IT'S WHAT
I KNOW IN MY HEART.
AND I LOVE WHAT JOB SAID WHEN HE WAS GOIN' THROUGH ALL KINDS OF
STUFF, AND NO TELLIN' JUST WHAT HE FELT.
HE SAID, "I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES."
GINGER: YEAH.
AND SO MANY DIFFERENT EMOTIONS, REALLY, THAT IS THE ANSWER,
ISN'T IT?
JOYCE: LEARNING WHAT EMOTIONS, I MEAN, THE BIBLE
REALLY TALKS ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
LIKE, I THINK YOU MENTIONED ONE OF 'EM WAS THE FEELING
OF REJECTION.
WELL, JESUS WAS REJECTED.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS WHENEVER WE ARE REJECTED THAT WE'RE
ACTUALLY, PEOPLE ARE REJECTING HIM, NOT US.
AND SO I HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT FOR ME BECAUSE WHEN I STARTED
TEACHING, IF SOMEBODY WOULD GET UP AND LEAVE THE ROOM WHILE I
WAS TEACHING, I AUTOMATICALLY THOUGHT THEY DIDN'T LIKE MY--
GINGER: YEAH, "WELL, WHY ARE THEY WALKING OUT?"
YOU START THINKING THINGS.
JOYCE: AND SO YOU START FEELING REJECTED.
BUT THE KEY IS, IS EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T LIKE ME AND THEY WERE
LEAVING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE WHAT I WAS SAYING, ACCORDING TO
THE BIBLE, THEY WEREN'T REALLY REJECTING ME.
THEY WERE REJECTING GOD.
SO THERE REALLY IS AN ANSWER FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE FEELINGS
THAT TORMENT US.
THERE'S AN ANSWER FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM, WHETHER IT'S FEAR,
OR REJECTION, OR LONELINESS, OR ANXIETY, OR WORRY,
OR WHATEVER IT IS.
THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM IN LIFE IS FOUND IN
THE WORD OF GOD.
AND THEN LEARNING WHAT THAT PROMISE IS, AND THEN TRUSTING
GOD THAT WHAT HE GIVES US IN THAT PROMISE IS GREATER THAN
WHAT WE'RE FEELING.
GINGER: YEAH.
JOYCE: AND NOBODY CAN DO THIS FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.
IT'S SOMETHING YOU LEARN BY STUDYING THE WORD.
AND I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY WHY PEOPLE HAVE THE PROGRAM ON TODAY
IS TO LEARN HOW THEY CAN BEGIN TO REACT TO SITUATIONS
DIFFERENTLY.
I THINK SOMETIMES WE KEEP WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO MAKE
ALL THIS STUFF GO AWAY.
AND IT'S NOT GOING TO.
WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH IT EFFECTIVELY BY STANDING
ON THE WORD OF GOD.
GINGER: YEAH.
WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE SHARE THEIR OWN
PERSONAL STORIES ONLINE ALSO.
WHEN YOU GO TO THE "EVERYDAY ANSWERS" PAGE,
YOU'LL SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING.
AND THEY'RE SHARING THOSE VICTORIES OVER THEIR FEELINGS,
OR THEIR ANSWERS TO THEIR TOUGH TIMES IN LIFE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT MEANS A LOT WHEN WE SEE WHAT GOD DOES IN
SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE BECAUSE IT MEANS HE CAN DO IT IN OURS TOO.
JOYCE: YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
YOU'RE ENCOURAGED BY, I MEAN, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE PEOPLE SAID
TO ME WHEN I SHARE ABOUT MY ABUSE, "WELL, KNOWING THAT YOU
GOT THROUGH IT MAKES ME BELIEVE THAT I CAN GET THROUGH IT"?
AND SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SHARE A TESTIMONY OF VICTORY
WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.
IT'S NOT THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE
GOING THROUGH.
IT'S REALLY, YOU DO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH IT.
"BUT LOOK, HERE I AM NOW.
I'M OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, SO C'MON, YOU CAN GET THROUGH
IT TOO."
GINGER: "COME WITH ME."
WELL, HERE'S A GREAT EXAMPLE.
THIS WAS POSTED ON OUR FACEBOOK, JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES'
FACEBOOK PAGE.
AND TALKING ABOUT THE EMOTION OF FEAR, WHICH WE WERE JUST TALKING
ABOUT, JOANNE SAYS: "MY DAD WAS SICK OFF AND ON FOR A COUPLE OF
YEARS AND IT WAS ON MY HEART TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT SALVATION.
BUT I WAITED AND WAITED BECAUSE MY DAD HATED PEOPLE PREACHING
TO HIM.
IN MY MIND, I REHEARSED WHAT I WOULD SAY TO HIM AND
METICULOUSLY PLANNED TO APPROACH HIM BUT I WAS TOO AFRAID.
LAST YEAR, HE GOT VERY SICK.
I TOLD HIM I WAS GOING TO PRAY FOR HIS SALVATION AND IF HE WAS
IN AGREEMENT, ALL HE HAD TO DO AFTERWARDS WAS SAY, 'I AGREE.'
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I SAID, BUT IT WAS NOTHING LIKE WHAT
I'D REHEARSED.
WHEN I FINISHED, MY DAD OPENED HIS BIG BLUE EYES AND SAID,
'I AGREE.' HE LIVED FOR 50 MORE DAYS
WITH HIS FAMILY BY HIS SIDE, AND NOW WE KNOW THAT WE'LL
SEE HIM AGAIN."
JOYCE: THAT'S GOOD.
YOU SEE, GOD, HER HEART WAS RIGHT EVEN THOUGH FEAR WAS
COMIN' AGAINST HER.
SO GOD LED HER IN KIND OF A UNIQUE WAY, BUT IT WAS JUST
WHAT HE NEEDED AT THAT TIME.
IT WAS SOMETHIN' SHE COULD HANDLE, AND IT'S SOMETHIN'
HE COULD HANDLE.
SO WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL SOMETIMES ABOUT GETTING THESE SET IDEAS IN
OUR HEAD OF HOW THINGS HAVE TO BE DONE, AND REALLY LET GOD
GUIDE US.
GINGER: YEAH, YEAH, BEING GUIDED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT RATHER
THAN OUR EMOTIONS.
WELL, WE HOPE YOU'LL TELL US YOUR STORY TODAY.
WHAT EMOTION HAS GOD HELPED YOU MANAGE?
AND HOW HAS IT AFFECTED YOUR LIFE?
LET US KNOW ON FACEBOOK, ON TWITTER, USE #EA.
AND DON'T FORGET EXACTLY WHAT JOYCE WAS SAYING.
IT IS THE WORD OF GOD THAT YOU CAN STAND ON.
IT IS THE TRUTH BEYOND WHAT WE'RE FEELING.
SO OUR OFFER TODAY IS JOYCE'S TEACHING CALLED
"MANAGING YOUR EMOTIONS," FOUR CD'S THAT WILL HELP YOU
TO GET A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW YOU CAN GO
BEYOND WHAT YOU FEEL.
AND ALSO, A "GOOD MORNING, THIS IS GOD" MUG.
SO EVERY MORNING WHEN YOU WAKE UP, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK
AT THAT AND REMEMBER THAT GOD IS WITH YOU.
RIGHT NOW HERE'S THE CONCLUSION TO JOYCE'S ANSWER TO OUR
QUESTION TODAY, "CAN YOU HELP ME DO THE RIGHT THING
IN SPITE OF HOW I FEEL?" JOYCE: WHAT DO YOU DO TO
CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS?
THE FIRST THING I WOULD TELL YOU IS ANY TIME THE DEVIL IS AFTER
YOU, YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY INTERRUPT THE DEVIL'S PLAN
BY PRAYING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT'S JUST THE SIMPLEST LITTLE THING.
YOU JUST PRAY.
OR SOMETIMES, WHEN THE DEVIL LIES TO YOU, ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS
CONFESS THE SCRIPTURE OUT LOUD.
HE GOES AWAY.
HE DON'T WANNA LISTEN TO YOU PREACH TO HIM.
HE'S NOT IN HERE TONIGHT.
HE DOESN'T LIKE TO HEAR PEACHING, AMEN?
AUDIENCE: AMEN.
JOYCE: BUT YOU CAN PREACH TO YOURSELF.
SO THE FIRST THING YOU DO, YOU FEEL JEALOUS, YOU FEEL OFFENDED,
YOU FEEL ANGRY, YOU PRAY, "GOD, I DON'T WANNA FEEL LIKE THIS.
BUT UNTIL THE FEELINGS GO AWAY, I'M ASKIN' YOU TO HELP ME
CONTROL MYSELF.
I WANNA GLORIFY YOU AND NOT GIVE INTO THIS.
I NEED YOUR STRENGTH."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I'M NOT WANTING TO SEND YOU HOME TO TRY TO CHANGE
OR TO TRY TO NOT FEEL CERTAIN WAYS.
I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE CERTAIN
FEELINGS.
YOU NEVER KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THEY'RE GONNA SHOW UP.
YOU NEVER KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THEY'RE GONNA GO AWAY.
SO WE NEED TO LEARN TO ENJOY THE GOOD ONES AND RESIST
THE BAD ONES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I LOVE IT WHEN I FEEL LIKE DOIN' EVERYTHING I WAS
SUPPOSED TO DO, BUT I'VE MADE MY MIND UP, CAN SOMEBODY SAY,
"I'VE MADE MY MIND UP"?
AUDIENCE: I'VE MADE MY MIND UP.
JOYCE: "THAT I'M GONNA DO WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO, WHETHER
I FEEL LIKE DOING IT OR NOT."
RIGHT AWAY, PRAY.
IT INTERRUPTS THE DEVIL.
THEN IF YOU'RE HAVIN' A CONSISTENT PROBLEM WITH
SOMETHIN', STUDY THE WORD OF GOD IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THERE'S
POWER IN THE WORD TO CHANGE THINGS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THE WORD IS POWERFUL, POWERFUL.
THERE'S POWER IN EVERY WORD OF GOD THAT I'M SPEAKING TO YOU
TONIGHT.
IT'S FULL OF POWER.
IT HAS INHERENT POWER IN IT, AND IT CAN CHANGE YOU.
THE WORD OF GOD CHANGES US.
THE WORD OF GOD KEEPS US FROM SIN.
THE WORD OF GOD PROTECTS US.
THE WORD OF GOD ENERGIZES US.
THE WORD OF GOD CHANGES US.
SO DON'T EVER LOOK AT YOUR BIBLE LIKE, "WELL, YOU KNOW, I BETTER
READ MY CHAPTER TODAY.
I DON'T WANT GOD TO BE MAD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: GOD DOESN'T NEED YOU TO READ THE BIBLE.
HE KNOWS IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HE WANTS US TO STUDY FOR OURSELVES BECAUSE WE
NEED IT.
WE DO NOTHING WITHOUT HIM, BUT WE CAN DO EVERYTHING
THROUGH HIM.
BUT YOU GOTTA MAKE A DECISION.
COLOSSIANS 3 SAYS: "SET YOUR MIND AND KEEP IT SET."
DON'T SET YOUR MIND AND THEN CHANGE IT WHEN IT GETS HARD.
IS THIS HELPIN' ANYBODY TONIGHT?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HE WHO LIVES BY EMOTION WILL LIVE WITHOUT
PRINCIPLE.
THAT MEANS HE WILL LIVE WITHOUT INTEGRITY.
THE WORD "INTEGRITY" MEANS "THE STATE OF BEING WHOLE
OR UNDIVIDED."
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
YOUR CONSCIENCE AGREES WITH YOUR ACTIONS.
WE'RE NOT DOING ONE THING WHILE OUR CONSCIENCE IS TELLING US
THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT.
THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN CONTINUING TO DO SOMETHING THAT
YOU KNOW THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BOY, YOU TALK ABOUT SOMETHIN' THAT MAKES YA
UNCOMFORTABLE.
THAT'S IT.
DOING WHAT IS RIGHT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT YET BE GETTING A RIGHT RESULT, CONTINUE
TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE YOUR REWARD WILL DEFINITELY COME.
I WANNA CLOSE WITH REVELATION 22:12,
RIGHT AT THE VERY, VERY END OF THE BIBLE:
"'BEHOLD, I AM COMING SOON--"
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: "AND I SHALL BRING MY WAGES AND REWARDS WITH ME,
TO REPAY AND RENDER TO EACH ONE JUST AS HIS OWN ACTIONS AND HIS
OWN WORK HAS MERITED.
BEHOLD, I'M COMING SOON, AND I'M BRINGING MY REWARD
AND MY WAGES WITH ME."
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHIN', PAYDAY'S COMIN'.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: PAYDAY'S COMIN'.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE DOING WHAT IS RIGHT, EVEN WHEN
IT'S HARD, AND YOU'RE PERSISTENT, IF YOU NEVER GET A
RIGHT RESULT HERE ON THIS EARTH, HE'S COMING AGAIN, AND HE'S
GONNA BRING HIS WAGES AND HIS REWARDS WITH HIM.
DON'T LIVE FOR TODAY.
LIVE TODAY FOR ETERNITY.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: C'MON, LET'S GIVE GOD A BIG PRAISE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
GINGER: SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE FEELING LIKE RIGHT NOW,
BUT REMEMBER, IT WILL PAY OFF IF YOU DO THE RIGHT THING, NO
MATTER WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE, EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE
DOING IT.
AND WHEN YOU FEEL WEAK, GOD IS GIVING YOU THE STRENGTH TO
ACCOMPLISH WHATEVER HE ASKS YOU TO DO, WHATEVER GOAL
HE SETS BEFORE YOU.
YOU WOULD BE AMAZED AT HOW MUCH THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT MANAGING
YOUR EMOTIONS.
AND THAT'S WHY JOYCE HAS THIS TEACHING CALLED
"MANAGING YOUR EMOTIONS."
IT'S FOUR CDS.
AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS SHE TALKS
ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S SO HELPFUL.
SHE TALKS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF FOLLOWING YOUR IMPULSES.
ISN'T THAT ALWAYS THE HARDEST THING WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE DOING
SOMETHING?
JUST TAKING A BREATH, PRAYING ABOUT WHAT THE ANSWER SHOULD BE.
SHE ALSO TALKS ABOUT WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN'T
HANDLE IT ANYMORE.
WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE.
HOW TO AVOID MOOD SWINGS.
GREAT STUFF IN HERE SO MAKE SURE YOU PICK IT UP.
AND WHEN YOU GET "MANAGING YOUR EMOTIONS,"
YOU'RE ALSO GONNA GET THIS MUG.
NOW, THE GREAT THING ABOUT A MUG IS, YOU KNOW, IT JUST
LOOKS GREAT.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR VERY FAVORITE MUGS THAT WE HAVE HERE AT
THE MINISTRY.
EVERYBODY LOVES THIS BECAUSE IT SAYS, "GOOD MORNING,
THIS IS GOD.
I'M HERE TO HELP YOU THROUGH EVERYTHING TODAY,
INCLUDING YOUR EMOTIONS."
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FUN WITH THIS MUG.
SO PICK THESE UP TODAY.
DON'T WAIT.
DO IT RIGHT NOW, WHETHER YOU FEEL LIKE IT OR NOT.
AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE HERE WITH US NEXT TIME ON
"EVERYDAY ANSWERS."
JOYCE: START KNOWING THAT YOU'VE BEEN MADE RIGHT WITH GOD
THROUGH THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST AND THEN LET THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS
THAT HE'S PUT IN YOU BE WORKED OUT THROUGH YOU AS YOU WALK
WITH GOD.
AND EVERY DAY YOU'LL GET BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER
AND BETTER, BUT IF ALL YOU DO IS SIT AROUND AND THINK ABOUT
EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG WITH YOU, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA MAKE
MY PROGRESS.
JOHN: I WOULD ENCOURAGE SINGLE PARENTS TO KEEP THE LORD
FIRST WITH THE LONG GOAL IN MIND, AND THE LONG GOAL IS THAT
YOUR CHILDREN ESTABLISH A LEGACY THAT OUTLASTS YOU.
GINGER: IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, WE ARE HERE TO
ANSWER IT.
MAKE SURE YOU ASK IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA USING #ASKJOYCE.
YOU CAN ASK IT ON TWITTER.
YOU CAN ASK IT ON OUR OWN WEBSITE, JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
BUT TODAY, MAKE SURE THAT YOU KEEP THOSE FEELINGS IN CHECK
AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY.
WE LOVE YOU, BYE-BYE.
CC BY ABERDEEN CAPTIONING 1-800-688-6621 WWW.ABERCAP.COM
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING PROGRAM WAS PAID FOR BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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