No matter what you’re going through, God is on your side! Learn how His Word can help you remain peaceful and emotionally stable. Watch this episode of Enjoying Everyday Life with Joyce Meyer.
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.
EXCESSIVE TALKING ABOUT
THE WRONG THINGS, IS POSSIBLY
ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS.
LET ME SAY IT AGAIN.
EXCESSIVE TALKING ABOUT
WRONG THINGS, IS POSSIBLY ONE
OF OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS.
IT’S ALL RIGHT TO VENT A LITTLE
BIT IF YOU’RE HURTING, OR YOU’RE
GOING THROUGH SOMETHIN’,
OR TELL SOMEBODY TO ASK
‘EM TO PRAY FOR YOU.
BUT TO TALK ABOUT IT,
JUST TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT,
ALL IT DOES IS JUST KEEP YOU
FOCUSED ON IT.
AND THE MORE YOU FOCUS ON IT,
THE BIGGER IT BECOMES.
HERE’S A WONDERFUL STORY
ABOUT JESUS.
MARK 5:35 AND 36, “WHILE HE WAS
STILL SPEAKING, THERE CAME SOME
FROM THE RULER’S HOUSE,
WHO SAID [TO JAIRUS],
YOUR DAUGHTER HAS DIED.”
NOW, JAIRUS WAS A MAN WHO
WENT TO JESUS AND SAID,
“MY DAUGHTER IS VERY ILL,
WOULD YOU COME AND HEAL HER?”
AND JESUS WAS ALWAYS WILLING
TO HELP PEOPLE.
HE ALWAYS STOPPED WHAT
HE WAS DOING.
HE WAS VERY INTERRUPTABLE.
AND SO, HE SAID, “YES, HE WOULD
GO TO JAIRUS’ HOUSE,
AND HEAL THE GIRL.”
AND WHILE THEY WERE
ON THEIR WAY,
SOME PEOPLE CAME
AND SAID, “WELL, IT’S TOO LATE,
THERE’S NO NEED TO GO.
THE GIRL HAS DIED.
DON’T BOTHER AND DISTRESS
THE TEACHER ANY FURTHER.”
NOW, LISTEN TO THIS,
“OVERHEARING BUT IGNORING
WHAT THEY SAID, JESUS SAID
TO THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE.”
SO, JESUS HEARD WHAT THEY SAID,
BUT IT SAYS HE,
“IGNORED WHAT THEY SAID.”
SO, IT MIGHT SOUND FUNNY
TO SAY THIS, AND I DON’T MEAN
IN A WRONG WAY,
BUT HOW ABOUT IF YOU JUST
IGNORE YOUR PROBLEM?
HOW ABOUT IF YOU JUST IGNORE
THAT BAD REPORT THAT YOU GOT?
OR MAYBE YOU HEARD ABOUT
THE POSSIBILITY OF A LAY OFF
AT WORK?
WELL, DON’T FOCUS ON THAT,
AND JUST KEEP TALKIN’, TALKIN’,
TALKIN’, TALKIN’ ABOUT IT.
JUST PRAY AND THEN JUST LET
IT GO AND TRUST GOD THAT
HE’LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
“OVERHEARING BUT IGNORING
WHAT THEY SAID, JESUS SAID
TO THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE,
‘DO NOT BE SEIZED WITH ALARM
AND STRUCK WITH FEAR;
JUST KEEP ON BELIEVING.'”
WELL, THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS,
WE CAN DO IF WE DON’T
KNOW WHAT TO DO,
IS JUST KEEP ON BELIEVING.
YOU KNOW,
WHEN THEY WERE WAITING
TO SEE WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN
WITH LAZARUS,
AFTER HE HAD DIED AND THEY
WENT TO JESUS AND SAID,
“OH, LAZARUS IS DEAD.”
AND JESUS KNEW THAT HE WAS DEAD,
HE’D HEARD ABOUT IT FOUR
DAYS PRIOR TO THAT.
BUT HE DIDN’T GO AND
DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
AND THEY WERE LIKE,
“LORD, IF YOU WOULD’VE JUST
COME, HE WOULDN’T HAVE DIED.”
AND JESUS TOLD ‘EM NOT
TO WORRY ABOUT IT,
THAT HE WOULD GO
AND TAKE CARE OF IT.
AND THEY SAID,
“WELL, LORD, BY NOW, HE STINKS.”
THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO NOW,
HE’S BEEN DEAD FOUR DAYS.
THERE’S AN OFFENSIVE ODOR
COMIN’ FROM THAT TOMB.
AND JESUS SAID, “DID I NOT
TELL YOU THAT IF YOU WOULD
ONLY BELIEVE YOU WOULD
SEE THE GLORY OF GOD?”
THAT’S IN JOHN 11:40.
I LOVE THAT.
WHAT CAN YOU DO WHEN YOU
DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO?
BELIEVE.
BELIEVE THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU
DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO,
GOD DOES.
YOU KNOW, THERE’S SO MANY
THINGS GOING ON IN OUR
WORLD TODAY THAT ARE
CONFUSING AND PERPLEXING.
AND SO MANY PEOPLE WONDER,
“WELL WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN?
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?”
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DON’T KNOW.
PEOPLE HAVE A TENDENCY
TO ASK PEOPLE LIKE ME,
EXPECTING TO GET AN ANSWER.
BUT I DON’T KNOW,
BUT I DO KNOW GOD.
AND I KNOW HE LOVES US.
AND I KNOW THAT HE KNOWS
WHAT TO DO.
AND SO, EVEN IF YOU DON’T KNOW
WHAT TO DO, AS LONG AS YOU KNOW
THE PERSON, WHO DOES KNOW
WHAT TO DO, YOU’RE STILL
IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.
“ONLY BELIEVE AND YOU WILL
SEE THE GLORY OF GOD.”
SOME OF YOU HAVE FOCUSED,
ON YOUR PROBLEM FOR SO MUCH,
THAT YOU JUST KINDA LOST
YOUR FAITH.
AND YOU NEED TO GO BACK
TO JUST TRUSTING GOD.
AND I BELIEVE IN SAYING
THINGS OUT LOUD.
I THINK IT REINFORCES THEM
IN OUR LIFE.
AND YOU CAN SAY OUT LOUD,
“LORD, I BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE
GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT
THIS SITUATION.
I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE
TO DO LORD,
BUT I KNOW I CAN BELIEVE.
SO, I PUT MY TRUST IN YOU.”
HEBREWS 12:2 SAYS,
“LOOKING AWAY [FROM ALL THAT
WILL DISTRACT] UNTO JESUS.”
SEE, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR
PROBLEM TOO MUCH THEN
IT DISTRACTS YOU FROM JESUS.
“LOOKING AWAY [FROM ALL THAT
WILL DISTRACT] UNTO JESUS,
WHO IS THE LEADER AND THE SOURCE
OF OUR FAITH [GIVING THE FIRST
INCENTIVE FOR OUR BELIEF]
AND IS ALSO ITS FINISHER
[BRINGING IT, TO MATURITY
AND PERFECTION].”
LOOKING AWAY FROM ALL THE
PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD THAT
WILL DISTRACT YOU FROM JESUS
BECAUSE HE IS THE AUTHOR
AND THE FINISHER OF OUR FAITH.
GOD HAS STARTED SOMETHING
GOOD IN YOUR LIFE,
AND HE WILL FINISH IT,
IF YOU KEEP YOUR EYES ON HIM.
AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE
SOME VERY PRESSING PROBLEMS.
MAYBE, YOU’VE HAD A VERY BAD
REPORT FROM THE DOCTOR.
AND THE DEVIL IS JUST SCREAMING
IN YOUR EAR, “THERE’S JUST
NO WAY, THERE’S NO WAY,
THERE’S NO WAY.”
WELL, JESUS IS THE WAY.
HE SAID, “I AM THE WAY,
I AM THE TRUTH,
AND I AM THE LIFE.
NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER
BUT BY ME.”
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN NOBODY ELSE IS ON YOUR
SIDE, JESUS IS ON YOUR SIDE.
AND YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES
TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS
PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE.
YOU ARE STRONGER THAN YOU THINK.
AND YOU HAVE WISDOM.
WISDOM IS YOUR GIFT FROM GOD
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.
AND GOD WILL SHOW YOU WHAT TO
DO, OR HE WILL DO IT FOR YOU,
ONE OF THE TWO.
“HE, FOR THE JOY [OF OBTAINING
THE PRIZE] THAT WAS SET BEFORE
HIM, ENDURED THE CROSS,
DESPISING AND IGNORING THE
SHAME, AND IS NOW SEATED
AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE THRONE
OF GOD.”
WELL, JESUS DESPISED WHAT HE HAD
TO GO THROUGH.
IT WAS SHAMEFUL.
HE TOOK ALL OF OUR SIN
UPON HIMSELF.
I CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE HOW AWFUL,
THAT HAD TO BE FOR HIM–
HOW HE SUFFERED.
AND WE SHOULD BE SO THANKFUL,
EVERY DAY OF OUR LIFE,
FOR WHAT JESUS DID FOR US.
BUT HE SAID HE DID IT–
HE ENDURED IT FOR THE JOY
OF THE PRIZE, THAT WAS GONNA
COME LATER ON IN HIS LIFE.
AND NOW HE’S ENJOYING
THAT PRIZE.
HE IS RIGHT NOW,
RIGHT THIS MOMENT,
WHILE WE TALK,
SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND
OF THE FATHER IN HEAVEN.
SATAN USES PAIN AND PROBLEMS,
TO DISTRACT US FROM WHAT OUR
MAIN THEME IN LIFE SHOULD BE,
AND THAT’S JESUS.
NOW, LET’S TALK
ABOUT MEDITATION.
THAT’S NOT JUST A WORD
THAT FALSE RELIGIONS USE,
OR SOMETHING THAT’S BAD.
WE HEAR ABOUT MEDITATING AND
THINK, “OH, THAT’S NOT GOOD.”
WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT’S JUST
A PLOT FROM THE DEVIL,
TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM DOING IT.
GOD WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT
SAID TO MEDITATE.
AND HE SAID TO, “MEDITATE ON HIS
WORD, DAY AND NIGHT,”
THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW IT,
AND SEE IT, AND THEN DO IT.
THE MORE YOU MEDITATE
ON THE WORD OF GOD,
THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE
TO HAVE THE STRENGTH,
TO DO WHAT THE WORD SAYS.
BUT NO, WHAT DOES SATAN
WANT US TO DO?
HE WANTS US TO MEDITATE
ON OUR PROBLEMS.
YOU KNOW, THE WORD ‘MEDITATE’
JUST LITERALLY MEAN TO ROLL
SOMETHING OVER, AND OVER,
AND OVER IN YOUR MIND.
WELL, THAT’S WHAT WORRYING IS.
SO, IF YOU KNOW HOW TO WORRY,
YOU KNOW HOW TO MEDITATE.
NOW, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS,
INSTEAD OF ROLLING YOUR PROBLEM
OVER AND OVER IN YOUR MIND AND
THINKING, “WHAT AM I GONNA DO?
WHAT AM I GONNNA DO?”
DO THAT WITH THE WORD OF GOD.
TAKE ANY SECTION
OF THE WORD OF GOD.
LIKE, MAYBE, PROVERBS 3:5-7,
“TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL
YOUR HEART AND MIND,
AND LEAN NOT TO YOUR OWN
UNDERSTANDING, IN ALL YOUR WAYS
ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE WILL
DIRECT YOUR PATH.
BE NOT WISE IN YOUR OWN EYES.”
I LOVE THAT.
IT’S ALMOST LIKE–
LIKE, I LOVE VERSE SEVEN,
“BE NOT WISE IN YOUR OWN EYES.”
IT’S LIKE, YOU’RE REALLY NOT
SMART ENOUGH TO RUN YOUR
OWN LIFE, SO JUST STOP TRYING
TO FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT
AND PUT YOUR TRUST IN GOD.
BOY, I TELL YOU, REASONING CAN
GET YOU IN DEEP, DEEP TROUBLE.
THE MORE YOU TRY TO REASON
THINGS OUT,
THE MORE CONFUSED YOU GET.
AND EVEN WHEN GOD IS TRYING
TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER
TO YOUR PROBLEM,
YOU CAN’T DISCERN IT OR HEAR
WHAT HE’S SAYING BECAUSE YOU’RE,
TOO BUSY WORRYING.
THE BIBLE TEACHES US TO MEDITATE
ON GOD’S WORD, ON HIS WORKS,
AND ON OUR CALLING,
AND OUR DUTIES.
AND ON OUR CALLING,
AND OUR DUTIES.
YOU KNOW, HERE IN THE STUDIO,
TODAY, I’VE DONE THREE
TEACHINGS, FOR THREE DAYS OF TV.
AND I PUT ALL THREE OF THESE
MESSAGES TOGETHER,
AND PUT IT ON MY COMPUTER,
AND I LOST TWO OF THEM.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT I DID.
I DO WEIRD THINGS SOMETIMES.
I TYPE REALLY FAST.
AND SO, SOMETIMES I HIT BUTTONS,
I DON’T KNOW I HIT,
AND HIGHLIGHT THINGS.
AND THEN, HIT ANOTHER WRONG
BUTTON, WIPE EVERYTHING OUT,
AND CAN’T GET IT BACK.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT’S VERY
DISAPPOINTING WHEN YOU DO THAT.
BECAUSE THAT PROBABLY
REPRESENTED, I DON’T KNOW,
MAYBE, FOUR HOURS OF WORK.
WELL, THEN I HAD
TO DO ‘EM ALL OVER.
AND SO, THEN, I HAD THE THREE
MESSAGES, AND I STUDIED
THEM YESTERDAY.
AND I GOT UP EARLY THIS MORNING,
AND I STUDIED THEM AGAIN
THIS MORNING.
AND IN BETWEEN EACH TEACHING,
I WOULD SIT IN THE LITTLE
GREEN ROOM HERE,
AND I WOULD GO OVER IT TO COME
OUT AND SHARE IT WITH YOU AGAIN.
SO, I MEDITATED ON THESE
MESSAGES OVER, AND OVER,
AND OVER.
I HAVE PREACHED THESE TO MYSELF,
OVER, AND OVER, AND OVER,
SO, I CAN COME AND PREACH
THEM TO YOU.
WHAT I SHARE WITH YOU,
WOULDN’T HAVE ANY POWER ON IT,
IF I JUST GOT UP AND GRAB
SOMETHING THAT MAYBE I’VE TAUGHT
SOMETIME, AND CAME IN HERE
AND JUST TRIED TO DELIVER IT.
THE MORE YOU MEDITATE
ON SOMETHING, THE BETTER
YOU’RE GONNA BE AT IT.
AND IF YOU WANNA REALLY
BE GOOD AT SOMETHING,
THEN MEDITATE ON IT.
IF YOU WANNA BE REALLY GOOD
AT HAVING PROBLEMS,
THEN JUST WORRY ABOUT
‘EM ALL THE TIME.
BUT IF YOU WANNA BE REALLY
GOOD AT ENJOYING YOUR LIFE,
THEN MEDITATE ON THE FACT THAT
THERE ARE OVER 7,000 PROMISES
IN THE WORD OF GOD, OF GOOD
THINGS THAT GOD WILL DO FOR YOU,
IF YOU WILL ONLY BELIEVE.