ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
ANNOUNCER: COMING UP, LISA HARPER TELLS HER STORY
OF SHAME AND BROKENNESS.
LISA: I JUST DIDN'T WANNA BE TOO, TOO CLOSE TO GOD 'CAUSE
THEN HE'D SEE EVERYTHING THAT I WAS.
ANNOUNCER: BUT FIRST, JOYCE TEACHES ON HOPE IN
A BROKEN WORLD.
JOYCE: BIBLE HOPE IS A POSITIVE EXPECTATION
THAT SOMETHING GOOD IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT IN MY LIFE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
ANNOUNCER: NEXT ON "ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE."
[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 TO RESTORE SOMETHING MEANS TO MAKE IT NEW AGAIN OR EVEN TO
MAKE IT BETTER THAN NEW AGAIN AND I LIKE--I KINDA LIKE THAT
IDEA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHING BRAND NEW IT'S,
LIKE--THERE'S JUST LIKE, THERE'S NO SCRATCHES, NO NOTHING.
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 OR 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.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IF IT'S A PIECE OF FURNITURE, IT ACTUALLY MAKES IT
A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING, KIND OF WONDER WHAT ALL IT WENT
THROUGH IN ITS LIFE TO GET TO THAT POSITION.
I THINK THAT WE LEARN FROM EVERY ONE OF OUR MISTAKES.
EVERY SINGLE MISTAKE THAT WE MAKE, WE LEARN FROM IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT GIVES US CHARACTER.
HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED AND GROWN
SPIRITUALLY THROUGH THE HARD THINGS THAT YOU'VE GONE
THROUGH IN LIFE?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IT ALSO MEANS TO GET AN OVERHAUL.
MAYBE SOMEBODY'S HERE TONIGHT, YOU DON'T NEED A LOT OF REPAIR,
YOU NEED A WHOLE OVERHAUL.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT MEANS TO REPAIR, TO FIX, TO REBUILD, OR TO REHAB,
BUT THEN THE ARTICLE THAT I WAS READING SAID, "BUT THE BIBLE
DEFINITION, THE--WHAT THE BIBLE IS TRYING TO CONVEY ABOUT
RESTORATION IS THIS: 'TO RECEIVE BACK MORE THAN YOU LOST.'"
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I TOLD YOU, GOOD NEWS MESSAGE TONIGHT.
"A FINAL STATE BETTER THAN YOUR ORIGINAL CONDITION," WOW.
"GOD BLESSES PEOPLE FOR THEIR FAITH BY GIVING THEM MORE THAN
THEY HAD BEFORE."
AND I'VE SAID THIS MANY TIMES BUT I'M SURE THERE ARE SOME
PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT THAT PROBABLY FEEL THE SAME WAY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK THIS OUT TO WHERE IT MAKES ANY SENSE
BUT I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT I HAVE A BETTER LIFE AND I'M A
BETTER PERSON BECAUSE OF WHAT I WENT THROUGH IN MY CHILDHOOD,
THAN I WOULD HAVE IF I WOULD HAVE HAD THIS NICE
WONDERFUL LIFE.
YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN HURTING AND YOU'RE TRYING TO
TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT YOUR PAIN AND IT'S OBVIOUS THEY DON'T HAVE
A CLUE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE THEY NEVER WENT THROUGH
ANYTHING?
AND YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE THEY'RE BUSY WANTING TO SAY SOMETHING
BUT IT'S NEVER WHAT YOU NEED TO HEAR.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THERE'S NOTHING THAT AGGRAVATES ME MORE THAN WHEN
SOMEBODY STARTS PREACHING ONE OF MY OWN SERMONS BACK TO ME,
WHEN I'M HAVING TROUBLE.
AND I GET, "WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY IN YOUR SERMONS--"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "C'MON, PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH."
AND--BUT WHEN YOU--WHEN YOU'VE BEEN HURT, WHEN YOU'VE GONE
THROUGH SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT AND SOMEBODY COMES TO
YOU FOR HELP, THERE'S A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING AND
A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF COMPASSION THAT YOU CAN'T GIVE TO ANYBODY
IF EVERYTHING IS JUST A THEORY IN YOUR HEAD AND NOTHING THAT
YOU'VE EVER HAD TO PUT TO PRACTICE IN YOUR LIFE.
SO SOMETIMES WHEN GOD COULD GET YOU OUT OF SOMETHING FASTER BUT
HE DOESN'T, ONE OF THE REASONS HE LETS YOU GO THROUGH THINGS IS
TO EQUIP YOU AND QUALIFY YOU TO ACTUALLY BE IN HIS SERVICE
AND HAVE THE CREDENTIALS TO ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT DEUTERONOMY 30:3 THROUGH 5 IN
THE MESSAGE BIBLE.
AND I MAY READ THIS TWICE, THIS IS SO GOOD.
"GOD, YOUR GOD, WILL RESTORE EVERYTHING YOU LOST; HE'LL HAVE
COMPASSION ON YOU; HE'LL COME BACK AND PICK UP THE PIECES
FROM ALL THE PLACES YOU WERE SCATTERED.
NO MATTER HOW FAR AWAY YOU END UP, GOD, YOUR GOD, WILL GET YOU
OUT OF THERE AND BRING YOU BACK TO THE LAND THAT YOUR ANCESTORS
ONCE POSSESSED.
IT WILL BE YOURS AGAIN.
HE WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD LIFE AND MAKE YOU MORE NUMEROUS THAN
YOUR ANCESTORS WERE."
THERE'S A COUPLE OF PARTS OF THIS I REALLY LIKE.
"GOD, YOUR GOD, WILL RESTORE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE LOST."
EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING.
IT'S NOT EVERYTHING EXCEPT YOUR THING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND HE'LL COME BACK, NO MATTER HOW FAR AWAY YOU ARE.
HE WILL COME BACK AND HE'LL FIND YOU AND HE'LL COLLECT YOU
AND HE'LL BRING YOU BACK TO HIS HEART AND HE'LL RESTORE
EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE THAT HAS BEEN BROKEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD GIVES US BEAUTY FOR ASHES,
THAT HE HEALS THE BROKENHEARTED.
MAYBE THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE TONIGHT THAT YOU NEED
RESTORATION FROM A BROKEN HEART.
SOMEBODY'S HURT YOU, WOUNDED YOU, A BROKEN RELATIONSHIP,
SOMEBODY DID SOMETHING TO YOU THAT YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER EVER,
EVER BELIEVED THAT THAT PERSON WOULD HAVE DONE TO YOU.
AND RIGHT NOW, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU COULD NEVER TRUST ANYBODY AGAIN.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, DON'T EVER LET WHAT ONE OR TWO
OR THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE MEAN PEOPLE DO TO YOU GET YOU
INTO AN AREA WHERE YOU DISTRUST EVERY PERSON OUT THERE.
IT'S MISERABLE FOR YOU AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO THEM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ISAIAH 61:7.
BOY, WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE HEALING PROCESS WITH GOD FOR
MY SEXUAL ABUSE FROM MY FATHER, I HUNG ON TO THIS SCRIPTURE.
MAN, I HUNG ON TO THIS.
THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE GO-TO SCRIPTURES WHEN I FELT
LIKE I COULDN'T MAKE IT ONE MORE DAY.
ISAIAH 61:7: "INSTEAD OF YOUR [FORMER] SHAME YOU WILL HAVE
A DOUBLE PORTION; AND INSTEAD OF HUMILIATION YOUR PEOPLE
WILL SHOUT FOR JOY OVER THEIR PORTION.
THEREFORE IN THEIR LAND THEY WILL POSSESS DOUBLE [WHAT THEY
FORFEITED]; AND EVERLASTING JOY WILL BE THEIRS."
I CALL IT WHEN YOU HANG OUT WITH GOD YOU GET DOUBLE FOR YOUR
TROUBLE, AMEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO I REMEMBER THE SHAME.
I REMEMBER THE HUMILIATION, THE HIDING, THE FEELING LIKE
I WAS ALWAYS SO DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
THOSE THINGS NOW, I HAVE TO REALLY TRY TO GO BACK AND
REMEMBER THEM BECAUSE GOD HAS GIVEN ME SUCH AN AMAZING LIFE
AND SUCH AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO HELP SO MANY PEOPLE AND SO
THE DEVIL THOUGHT HE WAS WINNING BUT ACTUALLY HE GAVE ME
EQUIPMENT TO GO AROUND THE WORLD AND HELP EVERYBODY ELSE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT HOPE FOR A MINUTE.
HOPE IS A GREAT MOTIVATOR.
IT'S AMAZING, IF YOU GET OUT OF BED HOPELESS, YOU DON'T WANNA
DO ANYTHING.
BUT IF YOU HAD EVEN JUST A COUPLE OF DROPS OF HOPE, IT'LL
HELP YOU KEEP PUTTING ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER.
IT'LL JUST HELP YOU KEEP GOING.
AND THE DEVIL DOES NOT WANT US TO HAVE HOPE.
HE WANTS US TO BE HOPELESS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE WANTS YOU TO THINK IS THAT YOU'VE MADE
MISTAKES THAT CAN NEVER BE CORRECTED, YOU'VE MESSED UP
RELATIONSHIPS THAT CAN NEVER BE CORRECTED, YOU'VE DONE THINGS
THAT CAN NEVER BE FORGIVEN, YOU'VE JUST BEEN SICK FAR
TOO LONG TO EVER REALLY GET A HEALING, YOU'VE HAD MONEY
PROBLEMS FOR SO LONG YOU'VE JUST GIVEN UP AND SAID,
"WELL, I GUESS I'LL JUST ALWAYS HAVE MONEY PROBLEMS."
BUT TONIGHT, GOD WANTS YOU TO STIR HOPE UP IN YOUR
HEART AGAIN.
AND HOPE--HOPE IS NOT JUST, "WELL, I HOPE--"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THAT'S NOT WHAT HOPE IS.
BIBLE HOPE IS A POSITIVE EXPECTATION THAT SOMETHING GOOD
IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT IN MY LIFE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND LET'S SAY--I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN,
BECAUSE THIS IS DYNAMITE.
IF YOU CAN TAKE THIS HOME WITH YOU AND LIVE THIS EVERY DAY,
THE DEVIL WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DEFEAT YOU.
I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS.
HE CAN COME AGAINST YOU ONE WAY AND FLEE BEFORE YOU SEVEN WAYS.
HOPE--HOPE IS A POSITIVE EXPECTATION THAT SOMETHING GOOD
IS GONNA HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE.
AND YOU SAY, "WELL, WHAT IF I GO TO BED TONIGHT AND NOTHING GOOD
HAPPENS?" WELL, THEN, GET UP THE NEXT
MORNING AND START ALL OVER AGAIN.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: LET THE DEVIL KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA SHUT UP
UNTIL HE GOES AWAY.
SO ZECHARIAH 9:12 TALKS ABOUT BEING PRISONERS OF HOPE.
WELL, WE KNOW WHAT A PRISONER IS.
A PRISONER IS SOMEBODY THAT'S LOCKED UP IN A PLACE THAT THEY
CAN'T GET OUT OF.
SO I WOULD ASSUME, THEN, A PRISONER OF HOPE IS SOMEBODY
WHO'S LOCKED UP WITH HOPE AND THEY CAN'T GET AWAY FROM IT.
AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS: "RETURN TO THE STRONGHOLD [OF SECURITY
AND PROSPERITY], O YOU PRISONERS OF HOPE; TODAY I AM DECLARING TO
YOU THAT I WILL RESTORE DOUBLE [YOUR FORMER PROSPERITY] TO YOU
[AS THE FIRSTBORN AMONG THE NATIONS]."
SO WE'VE GOT SCRIPTURE AFTER SCRIPTURE AFTER SCRIPTURE HERE
THAT SAYS THAT GOD WILL GIVE US DOUBLE BLESSINGS FOR OUR FORMER
TROUBLE BUT THAT'S IF WE DO THINGS HIS WAY, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN OUR LIVES
THAT WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
AND I JUST KIND OF GOT A HOLD OF THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND I ACTUALLY SHARED IT A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AGO.
I WAS PREACHING AT LAKEWOOD CHURCH IN HOUSTON
AND I SHARED IT BUT IT'S TOO GOOD TO PASS UP HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I NEVER NOTICED IT BUT I DIDN'T UNTIL RECENTLY
AND I WAS LISTENING TO SOMEBODY WHO CALLED ATTENTION TO IT.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE DON'T KNOW.
AND WE GET SO BOTHERED BY THE STUFF WE DON'T KNOW.
WE WORRY ABOUT IT, WE TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT.
WE ASK OTHER PEOPLE.
WE TRY OUR BEST TO FIGURE OUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T
KNOW AND MOST OF THE TIME WE ONLY GET OURSELVES MORE
CONFUSED.
IN ROMANS 8:26 IT SAYS WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PRAY
AS WE OUGHT TO.
WE DO NOT KNOW.
EVERYBODY SAY, "WE DO NOT KNOW."
WE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO PRAY AS WE OUGHT TO SO THE HOLY SPIRIT
COMES ALONG AND PRAYS THROUGH US WITH UTTERINGS AND GROANINGS
THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO HARDLY GET OUT OF OUR MOUTH.
I GUESS THAT'S ONE OF THOSE UHH, UHHHH.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT THE VERY NEXT VERSE SAYS BUT WE DO KNOW.
SEE, VERSE 26: WE DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PRAY.
OUR SITUATION IS SO MESSED UP, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PRAY.
WE DON'T KNOW BUT "WE DO KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER
FOR GOOD."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: "TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD AND ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO
HIS PURPOSE."
SO HERE IS MY QUESTION FOR MYSELF AND FOR YOU: WHY DON'T WE
TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO KNOW THAN WHAT WE DON'T KNOW?
I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M IN THE MESS I'M IN.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS ABUSED AS A CHILD.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M 62 AND HAVE NEVER HAD A DATE.
I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, A LOT OF GIGGLES SO YOU MUST HAVE NEEDED IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: BUT SEE, HOPE--NOW IF YOU'RE A PERSON OF HOPE, AND
YOU'RE 62 AND HAVE NEVER HAD A DATE, YOU MAY MEET SOMEBODY
IN THIS BUILDING TONIGHT.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: 'CAUSE THERE MIGHT BE A 63-YEAR-OLD MAN HERE--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ANYWAY, I BETTER GET BACK ON COURSE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WE KNOW THAT GOD LOVES US.
WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO HEAVEN AND WE'RE GONNA LIVE
FOR ETERNITY.
WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO HELL, AMEN.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WE KNOW THAT JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON AND VERY SOON.
AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK OUT TOGETHER FOR GOOD.
WE DON'T KNOW BUT WE DO KNOW SO WHY NOT FOCUS MORE--HOW ABOUT IN
THIS YEAR, 2018, YOU FOCUS MORE ON WHAT YOU DO KNOW THAN WHAT
YOU DON'T KNOW?
AND I THINK YOU'LL HAVE A MUCH BETTER YEAR.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO GOD RESTORES OUR HOPE.
HE'S ALWAYS READY TO GIVE US HOPE BACK.
A FAVORITE SCRIPTURE OF MINE IS ROMANS 15:13: "MAY THE GOD OF
HOPE FILL YOU WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING [THROUGH THE
EXPERIENCE OF YOUR FAITH] THAT BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
YOU WILL ABOUND IN HOPE AND OVERFLOW WITH CONFIDENCE
IN HIS PROMISES."
HE IS THE GOD OF HOPE.
AND NOBODY CAN TAKE YOUR HOPE AWAY FROM YOU IF YOU WON'T
GIVE IT UP.
I REALLY LIKE THIS NEXT ONE.
SOME OF YOU WILL APPRECIATE IT MORE THAN OTHERS BUT YOU'LL KNOW
WHO YOU ARE THE MINUTE I START TALKING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: GOD PROMISES TO RESTORE OUR YOUTH.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: NOW, COME ON.
I MEAN, AT LEAST IF YOU'RE 50 OR MORE YOU LOVE THAT.
MAYBE IF YOU'RE 40.
IF YOU'RE 20, YOU'RE PROBABLY, "HEH, GO ON TO THE NEXT
SUBJECT," BUT--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
YOU MAY BE 20 NOW AND I MAY BE 75 BUT SOMEDAY YOU'RE GONNA
BE 75.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE THAT YOU WON'T.
IF THE LORD TARRIES, EVERY YEAR YOU GET A LITTLE OLDER.
EVERY YEAR, GRAVITY TAKES A LITTLE MORE EFFECT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU'RE GONNA LOOK IN THE MIRROR
AND ALL THE STUFF THAT USED TO BE UP HERE IS GOING TO HAVE ALL
GONE DOWN THERE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THAT'S WHEN YOU LEARN TO DRESS TO HIDE THINGS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: PSALM 103:2 THROUGH 6: "BLESS, AFFECTIONATELY PRAISE
THE LORD, O MY SOUL, AND DON'T FORGET ALL OF HIS BENEFITS; WHO
FORGIVES YOUR SINS, AND HEALS ALL YOUR DISEASES; WHO REDEEMS
YOUR LIFE FROM THE PIT, WHO CROWNS YOU [LAVISHLY] WITH
LOVING KINDNESS AND TENDER MERCY; WHO SATISFIES YOUR YEARS
WITH GOOD THINGS, SO THAT YOUR YOUTH IS RENEWED LIKE
THE [SOARING] EAGLE," WOO-HOO.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND I LOVE THIS FROM PAUL, 2 CORINTHIANS 4:16: "THEREFORE
WE DO NOT BECOME DISCOURAGED [SPIRITLESS, DISAPPOINTED,
OR AFRAID].
THOUGH OUR OUTER SELF IS [PROGRESSIVELY] WASTING AWAY,
YET OUR INNER SELF IS BEING [PROGRESSIVELY] RENEWED
DAY BY DAY."
SO WHAT'S THAT REALLY TELLING ME?
THAT'S TELLING ME THAT OLD IS AN ATTITUDE MORE THAN IT IS
A NUMBER OF YEARS.
SO LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A FEW HINTS.
I GUESS I'LL TALK TO THE LADIES FIRST.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DON'T REACH A CERTAIN AGE AND THEN DECIDE YOU HAVE
TO START DRESSING OLD.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: NOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IF YOU'RE 60 YOU NEED TO
GO AROUND TRYING TO DRESS LIKE YOU'RE 12 OR 16, BUT YOU--I HOPE
I DON'T GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE DOING THIS BUT YOU CAN GO INTO
A DEPARTMENT STORE--MY SON DID THIS TO ME ONE DAY.
HE TOOK ME SHOPPING AND HE SAID, "OKAY, NOW I WANT YOU TO WATCH
THIS, MOTHER."
HE SAID, "YOU CAN SHOP IN ALL THESE AREAS, ANY OF THESE AREAS
YOU CAN SHOP IN."
BUT HE SAID, "NOW I WANT YOU TO NOTICE WHAT STARTS TO
HAPPEN HERE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND YOU CAN SEE IT.
EVERYTHING BECOMES A LITTLE MORE BOXY, IT BECOMES A LITTLE MORE,
I DUNNO, JUST OLDER LOOKING.
HE SAID, "MOTHER, YOU MAY NEVER SHOP IN THAT PART OF THE STORE.
YOU MAY ONLY SHOP OVER HERE."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SEE, THEY ALL THINK THEY'RE TRYING REAL HARD TO HIDE
HOW OLD I AM BUT I TELL EVERYBODY ANYWAY, SO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DON'T TALK OLD.
"I'M SO OLD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "EVERYTHING'S FALLING APART.
EVERYTHING HURTS.
I CAN'T DO THAT NOW, I'M TOO OLD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: KEEP A SENSE OF ADVENTURE.
THE OLDER YOU GET, THE MORE DETERMINED YOU OUGHT TO BE TO
TRY SOMETHING NEW EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: C'MON, JUST GET OUT OF THE BOX AND DO SOMETHING NEW.
I DON'T EVEN CARE IF YOU DRIVE TO WORK A DIFFERENT ROUTE.
AT LEAST--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AT LEAST IT'LL BE SOMETHING NEW, YOU KNOW?
IF YOU WEAR BLACK SOCKS EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE, WELL, GET--TRY
SOME BROWN ONES.
DO SOMETHING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DO SOMETHING TO SCARE YOURSELF.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT OLD IS A MINDSET?
YOU JUST--YOU JUST KEEP A YOUNG MIND, YOU KEEP A YOUNG SOUL, AND
ACTUALLY, YOUR BODY WILL PERFORM BETTER IF YOU DO THAT.
THE OLDER YOU THINK, THE OLDER YOU'RE GONNA LOOK, AND THE MORE
YOU TALK ABOUT IT, THE MORE OTHER PEOPLE ARE GONNA AGREE
WITH YOU.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: SO GOD RESTORES OUR YOUTH.
I LIKE THAT.
I REALLY LIKE THAT.
FATHER, IF THERE WAS ANYBODY HERE WHO NEEDS THEIR YOUTH
RESTORED, ESPECIALLY TO HAVE A YOUTHFUL ATTITUDE, IF THEY'VE
GOTTEN A SOUR ATTITUDE, AN OLD ATTITUDE, A GIVE-UP ATTITUDE,
I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM A BRAND NEW FRESH ATTITUDE
TONIGHT AND THEY WOULD BE YOUNG ON THE INSIDE,
IN JESUS'S NAME, AMEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, YOUR PAIN IS NOT TOO BIG FOR GOD.
HE WANTS TO RESTORE YOUR LIFE.
WATCH THIS STORY ABOUT LISA HARPER.
SHE CHOSE TO BELIEVE THAT GOD WANTED TO HEAL HER BROKENNESS.
THEN I'LL BE BACK WITH SOME FINAL THOUGHTS.
GINGER: ONE OF LISA HARPER'S FAVORITE HOBBIES IS TO GEAR UP
AND RIDE HER BIKE WITH HER DAUGHTER MISSY.
THE FREEDOM OF THE OPEN ROAD IS EXCITING AND JUST PLAIN FUN.
BUT A FEW YEARS AGO, SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE DESERVED HAPPINESS.
LISA: AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THOUGHT, "THERE'S JUST NO
STINKING WAY A HOLY GOD COULD DELIGHT OVER A WOMAN LIKE ME
WITH THE BLEMISHES IN MY BACKGROUND."
GINGER: LISA'S HOME IS FULL OF SIGNS BUT THIS ONE POSITIONED
ABOVE THE FRONT DOOR SUMMARIZES MOST OF HER LIFE.
LISA: EVEN MY LITTLE GIRL, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE CLASSIFIED HER
AS AN ORPHAN BECAUSE HER FIRST MAMA DIED IN HAITI.
AND SO BY JUST THE STRICTEST DEFINITION, MY LITTLE GIRL WAS
AN ORPHAN.
BUT I'M THE ONE WHO HAD AN ORPHAN SPIRIT, EVEN THOUGH I HAD
A MOM AND A DADDY, GREW UP IN AMERICA, IN A FIRST WORLD
COUNTRY.
I ALWAYS FELT FATHERLESS.
GINGER: LISA'S DAD LEFT WHEN SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD.
BELIEVING GOD LOVED HER WAS A CHALLENGE.
LISA: I KNEW HE HAD SAVED ME.
HE HAD DELIVERED ME FROM MY SINS BUT I DIDN'T THINK HE LIKED ME
VERY MUCH.
BETWEEN MY MOTHER AND FATHER'S DIVORCE AND MY MOTHER'S
REMARRIAGE TWO YEARS LATER, SOME MEN CAME AND WENT FROM OUR
FAMILY WHO ABUSED MY SISTER AND MYSELF.
AND THAT MOLESTATION AND ABUSE JUST KIND OF UNDERSCORED THAT
FEELING OF NOT BEING WORTH VERY MUCH.
GINGER: LISA CLUNG TO SHAME AS IF HER LIFE DEPENDED ON IT.
LISA: BECAUSE SOME OF MY SHAME HAD ALSO, I FELT LIKE,
KEPT ME FROM HAVING MY HEART BROKEN FURTHER.
I JUST DIDN'T WANNA BE TOO, TOO CLOSE TO GOD 'CAUSE THEN HE'D
SEE EVERYTHING THAT I WAS.
GINGER: SHAME ACCOMPANIED LISA THROUGH SEMINARY SCHOOL
AND WELL INTO HER MINISTRY.
SHE KNEW HIS LOVE WAS REAL FOR EVERYONE ELSE AT LEAST.
LISA: AND I LOVE TO TEACH IT AND I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT
THE SOFT SIDES OF GOD.
I KNOW GOD IS A HOLY, AWESOME, OMNIPOTENT, OMNISCIENT CREATOR
OF THE UNIVERSE BUT I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT JOHN LEANING
AGAINST JESUS.
IF WE SPEND ENOUGH TIME IN GOD'S ARMS, SHAME DISSIPATES.
THE MISTAKE I MADE WAS I WOULDN'T--I WOULDN'T STAY
IN GOD'S ARMS.
GINGER: AFTER SUFFERING A PANIC ATTACK, LISA SOUGHT HELP
FROM CHRISTIAN COUNSELING.
LISA: I HAD A LOT OF HELP.
HAD A LOT OF HEALING PRAYERS SPOKEN OVER ME.
HAD SOME AMAZING OLDER WOMEN AND PASTORS WHO HAVE MENTORED ME
AND HELPED ME NOT GET STUCK BACK IN THAT PLACE OF SHAME.
BUT IT'S THE SPIRIT OF GOD, IT'S THE KINDNESS OF GOD, THAT
ACTUALLY WOOED ME FROM THAT PLACE OF FEAR TO A PLACE OF
NEW LIFE IN HIM.
IT WAS THE SHAME THAT KEPT ME FROM REAL RELATIONSHIPS AND SO
WHEN GOD STARTED HEALING ME I ALSO THOUGHT, "OH, WOWSER,
THERE'S A CHANCE I'M REALLY GONNA GET HURT NOW 'CAUSE MY
HEART IS EXPOSED TO REAL LOVE AND REAL INTIMACY."
EVEN WHEN I HAVE HEARTBREAK, GOD IS THE HEALER AND THE HOLDER OF
MY HEART.
IT HAS BEEN SO WORTH GETTING OUT OF THAT CELL.
GINGER: AND SINCE LEAVING THAT CELL, GOD HAS RESTORED HER
ABILITY TO ENJOY LIFE.
LISA: I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE BEEN BRAVE ENOUGH TO ADOPT
HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT
BREATHING LIFE IN THE PLACE WHERE MY HEART WAS DEAD.
JOYCE: WELL, YOU CAN SEE MORE OF LISA'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE
AND YOUTUBE.
YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT'S BROKEN IN YOUR LIFE GOD CAN FIX IT.
THAT MEANS THAT WHOEVER YOU ARE OR WHATEVER YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH,
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE BECAUSE JESUS LOVES TO MAKE ALL
THINGS NEW.
WE'RE OFFERING YOU A BOOK TODAY THAT I WROTE THAT I THINK IS
JUST SUCH A GREAT BOOK FOR ANYBODY WHO FEELS THAT THEY NEED
A NEW PLACE TO START OVER.
IT'S CALLED "YOU CAN BEGIN AGAIN."
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE FOR A NEW BEGINNING.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO OFFERING WITH THAT ONE TEACHING CALLED
"JESUS CAN HEAL YOU EVERYWHERE YOU HURT."
IT'S AN AUDIO TEACHING AND I THINK BETWEEN THE TWO OF THESE
YOU'RE GONNA BE ENCOURAGED TO GET UP OUT OF YOUR
DISCOURAGEMENT AND HAVE A BRAND NEW BEGINNING AND YOU'RE GONNA
BE A WINNER IN LIFE AND HAVE ALL THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO HAVE.
GOD BLESS YOU AND HAVE A WONDERFUL 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.
ANNOUNCER: GET A FRESH UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE WORD OF
GOD APPLIES TO YOUR LIFE AND BE ENCOURAGED AT
THE JOYCE MEYER CONFERENCE.
THREE UNIQUE SESSIONS THAT WILL HELP YOU GAIN A NEW FOCUS ON
LIFE AND MOTIVATE YOU TO GROW IN GOD.
COMING TO HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, SEPTEMBER 21 AND 22, WITH
WORSHIP BY JESUS CULTURE; AND WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS,
OCTOBER 5 AND 6, WITH WORSHIP BY NATALIE GRANT.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG/CONFERENCE
OR CALL...
ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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