God wants to speak to you! Joyce explains how hearing from God is much simpler than you might think. Learn how to listen to God’s voice and let Him reveal His will for your life.

Joyce Meyer, one of the world’s leading practical Bible teachers and New York Times best-selling author, shares encouragement and advice to help us enjoy our daily lives.

With a heart to share Christ and love people, Joyce’s messages help people in all walks of life to grow in their faith, learn to study the Bible, find healing from the wounds of life, get answers to life’s questions and encounter the love of God in a powerful way.

JOYCE: IF YOU TAKE TOO MUCH
OF A SUPERNATURAL LOOK AT WHAT

IT MEANS TO BE LED BY
THE HOLY SPIRIT,

MANY TIMES YOU’RE GONNA
MISS WHAT GOD REALLY WANTS YOU

TO DO BECAUSE IN MANY WAYS,
THE WAY THAT GOD SPEAKS TO US

AND DEALS WITH US IS A LOT MORE
NORMAL THAN WHAT YOU

MIGHT THINK.

[MUSIC]

JOYCE: OKAY WELL, WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT DIVINE GUIDANCE

AND IN PARTICULAR HOW TO HEAR
FROM GOD.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE
WORD THIS AFTERNOON, AND I PRAY

THAT EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO
COME OUT OF ME WILL, THAT PEOPLE

WILL UNDERSTAND IT, RETAIN IT,
AND BE PREPARED TO GO HOME

AND DO IT.

IN JESUS’S NAME, AMEN.

ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE STOPPED THIS
MORNING, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT

HOW TO FIND GOD’S WILL FOR YOUR
LIFE AND THAT SEEMS TO BE

A BIG THING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

“HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT
IT IS THAT GOD WANTS ME TO DO?”

AND, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER ONE
GIRL THAT USED TO WORK FOR ME

AND SHE WAS IN HER 50S, VERY
ATTRACTIVE WOMAN BUT SHE JUST

NEVER BEEN MARRIED AND NEVER
EVEN REALLY DATED TO ANY DEGREE.

AND SHE SAID GOD TOLD HER,
“I WANT YOU JUST TO SERVE ME

WITH GLADNESS, SERVE ME WITH
GLADNESS.”

AND SO, PERHAPS THERE ARE EVEN
PEOPLE THAT GOD WANTS TO STATION

THROUGHOUT THE BODY OF CHRIST
THAT JUST ARE ONE OF THOSE KIND

OF PEOPLE.

THEY’RE JUST THERE TO BE
AN UPLIFTER AND AN ENCOURAGER

AND TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF
BEING CONTENT.

YOU KNOW, GOD USES US IN SO MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS AND I HOPE THAT

YOU’RE PAST THE THINKING THAT IF
YOU’RE NOT ON A PLATFORM

SOMEWHERE THEN YOU’RE NOT BEING
USED BY GOD.

BECAUSE TO BE HONEST, MOST OF
THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE

AND IS DONE OUT IN THE WORLD IS
DONE ONE ON ONE BY PEOPLE THAT

ARE OUT THERE ON THEIR JOBS, IN
THE MARKETPLACE, IN THE STORE.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT NEED
HELP ARE NOT COMING TO CHURCH.

I MEAN NOW, I’M SURE WE ALL NEED
HELP IN HERE TODAY BUT MOST OF

THE PEOPLE THAT ARE A LOT MORE
DESPERATE FOR HELP THAN YOU ARE

ARE OUT THERE.

THEY DIDN’T KNOW TO COME
IN HERE TODAY.

SO, WE COME TOGETHER LIKE THIS
TO LEARN AND GROW SO WE CAN THEN

GO OUT AND BE THE WITNESSES THAT
CHRIST WANTS US TO BE TO CHANGE

THE WORLD.

EVERY SINGLE CHRISTIAN IS
CALLED INTO MINISTRY.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ARE
CALLED INTO MINISTRY.

WE ALL HAVE THE MINISTRY OF
INTERCESSION.

IT’S OUR MINISTRY TO PRAY FOR
OTHER PEOPLE AND WE ALL HAVE

THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION,
THE BIBLE SAYS, WHICH IS BEING

THAT GO-BETWEEN THAT HELPS TO
BRING RECONCILIATION BETWEEN

THE LOST AND GOD.

SO, YOU ALL HAVE A MINISTRY,
FINDING OUT THE PARTICULAR WAY

THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO MANIFEST
THAT MINISTRY MAY BE ONE THING,

MORE THAN LIKELY IT’S GONNA BE
SEVERAL THINGS, BUT I STOP BY

SAYING THAT THE ONLY WAY YOU’RE
GONNA EVER GONNA FIND OUT IS TO

STEP OUT AND FIND OUT.

DON’T BE AFRAID TO TRY THINGS.

IT WON’T TAKE VERY LONG AND
YOU’LL KNOW IF IT’S JUST

SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO OR IF
IT’S THE THING THAT GOD WANTS

YOU TO DO.

YOU KNOW, PAUL WAS MINISTERING
FOR QUITE A WHILE BEFORE GOD

SAID, “SEPARATE UNTO ME NOW PAUL
AND BARNABAS FOR THE WORK TO

WHICH I HAVE CALLED THEM TO DO.”

SO, THEY WERE MINISTERING FOR
A LONG TIME BEFORE THAT HAPPENED

BUT THEN GOD SET THEM APART FOR
A SPECIAL THING.

AND I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE’RE
SO INTENT ON BEING SET APART FOR

THAT SPECIAL THING THAT WE DON’T
GET THE TRAINING THAT WE NEED

FOR THAT THING BY DOING ALL
THESE OTHER THINGS THAT GOD

MAY WANT US TO DO.

YOU MIGHT SERVE IN THE HELPS
MINISTRY.

YOU MIGHT, I DON’T KNOW, BE
ASKED TO HELP CLEAN THE CHURCH.

IT MIGHT NOT BE SOMETHING THAT’S
VERY ATTRACTIVE OR ANYTHING THAT

YOU FEEL IS WORTH VERY MUCH BUT
A LOT OF TIMES IN OUR LIFE GOD

RUNS US THROUGH THE PACES,
I GUESS I CAN SAY, TO CHECK OUR

ATTITUDE JUST TO SEE, “ARE YOU
WILLING TO DO ANYTHING THAT I

ASK YOU TO DO OR DOES IT HAVE
TO BE SOMETHING BIG IN ORDER

FOR YOU TO BE WILLING TO DO IT?”
SO, DON’T–SAY IT AGAIN, DON’T

BE AFRAID TO STEP OUT AND FIND
OUT AND JUST BECAUSE YOU STEP

OUT INTO SOMETHING AND IT’S NOT
RIGHT FOR YOU, THAT DOESN’T MEAN

THAT YOU MADE A MISTAKE IN
STEPPING OUT INTO IT.

IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU’RE IN THE
PROCESS OF TRYING TO FIND OUT

WHAT IT IS THAT GOD WANTS YOU
TO DO.

I MENTIONED THAT A GREAT MAN OF
GOD SAID THAT HE HAD NEVER, IN

ALL OF HIS WALK WITH GOD, AT ANY
REALLY IMPORTANT JUNCTURE IN HIS

LIFE HAD GOD TELL HIM EXACTLY
WHAT HE WANTED HIM TO DO.

HE SAID, “GOD ALWAYS WORKED WITH
ME, BUT HE MADE ME GET OUT THERE

AND TRY THINGS, AND PRAY ABOUT
THINGS, AND DO THINGS.”

SO, IF YOU TAKE TOO MUCH OF
A SUPERNATURAL LOOK AT WHAT IT

MEANS TO BE LED BY
THE HOLY SPIRIT,

MANY TIMES YOU’RE GONNA
MISS WHAT GOD REALLY WANTS YOU

TO DO BECAUSE IN MANY WAYS
THE WAY THAT GOD SPEAKS TO US

AND DEALS WITH US IS A LOT MORE
NORMAL THAN WHAT YOU

MIGHT THINK.

AND SO, WE’RE GONNA GO AHEAD
FROM THAT POINT AND TALK ABOUT

SOME OTHER THINGS ABOUT HOW TO
HEAR FROM GOD.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY IF
YOU WON’T LISTEN TO THE LITTLE

THINGS THAT GOD ASKS YOU TO DO,
CHANCES ARE YOU’LL NEVER HEAR

HIM TELL YOU ANYTHING BIG.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: AMEN?

YOU PROBABLY HAVE HEARD SOME OF
THESE STORIES SO I WON’T LABOR

WITH THEM TOO LONG BUT WHEN GOD
STARTED CALLING ME INTO MINISTRY

BACK IN THE ’70S, I ALREADY HAD
THREE CHILDREN AND CERTAINLY WAS

NOT IN A PLACE WHERE I COULD GO
TO BIBLE COLLEGE BUT EVEN THOUGH

YOU CAN’T GO SOMEWHERE TO GO TO
SCHOOL TO BE TRAINED FOR

MINISTRY, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO
THE SCHOOL OF THE HOLY GHOST.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK GOD
TO BEGIN TO TRAIN YOU RIGHT

WHERE YOU’RE AT IN WHATEVER IT
IS THAT YOU DO.

WELL, I WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND PART
OF THAT TIME I WAS STILL WORKING

A FULL-TIME JOB BUT AFTER A
CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, BECAUSE

I WASN’T GETTING ANYTIME TO
STUDY, I FELT LIKE GOD WANTED ME

TO QUIT MY JOB AND SPEND AS MUCH
TIME AS I COULD STUDYING

THE BIBLE.

I HAD A DREAM IN MY HEART, BUT
THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT IT

WAS EVER GONNA HAPPEN.

A LOT OF TIMES YOU MAY WANT
TO DO SOMETHING BUT IF YOU DON’T

TAKE THE TIME TO–FOR THE
PREPARATION THEN YOU’LL NEVER

BE RELEASED INTO WHAT IT IS
THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO.

SO, IN ORDER FOR ME TO QUIT MY
JOB, WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE

A BIG STEP OF FAITH BECAUSE OUR
BILLS WERE $40 A MONTH MORE THAN

WHAT OUR INCOME WAS GONNA BE.

AND SO, BACK THEN WAS WHEN I
LEARNED HOW TO TRUST GOD FOR

MONEY AND MOST OF THE THINGS
THAT HE DID FOR US WERE

SEEMINGLY LITTLE SMALL THINGS
BUT THEY REALLY HELPED ME BUILD

MY FAITH IN GOD.

I HAD A FEW FRIENDS AND, YOU
KNOW, WE DID THINGS LIKE GO TO

THE FARMER’S MARKET ONCE A WEEK
AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I HAD

A GROCERY STORE THAT WAS RIGHT
DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE

AND SO IT SEEMED LIKE I ENDED UP
IN THE GROCERY STORE

TWO, THREE TIMES A WEEK.

AND AS UNIQUE AS THIS MIGHT
SOUND, GOD TAUGHT ME SOME OF

THE MOST PROFOUND LESSONS THAT
I’VE LEARNED THAT HAVE HELPED ME

ALL MY YEARS IN MINISTRY IN THAT
GROCERY STORE.

AND REALLY, I’M TELLING YOU THIS
BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO URGE YOU

TO WATCH FOR HOW GOD IS TRYING
TO TEACH YOU IN THE ORDINARY

EVERYDAY AFFAIRS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.

YOU CAN LEARN SOME AMAZING
LESSONS JUST AS YOU GO ABOUT

YOUR NORMAL EVERYDAY.

SO, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT
GOD BEGAN TO DEAL WITH ME ABOUT

WAS PUTTING MY GROCERY CART BACK
IN THE SPACE THAT WAS MARKED OFF

FOR GROCERY CARTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE DON’T
WANT TO DO THAT.

THEY WANT TO LEAVE IT OUT IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT TO

CHASE SOMEBODY’S ELSE’S CAR DOWN
OR IT’S AMAZING HOW HARD WE WILL

WORK AT TRYING TO KICK
THE WHEELS IN A CERTAIN

DIRECTION SO IT WON’T ROLL.

IT WOULD TAKE MUCH LESS TIME TO
GO PUT IT BACK WHERE IT BELONGS

BUT INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, WE
DO–SPEND ALL THIS TIME TRYING

TO GET IT NOT TO GO ANYWHERE AND
THEN IT ENDS UP RUNNING INTO

SOMEBODY’S CAR ANYWAY.

AND IT’S SAD FOR ME TO SAY THIS
BUT IT TOOK ME TWO YEARS TO GET

FULLY OBEDIENT.

SO, IT’S OBVIOUS THAT I WAS
A LONG WAY AWAY FROM BEING

WORLDWIDE MINISTRY MATERIAL.

HOW MANY OF YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT I’M SAYING?

IF YOU’RE NOT GONNA OBEY GOD
WHEN HE TELLS YOU TO DO

SOMETHING LIKE WALK WITH
INTEGRITY OR TO DO SOMETHING

WITH EXCELLENCE, YOU KNOW, LIKE
SOMETHING THAT WE ALL DO ‘CAUSE

WE FEEL LIKE THAT GOD DEALS US
WITH TO DO IT.

WE STAY IN A LOT OF HOTELS AND
EVERY TIME WE LEAVE OUR HOTEL

ROOM, WE TURN ALL THE LIGHTS OUT
AND BECAUSE THAT’S SOMETHING

THAT I JUST FELT LIKE GOD PUT ON
MY HEART.

NOW, YOU KNOW, I CAN HAVE
THE ATTITUDE WHAT DO I CARE?

I PAID FOR THE ROOM,
THEY GOTTA PAY THE BILLS.

BUT SEE, HOWEVER YOU TREAT OTHER
PEOPLE, YOU’RE SOWING A SEED

THAT’S GONNA COME BACK TO YOU
AT SOME TIME IN YOUR LIFE.

SO, I WASN’T IN BIBLE SCHOOL
BUT THOSE WERE LESSONS THAT GOD

WAS TEACHING ME.

HE WAS TEACHING ME HOW TO BE
EXCELLENT.

HE WAS TEACHING ME HOW TO BE
HONEST.

ANOTHER THING THAT HE TAUGHT ME
IN THE GROCERY STORE WAS WE WERE

ON A VERY TIGHT BUDGET, $70
EVERY TWO WEEKS FOR GROCERIES

AND SO I HAD TO GO WITH MY
COUPONS AND MY CALCULATOR

AND MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING
WENT OVER.

AND YOU HAVE A TENDENCY WHEN YOU
GO TO THE GROCERY STORE,

ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE HUNGRY,
YOU’LL PUT A LOT OF STUFF IN

YOUR CART THAT BY THE TIME
YOU GET TO THE LAST AISLE, YOU

REALIZE YOU CAN’T PAY FOR ALL
OF IT AND SO YOU HAVE TO PICK

THROUGH AND DECIDE WHAT YOU
CAN KEEP AND WHAT YOU CAN’T.

AND I, LIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE AT
THAT TIME, I WOULD JUST TAKE OUT

WHAT I DIDN’T WANTS AND JUST PUT
IT ANYWHERE, WHEREVER I WAS AT

IN THE STORE.

YOU KNOW, THAT’S WHY YOU FIND
A HEAD OF LETTUCE IN WITH

THE CLEANING SUPPLIES IN
A GROCERY STORE.

IT WAS PEOPLE LIKE I USED TO BE
THAT DO THAT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I DIDN’T WANT TO
GO ALL THE WAY FROM THE MILK AND

EGG AISLE WHICH IS ALL THE WAY
OVER HERE ON THE END ALL THE WAY

BACK OVER TO THE PRODUCE,
YOU KNOW, TO PUT AWAY A HEAD OF

LETTUCE, WHY?

BECAUSE WE’RE LAZY AND I JUST
DIDN’T WANT TO.

NOW, I DIDN’T CARE THAT SOMEBODY
ELSE WAS GONNA HAVE TO CLEAN UP

MY MESS SO THAT WAS ANOTHER
THING THAT GOD TAUGHT ME.

IT WAS LIKE, NOPE, TAKE IT BACK,
PUT IT BACK WHERE YOU GOT IT.

YOU KNOW, GOD CAN BE–HE CAN
ANNOY YOU.

HE KNOWS HOW TO ANNOY YOU.

PUT IT BACK, PUT IT BACK, PUT IT
BACK, PUT IT BACK, PUT IT BACK.

AND YOU TRY TO WALK AWAY FROM IT
AND IT’S JUST LIKE, JUST GO PUT

IT BACK.

AND ANOTHER THING THAT I LEARNED
IN THE GROCERY STORE WAS TO READ

THE FINE PRINT ON THE COUPONS.

LIKE, I REMEMBER THAT THEY WOULD
VERY OFTEN HAVE CHICKENS

ON SALE, THREE FOR A DOLLAR
OR WHATEVER IT WAS.

IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO THAT YOU
GET THREE CHICKENS FOR A DOLLAR.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: BUT AND THEN,
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU BECOME A

CHRISTIAN, A SERIOUS CHRISTIAN,
YOU START NOTICING THE FINE

PRINT THAT YOU’VE MANAGED
TO IGNORE.

AND I NEVER NOTICED THAT IT
SAID, “LIMIT THREE PER

CUSTOMER.”

WELL, I DIDN’T WANT
THREE CHICKENS.

I WANTED TO FILL MY FREEZER FULL
OF CHICKENS SO I WOULD TAKE MY

KIDS TO THE STORE WITH ME AND
EACH ONE OF THEM WOULD GET

THREE CHICKENS IN THEIR CART,
DAVE WOULD HAVE THREE,

THE KIDS WOULD ALL HAVE THREE,
I’D HAVE THREE.

WE’D ALL HAVE OUR COUPONS
AND THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT STARTED

CONVICTING ME.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: I MEAN, DO I HAVE TO
GET CONVICTED ABOUT CHICKENS?

DON’T I HAVE THINGS MUCH MORE
SERIOUS IN MY LIFE THAN

CHICKENS?

AND HE’D CALL ME BACK TO THAT
FINE PRINT.

WELL, I KNEW THAT I HAD
A PROBLEM WHEN I WAS IN LINE

ONE DAY GETTING READY TO PAY
FOR MY CHICKENS AND I THOUGHT,

I DON’T THINK I GAVE MY DAUGHTER
ENOUGH MONEY FOR TAX.

AND MY HEART WAS POUNDING
IN FEAR THAT THE CLERK WAS

GONNA REALIZE THAT
I WAS DOING SOMETHING THAT

I SHOULDN’T BE DOING.

AND SO, I BEGAN TO LEARN, YOU
KNOW, IF YOU GOTTA FEEL LIKE YOU

GOTTA HIDE SOMETHING OR YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING

WRONG THEN THAT MEANS THAT
YOU ARE.

WELL, TO BE HONEST, I’D BEEN
A CHRISTIAN FOR A LONG TIME BUT

I DIDN’T KNOW STUFF LIKE THAT.

NOBODY WAS TEACHING ME THAT KIND
OF STUFF AND I HAD SOMEBODY

RECENTLY ACTUALLY A WELL-KNOWN
MINISTER, HE WAS AT A CONFERENCE

WHERE I WAS TEACHING SOME THINGS
ON EXCELLENCE AND HE SAID,

“I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE HEARD
THAT KIND OF STUFF.”

NOW, HOW CAN WE BE GROWN ADULTS
AND NOT KNOW WHAT EXCELLENCE

AND INTEGRITY IS?

YET MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
DON’T AND THAT’S WHY THE WORLD

IS IN THE MESS THAT IT’S IN.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: AND THEN ONE OTHER
THING I’LL TELL YOU THAT I

REMEMBER GOD TEACHING ME WHEN
I’D BE OUT IN A DEPARTMENT STORE

SHOPPING, YOU KNOW, HOW A LOT OF
PEOPLE THEY’LL KNOCK

CLOTHES OFF THE HANGERS AND JUST
LEAVE THEM LAY ON THE FLOOR.

AND GOD STARTED TELLING ME TO
PICK THEM UP AND PUT THEM BACK

ON THE HANGERS.

AND I THOUGHT, WELL, WHY SHOULD
I CLEAN SOMEBODY ELSE’S MESS UP?

THAT DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE.

BUT THEN I FELT LIKE THE LORD
SAID TO ME, “WELL, WOULD YOU

LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY CLEAN YOUR
MESSES UP SOMEDAY?”

AND SO NOW GOD HAS PROVIDED
AND HAS FOR YEARS AND YEARS ALL

THE HELP THAT I NEED IN ORDER
TO DO WHAT I’M DOING.

LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING,
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU, OR WE, WHEN

WE DISOBEY GOD IN SOME OF THESE
LITTLE THINGS, WE DON’T REALLY

REALIZE THAT WE’RE CREATING
A PROBLEM FOR OURSELF THAT

WE’RE GONNA DEAL WITH LATER.

SO, WHEN GOD TELLS YOU SOMETHING
LITTLE TO DO, KEEP IN MIND THAT

ANYTHING GOD SAYS, THERE’S
NOTHING LITTLE ABOUT IT.

SO, IF GOD BOTHERS TO TELL YOU
ABOUT IT, THEN THAT MEANS THAT

IT’S A BIG AND AN IMPORTANT
THING IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU NEED

TO JUST, IN OBEDIENCE,
CHILD-LIKE OBEDIENCE, AMEN?

JUST LIKE A LITTLE KID IT MAY
SEEM SILLY BUT CHILD-LIKE

OBEDIENCE.

I THINK NOTHING BONDS US
TOGETHER WITH GOD IN CLOSE

FELLOWSHIP MORE THAN BEING A
CHILD OF GOD WHO’S WILLING TO DO

SEEMINGLY FOOLISH LITTLE THINGS
JUST BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE THAT’S

WHAT YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER WANTS
YOU TO DO.

SO, I’LL JUST SAY AGAIN IF WE’RE
NOT GONNA OBEY GOD IN LITTLE

THINGS THEN WE’RE PROBABLY GONNA
MISS OUT ON A LOT OF BIG THINGS

THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO.

HOW ABOUT IF SOMEBODY GIVES YOU
TOO MUCH CHANGE?

DO YOU TAKE IT BACK OR DO YOU
JUST THINK, “OH MAN,

GOD’S BLESSING ME”?

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: SEE, NOW ANYBODY,
ANYBODY THAT KNOWS THE WORD OF

GOD KNOWS THAT THAT’S JUST
SILLY.

YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ANYTHING
IT’S A TEST TO SEE IF YOU’LL BE

HONEST, AMEN?

I BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES ONE DAY
AND I’D BEEN LOOKING AT THE

PURSE THAT WENT WITH IT AND WAS
GONNA GET THE PURSE AND THEN I

DECIDED NOT TO GET THE PURSE.

WHEN I GOT HOME, THE GUY HAD
ACCIDENTALLY PUT THE PURSE IN

MY BAG.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IN A WAY IT’S
A LITTLE BIT IRRITATING WHENEVER

SOMEBODY ELSE HAS MADE A MISTAKE
THAT NOW YOU HAVE TO SPEND YOUR

TIME AND GAS MONEY TO GO
CORRECT, BUT I KNEW THAT

I NEEDED TO DO IT.

THIS IS HOW WE HEAR FROM GOD.

HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU NEED TO DO?

YOU DON’T NEED A THREE-PART
SERIES PREACHED TO YOU.

YOU KNOW DOWN DEEP INSIDE WHAT
YOU NEED DO.

WELL, ONE OF THE MAIN WAYS THAT
GOD SPEAKS TO US IS THROUGH

JUST KNOWING.

THERE’S NO NEED TO TRY TO
EXPLAIN HOW YOU KNOW,

YOU JUST KNOW.

YOU JUST KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD OR
YOU SHOULDN’T DO THAT THING.

THIS IS WHAT MAKES OUR
RELATIONSHIP, OUR PERSONAL

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, PRECIOUS
AND EXCITING WHEN YOU WALK WITH

HIM IN YOUR EVERYDAY ORDINARY
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,

THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY,
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY,

WEDNESDAY, WHEN YOU WALK WITH
HIM IN YOUR ORDINARY EVERYDAY

LIFE AND YOU WANT WITH ALL YOUR
HEART TO OBEY HIM AND TO BE

THE KIND OF PERSON THAT HE
WANTS YOU TO BE.

DON’T HAVE YOUR MIND ON BEING IN
SOME BIG MINISTRY.

IF YOU’RE CALLED TO BE IN SOME
BIG FULL-TIME TRAVELING MINISTRY

OR TO BE ON A PLATFORM SOMEWHERE
TO DO SOMETHING MAGNANIMOUS,

THAT’S WONDERFUL BUT I’LL TELL
YOU YOU’LL NEVER GET AROUND TO

DOING THAT IF YOU DON’T DO THESE
LITTLE THINGS THAT I’M TELLING

YOU TO DO.

THAT’S ALWAYS GONNA BE PART OF
THE TRAINING BECAUSE, WHAT DOES

THE BIBLE SAY?

IT’S THE LITTLE FOXES THAT
SPOIL THE VINE.

I’LL TELL YOU ANOTHER THING THAT
CAUSES US A LOT OF PROBLEMS.

I WON’T HARP ON THIS BUT I THINK
IT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT

KEEPS US FROM HEARING FROM GOD
PROPERLY AND THAT’S HAVING

A NEGATIVE COMPLAINING ATTITUDE.

I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, I THINK IF
ANY PERSON COULD JUST GET

THROUGH ONE WHOLE DAY WITHOUT
UTTERING ONE COMPLAINT IT WOULD

BE AN OUTSTANDING MIRACLE
FROM GOD, AMEN?

I’LL BET SOMETHING THAT GOD HAS
SPOKEN TO ALL OF YOU, INCLUDING

ME, HUNDREDS OF TIMES IN YOUR
LIFE, “YOU DON’T NEED

TO SAY THAT.”

NOBODY, I’M THE ONLY ONE?

JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING
READY TO SAY SOMETHING.

SOMETIMES I’LL NOTICE I’M
GETTING READY TO SAY SOMETHING

AND THE ONLY POINT IS IT’S GONNA
CALL ATTENTION TO ME.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE WANT TO
SAY SOMETHING CUTE, OR SMART, OR

FUNNY BUT IT’S JUST REALLY, IT’S
TO DRAW ATTENTION TO OURSELVES.

WHEN YOU CAN START GETTING
REALLY, REALLY HONEST WITH

YOURSELF AND REALLY CHECKING
YOUR MOTIVE FOR WHY YOU DO

THINGS, YOU CAN START MATURING
PRETTY FAST AND I KNOW THAT

I HAVE A LOT OF TIMES IN MY LIFE
WHEN GOD WILL JUST SIMPLY SAY,

“YOU DON’T NEED TO SAY THAT.”

NOW, I’D LIKE TO STAND HERE
AND TELLING YOU THAT I’M ALWAYS

OBEDIENT AND ANYTIME HE TELLS ME
NOT TO SAY IT, I DON’T BUT I’M

NOT THAT GOOD YET, THANK GOD I’M
NOT WHERE I USED TO BE BUT I’M

NOT WHERE I NEED TO BE EITHER.

HOWEVER, I AM HAPPY
THAT I’M STILL MAKING PROGRESS.

THIS IS ALL INTENDED TO HELP US
BE MORE OBEDIENT.

YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS, “BE
STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD.”

AND SO, A LOT OF THAT KNOWING,
IT’S A DIFFERENT KIND

OF KNOWING.

IT’S NOT A HEAD KNOWING,
IT’S A HEART KNOWING.

ONE GREAT FEMALE MISSIONARY,
I DIDN’T RECOGNIZE HER NAME.

I DIDN’T EVEN WRITE IT DOWN.

I DON’T KNOW THAT YOU WOULD, BUT
SHE DID A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ON

THE MISSION FIELD AND WHEN SHE
WAS ASKED HOW SHE KNEW WHAT TO

DO, I LOVED HER CHILD-LIKE
ANSWER.

SHE SAID, “OH, I DON’T KNOW.

I JUST GET THESE
ANOINTED NOTIONS.”

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD.

YOU KNOW, SHE JUST–GOD WILL
SPEAK TO US SOMETIMES

THROUGH JUST GIVING US
AN IDEA, BUT YOU CAN TELL

THERE’S SOMETHING A LITTLE
DIFFERENT ABOUT IT.

IT’S NOT JUST LIKE A IN YOUR
HEAD IDEA.

THERE’S SOMETHING IN IT THAT
KIND OF FEELS SPECIAL ABOUT IT.

I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY OVER
THE BREAK ABOUT HOW I DECIDE AND

KNOW WHAT I THINK I’M SUPPOSED
TO TEACH OR PREACH IN ANY GIVEN

MEETING THAT I DO, AND I’VE DONE
THIS A LONG TIME

AND A LOT OF IT.

I MEAN, I THINK I HAD ONE MONTH
HERE RECENTLY WHERE I TAUGHT

13 DIFFERENT MESSAGES
IN ONE MONTH.

WELL, HOW DO I KNOW WHAT’S RIGHT
FOR EACH CROWD?

I GET OUT MESSAGES SOMETIMES
THAT I’VE PREACHED IN YEARS’

PAST AND SOMETIMES I’M DOING IT
JUST TO SEE IF THERE’S A SUBJECT

THAT SEEMS TO FIT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU’RE WALKING
WITH GOD AND DOING WHAT GOD

WANTS YOU TO, IT JUST
FEELS RIGHT.

IT JUST FEELS COMFORTABLE.

YOU KNOW, NOBODY LIKES TO WEAR
CLOTHES THAT ARE UNCOMFORTABLE.

WE LIKE TO BE COMFORTABLE
AND I LIKE TO BE COMFORTABLE

IN MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

AND SO, SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA TRY
A FEW THINGS BEFORE YOU COME

AROUND TO WHAT YOU’RE
COMFORTABLE WITH.

SO, YOU CAN KNOW WHAT GOD IS
WANTING YOU TO DO JUST BY,

“DO I FEEL RIGHT ABOUT THAT?”
SO, I CAN HAVE PREACHED A SERIES

IN MESSAGES AT ONE POINT
AND JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE

THE GREATEST MESSAGES,
THE GREATEST THING.

NOW MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS
LATER I CAN PICK THOSE UP

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I’M GONNA
RE-PREACH THAT.

THAT WOULD REALLY BE GOOD.

AND I CAN START TO LOOK OVER
THE NOTES AND IT JUST FALLS SO

FLAT INSIDE ME.

IT DOESN’T EVEN INTEREST ME SO
WHY WOULD I THINK IT WOULD

INTEREST SOMEBODY ELSE?

BUT THEN I COULD PICK THAT SAME
SET OF NOTES UP TWO MONTHS LATER

AND THEN IT WOULD JUST
FEEL RIGHT.

SO, A LOT OF OUR HEARING FROM
GOD, WELL, I WOULD SAY ALMOST

ALL OF OUR HEARING FROM GOD,
IT’S NOT COMING FROM OUT HERE

SOMEWHERE.

IT’S COMING FROM INSIDE OF US.