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I do what I do because I’ve seen God’s
power transform my own life and he will
do it for you the key to everything is
found in God’s word
I’m Joyce Meyer and I believe that God
can heal you everywhere you hurt
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is there anybody in this building today
are in the overflows or
watching by television that you need a
breakthrough in your life
how many of you are asking God to give
you a breakthrough
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well I said last night was going to be a
happy night
you’re going to like everything I said
today
you probably won’t like everything I say
it might not be quite as happy right now
but it’s one of those messages that if
you follow it
a year from now or two years from now or
six months from now you’re going to be a
whole lot happier than you are right now
everything that we hear is not always
something that feels good
sometimes we need to hear things that
make us squirm in our seats a little bit
maybe even get a little bit mad at the
preacher for a few minutes
because you know when they tell us
something we don’t want to hear it’s
easy to get mad at them
but I believe that you’ll all see the
truth and what I’m going to say
the main thing that I want to say is
that if you want any kind of a
breakthrough in your life
Financial breakthrough
breakthrough in your health
breakthrough in relationships
whatever it is that you might want to
break through him
first thing you should always do is pray
but never pray and ask God to do
anything for you if you don’t intend to
listen
to what he probably is going to tell you
to do
that will ultimately bring that
breakthrough
I’m going to say that again
see this idea we have about prayer is
pray and get God to do everything
when we’ve done our responsibility
then we have the right to cast our Care
on God and wait for him to do what we
cannot do
in Ephesians chapter 6 this is laid out
so clearly it’s a chapter about
spiritual warfare and the armor that God
has given us great great teaching points
in Ephesians 6. but I love what it says
in the beginning it says having done all
the crisis demands
now stand firmly in your place
a lot of times people just say well we
just we’re just standing
but have you done your responsibility
have you done what you should be doing
tell you a story
years ago we had
Banquets we’d have
meetings like this but of course not
this large and
everybody would sit around tables and
meals would be served and it was
more like a weekend
you know event a lot of those were
women’s conferences our marriage
Retreats and so
six seven eight ladies might sit at one
table and a lady came to me at the end
of the conference and she said well I
learned a big lesson today
she said as God would have it he put me
at the table with a lot of people
who have had a lot of the same similar
problems that I’ve had and came from a
similar background that I came from
where she had been mistreated and abused
she said the only difference in me and
them now
is I listen to them talk
about
the trouble they were having and
God showed them to do this and they did
it and then God showed them to do that
and they did it she said you know God
showed me everything he showed them the
only difference was I never did it
so just throwing this out for thought
it’s a shoe don’t fit I don’t have to
wear it but
I wonder just in this room right now
how many how many people there are that
you know
that God has told you
to do something
are not to do something
and you still have not
you’re still praying
but you haven’t taken the action yet
to do what God told you to do
yeah look at that well
I really don’t want to be mean
but
I’m having a hard time feeling sorry for
you
because here’s the thing
we are partners with God
he’s just not our big Celestial Santa
Claus that we just give our list to
every year and sit back and lollygag
around while he provides everything we
need
that’s not the way it works
and I think that a lot of people have
been deceived into thinking that I was
in a church for a long long time and I
knew about the doctrinal things of the
church I had a good foundation on
salvation but I didn’t know any of the
stuff that I know now
I thought everything that happened was
God doing it and if it was going to get
undone then God had to undo it I didn’t
I didn’t understand anything about my
responsibility I didn’t know that you
could hear from God
you know a lot of people today they
don’t like that thought that you can
hear from God I mean when you talk to
God it’s prayer
but when God talks to you you’re
psychotic
amazing the way people act and look at
you
you say God told me or God showed me wow
who do you think you are is he I mean
all over the Bible it talks about and
God said to Moses and God said to
Abraham and God said to Jacob and God
said to David and God said to Joseph I
mean that’s the Old Testament now true
he lives in us now and we may not hear
as many audible voices but God speaks to
us and one of the ways that God speaks
to us
interesting enough one of the ways that
God speaks to us and I want to be
careful when I say this I don’t want to
give anybody the wrong idea but one of
the ways that God speaks to us is
through our own thoughts
and so it becomes a thought that won’t
go away
maybe like something you’re supposed to
do for somebody
and it just won’t go away you wake up in
the middle of the night and there it is
again
you’re driving to work and there it is
again
or maybe it’s something that God wants
you to do and it’s a different quality
of thought than just your own thought
running through your head it’s something
it’s a thought that you have that your
whole Spirit Bears witness with and you
you just kind of know
that it’s something
that you need to do
that’s the beauty of having the Holy
Spirit living on the inside of us
so we can hear the gentle Whispers of
the Holy Spirit he’s not in the habit of
yelling at us and making us do things he
whispers to us what he wants us to do he
guides us and then he expects us to do
it God will never ask you to do anything
if he does not give you the grace to do
it
never
so that girl sitting at that table she
had the same ability to obey God as all
the rest of those women but for some
reason she still got stuck in that
old improper thinking about prayer means
that I asked God and He does everything
now obviously there’s a lot of things
that God does that we can’t do but
having done all the crisis demands
then you stand firmly in your place and
you wait for God to do what only he can
do I don’t know about you but don’t you
see this as kind of a fallacy in the way
we think sometimes
you know we’re partners with God that’s
the exciting thing about hanging out
with God is it’s not just like he takes
over and you have no personality and you
have no will and you can’t make any
decisions a lot of times God will just
be with you while you work out decisions
and if one doesn’t work he’ll get you
back on the right path it’s part of
being a human being he doesn’t want to
do everything for us he wants us to work
together in Partnership to get his will
done in the Earth
man
so I might as well warn you ahead of
time
that as I talk about all these keys to
break through
that there’s going to be a
responsibility
attached to almost every one of them but
you know what an irresponsible person is
an unhappy person
you you can’t you can’t be happy
when deep in your heart you know that
you’re not doing what you should be
doing
you really can’t be happy you can’t be
lazy and be happy
you can’t be disobedient and be happy I
am challenging every one of you
and re-challenging myself also
let’s get so much better
at quick prompt complete obedience to
what God shows us to do
I mean let’s don’t be the kind of people
that God’s got to deal with us for a
year and a half to get us to do some
simple thing that could be life-changing
for us we’ve asked him I need a
breakthrough I need you to help me and
he showed you something like maybe maybe
you need to apologize to somebody
you know you acted kind of ignorant
notice go tell them you’re sorry
come on man up take responsibility get
rid of the excuses and just say you know
the other day when that happened between
us I I lost my temper you know what that
was totally my fault
man isn’t that hard to say
we once in a while will share the blame
but that was totally my fault now that
is like gut-wrenchingly hard
but boy you know what those are freeing
words
well we stopped making excuses and we
start taking responsibility for the
things that we do wrong that’s what sets
us free Satan wants us to be deceived
always finding somewhere else to put the
problem so we never get our problem
fixed because we never take
responsibility for it and guess what
nobody else is going to come along and
fix your problem
well today I’ve been teaching about the
keys to breakthrough and Ginger is here
with me to answer some of the questions
that you’ve sent in regarding
breakthrough
well we all need a breakthrough in some
area don’t we just that is so true and I
think people really appreciate the
encouragement you know that breakthrough
is even possible and that everybody
everybody yes so you’re not by yourself
yes exactly so this first question I I
think is a great place to start it says
what does breakthrough really mean so I
I think sometimes it’s so foreign to us
that we can even experience that that’s
a good question well I think it just
means that you know you
you you know something needs to change
in this area and so
finally you feel that
you’ve got that change or you’ve got a
handle on how to make that change in
your life and that’s why I think it is
so encouraging to hear because these are
those areas that you do feel often stuck
right or am I ever going to get through
this yeah you know one of the reasons I
think why
why people get stuck is because a lot of
times when we need something to change
we’re always hoping it’ll be somebody
else that needs to change to fix our
problem not us yeah right um
you know Jesus said in John 8 that if
you continue his word you’ll know the
truth
and the truth will make you free
and you know
it’s very easy to blame everything on
everybody else but
the truth the fact is and the truth is
is you can’t
you can’t make somebody else do what
they should do very true I’ve tried yeah
it doesn’t work the only thing you can
really do anything about is yourself and
so if there is a problem
in a relationship or say it’s a
financial problem
you know a lot of times people have a
financial problem and they’ll blame
blame it on their job they’re not paid
enough for doing what they should be
doing or to blame it on the world
everything’s too expensive but you know
facing truth it’s like really getting
real with God I love the way David in
the Psalms was always so
real
with God and
a lot of times we just really need to go
to God and say okay
is there something that I’m doing
or something I’m not doing or what
can I do
in this situation too that’s great to
make that change you know it’s fine to
want change but it’s kind of silly to
want to change that you’re not willing
to do anything about yeah and I almost
always find that no matter what somebody
else is doing wrong
there’s a part that I play too either
I’m responding to their wrong Behavior
wrong right or I’m just getting angry at
them and I’m not praying for them or
you know I’m just looking at what’s
wrong with them and not thinking about
all the things that are right so I think
that
breakthrough yeah getting the changes
that we need whether it’s in your your
eating habits your your finances
relationships with other people your
health
we always need
to not just want some magical not not
just want God to do some miraculous
thing
you know that’s fine and who who doesn’t
want a miracle right but
there’s usually a cause behind every
problem and yes it may just be the devil
trying to annoy you but let’s be honest
enough with God to let give him a chance
to tell us for real yeah I love what
you’re saying because you’re saying yes
it’s true that other people do impact
our lives and there are things that
don’t seem fair at times
but we still have responsibility right
God’s still asking us to do certain
things for our own breakthrough here’s a
question from Christina she says our
obstacles to break through normal even
when you truly believe that God is
leading you in a certain direction oh
absolutely I mean Paul said and I think
First Corinthians 16 9 a wide door of
opportunity opened unto me and with it
many at many adversaries yeah and so yes
you know whatever
whatever it is I mean let’s just say
you’re trying to lose weight and you’ve
got your plan and you know it won’t be
abnormal to get invited to
every party imaginable and they’re going
to have everything there that you
shouldn’t eat that you’re going to want
to eat and it’s always easy to say well
after this party well after this dinner
well after this or after that and
sometimes we just need to go ahead and
do the hard thing
you know it’s not like well after
Christmas well what about before
Christmas
you know yeah doing things now instead
of always trying to wait for it to be a
convenient time and yes there are
absolutely anytime you try to make
progress
the enemy hates progress
and anytime that you try to make
progress he will try to stop you so
persistence is very much a key to
breakthrough yeah and it doesn’t
necessarily mean that it’s not what God
wants for you because that’s not coming
easily right great okay
this one is Ann from Missouri I’m
tempted to worry and stress out and be
envious of others who have their
breakthroughs what about mine how do I
avoid the pity party that inevitably
comes while I’m waiting for my
breakthrough
well I think she she knows the problem
and so she described it really well she
described it really well so
being honest with God and praying and
asking him for the grace you know
something that I’ve been realizing
lately
just more and more is
why spend my time doing things that are
useless
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you know when you when you really think
about it
worry has never solved a problem
very true being jealous of somebody else
is not going to get you what you want
those things don’t move God one bit you
know no matter how sorry
we feel for ourselves God is not going
to get in our pity party
and feel sorry for us too and so let’s
let’s just like
and I don’t mean this harsh but let’s
just grow up a little bit and stop
wasting our time doing all these things
over and over that really are not
bringing Solutions
to our problems right and it’s not harsh
because we’ve all been there yeah I mean
we all need to tell ourselves that and
to be reminded of that so and it really
you know to be jealous of what somebody
else has
is really foolish because
first of all you don’t know what they
did to get what they’ve got you don’t
know what that person has gone through
you know maybe they’ve had a very very
difficult time and
God is blessing them for some reason
that’s only between yeah them and God
you know the thing I think we all have
to realize is God is not going to hold
me accountable for anybody but me
that’s important in Romans 14 it says
every man will give an account of
himself
but God’s not going to ask me
you know why Dave didn’t do this that or
something else or why ginger didn’t do
this that or something else you know I
can pray
and that’s what we really need to do we
need we need to do a lot more
praying in faith believing that God can
make the changes that need to be made
and
keep our hands off of it and let God do
what he wants to do with us that’s
that’s really good because it’s not like
there are only a certain amount of
breakthroughs and God’s going to use one
on someone else and you’re not going to
get it so
um this question from Debbie from
California says I feel like God has
forgotten about me while I’m waiting for
my breakthrough isn’t my problem
important to him has he given up on me
well you know I think about when the
disciples were in the storm
and at the end of Mark chapter 4 Jesus
said let us cross over to the other side
or not not the very end but a few verses
up let us cross over to the other side
and they got they were in the boat and
the very next thing that happened the
Amplified Bible says a storm of
hurricane proportions so it wasn’t just
a little star it was a big storm and the
disciples were frightened they were
really upset and Jesus was asleep
now how often do we feel like
well you’re asleep you know David in the
Psalms he he cries out God when when you
know how long am I gonna have to wait
but then I love if you read that whole
story chapter 5 verse 1 says and they
they arrived on the other side
so when Jesus says something he said let
us go to the other side
doesn’t matter how many storms you have
in between
what he says will come to pass
if you don’t give up and I think this
you know why does God hide from us well
one to make us seek him
which a lot of times people don’t if
it’s all convenient any promises when we
do that we’ll find him yeah seek me and
you’ll find me and actually it says seek
and keep on seeping seeking in the
Amplified ask and keep on asking and so
there is a persistence
sometimes that we need to go through and
um
I think the other reason why sometimes
God hides from us or doesn’t give us our
breakthrough right away is it stretches
our faith you know Faith doesn’t grow if
you don’t have to use it
so sometimes God will literally put us
in a position where we faith is all we
have yeah and
faith is the substance of things hoped
for it’s it’s not what you already see
or what you already have or even what
you already feel yeah it’s what you have
in your heart and I’ve certainly been
there I think we’ve probably all been
there faith has really been stretched
and after it’s over because there is
such benefit in looking back right you
don’t see it especially don’t feel it
when you’re in it but there’s such good
that God had for me in that time right
so much to teach me don’t always enjoy
it but
all of that the reason is always for our
benefit oh absolutely and you know then
you you have to say well you know gee I
really wouldn’t be where I am now if I
wouldn’t have learned those things that
I learned
yeah through that so above all we need
to believe that God is good
all the time and that everything that he
asks us to do or not to do is for our
benefit yeah
all right let’s do one more that all
right Lillian says I’m struggling to
believe in God’s promises I know I need
to trust that he has a good plan for me
but I don’t every time I trust him for a
breakthrough it doesn’t happen so how do
I keep trusting him in a situation like
this well gee that’s just like such an
easy question
it’s like you know she’s asking me how
she can have faith and that that’s
something that she has to decide you
know because faith is not a Feeling
you know you
you either say I mean what do you have
if you don’t have God really I mean what
else what else is a person what else
does she do I’m either going to you know
the Bible says only a fool says there is
no God and so
I don’t know why she’s having trouble
believing the promises of God but I do
know one thing
nothing will ever change if she doesn’t
put her faith in something that God says
and maybe she needs to look around a
little bit better at what God has done
instead of
just maybe whatever it is she’s fixated
on that God hasn’t done yeah because I
don’t I mean you’re not you’re not going
to find
anybody who believes in God who hasn’t
had some good things happen in their
life and so a lot of times it’s not that
God needs to do something else we need
to fix our Focus
and see what he is doing then you know
that’s something that I prayed just this
morning God let me see today what you’re
doing in my life because I think a lot
of times we just
we don’t see it yeah you know we think
it’s a coincidence or this or that or
something else and so
um
I guess the bottom line of my answer to
her is look around and see what God has
done and it will increase your faith to
believe that if he can do that then he
can do something else exactly and his
word does say that he’s not a respecter
of persons that he loves us all
completely there is breakthrough coming
because he can do all things God is not
a man that he should lie and I think
just to sum this up today I believe if
you wanted one key to break through
I would say it’s not to ever give up
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I think persistence yeah and sticking
with it
just keep on keeping on you know be not
weary and well doing for in due season
you shall reap if you faint not yeah
well thank you you’re welcome we really
appreciate you being with us today and
uh we’ll pray for you and we ask that
you pray for us and remember that we
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