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Ministries a person with a perfect heart
is always growing
spiritually you’re never satisfied to
say well I’m good
enough I’m Joyce Meyer and I believe
that God can heal you everywhere you
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hurt what is the
heart well if you look up the definition
of heart in the
vines expository dictionary of Old and
New Testament words that’s back to the
Hebrew and the
Greek it says that the heart is the
chief organ of physical life for the
life of the flesh is in the blood so our
heart pumps our blood and if it stops
life ceases so it is the most important
organ physical organ that we
have
it occupies the most important place in
the human system by an easy transition
the word came to stand for man’s entire
mental and moral
activity so when the
Bible says the heart it’s really talking
about the entire inner man it’s talking
about your thoughts
attitudes the things we
say our
desires everything about
us in other words the heart is you is
used
figuratively for the Hidden Springs of
the personal
life the Bible describes human depravity
as being in the heart because sin is a
principle which has its seat in the
center of man’s inward life and then
defiles the whole Circuit of his action
but first Peter says that he’d been
talking about how women should
not Adorn themselves with fancy clothes
and a lot of fancy jewelry back then
especially it was more
like women
that were Godly didn’t normally do
that so it was a custom of the day
usually just
prostitutes wore a lot of jewelry and a
lot of fancy clothes so he said don’t be
concerned about that because it’s the
hidden man of the
heart and what God desires is a quiet
and A Gentle
Spirit that is not anxious or rough up
but is precious in the sight of God how
much time do you spend trying to get
yourself cute before you go to the house
in the morning
today I look at some people I know it
wasn’t much
but that just kind of slipped
out I mean honestly I think do you not
own a
mirror
maybe I spend too much time
but I come from a different era and so
but
seriously if you spend an equal amount
of time getting your heart ready to go
out that’s so
good I mean some Christians put on
behaviors that just look so bad on on
them it’s like you have got such a bad
attitude but you know if I put on
something that doesn’t look good on
me I keep changing my clothes until I
find something that looks
right
amen I bring extra outfits to these
conferences just in case well thankfully
God has given me the grace and the
wisdom
I do spend as much time with God getting
my heart ready as I do getting my body
ready but there was a lot of years when
I
didn’t
amen and so just think about that you
know if you can spend an hour getting
cute can you give God 15
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minutes and we we can prepare our heart
Hearts we can pray God when I go out
today let me represent you
well help me be respectful to everybody
that I come
near help me make somebody feel better
about themselves today let me put a
smile on some faces today
Lord if I if I even start to get a bad
attitude God convict me about it don’t
ever have a bad attitude if God convicts
you that something is wrong in your
behavior thank God that he loves you
enough not to leave you alone in your
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message we see that the heart is the
true
man King David committed adultery and
murder and yet the Bible says that he
was a man after God’s Own
Heart figure that
out and Peter Peter denied Christ three
times and yet he went on to become one
of the greatest of the
Apostles you know why I want you to
listen this is one of those important
things weakness is different than
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wickedness did you hear
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me I was telling somebody the other day
there’s a certain weakness that I still
have left over from the way I was
raised
and I mean I prayed about it and prayed
about it and prayed about it and prayed
about
it and it’s this certain thing that I
tend to worry about if it happens and it
has to do with keeping peace
in close relationships you know like
especially family because my dad was
always mad I always did the dance of
trying to keep him happy and be the PE
Peacemaker in the
house and boy if two of my kids aren’t
getting along I think I got to fix it or
if you know one of them’s upset with me
I can’t rest till I think I’ve got it
fixed and I’ve been set free from so
many things and I can tell myself that
is not my
problem worrying about this is not going
to change a
thing I can pray
and I still can’t seem to settle down
until the the thing is
solved and there’s peace again well you
know what I’ve done everything I can do
now I’m just waiting on God but see
that’s not wickedness that’s a
weakness okay a person with a perfect
heart is always growing
spiritually you’re never satisfied to
say well I’m good
enough you all always want to improve
though tonight when I said let let our
goal be to be more fully committed in
some
area if your heart’s right toward God
you would have thought yeah that’s
cool I want to grow show me God how I
can grow you wouldn’t have been
like another thing I got to
do you know the Apostle Paul he said he
was pressing toward the mark of
perfection but he had not
arrived he said I have not attained this
nor have I arrived at my goal but I
press on to take hold of that for which
Christ Jesus Took hold of
me he always wanted to
grow I love to teach on spiritual
maturity it’s probably my thing I guess
I’m I’m thrilled when people are saved
but I love to see people
grow and be really mature in Christ so
we can represent him well and so we can
actually live the life that he died for
us to live Jesus didn’t just die for us
so we could be miserable here and
someday go to
heaven he wants us to enjoy our life
here we’re his representative is he
wants to work through us and show
himself strong through us and I know
some of you may be thinking I got so
many problems and I’m not in any
position where I can work for God or you
know help other people lady you don’t
know how many problems I got but I tell
you what I can tell you your problems
will never get
solved if you don’t start helping other
people because that’s exactly how you
get your breakthrough is by sewing seeds
into somebody else’s life and then God
uses those seeds to bring a harvest in
your own
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life and when you’re hurting if you if
you make it your business to try to be a
blessing to somebody else it gets your
mind off
you and nothing steals our joy quicker
than just being focused on herself all
the
time a person with a perfect heart is
fully committed to
God but now listen to this this is from
the Amplified translation of Romans 121
I love this I appeal to you therefore
Brethren and I beg of you in view of all
the mercies of
God to make a decisive dedication of
your
bodies see it calls for a decision I’m
asking tonight for people to make a
decision
I can come up higher in this area or I
can come up higher in that
area presenting all your members and
faculties as a Living
Sacrifice under the law they required
the sacrifice of dead
animals and that blood covered their
sins but it never removed them and it
never had no ability to ever remove the
guilt there’s were covered ours have
been removed as far as the East is from
the west and God remembers them no
more the Bible tells us to seek wisdom
and understanding and the Book of
Proverbs is a treasure chest filled with
gems of spiritual and practical wisdom
that equips us to live our best lives in
her book in search of wisdom
life-changing truths in the Book of
Proverbs Joyce goes through Proverbs
chapter by chapter highlighting with her
insightful commentary the most important
truths throughout you’ll gain practical
knowledge that you can apply to your
daily life in addition you’ll also
receive the small book habits of a Godly
woman learn how your habits shape your
life and why we need to stay focused on
working with the Holy Spirit to develop
Godly habits so that we can truly
fulfill his plan and purpose for our
lives these resources are available for
your gift to the ministry of $30 or more
connect with us today visit online at
joy.org or call
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well in this candid conversation um
we’re going to get real personal because
you and I both had big milestone
birthdays this year uh oh y yep so we’re
just gonna you’re going to talk about
age we’re going to fess up let’s talk
about your age I’m fine with that um but
also just talking about milestones and
TR positions and changes in life and so
let’s let’s just talk about it so I
turned 60 this year and you turned 80
this
year and I I was just thinking about the
things that go through your mind that
because I I remember um so many
questions that would come up 60 for me
turning 60 you know it sounds different
than being in your 50s and it’s probably
the same at every every transition and I
I’ve never had much of a thought about
age before and you know I think we
usually feel young and inside we we are
always that 25y old um and yet there
there are questions when you get to
certain ages like for me turning 60 you
know you you begin to think well what
will the future look like like at some
point my husband’s going to want to
retire MH I say him cuz I you know know
I don’t think I want that but I I know
that’s something you
don’t thank you you don’t want to retire
but you know he’s looking forward to a
transition that I’ll go along with him
as that happens and um you know even I
remember like my children turning
turning 20 or 30 I I mean everybody goes
through questions as things change and
transitions in their life and you know
people are thinking questions like I
haven’t had children yet or I’m not
married yet or what will I do next so
what were some of the things you thought
with your 80 well first of all to be
honest I I can’t believe I’m 80 it’s
like when you say that it sounds really
really old and I don’t feel old and I it
doesn’t as much anymore don’t you think
people are living longer you’re looking
great people are looking younger I
remember you talking about being 60 I
remember the first time that age really
hit me was when I had to go and sign up
for
Medicare I thought I’m in the Medicare
office and it was just
like that made me feel
old I am in the Medicare office and uh
but you know
the first of all we do too much thinking
of the wrong kind that’s true yeah and
uh when you overthink things you just
think yourself right into a big problem
and so a lot of these questions we have
about well what is retirement going to
look like I mean Ginger I could have a
million questions you know I mean I’m 80
now so let’s just be really generous and
say I live to be a 100 okay let’s go 120
oh I don’t know if I have the faith for
that I don’t even know if I want to do
that but uh I
mean I don’t
have a ton of years left I’ve lived most
of my life and so I could get into
people ask me all the time are you ever
going to retire well I don’t plan to do
that but I’m taking my life one day at a
time and I believe that God will give me
the energy to do what he wants me to do
and we all need to want what God wants
more than we want what we want and so
yeah who
knows who knows what it’ll look like for
you in 5 years or 10 years only God
knows and that’s why it’s so important
this whole thing about living life one
day at a time I mean God gave the
Israelites Mana for one day the miracle
bread that he reigned out of heaven for
them when they were in the wilderness he
only gave them enough for one day and he
could have given them a week Supply at a
time or a year Supply at a time but one
day and if they gathered
more than what they were supposed to for
one day MH there was so much allotted
for each person and if they gathered
more than that it rotted and started to
stink the only time that they could
gather two days was in preparation for
the Sabbath and so that’s such a great
example yeah that it would stink yeah
that
God right in the beginning of the Bible
sets this standard and gives us this
great example that I mean the way I put
it is if you try to if you try to live
more than one day at a time your life’s
going to stink yeah and a lot of people
say my life stinks well that’s because
they worry and they fret and they try to
figure things out that only God knows
and you know I was such a Reasoner I
mean I wanted to know I wanted to have
everything figured out out I wanted to
have a plan for everything no surprises
and if you’re going to hang out with God
and be happy you’re going to have to get
used to mystery and surprises yeah
because and when I say this it it it it
it doesn’t have to provoke fear in
people but you never know what’s going
to happen and you just need to be ready
yeah I like what Paul said in the
Amplified Bible of Philippians
4:13 says I can do all things through
Christ who is my strength but the
Amplified says I’m ready for anything
I’m equal to anything through him who
infuses Inner Strength into me so I like
that he said I’m ready for anything yeah
and that’s the way we that’s that’s the
way we have to think about it it’s like
I don’t know what kind of transition is
going to
come you know by the time I’m 85 I had a
a prophet ministered to me recently and
he said that he saw some specific things
between 80 and 85 for me and I said well
what about after that he said I didn’t
see after that well you know so my
thought was
well and then I thought you know but the
dev mind goes that way yeah the devil
loves to put thoughts in your head and
here’s the thing I mean I’m ready to go
whenever God wants me I mean like Paul
said to live as Christ to die is gain
and he even said at one point I’m
staying here for you not for me yeah it
would be better for me if I went yeah
and so I’m looking forward to heaven but
I think that I’m still helping people
and I want to be here as long as I can
but age is not the
only transition that we face in life
yeah you you talked about be ready for
God’s surprises but what I enjoy about
that is some of some of them are not
what you expect in in their heart in
their hard transition some of them are
wonderful there’s so much more than you
ever could have chosen for yourself or
expected and you know I remember when 20
years ago now talk about a milestone
I’ve been with Joyce Meer Ministries for
20 years now the the same week we had
offer you a job three times before we
got you well that was one of those
wonderful surprises it it wasn’t
anything that we were looking for it
wasn’t anything that I had in mind you
were happy where you were at exactly had
a good job but God had something in in
mind that was such a blessing that I
didn’t expect didn’t see coming wasn’t
looking for but at the same time it was
a transition right so you know there
were things that that had to be done you
know you have to move your family they
big choices you have to sell a house and
find your husband had to get a different
job exactly you know you you leave your
church and the people that you love so
in transitions there are often things
that you you have to let go of as you’re
reaching for that next thing that God
has for you and so sometimes you feel
like you’re kind of teetering in between
but I love the thought of God has such
good things for us but it doesn’t mean
transition’s always easy you know we
talk about walking by faith and I like
to just mention to people you know a
walk is something you take one step at a
time and so walking by
faith does doesn’t mean that you see the
whole picture mhm it you know there
there were a lot of things that you
didn’t know when you came here and there
were things I remember that you went
through in the beginning that were
challenging because you had a lot of
good friends that you missed and it
takes time to make friends in other
places and we have a lot of people move
from out of town to come to work here
and they all go through a transition
period you know they may love working
here
but you still miss what you’re used to
sure and you this is a good piece of
advice for people that are in transition
right now give it
time you you you have to give yourself
time to adapt to things and time don’t
expect too much too soon yeah time to
get adjusted to things I mean you’re not
e even if you’re like when I left my job
job at the church that I worked at in St
Louis I was on staff with a great team
of people and we had a lot of fun and
and when God called me out of that
position I
was traveling around on the road doing
conferences I was by myself
and I missed that and and when I would
go to church on Sunday mornings when I
was in town a lot of times I would leave
and I would feel depressed and I would
think did I do did I make a mistake did
I do the wrong thing
but God just ministered to me that I had
soul ties to that place you know I had
put five years of my life into that and
my prayers and my hopes and my dreams I
mean you if you’re going to be in you
got to be all in right it’s you’re
passionate about what you do I was all
in there and for their vision and dream
and then when God started putting bigger
things in my heart that I couldn’t do
there I had to step out but you you you
leave you know the Bible says you leave
your father and mother and cleave until
your wife and God told Abraham to leave
everything that you’re accustomed to and
go to the place that I will show you and
so there’s always a
leaving as well as a taking hold of new
things and so you have to give yourself
time for your you have a soul and so you
have to give your your mind your
emotions your feelings about things time
to change and not start making too many
decisions based on how you feel in the
beginning that’s really good give it
time you know there’s something else
about those milestones and those
transitions that it’s easy to look at I
should have like by this point in my
life I thought I would be here or I
should have this job or I should be
further along in my walk with Christ or
whatever it may be um so how do you how
do you deal with some of those I should
have points in in changes in life well
maybe some of them are true maybe maybe
maybe you should be further along in
your walk with Christ than what you are
but once something is done you you can’t
you cannot go back and change the past
all you can do is learn from it and if
you take it’s a healthy attitude you
know your your past can be the
greatest teacher for your future and the
mistakes that you make can be the
greatest thing that trains you for what
not to do in the future I I look back at
some of the places where I was at and
places where I worked and things that I
went through and and even like people
that I felt mistreated me
and just seemed like God didn’t do
anything about it but it t T me how to
treat people yeah it taught me you know
how that made you feel so don’t treat
other people that way so we need to
trust God more that everything that we
go through it may not be fair but God is
a God of Justice that and that means he
always makes wrong things right if we
trust him if if if we trust him you know
these are not things that just
automatically happen it’s putting your
faith in God I think it was uh Martin
Luther King Jr that said you don’t have
to see the whole staircase just take the
first step and so we we take a step and
we see what God does and it only a fool
thinks he can always do what he’s always
done it’s just not going to happen there
are going to be transitions there are
going to be changes and you can either
get in line with them or you can be
totally and absolutely miserable and so
everybody’s GNA get older everybody’s
body is gonna get
older you’re not going to look the same
way when you’re 50 as you did when you
were 15 and uh it’s it’s just part of
the cycle of life there’s just nothing
we can do about it except be happy and
that we can be and trust that there are
good things ahead at every stage every
change is not a bad change it can be a
good change change but you got to give
it time sometimes to find
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