How do you know when it’s time for a change? Joyce shares reasons for changing seasons in our lives and how the Holy Spirit helps us adapt, on this episode of Enjoying Everyday Life with Joyce Meyer.

ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM
HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE

BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS
OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.

JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU
WANT GOD TO USE YOU?

OKAY.

WELL, HERE’S THE THING.

THERE’S A LOT OF STUFF GOD HAS
TO DO TO YOU BEFORE HE CAN

DO VERY MUCH THROUGH YOU.

[MUSIC]

JOYCE: EVERYTHING IS
BEAUTIFUL IN ITS TIME.

BUT OUT OF SEASON, IT CAN JUST
BE AN ABSOLUTE MESS.

THERE’S A RIGHT TIME AND A WRONG
TIME FOR EVERY MATTER

UNDER THE SUN.

AND WHEN WE MATURE ENOUGH
TO BE ABLE TO DISCERN

THE SEASONS, IT’S A VERY GOOD
THING IN OUR LIFE.

SOMETIMES YOU WON’T CHANGE
UNLESS YOU COME TO A CRISIS

POINT IN YOUR LIFE AND THAT
CRISIS FORCES YOU TO CHANGE.

BUT HOPEFULLY, WE’LL GET SMART
ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS

AND MAKE THE CHANGES WHILE
WE CAN STILL MAKE THEM BECAUSE

WE CHOOSE TO AND NOT MAKE
THEM BECAUSE WE’RE FORCED

TO AND HAVE NO CHOICE.

AMEN?

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU
DON’T GET ENOUGH SLEEP?

YOU KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER
IS TO THAT?

GO TO BED.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: I MEAN, TO BE HONEST,
A LOT OF OUR PROBLEMS WOULD

NOT BE THAT HARD TO SOLVE,
“WELL, I KNOW I SHOULD

GO TO BED, BUT…”
“I KNOW I SHOULD DRINK MORE

WATER, BUT…”
“I KNOW I SHOULD START SAVING

SOME MONEY FOR WHEN I RETIRE,
BUT…”

“I KNOW I SHOULD MIND MY OWN
BUSINESS, BUT…”

“I PROBABLY SHOULDN’T SAY
THIS, BUT…”

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: COME ON, WE NEED
TO GET THE, “BUTS,” OUT

OF OUR LIFE…

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: AND START JUST DOING
WHAT WE KNOW THAT WE SHOULD DO.

LET’S JUST MAKE A DECISION,
HERE TODAY, THAT WE’RE GONNA GET

A LOT BETTER AT LETTING
THINGS GO, SO GOD CAN USHER

IN THE NEW THING THAT HE
HAS FOR US.

IT DOESN’T REALLY MAKE ANY
SENSE TO TRY TO KEEP HANGING

ON TO SOMETHING THAT GOD’S
DONE WITH BECAUSE ONCE GOD’S

FINISHED WITH IT, YOU’RE NEVER
GOING TO ENJOY IT, AMEN?

GOD’S EVEN SHOWN ME ABOUT
GIVING THINGS AWAY.

THAT ONCE HE ASKS ME
TO GIVE SOMETHING AWAY,

IF I KEEP IT AFTER THAT,
THERE’S NO LONGER ANY ANOINTING

ON IT FOR ME TO ENJOY IT.

I MAY KEEP IT AND LOOK AT IT,
BUT I WON’T ENJOY IT BECAUSE

IT DOESN’T BELONG TO ME ANYMORE,
GOD’S ALREADY SAID, “GIVE IT.”

RUSHING THROUGH ONE SEASON
TO GET TO THE NEXT ONE CAUSES

PROBLEMS, TOO.

MAYBE YOU’RE IN A WAITING
SEASON AND YOU’RE TIRED

OF WAITING, SO YOU’RE GONNA
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

OR MAYBE YOU ARE AT A JOB THAT
YOU DON’T LIKE, AND YOU’RE

JUST TIRED OF WAITING ON GOD,
SO YOU JUST DECIDE YOU’RE

GONNA QUIT ANYWAY.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES
WE JUST GET TIRED OF WAITING

AND WE JUST GO MAKE DECISIONS
THAT ARE FOOLISH.

YOU NEED TO STAY PUT
UNTIL GOD RELEASES YOU,

AND WHEN GOD RELEASES YOU,
THEN YOU NEED TO GO.

I HAD A JOB, ONE TIME,
IN MINISTRY AND I WASN’T BEING

TREATED PROPERLY AND I WANTED
SO BAD TO GET OUT OF THERE

AND GO DO MY OWN THING.

BUT I KNEW IN THE DEPTHS
OF MY HEART, GOD DID NOT WANT

ME TO GO YET BECAUSE HE HAD
NOT RELEASED ME.

WELL, BY THE TIME GOD
TOLD ME TO GO, I’D GOTTEN

TO THE POINT WHERE I LIKED IT
AND THEN I DIDN’T WANNA GO.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: SO, YOU DON’T ALWAYS
GET TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO.

NOW, HERE’S AN EXAMPLE ABOUT
RUSHING THROUGH SEASONS.

ONE YEAR, IN MISSOURI,
WE HAD A VERY WARM WINTER.

WELL, DURING THE WINTER,
WE THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT.

“THIS WAS COOL, MAN, IT’S NOT
EVEN COLD THIS WINTER.

IT’S ALMOST LIKE NOT EVEN
HAVING WINTER.”

AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS ALL
GREAT UNTIL WE DISCOVERED

IN THE SPRING THAT IT NEVER GOT
COLD ENOUGH TO KILL THE BUGS.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: SO, WE HAD BUGS, BUGS,
BUGS, AND MORE BUGS THAT SPRING.

AND WE HAD AN EPIDEMIC
OF LADYBUGS.

AND WE HAD LADY–
YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW PHARAOH

HAD FROGS IN HIS DRIVEWAY,
FROGS IN HIS OVENS,

FROGS IN HIS BED, WELL,
WE HAD LADYBUGS EVERYWHERE.

I’M NOT EXAGGERATING TO SAY
WE HAD HUNDREDS OF LADYBUGS

IN OUR HOUSE.

AND YOU KNOW, SINUS AND
ALLERGY SUFFERERS DIDN’T LIKE

IT BECAUSE IT NEVER GOT COLD
ENOUGH TO KILL OFF THE STUFF

THAT BUGGED ‘EM IN THE SPRING.

SO, IT MAY SEEM LIKE FUN TO BE
ABLE TO SKIP THROUGH ONE SEASON

AND GET TO THE OTHER ONE.

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE,
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WANNA SKIP

THROUGH THE SEASON WHERE GOD
DEALS WITH US, AND CHASTISES

US, AND CHANGES THINGS IN US.

AND THEY WANNA GO STRAIGHT
FROM BEING BORN AGAIN TO,

YOU KNOW, SOME GREAT BIG THING
IN THEIR LIFE, BUT THEY–

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE CHARISMA
THAT WILL GET YOU SOMEWHERE

BUT NOT ENOUGH CHARACTER
TO KEEP YOU THERE ONCE YOU

GET THERE.

AUDIENCE: OH…

JOYCE: COME ON, YOU WANT
ME SAY IT AGAIN?

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: YOU KNOW,
WHEN I WAS TEACHING 20 PEOPLE

IN MY LIVING ROOM FLOOR,
I COULD PREACH THEN JUST

LIKE I DO NOW.

AND I USED TO WATCH PEOPLE
ON TELEVISION,

PREACHERS ON TELEVISION,
AND I REMEMBER THINKING,

“WELL, I DON’T KNOW WHY GOD’S
GOT ME STUCK IN MY LIVING ROOM.

I CAN PREACH BETTER THAN THAT.”
WELL, THAT WAS WHY I WAS STUCK

IN MY LIVING ROOM.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: IT WASN’T THAT
I COULDN’T PREACH BUT I HAD

AN ATTITUDE.

COME ON, I’M TALKING TO YOU.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: YOU KNOW, YOU MAY
SIT OUT THERE AND THINK,

“WELL, I APPLIED FOR A JOB
ON THE WORSHIP TEAM AND THEY

DIDN’T HIRE ME AND I CAN SING
BETTER THAN ANYBODY UP THERE.”

WELL, UNTIL YOU LOSE THAT
ATTITUDE, YOU’LL KEEP SITTING

RIGHT WHERE YOU’RE SITTING
BECAUSE GOD IS MUCH MORE

CONCERNED ABOUT OUR ATTITUDE
AND OUR CHARACTER THAN HE IS,

WHAT WE CAN DO
TO IMPRESS PEOPLE.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: SO, A LOT OF TIMES
IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU’RE REAL

GIFTED AND YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND
WHY GOD’S NOT USING YOU,

MAYBE YOU BETTER DO
A CHARACTER CHECK.

ASK YOURSELF,
“HOW DO I TREAT PEOPLE?”

“HOW AM I WHEN IT COMES
TO CRITICIZING AND JUDGING

OTHER PEOPLE?”
YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE THINGS

THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO GOD.

MAN LOOKS ON THE OUTSIDE,
BUT GOD LOOKS AT THE HEART.

AMEN?

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: GOD SEES OUR HEART.

AND THAT’S WHY, SOMETIMES,
GOD WILL USE SOMEBODY THAT

YOU CAN’T FIGURE OUT WHY
IN THE WORLD HE WOULD BE USING

THEM BECAUSE THE PACKAGE
DOESN’T LOOK TOO IMPRESSIVE,

BUT GOD KNOWS THEY’VE GOT
A HEART OF GOLD.

WE NEED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION
TO OUR INNER LIFE THAN

OUR OUTER LIFE.

LISTEN, IF WE SPEND AS MUCH
TIME GETTING SPIRITUALLY READY

TO GO OUT AS WE DO CHANGING
OUR CLOTHES FIVE TIMES AND

PUTTING ON A POUND OF MAKEUP.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: YOU KNOW,
IT TAKES ME ABOUT 45 MINUTES

IN THE MORNING TO GET IT LOOKING
FROM THE WAY IT WAS WHEN

I GOT IT OUT OF BED TO…

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: TO NOW.

WELL, THANKFULLY, I DID LEARN,
A LONG TIME AGO, I SPEND USUALLY

A COUPLE HOURS WITH GOD BEFORE
I EVER GET AROUND TO TRYING

TO DRESS THIS THING UP,
BUT THERE WERE YEARS IN MY

LIFE WHEN I DIDN’T DO THAT.

AND YOU KNOW, I MIGHT HAVE PUT
MAKEUP ON IT MADE IT LOOK

GOOD, BUT IT WAS UGLY TO GOD
BECAUSE OF THE WAY I ACTED.

HELLO?

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: NO MATTER HOW
PRETTY SOMEBODY THINKS

YOU ARE AT WORK,
GOD LOOKS AT OUR ATTITUDE,

OUR CHARACTER,
HOW WE TREAT PEOPLE,

HOW WE TALK TO PEOPLE,
HOW WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE.

AND YOU WILL HAVE SEASONS
IN YOUR LIFE WHERE GOD JUST

TURNS YOU EVERY WHICH WAY,
BUT LOOSE.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: SEASONS
OF CHASTISEMENT,

SEASONS OF NOTHING GOING YOUR
WAY JUST TO SEE HOW YOU’LL ACT.

PLOWING UP
THE FALLOW GROUND,

THERE’S PLOWING
SEASONS IN OUR LIFE.

JUST IMAGINE IF YOU WERE A FIELD
FULL OF DIRT THAT HAD NEVER

BEEN PLOWED AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
A FARMER BROUGHT IN A PLOW

AND STARTED GOING THROUGH
THAT FIELD AND PLOWING IT UP.

IF YOU COULD FEEL, IT WOULDN’T
FEEL VERY GOOD.

AND THE FALLOW GROUND
IN OUR LIFE, THE HARD, ROCKY

SOIL IN OUR LIFE HAS TO ALSO
BE PLOWED UP.

HOW MANY OF YOU WANT
GOD TO USE YOU?

OKAY.

WELL, HERE’S THE THING.

THERE’S A LOT OF STUFF GOD
HAS TO DO TO YOU BEFORE HE CAN

DO VERY MUCH THROUGH YOU.

AMEN?

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: OH, MY LORD,
IF I COULD EVEN BEGIN TO EXPLAIN

TO YOU WHAT ALL I HAD
TO GO THROUGH TO BE STANDING

WHERE I’M STANDING TODAY.

OH, MY GOSH.

I HAD SUCH A BAD ATTITUDE
FROM THE WAY I’D BEEN TREATED.

I FELT SORRY FOR MYSELF.

I HAD A CHIP ON MY SHOULDER.

THE WORLD OWED ME.

I WAS REBELLIOUS ESPECIALLY,
TOWARD ANY KIND

OF MALE AUTHORITY.

WHEW.

AND GOD JUST KEPT AT IT,
AND KEPT AT IT, AND KEPT AT IT,

AND KEPT AT IT,
AND KEPT AT IT.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND WHY GOD
WASN’T TURNING ME LOOSE

ON THE WORLD.

AND I LOOK BACK NOW
AND I AM SO GLAD.

SO GLAD THAT GOD MADE ME WAIT.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: I AM SO GLAD THAT
HE DIDN’T LET ME GET INTO

A POSITION WHERE I WOULD HAVE
MADE A COMPLETE FOOL OUT

OF MYSELF AND BROUGHT SHAME
TO HIS NAME.

DON’T BE IN SUCH A HURRY
TO GET WHERE YOU’RE GOING.

TAKE THE TIME TO LET GOD
DO WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO IN YOU,

AND WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT,
HE WILL BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING

THROUGH YOU BUT YOUR SPIRITUAL
MATURITY IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT

THAN STANDING ON A PLATFORM
SOMEWHERE SHARING YOUR GIFT.

AMEN?

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: THE PLOWING SEASON.

ONCE YOU’VE PUT YOUR HAND
TO THE PLOW, THE BIBLE SAYS,

“DON’T LOOK BACK.”
LUKE 9:62, “JESUS SAID TO HIM,

‘NO ONE WHO PUTS HIS HAND
TO THE PLOW AND LOOKS BACK

IS FIT FOR THE KINGDOM.'”
WHEN YOU’RE WORKING HARD,

DON’T THINK ABOUT HOW
HARD IT IS.

THINK ABOUT THE HARVEST.

AMEN?

WHEN YOU’RE GOING THROUGH
THINGS ARE HARD, DON’T JUST–

“OH, THIS IS SO HARD.

I DON’T KNOW IF I CAN TAKE THIS.

I’M GOING TO QUIT, GOD.

I’M GONNA GIVE UP.

IT JUST DOESN’T STOP.

IF I DON’T GET A BREAKTHROUGH
TODAY, GOD, I JUST CAN’T

GO ON.

LORD, IF JOYCE DOESN’T CALL
ME OUT AND GIVE ME A WORD,

I DON’T THINK I CAN STAY SAVED.”

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: WELL, I’VE GOTTA WORD
FOR EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING

TODAY, “GROW UP.”

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

[AUDIENCE CHEERING]

JOYCE: AND I SAY THAT
TO MYSELF, TOO.

I NEVER SAY ANYTHING TO YOU
THOUGH THAT GOD HASN’T SAID

TO ME, YOU CAN BE SURE OF THAT.

AMEN?

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
WE’RE TO PLOW IN HOPE.

YOU KNOW WHAT HOPE IS?

HOPE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT
SOMETHING GOOD IS ABOUT

TO HAPPEN AT ANY MINUTE.

I LOVE THAT.

WE SHOULD LIVE WITH THAT KIND
OF EXPECTATION.

AND WHEN THINGS ARE HARD
IN OUR LIFE, WE NEED

TO GO THROUGH IT WITH HOPE,
NOT A BAD ATTITUDE.

WE NEED TO SAY, “THIS IS GONNA
WORK OUT FOR GOOD.

THIS IS HAPPENING FOR A REASON.

I NEED THIS.

I MAY NOT FEEL LIKE I NEED
IT BUT GOD’S GONNA WORK

IT OUT FOR MY GOOD.

THIS IS GONNA HELP ME GROW UP.

THIS IS GONNA HELP ME MATURE.

I’M GETTING EXPERIENCE THAT
I CAN USE LATER ON IN LIFE.”

AMEN?

YOU KNOW, THERE’S NOTHING THAT
TRUMPS EXPERIENCE.

YOU KNOW ONE OF THE REASONS
WHY YOU BELIEVE WHAT I SAY

IS BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT
I’VE BEEN THROUGH WHAT

I’M TALKING TO YOU ABOUT.

I DIDN’T JUST GO BUY A DOLLAR
SERMON BOOK AND MAKE

ALL THESE MESSAGES UP.

I’VE LIVED THIS STUFF.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: AND WHEN I TELL
YOU THAT GOD WILL WORK

EVERYTHING OUT FOR YOUR
GOOD IF YOU TRUST HIM,

I KNOW, FROM EXPERIENCE,
THAT GOD WILL WORK

EVERYTHING OUT FOR GOOD
IF YOU TRUST HIM TO DO IT.

WHEN I TELL YOU THAT IF YOU
WON’T QUIT AND YOU WON’T

GIVE UP YOUR TIME OF HARVEST
WILL COME, I CAN PROMISE YOU

THAT YOUR TIME OF HARVEST
WILL COME.

AND WHILE YOU’RE PLOWING,
YOU CAN PLOW IN HOPE.

1 CORINTHIANS 9:10,
“DOES HE NOT CERTAINLY SPEAK

FOR OUR SAKE?

IT WAS WRITTEN FOR OUR SAKE,
BECAUSE THE PLOWMAN SHOULD

PLOW IN HOPE AND THE THRESHERS
SHOULD THRESH IN HOPE

OF SHARING IN THE CROP.”
I LOVE THAT.

FALLOW GROUND HAS
TO BE PLOWED UP.

AND WHEN IT’S BEING PLOWED UP,
IT’S NOT THAT MUCH FUN.

IT’S DIFFICULT.

LEARNING HOW TO OBEY GOD
IS DIFFICULT.

BUT ONCE YOU LEARN HOW
TO PROMPTLY AND QUICKLY, OBEY

GOD, LIFE GETS SWEET, SWEET.

YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER TO EVERY
PROBLEM IS, FIND OUT WHAT

GOD’S SAYING AND DO IT.

HOSEA 10:12, “SOW FOR YOURSELVES
RIGHTEOUSNESS;

REAP STEADFAST LOVE;
BREAK UP YOUR FALLOW GROUND,

FOR IT IS TIME TO SEEK THE LORD,
THAT HE MAY COME AND RAIN

RIGHTEOUSNESS UPON YOU.”
THAT MEANS GET PREPARED

FOR BLESSINGS.

MAYBE RIGHT NOW, YOUR FALLOW
GROUND IS YOU’RE ANGRY

AT SOMEBODY AND YOU JUST
WON’T LET IT GO.

I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE
ARE IN HERE TODAY THAT NEED

TO FORGIVE SOMEBODY.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: OKAY, LET ME TELL
YOU SOMETHING.

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT
WE HAVE AS BELIEVERS,

IS UNFORGIVENESS,
STAYING OFFENDED,

BEING MAD AT PEOPLE.

I MEAN, IT IS THE NUMBER
ONE PROBLEM IN THE CHURCH.

IF WE WOULD ALL LEARN HOW
TO FORGIVE QUICKLY AS CHRIST

FORGIVES US–
COME ON.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IN THE WORLD,

IF CHRISTIANS ACTUALLY STARTED
TO LOVE EACH OTHER?

WOW, IMAGINE THAT.

THEN OUR BUMPER STICKER MIGHT
MEAN SOMETHING TO SOMEBODY.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: BUT AS LONG AS ALL
WE’VE GOT IS A BUNCHA STUFF

HANGING ALL OVER US THAT SAYS,
“I’M A CHRISTIAN,

I’M A CHRISTIAN,”
ALL WE DO IS GET WATCHED.

SO, IF YOU’RE GONNA PUT
A BUMPER STICKER ON YOUR CAR,

YOU BETTER NOT BREAK THE SPEED
LIMIT AND CUSS AT PEOPLE.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: COME ON, YOU MAY NOT
LIKE EVERYTHING I SAY,

BUT YOU WON’T BE CONFUSED.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: COME ON,
LET’S CAMP HERE FOR A MINUTE.

IT’S TIME TO FORGIVE.

IT’S TIME TO LET IT GO.

IT’S TIME TO GET OVER IT
AND GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE.

“WELL, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT
THEY DID TO ME.”

NO, I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S BEEN
DONE TO YOU, BUT I DO KNOW

WHAT WAS DONE TO ME,
AND I KNOW WHAT’S BEEN

DONE TO A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE,
AND I ALSO KNOW WHAT WE’VE

DONE TO JESUS.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: THERE’S NO REASON
FOR ANYBODY–

YOU CANNOT FIND
AN EXCUSE GOOD ENOUGH,

TO HANG ON TO ANGER.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: COME ON,
YOU CAN’T FIND AN EXCUSE.

“WELL, YOU JUST DON’T KNOW.”
BUT YOU SEE, IT’S NOT THAT

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU
IS NOT IMPORTANT.

BUT HERE’S THE THING.

WHEN YOU FORGIVE, YOU’RE NOT
DOING YOUR ENEMY A FAVOR,

YOU’RE HELPING YOURSELF.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: I WROTE A BOOK
ON FORGIVENESS AND I CALLED IT,

“DO YOURSELF A FAVOR
AND FORGIVE.”

WE’RE HELPING OURSELVES
WHEN WE OBEY GOD.

EVERYTHING THAT GOD TELLS
US TO DO–

YOU SAY, “BUT, I JUST CAN’T GET
OVER IT.”

OKAY, MAYBE YOU CAN’T GET
OVER THE FEELINGS RIGHT AWAY,

BUT I’LL TELL YOU WHAT
WILL HAPPEN, IF YOU’LL START

TO DO WHAT GOD TELLS YOU TO DO.

YOU START PRAYING FOR THE PEOPLE
THAT YOU’RE MAD AT AND SEE

HOW LONG YOU CAN HATE ‘EM.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: COME ON, YOU START
PRAYING FOR ‘EM EVERYDAY.

YOU PRAY FOR THEM TO BE BLESSED.

YOU PRAY FOR GOD TO BLESS ‘EM.

AND IF AN OPPORTUNITY
COMES ALONG, AND THERE’S

SOMETHING THEY NEED AND YOU
CAN MEET THAT NEED,

YOU GO MEET THAT NEED.

EVEN IF IT GIVES YOUR FLESH
THE CREEPY-CRAWLIES,

YOU GO AND DO IT.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: ‘CAUSE THAT’S EXACTLY
HOW YOU BREAK THE POWER

OF SATAN OFF OF YOUR LIFE WHEN
YOU START ACTING LIKE JESUS.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: AMEN?

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: COME ON, IF YOU’RE
THE PASTOR OF A LOCAL CHURCH,

AND SOMEBODY THAT YOU’VE
NURTURED UP IN THE LORD,

AND BEEN LIKE A SON TO YOU
IN THE LORD, HE TAKES HALF

YOUR CONGREGATION
AND MOVES DOWN THE STREET,

BUY HIM A NEW SOUND SYSTEM.

COME ON, YOU CAN’T–
LOVE NEVER FAILS.

HATRED, RESENTMENT,
BITTERNESS ALWAYS FAIL,

BUT LOVE NEVER FAILS.

GOD HAS GIVEN US A WEAPON
LIKE NO OTHER WEAPON,

AND IT’S THE WARFARE OF LOVE.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: AND NOT ONLY THAT,
IT’S JUST FLAT-OUT FUN.

IT’S JUST FUN TO MAKE THE DEVIL
MAD AND HAVE HIM HAVE TO SIT

AROUND AND WATCH YOU LOVE
SOMEBODY THAT’S MISTREATED YOU.

OO-HOO.

WHAT SEASON ARE YOU IN NOW
OR IS GOD DEALING WITH YOU

ABOUT BEING LESS SELFISH?

NO ANSWERS, OKAY.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: HOW ‘BOUT BEING MORE
DISCIPLINED?

HMM…

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: HOW ‘BOUT GETTING
OUT OF DEBT?

MMM…

WELL, THEN YOU GOTTA
QUIT FLIPPING PLASTIC

EVERYWHERE YOU GO.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

JOYCE: IT’S SO MUCH FUN
TO SAY, “PUT IT ON MY ACCOUNT,”

BUT THE BILL COMES.

AMEN?

HOW ABOUT HAS GOD BEEN DEALING
WITH ANYBODY ABOUT IT’S TIME

TO GET HEALTHY, TIME TO START
TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF?

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

JOYCE: HOW MANY OF YOU
GOD’S DEALING WITH YOU TO STOP

EATING JUNK ALL THE TIME?

SO, DON’T FIGHT THE SEASONS
OF YOUR LIFE.

AND REMEMBER THAT–
DON’T EVER THINK THAT YOU

CAN ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU’VE
ALWAYS DONE BECAUSE THINGS

ARE GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE.

AND WHEN THEY DO,
DON’T FIGHT IT.

IT JUST MAKES YOU MISERABLE
IF YOU FIGHT IT.

GINGER: JOYCE
IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

CHANGE IS INEVITABLE.

THINGS IN OUR LIVES
ARE GOING TO CHANGE.

BUT THE HARDEST THING IS,
WHEN THEY DO,

TO STOP FIGHTING IT.

SOMETIMES, WE JUST NEED
TO GO WITH WHAT GOD

WANTS TO DO IN OUR LIFE.

SO, TRY TO REMEMBER,
IT’S EXPERIENCE THAT

WE’LL NEED LATER IN LIFE.

IT WILL PREPARE US FOR
THE WONDERFUL FUTURE

THAT GOD HAS FOR US.

BUT THERE IS NO DOUBT,
CHANGE IS HARD SOMETIMES.

BUT GOD NEVER LEAVES
US IN A HARD PLACE.

HE’S CONSTANTLY MOVING
US THROUGH THIS

JOURNEY CALLED LIFE.

JOYCE HAS A BOOK
THAT’S REALLY GOOD

AND IT’S A REALLY EASY READ.

IS CALLED “ENJOY YOUR JOURNEY.”
AND IT HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND

THERE ARE WONDERFUL
THINGS IN EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND SHE ALSO HAS A TEACHING
THAT WE ARE GOING TO OFFER

TOGETHER WITH THAT BOOK
TODAY, CALLED “PRESSING

IN AND PRESSING ON.”
IT’S THREE AUDIO

TEACHINGS ON DIGITAL,
AND THEY ARE GOING

TO HELP YOU CONTINUE TO GO,
WHEN YOU MIGHT

FEEL LIKE GIVING UP.

YOU NEED A LITTLE HELP
“PRESSING IN AND PRESSING ON”?

THIS IS THE OFFER FOR YOU.

SO, PICK IT UP TODAY.

NOW, DON’T GO AWAY
BECAUSE AFTER THE BREAK,

YOU’LL MEET A SOLDIER WHO
RETURNED FROM IRAQ ONLY

TO FIGHT A NEW BATTLE
HERE AT HOME.

THAT’S COMING UP NEXT.

ANNOUNCER: LIFE
IS A JOURNEY WITH

MANY UPS AND DOWNS,
AND IT’S UP TO US TO LEARN

TO ENJOY IT.

JOHN 10:10 TELLS US THAT
JESUS CAME SO THAT

WE MIGHT HAVE AND ENJOY
AN ABUNDANT LIFE.

DISCOVER BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES
FOR LIVING A FULFILLING

AND JOY-FILLED LIFE
WITH JOYCE’S SMALL BOOK,

“ENJOY YOUR JOURNEY.”
START ENJOYING WHERE YOU ARE,

ON THE WAY TO WHERE
YOU’RE GOING.

ALONG WITH THE BOOK,
YOU’LL ALSO RECEIVE

JOYCE’S THREE-PART
AUDIO TEACHING SERIES

“PRESSING IN AND PRESSING ON.”
LEARN TO PRESS INTO GOD’S

INCREDIBLE PURPOSE
FOR YOUR FUTURE.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO SETTLE
FOR A MEDIOCRE LIFE IF YOU

PUT THESE PRACTICAL
PRINCIPLES INTO ACTION.

THESE AUDIO TEACHINGS
WILL BE AVAILABLE

TO YOU ANY TIME IN YOUR
JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES

APP LIBRARY, SO YOU CAN LISTEN
WHENEVER YOU’D LIKE.

THESE RESOURCES ARE
AVAILABLE FOR YOUR GIFT

TO THE MINISTRY OF…

OR MORE.

CONNECT WITH US TODAY.

VISIT ONLINE
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG,

OR CALL…

[TAPE REWINDING]

GINGER: SO,
YOU’VE NEVER BEEN

TO A LOVE LIFE
WOMEN’S CONFERENCE?

WHAT?

WELL, THIS IS THE ONE.

THIS IS THE 40th
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION,

AND IT IS GOING
TO BE BIG.

AND WE’RE BACK
IN ST. LOUIS WHERE

JOYCE BEGAN IT ALL.

REGISTER NOW
AT JOYCEMEYER.ORG.

ANNOUNCER: SOME PEOPLE
JUST PUSH YOUR BUTTONS.

AND NO MATTER HOW HARD
YOU TRY TO LOVE THEM,

THEY TAKE YOU FROM ZERO
TO ON-EDGE IN NO TIME FLAT.

SO, HOW DO YOU SEE
THE GOOD IN PEOPLE WHEN

IT’S REALLY HARD TO FIND?

JOYCE MEYER WANTS
TO SHOW YOU IN HER NEW BOOK,

“LOVING PEOPLE WHO
ARE HARD TO LOVE,”

A STEP-BY-STEP SURVIVAL
GUIDE TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE

THOSE DIFFICULT RELATIONSHIPS
AND A WORLD IN NEED

OF GOD’S LOVE.

LOVING THAT DIFFICULT PERSON
MAY NOT CHANGE THE WORLD

BUT IT COULD CHANGE YOURS
AND THEIRS.

“LOVING PEOPLE WHO
ARE HARD TO LOVE,”

PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY.

GINGER: LONG AFTER
THE BATTLE IS OVER,

A GROWING NUMBER
OF OUR NATION’S HEROES,

RETURN FROM ACTIVE
DUTY FACING THE MOST

FEARSOME ENEMY OF ALL,
THE BATTLE BEING

WAGED IN THEIR MINDS.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE
YOU’RE MAKING THROUGH

A CHRIST-CENTERED PROGRAM
HELPING VETERANS REGAIN

THEIR SOLID FOOTING IN LIFE.

SEAN: THINGS HAPPEN
IN THE MILITARY THAT

YOU CAN’T EXPECT.

I’M DEPLOYED TO IRAQ
AS A GUNNER.

GOT HURT.

AND THEN, WHEN I GOT OUT,
I WAS DEPRESSED, ON PAIN PILLS,

AND I WAS IN MY ROOM FOR
TWO YEARS, AND WOULDN’T LEAVE.

I FELT LIKE THE MILITARY
GAVE ME A PURPOSE.

LIKE I WAS PROUD TO STRAP
MY BOOTS ON EVERY DAY.

AND THEN, ONCE I DIDN’T HAVE
THAT NO MORE, I WAS JUST LOST.

ANNOUNCER: EVEN THOUGH
THE THREAT OF PHYSICAL WAR

IS OVER, WHEN SOLDIERS LIKE,
SEAN O’NEILL, COME HOME,

A NEW WAR OFTEN AWAITS THEM,
ONE THAT ATTACKS THEIR MINDS,

AND HOLDS THEIR FUTURES HOSTAGE.

HAND OF HOPE, THE OUTREACH ARM
OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES

AND THE LOS ANGELES DREAM CENTER
HAVE JOINED FORCES

TO PROVIDE A PLACE OF REFUGE
FOR VETERANS LIKE SEAN.

MATTHEW: THE TRANSITIONAL
LIVING CENTER AT THE DREAM

CENTER IS REALLY ALLOWING THEM,
FIRST OF ALL, TO GET OFF

THE STREETS AND GET OUT
OF HOMELESSNESS, AND JUST

START REBUILDING THEIR LIVES.

NOT ONLY TO MINISTER
TO THEIR NEED BUT MINISTER

TO THEIR POTENTIAL.

SO, WHEN THEY COME HERE,
WE GIVE ‘EM A PLACE TO LIVE,

WE HELP THEM WITH BANK
ACCOUNTS AND BASIC EVERYDAY

TYPE OF THINGS TO HELP
THEM REBUILD THEIR LIVES.

WE HAVE A COMPUTER LAB SET
UP TO HELP THEM RESEARCH

WHAT’S GOING ON.

AND A FAITH-BASED PLACE FOR
THESE GUYS TO GROW SPIRITUALLY.

AND JUST GETTING AWAY–
CUZ SO MANY OF THEM LIVE

IN SKID ROW AND UNDER BRIDGES
AND GETTING THEM ON A CAMPUS.

ENVIRONMENT’S THE VERY THING
THAT CHANGES PEOPLE THE MOST,

I THINK, IS JUST BEING
IN THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT.

YOUR KIND OF NATURALLY PUSHED
TO GREATNESS BECAUSE THAT’S

THE CORE VALUE OF THE CAMPUS.

SEAN: I AM DIAGNOSED
WITH PTSD, I’M TECHNICALLY 100%,

SO YEAH.

AT FIRST, IT WAS HARD–
IT WAS REALLY HARD.

LIKE THERE’D BE DAYS
WHERE I WOULDN’T WANT

TO TALK TO NOBODY.

I WOULDN’T WANNA TO ANYTHING.

BUT NOW, I CAN JUST COME TALK
TO ONE OF MY LEADERS HERE,

AND THEY’LL PRAY, AND THEN,
THEY JUST SHOWER YOU

WITH LOVE AND PATIENCE.

AND THEN, YOU JUST LIKE–
THEY TAKE THEIR TIME WITH YOU.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

YOU CAN WORK ON GETTING
YOUR MIND RIGHT.

WORK ON GETTING, YOU KNOW,
FILLING YOURSELF UP WITH

THE SPIRIT LIKE, YOU KNOW,
YOU WORK ON SETTING–GETTING

A GOOD FOUNDATION, YOU KNOW.

SO, IT’S A GREAT PLACE.

MATTHEW: TO BE ABLE
TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS

AND NOT HAVE TO WAIT
ON THE GOVERNMENT

TO TELL US HOW TO DO IT,
IS A BEAUTIFUL JOY OF A

FAITH-BASED PLACE LIKE THIS.

CHANGE DOESN’T HAPPEN
WITH JUST ALLOWING PEOPLE

TO HAVE A PLACE TO STAY
OR BED TO LIVE IN,

BUT IT COMES THROUGH
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK
YOU FOR ALLOWING THIS

DREAM TO BECOME REALITY.

AND BECAUSE OF YOUR GIVING,
PEOPLE LIKE US ARE ABLE

TO STAY ON THE FRONT LINES
IN HELPING PEOPLE,

BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU
THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN.

GINGER: IT IS REALLY
WONDERFUL TO SEE HOW

GOD RESTORES THESE
VETERANS’ LIVES.

I REMEMBER MEETING SEAN
AND AS HE SPOKE ABOUT HIS PAIN,

JUST BEING HEARTBROKEN FOR
WHAT HE AND SO MANY OTHER

PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH.

BUT THERE IS A WAY THAT
WE CAN SHARE HOPE WITH THEM.

AND WE DON’T WANT TO JUST
LET THEM SUFFER ON THEIR OWN,

WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING
THAT WE CAN.

YOU SEE, GOD TAKES ALL THEIR
PAIN AND SUFFERING,

AND HE CAN TURN IT AROUND
GIVING THESE SOLDIERS WHO’VE

GIVEN SO MUCH TO OUR NATION
A NEW BEGINNING IN HIM.

WHEN YOU JOIN WITH US
AT JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES,

WITH YOUR FINANCIAL GIVING,
YOU’RE LITERALLY CHANGING LIVES.

AND YOU’RE PART
OF WHAT WE JUST SAW.

YOU SEE, WE WORK TOGETHER
WITH THE DREAM CENTER

OF LOS ANGELES.

WE WORK TOGETHER WITH YOU.

AND GOD USES
ALL OF US TOGETHER

TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

OUR HAND OF HOPE OUTREACHES
TOUCH EVERY AREA OF LIFE,

FROM FEEDING
AND EDUCATING CHILDREN,

TO FRESH WATER WELLS,
MEDICAL CARE,

DISASTER RELIEF,
SO MUCH MORE.

AND WHAT YOU JUST SAW TODAY,
HELPING VETERANS, LIKE SEAN.

YOUR SPECIAL GIFT TODAY
WILL DO MORE THAN YOU

EVER REALIZED POSSIBLE.

SO, WHEN YOU GIVE A GIFT
TO JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES,

TO OUR HAND OF HOPE
OUTREACHES,

YOU ARE MAKING A LONG-TERM
INVESTMENT INTO

PEOPLES’ LIVES,
WHO NEED TO KNOW THAT

THERE IS HOPE FOR THEM.

REACH OUT TO US RIGHT NOW.

LET US KNOW THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO DO WHAT YOU CAN.

NO GIFT IS TOO LARGE
OR TOO SMALL.

WE JUST LOVE HEARING
FROM YOU.

ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU
ENJOYED TODAY’S PROGRAM.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT
JOYCEMEYER.ORG.

THIS PROGRAM HAS
BEEN MADE POSSIBLE

BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS
OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.