ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: GOD IS THINKING ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME.
I SAID, "GOD IS THINKING ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND GUESS WHAT?
HE'S NOT THINKIN' ANYTHING BAD.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: I CALL THIS "IF IT'S BROKEN,
GOD CAN FIX IT."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I STARTED ONE DAY JUST RUNNING REFERENCES
ON THE WORD "RESTORATION," AND, YOU KNOW,
TO RESTORE SOMETHING MEANS "TO MAKE IT NEW AGAIN,
OR EVEN TO MAKE IT BETTER THAN NEW AGAIN."
AND I KINDA LIKE THAT IDEA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHIN' BRAND NEW, IT'S LIKE,
THERE'S JUST, LIKE, THERE'S NO SCRATCHES,
NO NOTHIN'.
I MEAN, IT JUST--YOU JUST THINK YOU JUST WANNA SIT THERE
AND LOOK AT IT.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A PIECE OF FURNITURE
THAT'S MAYBE 20 YEARS OLD REFURBISHED,
IT STILL IS JUST GORGEOUS, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE
A LITTLE NICK HERE, A LITTLE CHIP OUT
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BUT TO BE HONEST, IF WE LOOK AT THOSE PIECES
OF FURNITURE LIKE OUR LIVES, I THINK THOSE LITTLE NICKS
AND CHIPS ARE WHAT GIVE US CHARACTER, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, THIS IS A GREAT SECTION.
"GOD RESTORES OUR SOUL," WOW.
PSALM 23:3: "HE REFRESHES AND RESTORES
MY SOUL [MY LIFE]; HE LEADS ME IN THE PATHS
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE."
OUR SOUL IS EVERYTHING THAT'S IN US.
IT'S ALL THE STUFF YOU DON'T SEE,
BUT IT'S REALLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT YOU DO SEE.
NO MATTER HOW GOOD YOU LOOK ON THE OUTSIDE,
IF YOU'RE MISERABLE ON THE INSIDE,
YOU'RE STILL VERY MISERABLE.
AND OUR SOUL INVOLVES OUR MIND, THE WAY WE THINK.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN MAKE A GOOD LIFE FOR YOURSELF
BY THINKIN' GOOD, AND YOU CAN TAKE A GOOD LIFE
AND MAKE IT LOUSY BY THINKIN' BAD.
IT'S ATTITUDE, WHAT KINDA ATTITUDE
THAT YOU HAVE TOWARD THINGS AND TOWARD LIFE.
AND DON'T THINK I DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE
WHAT I'M PREACHIN', BECAUSE I DO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: JUST 'CAUSE WE STAND UP HERE
AND PREACH THIS STUFF, DON'T THINK FOR ONE MINUTE
THAT WE DON'T GET MANY CHANCES TO HAVE TO LIVE IT OUT.
WE NEED TO PRAY ALWAYS TO BE STRONG INWARDLY.
THAT WAS ONE OF PAUL'S PRAYERS FOR THE CHURCH.
IN EPHESIANS 3:16, HE SAYS: "MAY HE GRANT YOU
OUT OF THE RICHES OF HIS GLORY, TO BE STRENGTHENED
AND SPIRITUALLY ENERGIZED WITH POWER THROUGH HIS HOLY SPIRIT
IN YOUR INNER SELF, [INDWELLING YOUR INNERMOST
BEING AND PERSONALITY]."
PRAY FOR YOURSELF AND THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE EVERY DAY
THAT THEY WOULD BE STRENGTHENED
INWARDLY WITH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
"THE STRONG SPIRIT OF A MAN WILL SUSTAIN HIM IN BODILY PAIN
AND TROUBLE."
IF YOU'RE STRONG INSIDE, IT WILL GET YOU THROUGH ANYTHING
THAT COMES AGAINST YOU ON THE OUTSIDE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: EMOTIONS NEED SO MUCH TENDER LOVING CARE.
YOU NEED TO LAUGH.
I WENT OUT WITH MY DAUGHTER THE OTHER DAY
AND I'D BEEN HAVIN' A ROUGH TIME AND I NEEDED TO LAUGH,
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I WAS PRACTICALLY CRAWLIN' AROUND
A STORE CALLED WHOLE FOODS, I WAS LAUGHIN' SO HARD.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, THEN, JUST NOTHING WAS FUNNY.
EVERYTHING WAS FUNNY.
IT WAS JUST FUNNY BECAUSE IT WAS FUNNY.
AND THEN I WAS LAUGHIN' BECAUSE I WAS LAUGHING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND MY DAUGHTER SAID,
SHE SAID, "PEOPLE ARE GONNA THINK YOU'RE DRUNK."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "WHAT IF THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE?"
I SAID, "WELL, MAYBE THEY'LL JUST THINK I'M HAPPY."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I TOLD HER, I SAID, AFTER THAT WAS OVER,
I FELT LIKE A DUSTY CLOSET THAT HAD BEEN AIRED OUT
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT
OF FUNNY STUFF GOIN' ON IN THE WORLD AROUND US,
WE GOTTA CREATE SOME.
SO I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A SUGGESTION TO START WITH,
AND I'M NOT KIDDING WHEN I SAY THIS.
SMILE MORE, JUST SMILE.
SMILE WHEN YOU'RE BY YOURSELF.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I MEAN IT.
I DO THAT SOMETIMES.
I'LL JUST SIT AND GO--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND IT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER.
GO AHEAD, JUST TRY IT.
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND JUST SMILE.
NOW, DON'T YOU FEEL BETTER, HONESTLY?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I HAVE FOUND OUT WHEN I DO THAT,
IT'S LIKE I FEEL SOMETHIN' KINDA RELEASE IN HERE, JUST--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: MATTHEW 11:28: "'COME UNTO ME,
ALL YE THAT LABOR AND ARE HEAVY-LADEN
AND OVERBURDENED [AND ALL STRESSED-OUT],
AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST [REFRESHMENT FOR YOUR SOUL]."
SEE, GOD WANTS TO MINISTER TO THE INSIDE OF US, OUR MIND,
OUR WILL, OUR EMOTIONS,
OUR ATTITUDES.
HE CARES ABOUT EVERY PART OF YOU, ESPECIALLY THE THINGS
THAT GO ON INSIDE OF YOU.
HE CARES ABOUT WHAT GOES ON INSIDE YOU.
IF YOU HAVE A WOUNDED SOUL, WE PRAY RIGHT NOW
THAT GOD RESTORES YOU AND GIVES YOU HEALING
AND NEW LIFE AND A REASON TO LAUGH,
SOMEONE TO LOVE, AND SOMEONE TO LOVE YOU.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL FIND ENJOYMENT IN THINGS
THAT OTHER PEOPLE WOULDN'T POSSIBLY
FIND ENJOYMENT IN, IN JESUS'S NAME, AMEN.
AUDIENCE: AMEN.
JOYCE: ALL RIGHT, WHOO, WE'RE HAVIN' FUN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: GOD RESTORES OUR VALUE.
BEFORE I READ THESE SCRIPTURES, I WANNA TELL YOU A STORY,
AND YOU'LL LIKE THIS, TOMMY, 'CAUSE IT KINDA RELATES BACK
TO THE DREAM CENTER.
BECAUSE OF WHAT PASTOR DID IN STARTING THE DREAM CENTER
IN LA, IT'S KINDA BECOME VIRAL, AND NOW
THERE'S 267 DREAM CENTERS AROUND THE US.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND WE HAVE ONE OF THEM IN ST. LOUIS.
WE WERE PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST ONES, I THINK,
TO BUILD ONE.
AND HE SAID IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST ONES.
AND DAVE MET A MAN IN STARBUCKS THE OTHER DAY,
AND THE GUY ACTUALLY ENDED UP COMIN' OUT
AND TALKIN' TO ME TOO, BUT HE SAID--HE WAS
A WELL-DRESSED MAN, AND HE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT I GRADUATED FROM YOUR MEN'S HOME
AT THE DREAM CENTER EIGHT YEARS AGO."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, IF YOU'RE IN OUR MEN'S HOME AT THE DREAM CENTER,
THAT MEANS YOU PROBABLY CAME OFF THE STREET.
ADDICTED TO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, MAYBE YOU JUST GOT OUT
OF PRISON, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A HOME.
YOU'RE THERE BECAUSE YOU'VE HIT ROCK BOTTOM, OKAY?
SO, EIGHT YEARS, HE NOW OWNS HIS OWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HE'S MARRIED, HIM AND HIS WIFE
HAVE TAKEN SOME MISSION TRIPS, AND NOW THEY JUST STARTED
A BRAND-NEW STARTUP CHURCH IN OUR CITY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, YOU SEE, PASTOR TOMMY,
IT JUST KEEPS GOING ON.
LOOK AT WHAT YOU STARTED.
SEE, YOU NEVER KNOW, WHEN YOU TAKE A POSITIVE STEP
TO OBEY GOD, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE RIPPLES
OF THAT MAY BE, IT'S AMAZING.
BUT THE REASON WHY I WANTED
TO BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE OF THE SECTION
I'M GONNA SAY SOMETHIN' ABOUT NOW, IS THAT GOD WANTS
TO RESTORE YOUR VALUE.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW IF DAVE ASKED HIM
WHAT HELPED HIM THE MOST, OR IF HE JUST TOLD DAVE,
BUT HE SAID, "WHEN I HEARD JOYCE SAY
THAT 'GOD IS NOT MAD AT YOU, THAT YOU ARE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF GOD IN CHRIST, AND THAT HE LOVES YOU,'"
HE SAID, "IT COMPLETELY CHANGED MY LIFE.
I'D NEVER HEARD THAT."
THINGS THAT WE HEAR AND TAKE FOR GRANTED
ALL THE TIME, AND THE WORLD IS FULL OF PEOPLE
THAT NOBODY HAS EVER TOLD THEM THAT GOD LOVES THEM.
DO YOU KNOW THAT I THINK MOST PEOPLE
GO AROUND WITH THIS LITTLE VAGUE FEELING THAT GOD'S KINDA
TICKED OFF AT 'EM?
JUST KINDA SORTA MAYBE, NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST, "EHH,
I DIDN'T PRAY RIGHT.
I DIDN'T DO THIS."
HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE, SOMETIMES WE JUST FEEL LIKE--?
I KNOW WHEN IT'S BAD, YOU DON'T WANNA
PUT YOUR HAND UP.
YOU GO ONE OF THESE THINGS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT I WENT THROUGH THAT FOR A LOT OF YEARS.
YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL WOULD ALWAYS REMIND ME OF ONE OTHER THING
I DIDN'T DO.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH I DID, THERE WAS ALWAYS ONE THING
I DIDN'T DO.
AND SO THEN I'D ALWAYS FEEL A LITTLE BIT BAD ABOUT THAT,
AND I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT I KINDA VAGUELY FELT
THAT MAYBE GOD WASN'T PLEASED WITH ME.
BUT SEE, HE'S NOT PLEASED WITH US BECAUSE OF US
DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT.
HE'S PLEASED WITH US BECAUSE WE BELIEVE
IN HIS SON JESUS CHRIST.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: LET ME TELL YA SOMETHIN'.
IF YOU'RE LOOKIN' FOR A MINISTRY AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOURS
IS YET, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ONE RIGHT NOW.
EVERYBODY NOW HAS A MINISTRY.
YOUR MINISTRY IS TO MAKE EVERY PERSON THAT YOU SEE VALUABLE.
MAKE THEM FEEL VALUABLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: JUST SMILING AT SOMEONE MAKES THEM
FEEL VALUABLE.
SAYING, "GOOD MORNING," MAKES THEM FEEL VALUABLE.
LEARNING THEIR NAME REALLY MAKES 'EM FEEL IMPORTANT.
I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT THAT ONE, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, PASTOR MIKE,
HE KNOWS EVERYBODY'S NAME THAT WORKS FOR US AND PROBABLY
HALF OF THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING
RIGHT NOW.
HE'S JUST REALLY GOOD AT IT, YOU KNOW?
I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT I PROBABLY HAVE PEOPLE
THAT'VE WORKED FOR ME TEN YEARS THAT I STILL DON'T KNOW
THEIR NAME.
I JUST, I'M NOT GOOD AT IT.
I'LL RECOGNIZE FACES, BUT NOT NAMES.
BUT IT IS GOOD TO TRY TO REMEMBER PEOPLE'S NAMES BECAUSE
IT MAKES THEM FEEL IMPORTANT.
I HEARD THIS, AND I THINK IT'S TRUE.
PEOPLE MAY NOT ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID TO THEM,
BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ISN'T THAT GOOD?
SO, JUST THINK, YOU ARE NOW IN FULL-TIME MINISTRY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: EVERYWHERE YOU GO, YOU GET TO MAKE SOMEBODY
FEEL VALUABLE.
AND YOU WANNA KNOW THE TRUTH?
I THINK THOSE KINDA MINISTRIES, IN MANY WAYS, ARE MORE IMPORTANT
THAN THIS KINDA MINISTRY.
I MEAN, YES, THE PREACHING AND THE TEACHING AND THE WORSHIP
AND ALL THE PLATFORM STUFF IS IMPORTANT, BUT I'LL TELL YA,
WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WHERE THEY'RE HURTING
IS OUT IN THE STREETS.
THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THEM ARE AT.
THEY'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT.
THEY'RE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE, AND YOU'RE GONNA RUN INTO
ONE OF 'EM SOMEWHERE TOMORROW, OR TWO OR THREE OR FOUR.
HOW 'BOUT MAKIN' THE LADY THAT CHECKS OUT
YOUR GROCERIES FEEL VALUABLE.
"THANK YOU FOR DOIN' THAT FOR ME.
I APPRECIATE YOU DOING YOUR JOB."
INSTEAD OF IF SHE'S A LITTLE SLOW.
[SIGHING]
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THEN TURN AROUND SO SHE CAN SEE THE JESUS TATTOO
ON YOUR ARM.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT
YOURSELF TONIGHT, LISTEN.
ISAIAH 43: "'BECAUSE YOU ARE PRECIOUS IN MY SIGHT,'"
YOU'RE PRECIOUS.
WE USUALLY JUST SAY THAT TO BABIES, "YOU'RE SO PRECIOUS."
BUT GOD'S SAYIN' IT TO YOU TONIGHT, "YOU ARE SO PRECIOUS."
"BECAUSE OF THAT YOU'RE HONORED AND I LOVE YOU."
"I LOVE YOU."
GOD LOVES YOU.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU'RE ONE OF A KIND.
NO DUPLICATES WITH GOD.
NOT AN ACCIDENT, HE PURPOSELY CREATED YOU
IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB WITH HIS VERY OWN HANDS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: PSALM 139:13 THROUGH 18,
WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT 'EM 'CAUSE THEY'RE TOO GOOD
TO PASS UP: "FOR YOU FORMED MY INNERMOST
PARTS; YOU KNIT ME [TOGETHER]
IN MY MOTHER'S WOMB.
I WILL GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE TO YOU,
FOR I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE;
WONDERFUL ARE YOUR WORKS, AND MY SOUL KNOWS THAT
VERY WELL.
MY FRAME WAS NOT HIDDEN FROM YOU,
WHEN I WAS BEING FORMED IN SECRET, AND INTRICATELY
AND SKILLFULLY FORMED [AS IF EMBROIDERED
WITH MANY COLORS]
IN THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH.
YOUR EYES HAVE SEEN MY UNFORMED SUBSTANCE; AND IN YOUR BOOK,"
NOW LISTEN TO THIS, "AND IN YOUR BOOK
WERE ALL WRITTEN THE DAYS THAT WERE APPOINTED FOR ME,
WHEN AS YET THERE WAS NOT ONE OF THEM [EVEN TAKING SHAPE]."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BEFORE YOU WERE EVER BORN, EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE WAS
ALREADY RECORDED IN GOD'S BOOK.
SO GUESS WHAT?
WE MAY BE SURPRISED, BUT HE'S ALWAYS READY
FOR WHATEVER'S COMIN'.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND THIS IS AMAZING, 17 AND 18: "HOW PRECIOUS
ALSO ARE YOUR THOUGHTS TO ME, O GOD!
HOW VAST IS THE SUM OF THEM!
IF I COULD COUNT THEM, THEY WOULD OUTNUMBER THE SAND.
WHEN I AWAKE, I AM STILL WITH YOU."
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S SAYING?
THAT GOD THINKS ABOUT US SO MUCH--ALL THE TIME.
GOD IS THINKING ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME.
I SAID, "GOD IS THINKING ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND GUESS WHAT?
HE'S NOT THINKIN' ANYTHING BAD.
HE'S THINKIN' ABOUT YOUR POTENTIAL,
YOUR POSSIBILITIES, YOUR GIFTS,
HOW HE CAN BLESS YOU, HOW HE CAN MAKE IT UP TO YOU
FOR SOME HURT THAT YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE.
IT SAYS, "IF YOU COULD COUNT THE NUMBER OF THOUGHTS
FROM GOD TOWARD US, THEY WOULD BE MORE
THAN THE GRAINS OF SAND."
GOD THINKS ABOUT US.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WOW.
AND THEN THIS, LUKE 12:7: "'INDEED THE VERY HAIRS
OF YOUR HEAD ARE ALL NUMBERED.'" I ADMIT,
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO COUNT AS MUCH WITH SOME AS OTHERS,
BUT--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, I LOVE MY KIDS, BUT I HAVE NOT COUNTED
THEIR HAIR.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: PSALM 56:8 SAYS: "HE STORES OUR TEARS
IN A BOTTLE AND RECORDS OUR SORROWS."
IF WE'RE GONNA BELIEVE THIS AND NOT JUST ACT LIKE
WE'RE READIN' A STORYBOOK, I MEAN, WHAT KIND
OF RELATIONSHIP DOES GOD WANT US TO HAVE WITH HIM?
MY GOSH, HE SAYS, "YOU'RE PRECIOUS.
I KNOW HOW MANY HAIRS YOU HAVE ON YOUR HEAD.
I WROTE EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE DOWN IN MY BOOK
BEFORE ONE OF THEM EVER EVEN GOT HERE.
I GOT YA COVERED."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "I HAVE EVERY TEAR YOU'VE EVER CRIED IN A BOTTLE,
AND ANY TIME YOU EVER HAD A SORROW,
I RECORDED IT IN MY BOOK.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: FATHER, WHOEVER MIGHT BE HERE TONIGHT THAT NEEDS
TO HAVE THEIR VALUE RESTORED, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT
FOR THEM RIGHT NOW.
HELP THEM REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HEAR
WHAT I'VE JUST BEEN SAYING AND TAKE IT FOR THEMSELVES
BECAUSE THERE'S HEALING POWER IN IT,
IN JESUS'S NAME, AMEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, I'M GONNA QUICKLY GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF THESE
BECAUSE I WANNA GET TO THE LAST ONE,
WHICH I NORMALLY DON'T DO, BUT I WANT TO
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY.
GOD RESTORES OUR CONFIDENCE.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN PHILIPPIANS 3:3 THAT:
"WE ARE TO PUT NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH,
BUT OUR CONFIDENCE IS TO ONLY BE IN CHRIST JESUS."
PHILIPPIANS 4:13 SAYS: "I CAN DO ALL THINGS
[WHICH HE HAS CALLED ME TO DO]
THROUGH HIM WHO STRENGTHENS AND EMPOWERS ME...I AM
SELF-SUFFICIENT IN CHRIST'S SUFFICIENCY."
I LOVE THIS, "I AM READY FOR ANYTHING AND EQUAL
TO ANYTHING THROUGH HIM WHO INFUSES ME
WITH INNER STRENGTH AND CONFIDENT PEACE."
NOW, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, BASED ON WHAT I'M READING HERE,
YOU CAN AND YOU ARE.
1 JOHN 5:14: "THIS IS THE [DEGREE OF] CONFIDENCE
THAT WE HAVE [AS BELIEVERS ARE ENTITLED TO]
HAVE BEFORE HIM: THAT IF WE ASK ANYTHING
ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, [CONSISTENT WITH HIS PLAN
AND HIS PURPOSE]
THAT HE HEARS US."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: MAYBE WE OUGHTTA JUST PRAY MORE.
OKAY, NOW I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT DAVID AND GOLIATH
FOR A SECOND.
IT'S REALLY QUITE AN AMAZING STORY.
1 SAMUEL 17:40: "THEN HE TOOK HIS [SHEPHERD'S] STAFF
IN HIS HAND AND HE CHOSE FOR HIMSELF FIVE SMOOTH STONES
OUT OF THE STREAM, PUT THEM IN HIS SHEPHERD'S BAG
WHICH HE HAD, THAT IS, HIS SHEPHERD'S POUCH.
HAD HIS SLINGSHOT IN HIS HAND, AND HE APPROACHED THE
PHILISTINE," THE GIANT GOLIATH.
"THE PHILISTINE CAME AND APPROACHED DAVID,
WITH HIS SHIELD IN FRONT OF HIM.
WHEN THE PHILISTINE LOOKED AROUND AND SAW DAVID,
HE MADE FUN OF HIM BECAUSE HE WAS [JUST]
A YOUNG MAN, WITH A RUDDY COMPLEXION,
AND A HANDSOME APPEARANCE.
THE PHILISTINE SAID TO DAVID, 'AM I A DOG, THAT YOU SHOULD
COME TO ME WITH [SHEPHERD'S] STAFFS?'
AND THE PHILISTINE CURSED DAVID BY HIS GODS,"
WHO WE KNOW WERE NON-EXISTENT.
"THE PHILISTINE ALSO SAID TO DAVID, 'YOU COME TO ME TODAY,
AND I WILL GIVE YOUR FLESH TO THE BIRDS OF THE SKY
AND THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD.' THEN DAVID SAID
TO THE PHILISTINE," YOU GOTTA SEE THE CONFIDENCE
THIS LITTLE KID HAD FROM HANGIN' OUT WITH JESUS
OUT IN THE FIELDS.
"THEN DAVID SAID TO THE PHILISTINE."
NOW, HOW MUCH BIGGER WAS HE THAN DAVID?
LIKE, FOUR TIMES, THREE, I DON'T KNOW, BIG, REALLY BIG.
DAVID DIDN'T HAVE ANY ARMOR.
HE DIDN'T HAVE A SWORD.
HE DIDN'T HAVE A SPEAR.
HE HAD A SLINGSHOT AND FIVE SMOOTH ROCKS, AND GOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "AND DAVID SAID TO THE PHILISTINE,
'YOU COME TO ME WITH A SWORD, A SPEAR, AND A JAVELIN,
BUT I COME TO YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OF HOSTS,
THE GOD OF THE ARMIES OF ISRAEL, WHOM YOU HAVE TAUNTED.
THIS DAY THE LORD WILL HAND YOU OVER TO ME,
AND I WILL STRIKE YOU DOWN AND I WILL CUT OFF YOUR HEAD.
AND I WILL GIVE YOUR CORPSE TO THE ARMY OF THE PHILISTINES
THIS DAY TO THE BIRDS OF THE SKY AND THE WILD BEASTS
OF THE EARTH, SO THAT ALL THE EARTH MAY KNOW
THAT THERE IS A GOD IN ISRAEL.'"
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHY DAVID WAS DOIN' THIS?
HE WASN'T TRYIN' TO PROVE THAT HE WAS A BIG-SHOT.
HE WAS STANDIN' UP FOR GOD'S HONOR.
HE WAS SAYIN', "THAT PHILISTINE CALLIN' OUT
TO ALL THESE FALSE GODS, AND NONE OF THE REST
OF THIS ARMY'S GONNA GO FIGHT THAT GUY?
WELL, I WILL."
BECAUSE HE'D BEEN WITH GOD ENOUGH OUT IN THOSE FIELDS
THAT HE KNEW THAT HIS CONFIDENCE WAS IN GOD.
AND ANYWAY, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
THEY DID IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: GOD IS OUR CONFIDENCE.
HOW MANY OF YOU NEED YOUR CONFIDENCE RESTORED?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, A LOT ABOUT CONFIDENCE IS DOIN'
WHATEVER YOU THINK YOU NEED TO DO,
DOIN' IT EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT AFRAID.
WE THINK COURAGE IS TO HAVE NO FEAR, BUT IT'S NOT.
COURAGE IS FORWARD MOTION IN THE PRESENCE OF FEAR.
THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE COURAGEOUS, WHEN FEAR'S THERE AND YOU SAY,
"I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU STOP ME."
I PRAY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR CONFIDENCE,
PEOPLE THAT ARE EXTREMELY SHY, TO THE POINT WHERE IT KEEPS THEM
FROM DOING WHAT THEY WANNA DO.
PEOPLE THAT ARE INSECURE, PEOPLE WHO MAYBE
HAVE STEPPED OUT AND THEY FEEL THEY MADE A FOOL
OUT OF THEMSELVES, AND SO NOW THEY JUST
HAVE STEPPED BACK AND WON'T COME OUT AGAIN.
I PRAY FOR BOLDNESS TO FALL ON THIS CROWD OF PEOPLE,
AND FOR PEOPLE TO DO MORE IN YOUR NAME
AND FOR YOUR GLORY THAN THEY HAVE EVER DONE BEFORE,
IN JESUS'S NAME, AMEN.
JOYCE: WELL, DO YOU FEEL BROKEN TODAY?
YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL MADE MISTAKES.
AREN'T YOU HAPPY, THOUGH, THAT GOD IS IN
THE RESTORATION BUSINESS?
I KNOW I AM.
INSTEAD OF OUR FORMER SHAME, HE WILL RESTORE TO US
THE JOY OF OUR SALVATION.
YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU
OR WHERE YOU'RE AT RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR YOU.
YOU CAN BEGIN AGAIN,
AND I'VE WRITTEN A BOOK WITH THAT TITLE,
AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE IT AND THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
THAT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE.
YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD.
YOU'RE NEVER TOO YOUNG.
WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS NOT TOO BAD TO BE FIXED.
AND WE'RE OFFERING WITH THAT ONE AUDIO TEACHING CALLED
"JESUS CAN HEAL YOU EVERYWHERE YOU HURT."
ALL OF THIS MATERIAL IS GONNA BE VERY ENCOURAGING TO YOU.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO MANY DISCOURAGING
THINGS IN THE WORLD TODAY, WE NEED TO GET ALL
THE ENCOURAGEMENT THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY GET.
OR MAYBE YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S HAD A GREAT TRAGEDY,
AND THEY FEEL LIKE THAT EVERYTHING'S OVER FOR THEM.
WHAT A GREAT GIFT TO GIVE THEM, THE HOPE
THAT THEY CAN BEGIN AGAIN.
AND SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE
A FRESH START, AND GOD'S GRACE WILL
NEVER FAIL YOU.
WE LOVE YOU.
GOD LOVES YOU, AND I PRAY THAT YOU WILL HAVE
A WONDERFUL REST OF THE DAY.
JOYCE: IN MYSELF, I'M A POOR, MISERABLE SINNER.
IN HIM, I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST.
FEMALE: I REALLY LIKE THIS BOOK.
BOTH MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE READ THE BOOK.
WHAT'S HAPPENED HAS HAPPENED.
I CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST, BUT WHAT CAN I DO TO IMPROVE
THE FUTURE?
ANNOUNCER: REGARDLESS OF YOUR PAST FAILURE
OR YOUR PRESENT STRUGGLE, GOD OFFERS YOU A NEW BEGINNING.
FRESH STARTS AREN'T THE EXCEPTION, THEY'RE THE RULE.
YOU CAN BEGIN AGAIN.
A NEW CHANCE, A NEW OPPORTUNITY, A NEW LIFE.
ALONG WITH JOYCE'S BOOK, YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE
THIS SINGLE TEACHING FROM JOYCE, "JESUS CAN HEAL YOU EVERYWHERE
YOU HURT."
WE'LL SEND YOU THESE FOR A DONATION OF...OR MORE.
CALL US...OR VISIT US AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
[SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
GINGER: WE'RE IN JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY,
AND IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL.
WE'RE ON THE ROOFTOPS OVERLOOKING THE HUSTLE
AND BUSTLE AROUND US.
AND THE INTERESTING THING THAT WE HAVE SEEN HERE IN ISRAEL
IS THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS A VERY
PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY, THERE ARE STILL MANY,
MANY NEEDS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE LOVE TO DO AT JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES HAND
OF HOPE, IS MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE
BECAUSE WHEN WE HELP THEM PHYSICALLY,
IT OPENS THEIR HEARTS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE SPIRITUALLY.
SO HERE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
HELP PEOPLE WITH DENTAL NEEDS, FEEDING PROGRAMS,
THROUGH A LOCAL CHURCH THAT WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL
TO BE CONNECTED WITH.
WE'VE BEEN SHARING CHRIST IN MANY, MANY WAYS TO DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES HERE, TO THE JEWISH-ISRAELI COMMUNITY,
AS WELL AS THE ARAB-ISRAELI COMMUNITY.
SO WE ARE ABLE TOGETHER TO MAKE A HUGE IMPACT FOR CHRIST.
GOD IS OPENING MANY DOORS, AND WE ARE WALKING THROUGH THEM.
SO WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US TODAY.
CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW
OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG AND GIVE A GIFT
THAT WILL CHANGE LIVES.
JOYCE: YOU MAY FEEL LIKE YOU ARE TOTALLY INVISIBLE
IN THIS EARTH.
GOD SEES YOU.
HE'S GOT A PLAN FOR YOU.
IF YOU'LL JUST BELIEVE JUST A LITTLE TINY BIT,
HE'LL REACH DOWN IN THERE AND HE'LL LIFT YOU UP
OUT OF THAT PIT, AND HE'LL SET YOUR FEET
ON A ROCK.
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ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM.
PLEASE CONTACT US OR VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG
TO SHARE YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS, SEE THE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE,
OR PARTNER WITH US IN SHARING CHRIST
AND LOVING PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE.
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ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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