With your childlike faith, God’s Word can heal, deliver and transform your life. On this episode of Enjoying Everyday Life with Joyce Meyer, learn how to gain a healthy respect for His Word.
ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM
HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
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OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: IF WE COME
TO THE WORD,
AND WE HEAR IT, WE LOVE IT,
AND WE RECEIVE IT, WE OBEY IT,
OUR LIVES ARE GONNA BE AMAZING.
THAT DOESN’T MEAN THEY’LL
BE COMPLETELY TROUBLE-FREE.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: THERE’S SOMETHING
IN THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE
THAT SAID A LOT
IN PSALM 119, WHICH IF YOU’VE
NEVER STUDIED PSALM 119 I WANNA
GIVE YOU A HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT.
IT’S 166 VERSES.
IT’S THE LONGEST BOOK OF
THE BIBLE, AND IT IS ALL ABOUT
THE POWER OF GOD’S WORD.
THE ENTIRE PSALM,
ALL 166 VERSES, IS ABOUT
THE POWER THAT’S IN GOD’S WORD.
IT IS AN AWESOME PIECE OF BIBLE
LITERATURE THAT WILL JUST
ENCOURAGE US AND TEACH US.
AND SO ONE OF THINGS THAT
PSALM 119 SAYS,
“[HEARING, RECEIVING,
LOVING, AND OBEYING THEM].”
YOU SEE THAT AT THE VERY LAST
AMPLIFICATION?
SO HE SAID, “THIS IS WHAT I DID
WITH THE WORD.
I HEARD IT, I RECEIVED IT,
I LOVED IT, AND I OBEYED IT.”
I LOVE THAT.
THE PHRASE, “HEARING, LOVING,
RECEIVING, AND OBEYING IT,”
IS FOUND 17 TIMES IN THE PSALMS,
AND 15 OF THEM ARE IN PSALM 119.
REA–STUDY PSALM 119.
HOW MANY OF YOU WILL DO THAT?
I MEAN, YOU’RE JUST GONNA
LOVE IT.
STUDY PSALM 119, AND IF IT TAKES
YOU A WEEK I DON’T CARE.
BUT STUDY IT, AND REALLY THINK
ABOUT WHAT IT’S SAYING.
IT JUST SHOWS US THE VALUE OF
THE WORD OF GOD.
NOW BACK TO JAMES 1:21,
“SO GET RID OF
ALL UNCLEANNESS AND THE RAMPANT
OUTGROWTH OF WICKEDNESS,
AND IN A HUMBLE (GENTLE, MODEST)
SPIRIT RECEIVE AND WELCOME THE
WORD WHICH IMPLANTED AND ROOTED
[IN YOUR HEARTS] CONTAINS
THE POWER TO SAVE YOUR SOULS.
BUT BE DOERS OF THE WORD
[OBEY THE MESSAGE], AND NOT MERE
LISTENERS TO IT, BETRAYING
YOURSELVES [INTO DECEPTION BY
REASONING CONTRARY
TO THE TRUTH].
FOR IF ANYONE ONLY LISTENS TO
THE WORD AND DOESN’T OBEY IT,
BEING A DOER OF IT, HE’S LIKE
A MAN WHO LOOKS CAREFULLY AT HIS
[OWN] SELF, NATURAL FACE,
IN A MIRROR.
FOR HE THOUGHTFULLY OBSERVES
HIMSELF, AND THEN GOES OFF
AND PROMPTLY FORGETS
WHAT HE WAS LIKE.
BUT HE WHO LOOKS CAREFULLY INTO
THE FAULTLESS LAW OF LIBERTY,
AND IS FAITHFUL TO IT AND
PERSEVERES IN LOOKING INTO IT,
BEING NOT A HEEDLESS LISTENER
WHO FORGETS BUT AN ACTIVE DOER
[WHO OBEYS], HE WILL BE BLESSED
IN HIS LIFE OF DOING.
[HE WILL BE BLESSED IN
HIS LIFE OF OBEDIENCE].”
NOW HEARING THE WORD IS GREAT,
BUT OUR LIVES ARE NOT BLESSED
FROM HEARING IT.
OUR LIVES ARE BLESSED FROM
DOING IT, AMEN?
WE NEED TO BE DOERS OF THE WORD
OF GOD, AND HE SAYS A VERY
INTERESTING THING IN HERE.
HE SAYS IF WE’RE NOT DOERS OF
THE WORD IT’S BECAUSE WE REASON
OUT SOME WAY IN OUR MIND THAT
EVEN THOUGH WE AGREE THAT IT’S
TRUE THAT IT’S OKAY FOR US
NOT TO DO IT.
AND ONE OF THE EXCUSES THAT
PEOPLE USE IS IT’S JUST
TOO HARD.
I’M JUST NOT READY FOR THAT YET.
OR YOU TAKE GIVING.
THE LARGEST MAJORITY OF
CHRISTIANS DON’T TITHE,
AND THE BIBLE’S CLEAR ABOUT IT.
YOU SAY, “WELL, WAIT A MINUTE.
THAT’S OLD TESTAMENT.”
WELL, I GOT A–YOU WANNA HEAR
MY ANSWER FOR THAT?
I’VE GOT A GREAT ANSWER
FOR THAT.
HOW MANY OF YOU WANNA HEAR
MY ANSWER?
YOU’RE GOING TO ANYWAY,
BUT I JUST–
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IF THEY COULD–IF YOU
THINK TITHING IS OLD TESTAMENT
LAW, IF THEY COULD GIVE 10% UNTO
THE LAW I WONDER WHAT WE SHOULD
BE DOIN’ BY GRACE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: NOW, SEE, YOU’RE
AFRAID TO CLAP FOR THE THOUGHTS
OF GIVIN’ AWAY 10% OF YOUR
MONEY, BUT GOD’S LETTIN’ YOU
KEEP 90%.
WE WOULDN’T HAVE ANYTHING IF GOD
DIDN’T GIVE US WHAT WE HAVE.
WE WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING.
WELL, WHY SHOULD I DO THAT?
BLESS GOD, YOU’VE GOT A BETTER
CAR THAN ME.
YOU KNOW, [MUMBLING].
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, DON’T LOOK
AT IT LIKE YOU’RE GIVIN’
TO PEOPLE.
GIVE IT TO GOD.
GIVE IT TO GOD, AND EXPECT GOD
TO BRING A REWARD IN YOUR LIFE.
NOW I, YOU KNOW, I’M NOT GONNA
HARP ON TITHING AND GIVING
BECAUSE I DON’T FEEL LIKE IT,
AND MAYBE YOU DON’T EITHER.
BUT THE POINT IS, IS THAT IT
DOESN’T MATTER WHAT I THINK
ABOUT IT.
IF GOD SAYS IT AND IT’S CLEAR
AND I CAN SEE IT AND I DON’T DO
IT, THEN I’M NOT DOING IT
BECAUSE SOME WAY IN MY MIND I’VE
FIGURED OUT A REASON WHY IT’S
OKAY FOR ME NOT TO DO IT.
WELL, MAYBE YOU GOT A REASON,
BUT YOU MISSED THE BLESSING.
OH, COME ON.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: NOW YOU KNOW WHY
PEOPLE ACT LIKE THAT ‘CAUSE THEY
DON’T WANNA GIVE THEIR
MONEY AWAY.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW YOU
CANNOT OUTGIVE GOD?
YOU JUST ABSOLUTELY CANNOT
OUTGIVE GOD.
I MEAN, THAT’S JUST
THE BOTTOM LINE.
GOD IS A GIVER, AND YOU CANNOT
OUTGIVE HIM.
BUT THERE’S MANY, MANY, MANY
OTHER THINGS THAT THE BIBLE
TALKS ABOUT, AND IF WE WILL GET
VERY SERIOUS ABOUT OBEYING THE
WORD, THEN OUR LIVES ARE GONNA
CHANGE DRAMATICALLY, ABSOLUTELY,
PHENOMENALLY DRAMATICALLY.
WE NEED TO MEDITATE ON
THE WORD OF GOD.
TO MEDITATE ON THE WORD MEANS TO
ROLL IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER
IN YOUR MIND, TO MUTTER IT UNDER
YOUR BREATH, TO THINK ABOUT IT.
IN OTHER WORDS, I PUT DOWN HERE,
“PREACH TO YOURSELF.”
DO YOU KNOW I’M REALLY ON FIRE
ABOUT THESE MESSAGES BECAUSE
I’VE ALREADY PREACHED THESE
TO MYSELF SEVERAL TIMES?
I MEAN, I WAS UP
THIS MORNING AT 6 O’CLOCK
PREACHIN’ TO MYSELF.
WHILE I WAS DOING MY HAIR I WAS
PREACHIN’ TO MYSELF.
WELL, SEE, BY THE TIME I GET
HERE I OPEN MY MOUTH, AND IT
JUST ROLLS OUT ‘CAUSE I’VE BEEN
PREACHIN’ TO MYSELF.
WELL, IF YOU PREACH TO YOURSELF
MORE IN YOUR QUIET TIME AND
PRIVATE TIME, WHEN YOU GET OUT
AROUND PEOPLE YOU’RE GONNA
BEHAVE A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN
WHAT YOU WOULD’VE IF YOU SPEND
YOUR MORNING THINKIN’ ABOUT WHO
ALL YOU’RE MAD AT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
EVER TOLD YOUR KIDS, “NOW, MAKE
SURE YOU CHEW YOUR FOOD.
DON’T SWALLOW THAT WHOLE.
CHEW YOUR FOOD.
CHEW THAT BETTER”?
WELL, WHEN WE MEDITATE ON THE
WORD IT’S EQUIVALENT TO CHEWING
IT, AND WHEN YOU CHEW YOUR FOOD
THAT’S HOW YOU GET ALL
THE NUTRIENTS OUT OF IT.
IF YOU SWALLOW IT WHOLE AND
DON’T CHEW IT, THEN THERE’S
VITAMINS AND LIFE-GIVING
NUTRIENTS IN IT THAT YOU DON’T
EVEN GET.
IT ACTUALLY CAN GIVE YOU
INDIGESTION AND A TUMMY ACHE
IF YOU DON’T CHEW IT,
AND SO MEDITATING ON THE WORD,
IT’S LIKE IT’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH
TO SHOW UP IN A BUILDING AND SIT
THERE AND KINDA HALFWAY, SORT
OF, MAYBE A LITTLE LISTEN TO
WHAT’S BEING SAID.
NO, WE NEED TO FOCUS.
WE NEED TO HAVE
A HUMBLE ATTITUDE.
WE NEED TO BE HUNGRY
FOR THE WORD.
WE NEED TO BELIEVE THERE’S
POWER IN THIS.
“I DON’T WANNA MISS ANY OF IT.
IT’S WORKING IN ME RIGHT NOW.
THIS WORD IS HEALING ME.”
I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WHEN THEY
SIT UNDER THE WORD CAN BE HEALED
OF SICKNESS AND DISEASE IF
THEY’LL RELEASE THEIR FAITH
AND BELIEVE THAT THERE’S POWER
IN THE WORD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THERE IS POWER
IN THE WORD.
MEDITATE ON THE WORD OF GOD.
JOHN 8:31 AND 32, “JESUS SAID,
‘IF YOU ABIDE IN ME AND MY WORD
ABIDES IN YOU, YOU WILL KNOW
THE TRUTH.
THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE.'”
AND THE WORD “ABIDE” MEANS TO
LIVE, DWELL, AND REMAIN IN YOU.
NOW, THE WORD OF GOD IS TRUTH.
HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
OKAY, NOW LET’S TALK FOR
A MINUTE ABOUT SOME OF THE STUFF
GOIN’ ON IN THE WORLD TODAY.
IS THERE ANY ABSOLUTE TRUTH?
WELL, OF COURSE, THERE IS.
I MEAN, IF THERE’S
ABSOLUTELY–IF THERE’S NO
ABSOLUTE TRUTH WE HAVE ALL GOT
A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HUGE
PROBLEM.
I MEAN, I TRUST THAT GRAVITY’S
ALWAYS GONNA BE THERE, AND YOU
SAY, “WELL, I DON’T BELIEVE IN
GRAVITY.”
WELL, IT DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER
YOU DO OR NOT.
IT’S NOT GONNA GO AWAY.
WELL, SEE, PEOPLE WHO SAY,
“WELL, I DON’T BELIEVE
THE BIBLE’S TRUE.
I DON’T BELIEVE GOD’S REAL,” YOU
KNOW, TO ME, TO BE HONEST, IT
WOULD TAKE MORE FAITH TO BE
AN ATHEIST THAN IT WOULD
TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU JUST BELIEVE
THAT SOME LITTLE BUG CRAWLED UP
SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH JILLIONS OF
YEARS AGO, AND, BOOP, HERE WE
ARE, AND, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO
BE APES AND MONKEYS?
AND THE THING THAT I DON’T
UNDERSTAND IS WHAT HAPPENED TO
ALL THE ONES THAT DIDN’T EVOLVE?
SOME GOT LEFT OUT ‘CAUSE HERE
I AM NOW.
YOU KNOW, WE’VE EVOLVED,
AND WE’RE NO LONGER LIKE THAT.
BUT NOW THEY’RE STILL THERE,
SO WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?
SO I, YOU KNOW, I’M SORRY, BUT I
JUST GOTTA GO WITH CREATION.
I AM CREATED BY THE HAND OF GOD
IN MY MOTHER’S WOMB, AMEN?
HE SPECIALLY, INTRICATELY FORMED
ME WITH HIS OWN HAND, AND HE HAS
A PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE, AND I’M
GONNA DIE HAPPY WITH THAT
KNOWLEDGE.
LET US PONDER WHAT HAPPENS IF WE
BUY INTO THE HUMANISTIC IDEA
THAT THERE’S NO ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
WELL, THIS VIEW CONTENDS THAT
A THING MAY BE WRONG FOR
ONE PERSON BUT NOT FOR ANOTHER.
IT COULD DEPEND ON YOUR CULTURE,
YOUR PERSONAL PREFERENCE,
OR YOUR POLITICAL VIEWPOINT.
I MEAN, IT’S REALLY JUST DUMB
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
THEREFORE WE MAY HAVE OUR OWN
OPINIONS OF RIGHT AND WRONG.
WELL, THEN THAT LEAVES US WITH
NO STANDARD TO LIVE BY.
DO YOU KNOW HOW DANGEROUS
THE WORLD BECOMES WHEN THERE’S
NO STANDARD AND EVERYBODY JUST
MAKES UP THEIR OWN IDEA OF WHAT
THEY THINK IS RIGHT AND WRONG?
“WELL, THAT MAY BE RIGHT
FOR YOU, BUT IT’S NOT RIGHT
FOR ME.”
LISTEN, IF IT’S RIGHT ACCORDING
TO THE WORD OF GOD, THEN IT’S
RIGHT FOR ALL OF US WHETHER
WE LIKE IT OR NOT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WE CAN’T LIVE
WITH THIS ATTITUDE THAT
ANYTHING GOES,
“WHATEVER A PERSON WANTS
TO DO IS ACCEPTABLE.
IT’S JUST–WE NEED TO BE
TOLERANT AND JUST
ACCEPT WHATEVER.”
WELL, THAT’S A GOOD IDEA UNLESS
A SERIAL KILLER’S MAKING
THE DECISION THEN WE MIGHT
BE IN TROUBLE.
THAT’S A GOOD IDEA UNLESS
A RAPIST IS MAKING
THE DECISION AND YOU’RE A WOMAN
OUT WALKING LATE AT NIGHT.
JUST ‘CAUSE HE WANTS TO DO IT,
THAT–YOU KNOW.
THERE ARE ABSOLUTE TRUTHS.
AND THE WORD OF GOD–
EXCUSE ME,
BUT I’M GONNA DIE SAYING THIS,
AND I’LL SHOUT IT FROM
THE ROOFTOPS,
AND I’M HAPPY TO SAY IT TODAY
ON TELEVISION WHERE IT’S GOING
ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
THE WORD OF GOD
IS ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
I BELIEVE IT.
I BELIEVE ALL OF IT,
FROM COVER TO COVER.
I MAY NOT TOTALLY
UNDERSTAND ALL OF IT,
BUT I BELIEVE IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND, PRETTY GOOD CHANCE THAT
I’M HAPPIER THAN THE PEOPLE
WHO DON’T BELIEVE IT.
THERE ARE ABSOLUTE TRUTHS.
I’M DOING THIS BECAUSE I LOVE
PEOPLE AND I WANNA SEE GOD
HONORED IN THE EARTH TODAY.
I WANNA HELP MAKE THE LORD’S
NAME FAMOUS.
AND I DON’T WANNA SEE PEOPLE
JUST KEEP COMPROMISING,
AND KEEP COMPROMISING,
AND KEEP COMPROMISING UNTIL
THERE’S NO STANDARDS AT ALL
LEFT AND WE’RE ALL IN A LOT
MORE TROUBLE THAN WHAT
WE CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.
HMM…
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THERE ARE A HANDFUL
OF THINGS THAT PAUL SAID
IN THE BIBLE THAT WERE
CULTURAL ISSUES,
AND DON’T APPLY TODAY,
BUT NOTHING JESUS SAID
CAN BE LOOKED AT IN THAT WAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, WOMEN HAD TO HAVE
THEIR HEADS COVERED IN CHURCH
OR IN PRAYER AS A SIGN
OF SUBMISSION.
MEN WERE NOT TO HAVE
THEIR HEADS COVERED.
IT WAS A CULTURAL ISSUE.
THAT’S NOT THE THING TODAY.
IT WAS A SHAME FOR A WOMAN
TO CUT HER HAIR, WOMEN WERE
NOT TO WEAR JEWELRY,
OR HAVE FANCY HAIRSTYLES
BECAUSE ONLY PROSTITUTES
DID THAT IN THOSE DAYS.
AND SO, PAUL WAS ENCOURAGING
THE WOMEN TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY BEHAVE THEMSELVES
IN A GODLY WAY.
WOMEN WERE NOT TO SPEAK
IN CHURCH, BUT IF THEY HAD
QUESTIONS, THEY WERE TO ASK
THEIR HUSBANDS AT HOME.
SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT
PAUL MADE ABOUT WOMEN,
KEEPING QUIET IN THE CHURCH,
WERE CULTURAL.
FIRST OF ALL,
WOMEN WERE UNEDUCATED,
AND WOMEN SAT ON ONE SIDE
OF THE CHURCH AND MEN SAT
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CHURCH.
AND WHEN THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT
SHOWED UP, THERE WAS A LOT
OF RUCKUS ABOUT WHAT WAS
GOING ON.
AND IF YOU STUDY HISTORY,
WOMEN WOULD ASK THEIR
HUSBANDS ACROSS THE CHURCH
A QUESTION, AND PAUL SAID,
“WOMEN SHOULD BE QUIET
IN THE CHURCH,
AND IF THEY HAVE A QUESTION,
THEY SHOULD ASK THEIR OWN
HUSBAND’S AT HOME.”
AND NOW, BECAUSE OF THAT HALF
OF THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE WORLD
SAY THAT GOD CAN’T USE WOMEN.
WELL OOPS, IT’S TOO LATE, HE IS.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: BECAUSE YOU SEE,
HERE’S WHAT JESUS SAID,
“THERE’S NO MORE MALE
NOR FEMALE,
NO MORE JEW NOR GREEK,
BUT WE’RE ALL ONE
IN CHRIST JESUS.”
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD DOESN’T LOOK
AT YOU AND SAY,
“OH, I CAN’T USE YOU,
YOU’RE A WOMAN.”
HOW SILLY IS THAT?
I’M HAVING FUN UP HERE
THIS MORNING–I DON’T–
YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT TO.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I’LL TELL YOU
ONE THING.
IF GOD CAN’T USE WOMEN THEN
JESUS WAS SURE CONFUSED WHEN
HE CAME OUT OF THE TOMB
AND HE TOLD MARY…
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: “GO AND TELL
MY DISCIPLES, ‘HE IS RISEN.'”
FIRST GOSPEL MESSAGE,
RIGHT THERE.
OKAY, WE’LL GET OFF OF THAT
BEFORE I MAKE A BUNCH
OF PEOPLE MAD, NOW.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OKAY NOW,
YOU KNOW, TODAY, PEOPLE FIGHT
FOR THEIR RIGHT TO SIN.
IT’S LIKE, “I HAVE A RIGHT
TO LIVE LIKE THAT IF I WANT TO.”
WELL, CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?
THE GOVERNMENT DOESN’T NEED
TO GIVE US THAT RIGHT,
GOD ALREADY DID.
GOD WILL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT
TO GO TO HELL IF THAT’S WHAT
YOU WANNA DO.
BECAUSE HE ALREADY SAID,
“I SET BEFORE YOU LIFE
AND DEATH, GOOD AND EVIL,
YOU CHOOSE.”
COME ON NOW,
HANG WITH ME A MINUTE.
SO, WE DON’T NEED PEOPLE
TELLING US WE CAN SIN.
WE DON’T NEED PEOPLE
TO LEGALIZE OUR SIN,
GOD ALREADY SAID,
“YOU CAN DO WHATEVER
YOU WANT TO,
BUT HERE’S THE DEAL.
IF YOU DO WHAT I TELL YOU TO,
YOUR LIFE IS GONNA BE AWESOME,
AMAZING, BLESSED.
YOU’RE GONNA BE HAPPY.
YOU’RE GONNA HAVE JOY.
AND IF YOU DON’T DO WHAT
I TELL YOU TO, THEN THE RIDE’S
GONNA BE A LITTLE BUMPY
AND YOU’RE NOT GONNA
BE SO HAPPY, AND IT’S NOT
GONNA BE SO GOOD.”
SO, WE CAN ALL DO ANYTHING
WE WANT TO, BUT EVERY DECISION
THAT WE MAKE CARRIES WITH
IT A RESULT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IS THIS OKAY?
ARE YOU ALL OKAY WITH
THIS TODAY?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: NOW, THIS IS GONNA
BE ONE OF THOSE MESSAGES,
WHEN THIS GOES ON TELEVISION,
WE ARE GONNA GET LETTERS.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WHOO!
WE GET LETTERS.
MAN, BUT THEY ONLY GIVE
ME THE NICE ONES.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: FAR AS I’M CONCERNED,
EVERYBODY JUST LOVES
ME TO PIECES.
THAT’S ALL I SEE.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: [LAUGHING]
I DON’T HAVE TIME TO FIGHT
OFF ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.
I’M TOO BUSY TRYING
TO HELP PEOPLE.
BASICALLY, WHAT I’M TRYING
TO SAY TODAY,
IS PLEASE AS A CHILD OF GOD,
PLEASE DON’T BUY INTO
THE NONSENSE THAT’S GOING
ON IN THE WORLD TODAY.
THIS IS THE TRUTH.
GOD MEANS WHAT HE SAYS.
IF WE COME TO THE WORD,
AND WE HEAR IT, WE LOVE IT,
AND WE RECEIVE IT, WE OBEY IT,
OUR LIVES ARE GONNA BE AMAZING.
THAT DOESN’T MEAN THEY’LL
BE COMPLETELY TROUBLE-FREE,
BUT I’LL TELL YOU ONE THING,
I’D RATHER HAVE A BIG PROBLEM
AND HAVE JESUS IN IT TO HELP
ME THAN TO HAVE A LITTLE
PROBLEM AND BE BY MYSELF
TRYING TO SOLVE IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: GOD IS GOOD.
WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT
A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD?
HE IS GOOD.
AND EVERYTHING THAT
HE TELLS US NOT TO DO,
IT’S FOR OUR BENEFIT.
EVERYTHING, GOD’S NOT TRYING
TO TAKE YOUR TOYS AWAY
FROM YOU, HE’S TRYING TO KEEP
YOU FROM KILLING YOURSELF.
GOD WANTS US TO HAVE
A GOOD LIFE, AN AMAZING LIFE.
YOU GOTTA BE VERY CAREFUL
ABOUT TRYING TO TAKE THINGS
OUT OF THE WORD OF GOD,
OR MAKE IT SAY THINGS THAT
IT DOESN’T SAY.
I THINK THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS
TO READ THIS, SO I’M GOING TO,
RIGHT NOW.
REVELATION 22:19,
“IF ANYONE CANCELS OR TAKES
AWAY FROM THE STATEMENTS
OF THE BOOK OF THIS PROPHECY
[THESE PREDICTIONS RELATING
TO CHRIST’S KINGDOM AND ITS
SPEEDY TRIUMPH,
TOGETHER WITH THE CONSOLATIONS
AND ADMONITIONS OR THE WARNINGS
PERTAINING TO THEM],
GOD WILL CANCEL AND TAKE AWAY
FROM HIM HIS SHARE IN THE TREE
OF LIFE AND IN THE CITY
OF HOLINESS…”
SO, GOD’S SAYING, “YOU CAN’T–”
I DON’T KNOW WHAT IN THE WORLD’S
GONNA HAPPEN, IF THEY START
TRYING TO TAKE STUFF OUT
OF HERE.
AND I’LL BE HONEST,
I’M CONCERNED IT’S COMING
DOWN THE PIKE IF WE DON’T
STAND UP AND SAY,
“NO, YOU’RE NOT GONNA START
TAKING STUFF OUT OF THE BIBLE.
THAT’S WHAT I BELIEVE.”
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR
US TO COMPROMISE, CHURCH.
THIS IS A TIME FOR US TO SAY,
“I LOVE THIS BOOK.
I LOVE WHAT’S IN IT.
IT’S FULL OF LIFE.
IT’S FULL OF HEALTH.
IT’S FULL OF HEALING.
IT’S FULL OF WHOLENESS.”
DO YOU KNOW THAT EVERY
ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM
THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE
IS IN THE WORD OF GOD?
THERE IS NOT A PROBLEM THAT
YOU HAVE THAT YOU CAN’T FIND
AN ANSWER TO AND GOD’S WORD.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
IF WE WILL LOVE THE WORD,
HEAR IT, RECEIVE IT,
AND OBEY IT THAT IT’S GONNA
BRING HEALING INTO OUR LIFE.
SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS
IN PSALM 119.
“BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO ORDERS
HIS CONDUCT AND CONVERSATION
ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD.”
“YOU’LL BE SO BLESSED
THAT YOU’LL BE ENVIED.”
“YOU WILL NOT WANDER
FROM GOD’S WAYS.”
“YOUNG MEN MAY CLEANSE
THEIR WAYS BY CONFORMING
THEIR LIFE TO GOD’S WAYS.”
LIVING ACCORDING TO THE WORD
OF GOD IS A CHOICE.
WE PUT OUR HOPE IN GOD’S WORD.
LISTEN TO THESE
THREE SCRIPTURES.
“THOSE WHO REVERENTLY
AND WORSHIPLY FEAR YOU,
WILL SEE ME AND BE GLAD BECAUSE
I’VE HOPED IN YOUR WORD.”
ISN’T IT WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE
TO PUT YOUR HOPE IN THE–
HOW MANY OF YOU FEEL MORE
HOPEFUL SINCE YOU WALKED
IN HERE TODAY?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: DON’T YOU FEEL MORE
LIKE THAT GOD CAN DO SOMETHING
AMAZING IN YOUR LIFE?
OKAY, LET ME CLOSE
WITH EZEKIEL 37.
WHOO, SOMEBODY’S HAPPY.
I HOPE YOU’RE NOT LAUGHING,
‘CAUSE I SAID I WAS GONNA CLOSE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I’M TEASING,
I’M JUST HAVING FUN WITH YOU.
WE GOTTA HAVE FUN, DON’T WE?
AUDIENCE MEMBER: WE LOVE
YOU, JOYCE.
JOYCE: THANK YOU.
I GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE,
ONCE IN AWHILE,
BUT I GOTTA SAY WHAT I FEEL
LIKE GOD WANTS ME TO SAY.
EZEKIEL 37–
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW
THAT WE GOTTA HEAR SOME
STRAIGHT-UP TEACHING IN
THE DAYS THAT WE’RE LIVING IN,
OR WE ARE GONNA JUST–
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: I MEAN, I DON’T KNOW
WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN IF WE JUST–
WE GOTTA HEAR IT.
DON’T COMPROMISE, STAND STRONG,
IF YOU LOSE EVERY FRIEND
YOU’VE GOT, STAND STRONG.
IF YOU LOSE YOUR JOB,
STAND STRONG.
DON’T START COMPROMISING
ON THE WORD OF GOD.
ETERNITY IS A LONG TIME AND
I WANNA BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: “THE HAND OF THE LORD
WAS UPON ME,” I’M IN EZEKIEL 37,
VERSE 1.
“THE HAND OF THE LORD
WAS UPON ME, AND HE BROUGHT
ME OUT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
AND HE SET ME DOWN
IN THE MIDST OF THE VALLEY;
AND IT WAS FULL OF BONES.
AND HE CAUSED ME TO PASS
ROUND ABOUT AMONG THEM,
AND HE SAID, ‘BEHOLD,
THERE ARE VERY MANY
[HUMAN BONES] IN THIS VALLEY
AND THEY WERE VERY DRY.'”
YOU EVER FEEL LIKE THAT?
LIKE, YOUR LIFE IS JUST NOTHING
BUT A BUNCH OF DEAD, DRY BONES.
“AND HE SAID TO ME, ‘SON OF MAN
CAN THESE BONES LIVE?'”
CAN THINGS REALLY CHANGE
IN YOUR LIFE?
CAN YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE?
CAN YOU MAKE A LOT OF REALLY
BAD MISTAKES AND HAVE
A NEW BEGINNING?
AUDIENCE: YES!
JOYCE: ABSOLUTELY.
“AND HE SAID, ‘SON OF MAN,
CAN THESE BONES LIVE?’
AND I ANSWERED, ‘O LORD,
YOU KNOW, YOU’RE THE ONLY
ONE THAT KNOWS, GOD.'”
NOW, GET READY.
“AND AGAIN, HE SAID TO ME,
‘PROPHESY TO THESE BONES
AND SAY TO THEM,
“O YOU DRY BONES, HEAR THE WORD
OF THE LORD.”‘”
“HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD.”
EVERY TIME THAT YOU TURN
THE TV ON AND LISTEN TO MY
TEACHING OR SOMEBODY ELSE’S
WHO’S REALLY TEACHING
THE WORD OF GOD,
THEY ARE PROPHESYING
TO THE DRY BONES IN YOUR LIFE.
NOW, WATCH WHAT HAPPENS,
AND YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF.
“THUS SAYS THE LORD TO THESE
BONES: ‘BEHOLD, I WILL CALL
BREATH AND SPIRIT TO ENTER YOU,
AND YOU SHALL LIVE,'”
AND IT GOES ON AND ON, AND ON,
AND ON, AND ON.
LONG STORY, AND THEN
IT SAYS DOWN HERE,
“[AND THE BONES] GOT UP.
BONE TO BONE,
FLESH AND SINEW YOU CAME
UPON THE BONES AND THEY
STOOD UPON THEIR FEET,
A MIGHTY HOST AND A GREAT ARMY.”
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
ALL OF US STARTED OUT
AS A BUNCH OF DEAD DRY BONES,
AND HERE WE ARE TODAY,
A MIGHTY HOST AND A GREAT
ARMY FOR GOD.
AMEN?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: ALL BECAUSE
OF THE POWER OF GOD’S WORD.
GRAB YOUR BIBLE IF YOU’VE
GOT ONE, GIVE IT A GOOD HUG.
I’M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU.
FATHER, I PRAY THAT WE WOULD
ALL HAVE A GREATER RESPECT
FOR YOUR WORD.
I PRAY THAT WE WOULD REALIZE
WHAT A PRECIOUS TREASURE
WE HAVE IN BEING ABLE
TO TURN THE TELEVISION
ON AND GET THE WORD,
TURN THE RADIO ON AND GET
THE WORD, AND HAVE CD’S,
AND DVD’S, AND BOOKS,
AS MANY BOOKS AS WE WANNA HAVE,
AND CONFERENCES AND THINGS
WHERE WE CAN HAVE THE WORD,
IN CHURCHES AND PASTORS.
WHAT A WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE
IT IS GOD, THAT YOU’VE PROVIDED
THE WORD IN SO MANY
DIFFERENT FORMATS.
HELP US TO ALWAYS LOVE
YOUR WORD, TO RECEIVE YOUR WORD,
TO BE RESPECTFUL TO YOUR WORD.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE’S
POWER IN THE WORD TO CHANGE
OUR LIVES, TO SAVE OUR SOULS,
AND TO HELP US STAND
UPON OUR FEET, A MIGHTY HOST,
DOING GREAT THINGS FOR YOU.
HELP US NOT TO COMPROMISE
IN THE DAYS THAT WE LIVE IN,
AND HELP US TO STAND STRONG
ON YOUR WORD,
AND BELIEVE IT EVEN IF WE DON’T
FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL OF IT,
TO BELIEVE IT AND SAY,
“I KNOW THAT EVERYTHING
THAT GOD SAYS IS TRUE.”
IN JESUS’ NAME, AMEN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
ANNOUNCER: TAP INTO
THE POWER OF GOD’S
WORD BY STUDYING
THE “EVERYDAY LIFE BIBLE.”
THIS BIBLE IS UNIQUE BECAUSE
IT’S FILLED WITH JOYCE’S
PERSONAL TEACHING NOTES.
AS JOYCE GUIDES YOU
THROUGH SCRIPTURE,
THE ADDED ARTICLES AND ACTION
STEPS WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND
GOD’S WORD AND HOW IT RELATES
TO PRACTICAL LIVING.
JOYCE: I LOVE
THE WORD OF GOD.
I LOVE TEACHING
THE WORD OF GOD.
I LOVE TO WATCH WHAT
THE WORD OF GOD DOES
IN PEOPLE’S LIVES.
ANNOUNCER: TODAY’S
RESOURCE PACKAGE ALSO
INCLUDES THIS OMBRE
SPIRAL-BOUND NOTE KEEPER.
WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU LEARNED,
JOURNAL YOUR PRAYERS,
COPY DOWN SCRIPTURE,
OR SIMPLY BE CREATIVE.
ORDER YOUR COPY
OF THE “EVERYDAY LIFE BIBLE”
AND NOTE KEEPER NOW.
VISIT ONLINE
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG,
OR CALL…
JOYCE: TO BE SERIOUS WITH
GOD MEANS THAT YOU GIVE HIS
WORD FIRST PLACE IN YOUR LIFE.
AND YOU STUDY THE WORD,
NOT JUST WHEN YOU
HAPPEN TO HAVE TIME,
AND IT FITS INTO YOUR SCHEDULE,
BUT YOU GIVE IT A PLACE
OF PRIORITY, AND YOU PUT
GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE,
AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE TIME
FOR GOD BECAUSE YOU’VE GOTTEN
SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT
IF YOU DON’T HAVE TIME FOR GOD,
NOTHING ELSE–NOTHING, NOTHING,
NOTHING ELSE IS GONNA WORK
OUT RIGHT IN YOUR LIFE.
LET ME GIVE YOU A NEW PLAN.
DON’T TRY TO WORK GOD
INTO YOUR SCHEDULE,
WORK YOUR SCHEDULE AROUND GOD.
“SEEK, YE FIRST,
THE KINGDOM OF GOD,
AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS,
AND ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS
WILL BE ADDED UNTO YOU.”
[♪♪]
GINGER: A CELEBRATION
40 YEARS IN THE MAKING.
REGISTER NOW
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG
FOR THE LOVE LIFE
WOMEN’S CONFERENCE,
SEPTEMBER 22nd-24th,
IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
REGISTER NOW
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
ANNOUNCER: THE JOYCE
MEYER CONFERENCE IS BACK!
JOYCE: IF YOU WILL
START CRYING OUT TO GOD
ON A REGULAR BASIS,
“I NEED MORE OF YOU IN MY LIFE,”
YOU BETTER PUT ON YOUR
SEAT BELTS AND GET READY
FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE.
ANNOUNCER: COMING
TO AUSTIN, TX,
AUGUST 19th AND 20th
WITH WORSHIP BY PAT BARRETT.
AND HERSHEY, PA,
NOVEMBER 4th AND 5th
WITH WORSHIP BY MACK BROCK.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
AND A COMPLETE
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE,
VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG,
OR CALL…
JOYCE: ONE OF THE SEASONS
THAT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
WAS AT TOWARD THE END OF THIS
FIVE YEARS–FIRST OF ALL,
WE HAD FELT LIKE–WELL, I FELT
LIKE AT FIRST GOD WANTED US
TO HAVE ANOTHER BABY.
AND, WE HAD AT THAT TIME THREE–
WELL, A 10 YEAR OLD, A 12 YEAR
OLD, AND A 14 YEAR OLD.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY, OUR CHILDREN
WERE OLD ENOUGH THEN THAT WE
COULD GO OUT AND DO THINGS.
WE DIDN’T ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE
A BABYSITTER.
I JUST STARTED GETTING THIS
REAL DESIRE TO HAVE A BABY.
DAVE: AND I SAID,
“ARE YOU SURE?”
JOYCE: YEAH, DAVE’S LIKE,
“ARE YOU KIDDING?
YOU KNOW, SURE YOU WANT
TO START ALL OVER?”
I SAID, “YEAH, I REALLY DO.”
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW,
DAVE HE’S…
DAVE: I GOT ON BOARD.
JOYCE: HE’S EASYGOING.
HE’S JUST LIKE, “OKAY, IF THAT’S
WHAT YOU WANT.”
DAVE: SURE GLAD I DID, TOO.
JOYCE: THAT’S WHEN
WE HAD DANNY.
‘CAUSE NOW HE OVERSEES ALL
THIS TV, AND THE MEDIA,
AND ALL THE OPERATIONAL
SIDE OF THE MINISTRY.
OUR OTHER SON DAVID OVERSEES
ALL THE WORLD MISSIONS.
AND SO, NOW I THINK, MY GOSH,
IT’S A GOOD THING I LISTENED
TO GOD, ‘CAUSE I–YOU KNOW,
WE DIDN’T EVEN–WE DIDN’T KNOW
REALLY, EVERYTHING THAT
THE FUTURE HELD.
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE
THAT AT THE TIME THAT I STARTED
ALL THIS, I HAD THREE TEENAGERS
AND A BABY.
GINGER: YEAH, TALK ABOUT
CHALLENGING.
JOYCE: I DON’T REALLY CARE
FOR IT WHEN PEOPLE SAY, “WELL,
YOU KNOW, I CAN’T DO ANYTHING,
I’VE GOT KIDS.
OR, YOU KNOW, “I’VE GOT A BABY.”
IT’S AMAZING HOW DESIRE
OVERRIDES EVERYTHING ELSE.
ALL THE IMPOSSIBILITIES JUST
SEEM TO FADE AWAY WHEN YOU HAVE
A STRONG ENOUGH DESIRE.
ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU
ENJOYED TODAY’S PROGRAM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT
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THIS PROGRAM HAS
BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS
OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.