Do you want to live a natural life or a SUPER-Natural one? Watch this episode of Enjoying Everyday Life as Joyce Meyer explains the power available to you through the Holy Spirit.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
NOT TAUGHT ANYTHING ABOUT
THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.
THEY’RE TAUGHT ABOUT
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
AND I DO WANNA SAY THAT,
IF I HAD TO MAKE
A CHOICE BETWEEN
THE FRUIT AND THE GIFTS,
I WOULD CHOOSE THE FRUIT,
BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS,
“YOU WILL KNOW THEM
BY THEIR FRUIT.”
AND IN GALATIANS, THE BIBLE
TELLS US THAT, YOU KNOW,
THOSE ARE: “LOVE, JOY, PEACE,
PATIENCE, GOODNESS, KINDNESS,
MEEKNESS, FAITHFULNESS,
SELF-CONTROL,” THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEY’RE VERY, VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS,
IS WE DON’T HAVE TO CHOOSE.
GOD OFFERS BOTH,
AND YOU CAN HAVE BOTH.
AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT KIND
OF A PERSON YOU ARE,
BUT I WANT EVERYTHING THAT
GOD WANTS TO GIVE ME.
I DON’T WANNA BE LEFT
OUT OF ANYTHING,
BECAUSE I BELIEVE
THAT GOD IS GOOD,
AND EVERYTHING THAT HE GIVES
IS ALSO GOOD.
SO, 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-11,
“NOW ABOUT THE GIFTS
OF THE SPIRIT,
BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
I DO NOT WANT YOU
TO BE UNINFORMED.”
ANOTHER TRANSLATION SAYS–
IGNORANT.
“I DON’T WANT YOU
TO BE IGNORANT.”
I WANT YOU TO BE INFORMED
ABOUT THESE GIFTS.
SO, IF YOU’VE
NEVER BEEN INFORMED,
TODAY AND THROUGHOUT THE WEEK,
YOU’RE GOING TO BE INFORMED.
“YOU KNOW THAT WHEN
YOU WERE PAGANS,
SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER
YOU WERE INFLUENCED
AND LED ASTRAY TO MUTE IDOLS.
THEREFORE I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT NO ONE WHO IS SPEAKING
BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD SAYS,
‘JESUS BE CURSED,’ AND NO ONE
CAN SAY, ‘JESUS IS LORD,’
EXCEPT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS
OF GIFTS, BUT THE SAME
SPIRIT DISTRIBUTES THEM.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS
OF SERVICE, BUT IT IS THE SAME
LORD WHO GIVES THEM.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT
KINDS OF WORKING,
BUT IN ALL OF THEM
AND IN EVERYONE
IS THE SAME GOD AT WORK.”
NOW, YOU’RE SEEING ME ON YOUR,
TELEVISION SCREEN TEACHING THIS.
BUT WHAT YOU DON’T SEE,
IS ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE.
WE HAVE CAMERAMEN IN HERE.
WE’VE GOT HELPERS.
WE’VE GOT PEOPLE DIRECTING
IN OTHER ROOMS.
AND SO, I COULDN’T BRING
THIS SHOW TO YOU,
WITHOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE,
ALL THOSE OTHER GIFTS.
I HAVE A GIFT TO TEACH
THE BIBLE.
BUT IN ORDER TO PRESENT IT,
TO PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD,
THEN I NEED OTHER PEOPLE,
TO HELP ME.
“NOW TO EACH ONE
THE MANIFESTATION
OF THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN
FOR THE COMMON GOOD.”
EACH ONE.
SO, PLEASE DON’T BE THE KIND,
OF PERSON WHO THINKS,
YOU DON’T HAVE ANYTHING.
MAYBE YOU DON’T KNOW,
EXACTLY WHAT GIFTS
YOU FUNCTION IN.
BUT I THINK THAT AFTER,
YOU HEAR THIS TEACHING,
YOU’RE GONNA KNOW BETTER.
BUT TO EACH ONE–TO EVERYONE,
THERE ARE GIVEN GIFTS.
“TO ONE THERE IS GIVEN THROUGH
THE SPIRIT A MESSAGE OF WISDOM,
TO ANOTHER A MESSAGE
OF KNOWLEDGE BY MEANS
OF THE SAME SPIRIT,
TO ANOTHER FAITH
BY THE SAME SPIRIT.”
BUT THIS IS NOT THE FAITH,
THAT WE LIVE OUR
EVERY DAY LIFE BY.
THIS IS TALKING ABOUT,
WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS,
“THE GIFT OF FAITH.”
WHICH IS A DIFFERENT
QUALITY OF FAITH.
AND WHEN WE GET TO THAT,
YOU’LL UNDERSTAND
MORE ABOUT THAT.
“TO ANOTHER GIFTS
OF HEALING BY THE SAME SPIRIT,
TO ANOTHER MIRACULOUS POWERS,
TO ANOTHER PROPHECY,
TO ANOTHER DISTINGUISHING
BETWEEN SPIRITS.”
THIS IS A WONDERFUL GIFT–
THE GIFT OF DISCERNING
OF SPIRITS, WHERE YOU CAN
TELL IF SOMEBODY IS GOOD,
OR IF THEY’RE EVIL.
“TO ANOTHER THERE ARE
DIFFERENT KINDS OF TONGUES.”
THIS IS TALKING ABOUT
SPEAKING IN TONGUES.
“AND TO ANOTHER INTERPRETATION
OF THE TONGUES.
NOW ALL THESE ARE THE WORK
OF ONE AND THE SAME SPIRIT,
AND HE DISTRIBUTES
THEM TO EACH ONE,
JUST AS HE DETERMINES.”
DOES EACH BELIEVER
ONLY GET ONE GIFT?
I DON’T THINK SO.
I THINK THAT WE MAY,
HAVE GIFTS THAT ARE STRONGER,
OR WE MAY HAVE GIFTS THAT,
WE OPERATE IN MORE,
THAN WE DO OTHER GIFTS.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT THESE,
GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT,
THESE NINE GIFTS,
I BELIEVE THAT GOD GIVES THEM,
TO US AS WE NEED THEM,
IN OUR DAILY LIFE.
NOW, PAUL DOES A LOT
OF TEACHING, ESPECIALLY
IN 1 CORINTHIANS 14,
ABOUT HOW THESE GIFTS,
SHOULD OPERATE
IN A CHURCH SERVICE.
IN THE EARLY CHURCH,
THESE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT:
PROPHECY, SPEAKING IN TONGUES,
INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES,
WORD OF KNOWLEDGE,
WORD OF WISDOM, IT WAS COMMON
FOR THESE GIFTS TO OPERATE.
BUT PAUL ALSO SAID THAT,
“EVERYTHING SHOULD BE DONE
DECENTLY AND IN ORDER.”
SO, IN 1 CORINTHIANS 14,
HE GAVE A LOT
OF INSTRUCTION ABOUT,
HOW THESE GIFTS SHOULD FUNCTION,
AND THERE STILL BE ORDER,
IN THE CHURCH SERVICE.
WELL, IN THE MAJORITY
OF CHURCHES TODAY,
NOBODY HAS TO WORRY ABOUT THAT,
BECAUSE THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT,
NOT ONLY, ARE NOT FUNCTIONING,
IN MANY PLACES,
THEY’RE NOT EVEN WELCOME.,
BECAUSE THERE IS A TEACHING
THAT SAYS THAT THESE
GIFTS WENT AWAY,
WHEN THE BIBLE CAME.
WHEN THE CANONIZATION,
OF THE WORD OF GOD WAS SETTLED,
THEN WE HAD THE WORD.
AND SO, WE DIDN’T NEED
ALL THESE GIFTS.
HOWEVER, THAT MAKES NO SENSE.
BECAUSE AFTER THE BIBLE,
TALKS ABOUT HOW SOME,
OF THESE THINGS WILL CEASE,
PAUL GOES ON TO
GIVE INSTRUCTIONS,
ON HOW TO FUNCTION,
IN THESE GIFTS IN THE CHURCH.
I BELIEVE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT,
DOES WANT THESE
GIFTS TO OPERATE,
IN OUR CHURCH SERVICES.
BUT EVEN MORE SO,
I BELIEVE THAT GOD WANTS
THESE GIFTS TO FUNCTION,
IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
SO WE CANNOT ONLY,
JUST LIVE A NATURAL LIFE,
BUT A SUPER-NATURAL LIFE.
COME ON, IF YOU CAN HAVE
NATURAL, OR SUPER-NATURAL,
WHO’S GONNA PICK NATURAL?
WHO’S GONNA PICK NATURAL?
WELL, I HOPE THAT I STIR UP,
AN INTEREST,
AND YOU REALLY BEGIN TO STUDY,
THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT
THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN PURCHASE A COUPLE
OF GOOD BOOKS AND STUDY IT.
YOU CAN GET ON YOUR COMPUTER.
THERE’S SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE,
AT OUR FINGERTIPS
ON THE COMPUTER.
AND YOU CAN LOOK
UP THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT,
AND THEN YOU CAN EVEN DIG IN,
AND STUDY EACH ONE
OF THOSE GIFTS.
AND IF YOU’RE REALLY SMART,
YOU CAN BEGIN TO PRAY
ON A REGULAR BASIS,
THAT THESE GIFTS WILL FUNCTION,
IN YOUR LIFE.
THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY,
YOU WILL BE FILLED, FILLED,
FILLED, TO OVERFLOWING
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND THAT THE GIFTS
OF THE SPIRIT,
AND THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT,
WOULD FLOW THROUGH YOU.
“THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS
OF WORKING–” VERSE SIX.
“BUT ALL OF THEM
AND TO EVERYONE,
IT’S THE SAME GOD AT WORK.
TO EACH ONE THE MANIFESTATION
OF THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN
FOR THE COMMON GOOD.”
AND THEN HE TALKS
ABOUT THESE GIFTS THAT
I’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT:
WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, FAITH–
THE GIFT OF FAITH, HEALING,
TO ANOTHER MIRACULOUS POWERS.
YES, MIRACLES.
MY GOODNESS.
HOW MANY MIRACLES
DO WE SEE TODAY?
WELL, I THINK PROBABLY
MORE THAN WHAT WE REALIZE.
BUT I DON’T THINK WE EXPECT,
THESE THINGS ANYMORE,
LIKE WE SHOULD
BE EXPECTING THEM.
THE BIBLE SAYS, “YOU HAVE
NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT.”
SO, I WANNA SUGGEST
THAT YOU BEGIN,
TO ASK GOD FOR MIRACLES
IN YOUR LIFE.
“TO ANOTHER PROPHECY.”
WE’RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT
EACH ONE OF THESE GIFTS ARE.
“TO ANOTHER DISCERNMENT,
OR DISTINGUISHING
BETWEEN THESE SPIRITS,
TO ANOTHER TONGUES,
TO ANOTHER INTERPRETATION
OF TONGUES.”
NOW WE MENTIONED, “DOES EACH
BELIEVER ONLY GET ONE GIFT?”
WELL, THEY MAY HAVE ONE THAT’S,
PREDOMINANT OR TWO.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT ALL THESE
GIFTS, FUNCTION AS WE NEED THEM.
PAUL INSTRUCTED
US ON HOW TO USE,
THESE GIFTS IN THE CHURCH.
BUT HE WANTS THEM TO FUNCTION,
IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
OKAY LET’S TALK ABOUT,
LIVING WITH POWER.
BEFORE I GET INTO
THE INDIVIDUAL GIFTS,
I WANT TO GET YOU CONVINCED,
BY GOD’S GRACE THAT GOD WANTS,
YOU TO LIVE WITH POWER.
I LOVE THAT WORD “POWER.”
WHOO!
IT’S A WONDERFUL WORD.
WHO WANTS TO LIVE WITH WEAKNESS
WHEN THEY CAN HAVE POWER?
IN LUKE 10:19, HE SAYS,
“I HAVE GIVEN YOU.”
NOT–I MIGHT GIVE YOU, OR I WILL
GIVE YOU AT SOME TIME,
BUT “I HAVE GIVEN YOU AUTHORITY
AND POWER TO TRAMPLE
ON SNAKES AND SCORPIONS.”
WHICH REALLY, I THINK
HE’S TALKING THERE,
ABOUT DEMONIC POWERS.
“AND TO OVERCOME
ALL THE POWER THAT
THE ENEMY [POSSESSES];
AND NOTHING WILL HARM YOU.”
WELL, GUESS WHAT?
YOU HAVE AUTHORITY AND POWER.
SATAN HAS POWER,
BUT IT DOESN’T SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT HIM HAVING AUTHORITY.
JESUS GAVE YOU AUTHORITY,
BUT AUTHORITY DOES YOU NO GOOD,
IF YOU DON’T EXERCISE
THAT AUTHORITY.
ACTS CHAPTER 1 VERSE 8 SAYS,
“BUT YOU SHALL RECEIVE
POWER WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT
COMES ON YOU, AND YOU WILL
BE MY WITNESSES IN JERUSALEM
AND IN ALL JUDEA AND SAMARIA,
AND TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.”
I ALWAYS LIKE, AND I LIKE
TO MAKE A POINT OUT OF THE FACT,
THAT HE DIDN’T SAY,
“YOU WILL DO WITNESSING.”
HE SAID, “YOU WILL
BE MY WITNESSES.”
NOW, BEFORE I LEARNED ANYTHING
ABOUT THESE GIFTS,
I WAS IN A CHURCH THAT
DIDN’T TEACH ABOUT THE GIFTS.
THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE
ABOUT THE GIFTS.
THEY BELIEVED LIKE MANY
PEOPLE DO, THAT THOSE
GIFTS WENT AWAY,
WITH THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST.
AND SO, I WAS
ON THE EVANGELISM TEAM,
AT MY CHURCH.
AND I WENT OUT
AND DID WITNESSING.
BUT IN MY EVERYDAY LIFE,
I DID NOT HAVE THE POWER,
TO BE A WITNESS.
IN OTHER WORDS,
I WENT TO CHURCH ON SUNDAYS,
AND I BELIEVED IN JESUS.
I LOVED HIM.
BUT MY BEHAVIOR WAS NOT ALWAYS,
OR EVEN USUALLY,
THE BEHAVIOR OF A CHRISTIAN.
AND THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE
NEED TO SEE TODAY.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY,
“PREACH, AND IF NECESSARY
USE WORDS.”
BUT OUR LIFE SHOULD BE A SERMON.
PAUL SAID TO THE BELIEVERS
THAT HE TAUGHT,
“YOU ARE LIVING EPISTLES…
READ OF ALL MEN.”
SO, PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE
TO TELL, WHO THE CHRISTIANS ARE,
AND WHO THEY’RE NOT.
AND OUR LIVES SHOULD
BE AN EXAMPLE TO THEM
OF HOW JESUS IS.
IT SAYS IN 1 CORINTHIANS THAT,
“WE ARE HIS [PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVES],
AND THAT GOD
IS MAKING HIS APPEAL
TO THE WORLD THROUGH US.”
SO, LET ME ASK YOU,
ARE YOU BEHAVING AS A CHRISTIAN?
OR DO YOU GET OUT IN THE WORLD,
AND JUST HAVE A BAD TEMPER,
AND YOU’RE IMPATIENT,
AND YOU DO ALL THE SAME THINGS,
THAT EVERYBODY ELSE DOES?
YOU MAY HAVE A BUMPER
STICKER ON YOUR CAR.
YOU MAY OWN A BIBLE.
YOU MAY GO TO CHURCH.
YOU MAY WEAR A CROSS
AROUND YOUR NECK.
BUT HOW DO YOU BEHAVE?