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need to impress people
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another we need to learn how to be free
to be ourselves
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is there anybody here who ever has any
stress in your life some people put up
both hands
well
the world is not going to change
I want you to listen the world is not
going to change I prayed for years for
God to change my circumstances and then
I found out it was actually me he wanted
to change
so
would you be willing to change If your
circumstances never changed
because you see it’s not really our
circumstances that upset us it’s the way
we react to our circumstances
that upset us I’m gonna tell this half
of the congregation that
because we
we think well if I just didn’t have this
circumstance
but see then you wouldn’t be in the
world
because Jesus said in the world you will
have tribulation
cheer up
I’ve overcome the world
and so
we really need to get it through our
heads that just praying for our
circumstances to go away is not the
answer we need to pray that God will
change us it’s interesting Paul never
prayed
you you can’t find a place where Paul
prayed for people’s bad circumstance to
go away
which I find interesting because that’s
what we do all the time
God changed the circumstance change this
person
but what Paul prayed for the people was
that they would handle whatever came
with good temper
I’ve never had anybody come to the Altar
and ask me to pray for them to
have a better attitude toward their
circumstances they always want their
circumstance to go away
I think it’s important that I camp here
for a minute and we get this because
it is a big deception that we have in
life that I just want my circumstance to
change
or I want my spouse to change I want my
kids to change
we always want everybody else to change
but God wants to change us
it’s his goal for us we are predestined
and predestined doesn’t mean it’s going
to happen no matter what you do it means
that God has already predetermined his
will
but how we respond
is important we’re partners with God and
he has a part and we have a part and no
matter how much he does his part if we
don’t do our part We’re Not Gonna
have what he wants for our lives
and so he has already predetermined that
we are to be transformed into the image
of Jesus Christ that’s his goal for us
that we all become like
Jesus
and so really more than we need our
circumstances to change we need the
willing to be changed
to be whatever God wants us to be
and I like to teach on spiritual
maturity I intend to teach quite a bit
on that this year and I believe that
spiritual maturity is coming to the
place where you no longer are always
telling God what you want
but you start asking him what he wants
[Applause]
amen
you know if you have kids you you raise
your kids you take care of your kids and
they reach a certain point where you
really you don’t want to spend the whole
rest of your life doing for them you’d
like them to do for you
amen
my kids are all really good I’m I’m
proud of them you know they
every one of our children would help us
in any way that they possibly could and
and they do a lot and that that means a
lot to me and they don’t just come when
they want something they come because
they love us and God wants us to be that
way he doesn’t want to he wants us to
seek his face not just his hand
that’s a big transition in your life
when you reach that point I remember
when God taught me that what a big
transition that was for me that I didn’t
have to seek his hand all the time not
just what can you do for me but to just
seek him for who he is because I love
him
amen
[Applause]
matter of fact when God was teaching me
this he challenged me he said I don’t
want you to ask me for another thing
except me until I give you permission to
wow
and I’d start to say
well God will you do um
it was life-changing so I want to say
again
I like to teach on spiritual material
I’ve been thinking a lot lately like
what’s the simplest way I can explain
what it is
and I think it’s coming to the point
where you no longer and it’s not that
you can’t ask God for what you want but
but that that’s not your main theme in
life
and we’re all that way we first come to
Christ and to be honest he
he does a lot for us to establish
relationship with us and to show us that
he loves us but he wants us to come to
the point where we’re not just telling
him what we want
we need to ask God every day God what
can I do for you today
hi I’ll use me today Lord how can I make
somebody else happy today
what can I do for somebody else say what
do I have that I can bless somebody else
with
today we need to be others minded
not just self-minded and self-centered
all the time
I’ll tell you a secret you can’t be
selfish and happy
so in teaching on stress I have to tell
you first of all that
you can’t just pray all the time for
your circumstances to change you have to
want God to change you and I really
wonder sometimes how many people want
God to change them
because I’m going to tell you another
little secret you really can’t change
without some suffering
don’t worry I won’t stay there long
[Applause]
but it’s true and you say well wait a
minute I thought Jesus did all the
suffering I’m not talking about getting
on the cross like he did but you know
anytime you tell your flesh no your
flesh is going to suffer
I don’t care if it’s even just don’t eat
the piece of cake
your flesh is not going to like it so
in order to grow up to mature
spiritually in Christ which should be
our number one goal
that should be everybody’s number one
goal is to grow up and mature
see we are his ambassadors in the Earth
and I love what II Corinthians 5 20 says
and in the Amplified Bible I love it
that we are Christ’s personal
Representatives
that he is making his appeal to the
world through us
wow
do you know that for some people you’re
the only Jesus they’ll see
and part of our problem
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is just to go into church but then not
leaving and acting like what we should
be acting like
Christianity don’t need to just stay in
here
come on we got to get it out there
where the people are
and you’re all preachers whether you
know it or not and you don’t
you don’t have to
preach like I’m preaching but you preach
with your life
most of the people that need Jesus are
not going to come into church to find
him
but they’re where you work they’re where
you go to school they’re where you
grocery shop
they’re everywhere and believe me people
are desperate
for somebody to love them
I mean we live in a desperate world and
things are so crazy out there people
don’t they don’t have anything to hang
their Hope on
and we need to start doing random acts
of kindness be nice to people you don’t
even know for no reason except that’s
just how you are
amen
and really listen to the Holy Spirit
when you’re out about what you might do
for somebody else I I just feel led to
tell you this story
I went to a coffee shop one day
and uh
I wanted to pour over and they didn’t do
pour overs there
and she said let me make you a French
press I said I don’t like French presses
they’re usually too strong she said
we’ve got a new press and
she said I’ll tell you
it is so good let me make it for you if
you don’t like it you don’t have to pay
for it I’ll make anything else you want
so sure no she made it and it was just
absolutely great and in the process of
talking to her
and let me just say she wasn’t like me
at all her hair was about four different
colors
and she had
piercings and tattoos everywhere
you know we we need to learn
that we can be nice to in fellowship
with people that aren’t like us
and then
[Applause]
quit being so snooty religious
amen
sometimes the more
radical people are it’s just a signal
sign that they’re looking for love
and um
she said yeah I really want to get one
of these she said I’m
saving up my money because the
I’ve got one of them at home and they’re
just nice because all you really need is
hot water
so
you put your coffee in them in the hot
water and you press it through and you
got a great cup of coffee wherever
you’re at so she said
yeah I want to get one of these as soon
as I get enough money saved well I left
and I got about yay far down the mall
and the Holy Spirit said
buyer one
and I’m thinking now God
I don’t know this girl
she is going to think I am stupid
besides the way that that the way the
world is today I thought I don’t know
she might think I’m hitting on her or
something
[Applause]
well I’m just telling you the truth what
I thought I thought
but anyway
you know I don’t always like it when God
tells me to do things for people I don’t
know but he does it anyway
and so I by now I know enough it’s not
going to do any good to disobey him
because I’ll be miserable all day so I
went back and I waited for her to
hopefully be as alone as she could be
you know if you’re going to be a fool
you’d like to be in front of as few
people as possible
so I
called her over and I said
listen I said I I want to buy you one of
those coffee pots I thought it was like
110 or something oh no no no you can’t
do that I said yeah I want to do it for
you I just I I feel like it’s something
that I’m
supposed to do and so
I
gave her the money to buy the coffee pot
and she was crying and just so blessed
and so on and so forth well God’s not
finished so
I go ahead and I’m doing my shopping and
lo and behold
I go to the bathroom upstairs in another
store
[Laughter]
and I’m coming out of the bathroom and
she’s coming in and hits me almost right
in the face
and she says to me now listen
she says why are you the kindest person
in the whole world
I said well I’ll tell you what I said
I’m a Christian and God has been so good
to me
and if I can be good to anybody else I
want to do it she said well
she said tell you the truth I’ve been
pretty mad at the man upstairs for a
long time because my mother died with
cancer but after this I might have to
rethink it
[Applause]
now I’m not telling you that to brag on
myself I’m just giving you an example of
the effect
that you can have on people
If instead of just going to church and
then spending the rest of the week
asking God for everything you want
if you’ll ask him what you can do for
him
come on does anybody understanding me in
here today
I’m a little off course from where I’m
supposed to be going but
I feel like this is important
you know I don’t know how much time we
have left
people always ask me what do you think
is going to happen in the world I don’t
know
I mean Jesus has been coming back as
long as I’ve been in the church so
I don’t
I don’t know when he’s coming but one
thing’s for sure Bible says it’s going
to be like it was the days of Silence
Gomorrah and I think we passed that up a
long time ago
[Applause]
I mean the thing is going on in our
world today are crazy
and so I think we all better be ready
for Jesus to come anytime
amen because
the Bible says all over the place that
we should watch and pray and be ready
and stay awake and be alert
not be sleepy Christians and
I just want to say again I think church
is wonderful but so many people think
that
church is all there is well I go to
church
well I can go sit in the garage all
night and that won’t make me a car
amen
so just because you come here every
Sunday or every Saturday and Sunday
my question is what are you doing when
you go out there
that’s the big question what are you
doing when you go out there amen
and that’s the big question for all of
us
what are we doing when we go out there
so I’ll just tell you your circumstance
or some of your circumstances will
change you may get out of debt you may
get a raise you may get
some of the things you want but you know
I hope this isn’t discouraging but
you’re going to have
very few times in life that you’re not
going to have some kind of an issue
are a problem
amen
it’s not the refrigerator it’s the stove
it’s not the stove it’s the furnace if
it’s not the furnace it’s the kid if
it’s not the kid it’s the husband if you
know
come on you know what I mean
and so
we have to learn how to react
differently to things
and you can you can learn how to react
differently to things I know
because nobody could have been worse
than me
and having a bad reaction to
uncomfortable circumstances
I mean we just are addicted to comfort
amen
when you go to India and you tell them
how you got depressed because your air
conditioner went out for two hours
they’re not very impressed
amen
so we’re kind of spoiled
and we don’t take any kind of discomfort
too easy
and boy the world we live in today you
better toughen up a little bit you ain’t
gonna make it
because it is stressful
amen
so the first thing you got to do is be
willing to change and trust me God will
change you if you really want to change
how can you have less stress in your
life
simplify simplify simplify
let me just ask a question how many of
you are complicated people
thank you
I mean I’ve I’ve learned thank God this
has been many years ago but
I mean I’ll never forget when
Dave and I went to church and this is
actually before I was Spirit-filled and
we went to church and I I loved God
I didn’t know much
but I love the Lord and we were in the
young couples group and played
volleyball and all the different things
you do and
I can remember on a Sunday after church
saying to our little group of friends
hey why next Sunday why don’t you come
on over to the house after
church and we’ll just throw some hot
dogs on the grill and
I’ll get some potato chips and potato
salad and
Buddhist fellowship and play some games
now you know that sounds doable don’t it
but you think I could leave it alone
no
the hot dogs had to become steaks that I
couldn’t afford
and then we had to plant flowers so
everything would look pretty
had to paint the lawn chairs because
wanted them fixed of course you had to
clean the whole house
by the time the people got there I
didn’t even like them
anymore
probably didn’t like most of them when I
invited them
come on
I was exhausted when everybody left
I’m getting ready to make a statement
you need to hear it you’re never free
until you no longer have a need to
impress people
[Applause]
never free till you no longer have a
need to impress people
we don’t need to live to impress one
another we need to learn how to be free
to be ourselves
simplify simplify simplify
things are so complicated I remember the
leper in India
when I was in the leper colony
ministering to the lepers
he wanted me to see his home
and he took me to his home that he was
so proud of and so excited about and it
was a
a hole dug out of the side of a hill
it was I don’t know maybe eight feet
long and
I don’t know maybe as deep as from here
to the edge of the stage it was all dirt
dirt walls dirt floor he had a hammock
in there and over in the corner he had a
few Bennett beat up dishes and he was so
proud of his home
honestly and truly I have found as I’ve
traveled around the world that people
who have less are happier than people
who have more
[Applause]
and you know they’re happy because they
don’t know what they’re missing
we see what somebody else has and then
no matter what we have we’re not happy
unless we can have what they have if
what they have is a little more than
what we have let’s stop being so
materialistic
amen
you got a nice car
got 47 000 miles on it
who cares if it’s seven years old
do you really need to go in debt that
you can’t afford to go into to buy
another new car just
[Applause]
now you might use some of that money to
help somebody else well bless God I’m
gonna work all week and give all my
money away
well then just go ahead and be miserable
[Applause]
seven ways to simplify your life
number one clean out the Clutter
get yourself what I call a giveaway box
I keep one going all the time
and every time you run across something
you’re not using
throw it in the Box
take it to the Goodwill
I take a bunch of stuff to my office
because we got 500 employees there’s
always somebody that wants it
you know pruning is necessary for growth
we prune trees but the word pruning only
means to cut back
that’s all it means to trim away or to
cut back
and we cannot grow as Believers unless
we allow God to prune us
and you’re not going to grow in peace
unless you learn how to prune some of
the stuff you’ve got way too much of
clutter makes you miserable the neater
your surroundings are the more peaceful
you feel what value do you put on peace
I want you to ask yourself what value do
you put on peace
when you decide you want peace bad
enough you’ll have it
but you won’t have it without making
some changes
God has a great life cooking for you and
he wants you to know his secret
ingredient more peace and less stress
dish out God’s word with 26 recipes for
more peace and less stress a box of 26
recipe cards filled with Joyce’s
encouragement and uplifting scriptures
you’ll also receive the Healthy Living
Journal a colorful Journal loaded with
pages to track your Fitness activities
meal plans and grocery lists stay on
course with motivating scriptures that
will guide you to a healthier Spirit
soul and body start your journey to a
happier healthier you get 26 recipes for
more peace and less stress and the
Healthy Living journal they’re available
today for a gift of 30 or more visit
online at joycemeyer.org or call
1-800-709-2895
thank you
well we’ve been talking about trusting
God today are you trusting God for
physical healing if you need one if
you’re struggling with sickness you’ve
probably experienced the enemy
bombarding your thoughts with negativity
thoughts like you’re never going to get
well one of the best ways to stop the
lies that the enemy is to focus on God’s
word and what he says about healing when
I battle battle breast cancer years ago
I meditated on scriptures like Romans 8
28 I believe all things work together
for are good in Isaiah 53 5 by his
stripes we are healed I want you to
realize today that even though you’re
maybe going through a tough time that
God really really loves you you’re
special to him and he does have a good
plan for your life put your trust in him
and don’t be afraid now I’d like to pray
for you
father in the name of Jesus I pray for
everybody who’s sick who’s hurting in
their body who has pain
who has had a bad report from the doctor
and we know that you are a miracle
working God
and you give us Grace to deal with
whatever we need to deal with in our
life
so I pray that you would give great
guidance for any kind of medical help
that they may need
what doctor to go to what kind of
medication to take and if that’s not
going to be the answer then I pray that
you would just miraculously heal and
supernaturally touch people and we thank
you Lord for giving us the grace that we
need to do whatever we need to do in
life in Jesus name amen
all right I’d like to send you a free
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bless you
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