Joyce teaches how to start your day on a positive note and eliminate those “bad days” the enemy is stealing from your life.
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how many of you have ever had a bad day
have you ever wished I would have gotten
this day started different than what I
did you know don’t don’t ever waste
today once you know you think about time
differently as you get older I think
when you’re in your 20s and maybe even
30s and maybe even 40s you don’t you
don’t think too much about time but a
few years ago it occurred to me that
two-thirds of my life was over and I
just became much more aware of time and
how how foolish it is to waste any day
that you have you know there’s something
really interesting about time we all get
the same amount in a day every day is 24
hours and some people are very very
fruitful and effective and some people
just waste their time day after day
after day and that’s a choice that we
make but there’s one thing about time
once it goes by you never get it back so
how it is to waste any day of your life
I think we need to live every day like
it was our very last one and live it to
the absolute fullest that we can live it
so I want to just give you a few things
that I think will help you maybe get
your day going in the right direction
and maybe effect the whole rest of your
day and I hope it helps you every single
day of your life what are some of your
morning’s like do you go to bed
intending to get up and spend time with
God but then when the alarm goes off you
hit the snooze then you hit the snooze
again and then you hit the snooze again
and then you’ve laid in bed too long and
so then you get up of course now you
have no time for anything and your inner
friends in you’re in a rush and so that
makes you grouchy and of course the
devil will play the game with you and
he’ll make sure that that’s the day you
can’t find your car keys and that’s the
day nobody does
anything that’s right and then you you
know you’ve yelled at the kids and now
you’re feeling bad about that and your
mom gave you a call to say good morning
you Grouch tin her because you didn’t
have times and now you feel bad about
that and you get in your car and you get
down almost to the entrance to your
subdivision you realize you left your
cell phone at home and so that adds your
frustration now you’ve got to hurry up
and go back and get that then you get in
the house and you can’t find it then you
get on the highway and the traffic’s bad
and you know you’re going to be late for
work so you’re thinking of all the
excuses you can give and you finally get
there and you’re basically frustrated
upset got this little weight of
condemnation on you because of the way
you acted you know you should have spent
time with God you didn’t do it and the
whole day basically just becomes a
nightmare anybody been there done that
now if you’re honest you know that more
than any other thing the devil will
fight you on your time with God and the
reason he does that is because that is
more valuable to you than any other
thing your time your personal time with
God is more valuable to you than you’ve
been in this conference it is the most
important thing and any time we think
that we’re going to get it all just
through listening to somebody’s CDs and
going to church once a week or twice a
week or going to a couple of conferences
a year you’re totally wrong because I’ll
tell you what you get when you do that
I’ll tell you what you’ve gotten here
this weekend you’ve gotten pieces of
great stuff and now if you’re smart
you’ll go home and you’ll take the notes
that you have or you’ll buy two CDs from
the conference or whatever session
really meant a lot to you and then
you’ll really get down to doing your own
study hearing somebody else not good
enough you got to study if you want to
be victorious you have to study
well Joyce you mean to tell me just
listening to view every morning isn’t
enough not really I’m not God I’m a
teacher and I believe that I’ve got a
lot of good information a strong
teaching gift but what I found in my own
life was I got all this information I
mean I was like you know when I really
got serious about my walk with God I
mean I was in a conference every time I
turned around and CDs and everything I
get my hand on in TV programs and radio
programs and it just seemed like why
isn’t it working I mean I’ve been there
done that had the t-shirt had the CDs I
knew everything you could possibly know
about spiritual warfare and yet the
devil still had the upper hand in my
life and none of it really began to fall
into place for me until I started really
spending time with God every day now I
probably will be a little quiet because
probably a lot of you aren’t doing that
and so that makes you feel a little like
a lot of people watching by television
you’re like thinking maybe I’ll see what
else is on this morning
the Holy Spirit is the one who puts it
all together for us and not only that it
offends God when we leave him out he’s
more important than anything else until
you learn that you’re going to be in sad
shape i love psalm 27:4 it says one
thing if I desire than that will I seek
after that I might dwell in his presence
behold his beauty all the days of my
life you need him a whole lot more than
you need me you need him a lot more than
you need any of your friends and I know
we get all funny about this time with
God thing well what do you do I don’t
think it matters so much what you do as
it does just that you’re giving God the
time just by giving him the time you’re
saying I need you now every morning is a
fresh start in our life mornings are
really wonderful then you might say well
I’m not a morning person but I suggest
you pray to get over it and stop saying
that and the reason why a lot of you are
in the morning person is because you
don’t go to bed at night
however even if you’re a person who
sleeps till two o’clock in the afternoon
then 2 o’clock in the afternoon is your
morning so I can’t dictate to you how do
you do how you do it I personally like
to go to bed early and get up early I’m
in bed every night by 9 o’clock unless
I’m out preaching and a lot of times I’m
asleep somewhere between 9:00 and 9:30 I
get up almost every day between 5:00 and
5:30 and I will I would fight a bear to
protect that time that I have with God
in the morning because I know that I
absolutely 100% for sure cannot be the
kind of person that God needs me to be
to glorify Him and do what I’m doing if
I don’t have that time with God but it
took me a long time to get there I was
no different than anybody else I made
every excuse I got distracted
you know on and on and on and on and on
and God finally got it across to me you
are not going to stay alive if you don’t
spend time with me and I think for me he
kind of meant it physically you know
that I needed that protection because of
what I was doing and so I’ve studied and
studied and studied and studied a lot
about seeking God’s face and not his
hand and I just know that mornings are
very important my favorite time of the
day is the first two hours of the
morning I want it quiet I want to be
left alone the only person I let get
near me is my dog she weighs 7 pounds
and sits on the end of my recliner and
sometimes Dave will come in and say good
morning but that’s about it otherwise
we’re just like Dave goes to his place I
go to my place and if you want to know
why this ministry is successful I can
tell you that that’s probably the most
important foundational thing that we do
because we know from the get-go that
it’s God not us I don’t know how to get
the money that I need to pay the bills
for this ministry so I just go seek God
and I don’t even seek him for money I
just seek Him but every day is a fresh
start I love the way God’s arranged it
that in these 24-hour periods where
were up about 16 hours and then we sleep
eight hours and then it’s amazing how
much better things sometimes feel just
in the morning isn’t it you’re tired by
the end of the day you need the rest
your mind needs the rest your spirit
needs that you know everything needs to
rest one of the first things you need to
do every morning is take care of every
mess from yesterday by repenting and
receiving God’s mercy let’s go to
lamentation 3 19 through 23 Oh Lord
remember earnestly my affliction my
misery my wandering and my outcast state
the wormwood in the goal my soul has
them continually in remembrance and is
bowed down within me but this I recall
and therefore have I hope and
expectation it is because the Lord’s
mercy and loving-kindness that we are
not consumed because his tender
Compassion’s fail not they are new every
morning beautiful they are new every
morning great and abundant is your
stability and faithfulness I kind of say
just in fun that I guess God makes a new
batch of mercy every morning because we
use up all of yesterday’s receive God’s
mercy don’t stay mad at yourself
whatever you did wrong God knew you were
going to do it before you did it you’re
no surprise to God he’s not shocked
about what you do as for forgiveness
receive mercy and going you cannot have
a good day if you’re under condemnation
not possible that should be something
that you do every morning we’re talking
about how to get your day started right
make some decisions early in the morning
the decisions that you make early in the
morning are like getting dressed
spiritually I’m going to talk to you
about that you not only have physical
clothing you have spiritual clothing and
many people go out naked in the spirit
look at revelation 16:15 behold I’m
going to come like a thief blessed
happened to the Nvidia’s he who stays
awake alert and guards his clothes so he
may not be naked and have
shame of being seen exposed now surely
he’s not talking about sitting with a
rifle in front of your closet and
guarding your clothes but he says guard
your clothes and make sure that you’re
not seen naked and you end up
embarrassed and he’s talking about
spiritual nakedness we literally get
dressed spiritually as we make decisions
this is the day the Lord has made I will
rejoice and be glad I usually say that
before ever get out of bed I start this
regimen this program that I’m talking to
you about today that’s not a law to me
it’s not a burden to me I’ve just
finally found out how to get the upper
hand over the devil and I know if I
don’t do something he will empty space
is still a place and if all you offer is
empty space and the devil will be happy
to fill it so you better start thinking
something on purpose before he starts
thinking for you this is the day the
Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad
then the next thing I do is I begin to
thank God for everything that I can
think of everything I can think of from
hot water to my kids to my husband that
I can walk that I can see and everything
else
receive God’s mercy and then start
making decisions every decision you make
is like getting dressed spiritually in
Ephesians 6 the Bible talks about the
armor of God it says put on put on the
full armor of God put on the breastplate
of righteousness now I believe the way
that we put on that breastplate of
righteousness is by receiving the mercy
of God and then making a decision I know
who I am I am the righteousness of God
in Christ and I am going to be bold in
the Lord today and act like the person
that I am now when you do that you put
on something spiritually that begins to
cover you from the enemy
you put on the shoes of peace and the
way you do that is by making a decision
I don’t know what’s going to happen in
my life today
but I’m deciding before I ever go out
the door now whatever it is I’m up for
it and I’m going to stay in peace I’m
going to be adaptable and pliable and
moldable and even if I don’t get my way
I’m still going to keep my peace now
what I used to do was sit in the morning
with my coffee and think if Dave goes to
that golf course again today I am going
to be so mad at him and if this person
doesn’t do that and if that person
doesn’t do this then if this happens man
I am really going to be ticked off and
so I would prepare myself early in the
morning to just have a horrible day all
day where your mind goes the man follows
so I take time in the morning to get
spiritually dressed by making decisions
about what I’m going to do that day the
devil’s going to do what he’s going to
do the worlds are going to do what it’s
going to do but here’s what I’m going to
do this is the day the Lord has made I
will rejoice and be go ahead and
sometimes I got to say that one five six
times
sometimes it takes me a little while to
start feeling happy now Dave gets up
happy but I you know I’m little I mean
he’s like good morning how are you and
I’m like he likes music I like it quiet
how do you go out of your house dressed
spiritually have you paid more attention
to what you look like physically than
what you look like spiritually did you
spend an hour fixing your hair and
getting your makeup on and just the
right outfit and yet you’re spiritually
naked and the devil is ready to just
have your day come on now play my little
game this morning
in Ephesians 4 the Bible says put off
the old man put on the new man another
scripture says put on Jesus Christ
Colossians 3 says clothe yourself with
mercy and above all that you put on put
on love well how do I I don’t you know I
know how to get these clothes on but how
do I get them other ones on I believe
it’s decisions that we make about how
we’re going to walk and I believe it’s
things that we say ahead of time by
faith faith speaks faith is not silent
faith speaks out of the heart the mouth
speaks and I don’t just think this is
the day the Lord has made I will rejoice
I say it this is the day the Lord has
made I will rejoice I’m just looking hmm
this is the day the Lord has made I will
rejoice and be glad get out the
toothbrush I am the righteousness of God
in Christ Oh
this is going to be a good day I’m
expecting something good to happen to me
today now I’m just telling you how I
live I have to do this you can do it or
not do it but I just believe your life
will improve if you do the devil took
advantage of me long enough wondering
why I see them to pray decide ahead of
time I can do all things through Christ
who strengthens me I’m ready for
anything I’m equal to anything through
Christ to infuse his inner strength into
me we have to learn how to do this you
have to start thinking on purpose not
just thinking passively whatever falls
in your head but thinking on purpose you
get up and you decide that you are going
to be in agreement with God you don’t
get up and wait to see how you feel and
wait to see what happens
and if you do this it will even help you
feel better physically you’ll start to
get energy
how can two walk together unless they be
agreed start agreeing with God and
disagreeing with the devil this is not
hard everybody can do this a 10 year old
can do this amen this is not complicated
what I’m telling you today it’s not
deeply theological but it will help you
put on the helmet of salvation think
like a Christian don’t have a bumper
sticker and think like the devil put on
righteousness put on peace lift up the
shield of faith make a decision that
you’re going to go from faith to faith –
faith – faith – faith – faith start
every day with Thanksgiving Thanksgiving
is so important the devil hates it when
we’re thankful because he is a full-time
grouch some 50:14 offer to God the
sacrifice of Thanksgiving and pay your
vows to the Most High Psalm 100 verse 4
this is probably my favorite enter into
his gates with Thanksgiving and a thank
offering and into his courts with praise
be thankful and say so
be thankful and say so say so let the
redeemed of the Lord say so if you’re
thankful open your mouth and say so if
there’s somebody you in your life you
appreciate open your mouth and say so
don’t just tell them everything they do
wrong tell them what you’re grateful for
I was talking to a girl that travels
with me this morning we were talking
about some husband stuff and I said I
said you know what everybody’s got some
faults but if we’ll just meditate on the
good things and I just listed off about
10 or 12 things about Dave that I’m
thankful for there’s a couple of things
that I could do without but
but the good stuff so far outweighs
those couple of things and see what I
used to do when I used to have lousy
days was I would in the morning even
before I got out of bed
I’d be I’m so sick and tired of Dave not
doing this and not doing that he never
brings me flowers and he never does this
and he never does that yawning and
Internet I don’t do that anymore now I
think man Dave so easy to get along with
praise the Lord praise the Lord
he’s adaptable he lets me do anything I
want to do Dave is secure I can say to
him go somewhere I want to be myself and
he’s like okay
after forty three and a half years you
get a good system going you might as
well keep the one you got because you’re
going to have to work on the next one
too so what are you thankful for do you
do you thank God daily for even little
things there’s so much to be thankful
for and the more thankful we are the
happier we get and the matter the devil
gets be thankful and say so say so that
has to become part of every day I think
every morning we need to dedicate
ourselves to God let’s look at Psalm 25
verse 1 talk about rededicate we need to
do it every day unto you O Lord do I
bring my life plain and simple I get
that Psalm out very frequently and read
it I love Psalm 25 one unto you O Lord
do I bring my life it’s a great thing to
do every morning just sit or stand or
kneel or whatever you’re comfortable and
just lift up your hands and say Here I
am Lord I’m yours use my mouth use my
mind use my hands use my feet use my
eyes use my ears my finances are yours I
commit myself to you God and dedicate
myself to you see we spend too much time
wanting telling God everything we want I
love what the Christians what Paul said
about the Christians he said they gave
as much as they possibly could
financially but they also gave
themselves to the Lord you know it’s
easier to give your money than it is to
give yourself this morning when I asked
God if there was anything he wanted me
to do today I thought a couple of times
for I said it because what if I don’t
like what he says
today I got a good one enjoy yourself
yes who knows what I’ll get tomorrow is
anybody hearing me today now come on
listen and you think now I know
somebody’s thinking I don’t know I don’t
have the time to do all that good night
what time I have to get up to do that
hey you know you’re going to do what you
want to no matter what I say but I’m
telling you you need to go to bed at
night so you can get up in the morning I
just want to encourage you to begin
every day talking to God and seeking his
direction for your life and don’t that
don’t let that be an overwhelming
thought you know we think about prayer
sometimes like Oh like it’s this big
thing you know it’s talking to God it’s
just sharing with him your heart thank
you Lord I love you thank you for this
day I trust you to keep me today show me
your will try to give God those first
few moments of the day and I can promise
you it’s going to make a huge difference
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every day life knowing where my money
goes that is so huge to me and I know
that when I give it’s helping those
people it’s going to witness to people
it’s going to bring them to Christ it’s
going to feed children it’s going to
help these women get them off the street
it’s going that is just everything to me
I mean knowing where your money goes
knowing that when I give my money it’s
going to help these people I don’t have
to worry about it it’s there I want to
be part of it I mean I know she has a
goal to feed a million kids a day I
wouldn’t be part of that I want to know
that I helped and even if it’s a small
way to feed those million kids a day to
rescue those women off the street
knowing I’d love to rescue the million
women off the street not just them feed
a million kids I want vehicles I want to
be part of that and you know I can’t do
it there’s no way I can do it by myself
we need so many people and it’s great I
mean so many times there’s things you
want to do and you you don’t know how to
you see that you see boy I want to help
but I don’t don’t I don’t know how to do
and so you don’t do anything but here
there’s a way to help I can see the way
to help and I can be part of it and know
that I’m actually doing something
instead of just saying oh well I wish I
could but I can’t this way I know I can
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