ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: THANK GOD FOR HIS WORD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT WE CAN OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD
AND EVEN WHEN WE DON'T UNDERSTAND AND IT HURTS SO BAD
WE CAN'T HARDLY STAND IT, WE CAN STILL SAY,
"I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES."
ANNOUNCER: MAKE PLANS NOW TO SPEND YOUR FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY WITH JOYCE.
THREE UNIQUE SESSIONS OF INSPIRING TEACHING,
HEARTFELT WORSHIP, AND ENCOURAGING
BEHIND-THE-SCENES MOMENTS AT THE JOYCE MEYER CONFERENCE.
COMING TO HAMPTON, VIRGINIA MARCH 24 AND 25
WITH WORSHIP BY PHIL WICKHAM.
THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU SEE ON TV
AT THE JOYCE MEYER CONFERENCE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG/CONFERENCE
OR CALL...
ANNOUNCER: ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10, HOW WOULD YOU RATE
TODAY?
WELL, WHETHER YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD DAY OR NOT,
JOYCE MEYER WANTS TO TEACH YOU 20 WAYS TO MAKE EVERY DAY
BETTER, PRACTICAL ADVICE THAT YOU CAN APPLY RIGHT NOW
TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE NO MATTER HOW YOUR DAY IS GOING.
PICK IT UP FOR YOU OR TO BRIGHTEN SOMEONE
ELSE'S DAY.
THEN, WITH GOD'S HELP, TURN BAD DAYS INTO GOOD
AND GOOD DAYS INTO GREAT WITH "20 WAYS TO MAKE
EVERY DAY BETTER," NEW FROM JOYCE MEYER.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TODAY,
NOT ONLY HERE BUT PERHAPS WATCHING BY TELEVISION,
YOU'VE HAD SOMETHING REALLY TRAGIC OR HARD
OR DIFFICULT OR UNFAIR HAPPEN TO YOU.
AND YOU'RE STUCK.
YOU'RE STUCK IN THAT PLACE, "I DON'T UNDERSTAND,
I DON'T UNDERSTAND, I DON'T UNDERSTAND."
COULD SOMEBODY SAY TO GOD TODAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT,
I DON'T UNDERSTAND BUT IT'S OKAY.
I GIVE IT TO YOU.
I LEAVE IT WITH YOU.
EXPLAIN IT TO ME IF YOU EVER WANT TO,
BUT IF YOU NEVER DO I LOVE YOU ANYWAY."
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: I'M SO WEARY OF WATCHING PEOPLE
JUST CONFUSE THEMSELVES TO NO END TRYING TO FIGURE
ALL THESE THINGS OUT.
"WELL, IS GOD SOVEREIGN OR ISN'T HE SOVEREIGN?
WAS THAT THE DEVIL OR, YOU KNOW, ARE WE PREDESTINED,
NOT PREDESTINED?" YOU KNOW WHAT?
AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE JUST WANTING
TO LEARN AND GROW IN GOD AND YOU'RE APPROACHING
SOME OF THOSE SUBJECTS FROM THAT STANDPOINT,
THEN THAT'S FINE, LEARN ALL YOU WANT.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THE MINUTE YOU START
TO GET CONFUSED YOU NEED TO GO, "WHOA!"
BECAUSE CONFUSION IS NOT FROM GOD.
"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."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU CAN PONDER THINGS AS LONG AS YOU WANT TO
BUT WHEN YOU START GETTING CONFUSED
YOU NEED TO DROP IT LIKE A HOT POTATO AND WALK OFF.
YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT THERE'S SOME FREEDOM
COMING FOR SOME PEOPLE.
I REALLY DO SENSE THAT.
I THINK THERE'S SOME PEOPLE TODAY THAT, MAN,
THIS IS, THIS IS IT.
THIS IS IT--OH, THE DEVIL IS NOT HAPPY.
CAUSE HE WANTS TO HURT US AND THEN KEEP US
IN THAT THE REST OF OUR LIVES.
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MY LIFE COULD HAVE TURNED OUT?
HOW YOUR LIFE COULD HAVE TURNED OUT IF YOU WERE
JUST TO REMAIN BITTER?
THANK GOD FOR HIS WORD.
THAT WE CAN OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD AND EVEN WHEN
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND AND IT HURTS SO BAD
WE CAN'T HARDLY STAND IT, WE CAN STILL SAY,
"I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES."
HERE'S THE THING, I KNOW THAT GOD LOVES US ENOUGH
THAT NO MATTER WHAT COMES INTO OUR LIFE,
HE WILL WORK IT OUT FOR GOOD.
HE'S GOT A GOOD PLAN AND IT WILL WORK OUT FOR GOOD.
IT'S TIME FOR SOME OF YOU, I TELL YOU,
YOU'VE GOT A DESTINY THAT'S GOT A GOLD STAR ON IT.
AND IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GET ABOUT GOD'S BUSINESS
AND STOP MESSING AROUND IN THE DEVIL'S CAMP,
MAKING HIM HAPPY EVERYDAY.
LORD, HELP ME DO THIS RIGHT.
I WON'T ASK YOU WHY.
TELL ME IF YOU WANT TO BUT I'M NOT STRAINING TO STAY
IN THAT CRAZY CAMP OF, "WELL, WHY DIDN'T I GET THAT PROMOTION?
WHY DID SHE GET IT?
SHE DIDN'T DESERVE IT.
WHY DIDN'T I GET IT?
WHY DIDN'T I GET INVITED TO THE PARTY?
WHY DID HE GET HEALED AND I'M STILL SICK?"
YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU'RE AN INDIVIDUAL.
AND GOD'S GOT AN INDIVIDUAL, AMAZINGLY GREAT PLAN
FOR YOUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THERE ARE MYSTERIES THAT GOD REVEALS TO US
BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND
UNTIL WE GET TO HEAVEN AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
I MEAN, I REALLY AM OKAY BECAUSE I JUST FULLY BELIEVE
IF GOD WANTS ME TO KNOW, HE'LL TELL ME.
I'M NOT GOING TO DRIVE MYSELF CRAZY TRYING TO FIGURE STUFF OUT
THAT THERE'S NO ANSWERS TO.
GOD'S WAYS ARE DEEP, UNTRACEABLE,
AND THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS 11, "PAST FINDING OUT."
ROMANS 11:33, "OH, THE DEPTH OF THE RICHES
AND WISDOM AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD!
HOW UNFATHOMABLE (INSCRUTABLE, UNSEARCHABLE)
ARE HIS JUDGMENTS (HIS DECISIONS)
AND HOW UNTRACEABLE (MYSTERIOUS, UNDISCOVERABLE)
ARE HIS WAYS (HIS METHODS, AND HIS PATHS)."
LET'S JUST FOCUS ON BEING STABLE WHEN WE HAVE PROBLEMS.
IN HEBREWS 12 IT SAYS THAT WE WILL HAVE
TIMES OF SHAKINGS IN OUR LIFE.
AND THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH TIMES WHERE EVERYTHING
THAT CAN BE SHAKEN WILL BE SHAKEN UNTIL ONLY THAT
WHICH CAN NOT BE SHAKEN REMAINS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT WILL REMAIN WHEN EVERYTHING
THAT CAN BE SHAKEN IS SHAKEN?
GOD WILL REMAIN.
GOD WILL REMAIN.
I LOVE THIS STORY IN DANIEL ABOUT SHADRACH, MESHACH,
AND ABEDNEGO.
LOVE THAT STORY, IT'S SO GOOD.
HOW THE WICKED KING SAID, "IF YOU DON'T BOW DOWN
YOU'RE GOING TO GO IN THE FIERY FURNACE."
AND THEY SAID, "WELL, KNOW THIS, O KING, IF OUR GOD
CAN DELIVER US IT IS WELL BUT IF NOT,
WE WILL NOT BOW DOWN TO YOU."
AMEN?
AND I DON'T, I DO NOT FOR ONE MINUTE
THINK THAT THEY DOUBTED WHETHER GOD HAD THE ABILITY
TO DELIVER THEM.
WE KNOW THAT GOD CAN DO ANYTHING HE WANTS TO DO.
AMEN?
AND IF THERE'S ANY FAULT ANYWHERE IT'S CERTAINLY NOT GOD,
IT'S WITH US.
BUT I'M OKAY EVEN WITH THAT.
I'M NOT MAD AT MYSELF BECAUSE I'M NOT PERFECT.
I GET UP EVERYDAY AND DO THE BEST I CAN
AND GOD KNEW WHAT HE WAS GETTING WHEN HE GOT ME.
AND I'M GROWING EVERYDAY AND SO ARE YOU.
STOP WASTING YOUR LIFE BEING MAD AT YOUR ENEMIES,
MAD AT YOURSELF, MAD AT GOD, MAD AT THE DEVIL.
GET GLAD AND GET OVER BEING MAD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW
THE ANSWERS TO AND WE CAN COME TO THE POINT
WHERE WE JUST SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT GOD?
I TRUST YOU.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS BUT I TRUST YOU."
IT'S SO MUCH BETTER TO SAY "HELP ME DO THIS RIGHT,"
INSTEAD OF SAYING, "WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?"
KNOW THIS, O KING, IF OUR GOD CHOOSES TO DELIVER US, HE WILL.
BUT IF NOT, WE ARE NOT BOWING DOWN TO YOU.
WE ARE NOT BOWING DOWN TO YOU.
WE NEED MORE CHRISTIANS TODAY THAT WILL NOT COMPROMISE.
LISTEN, IF YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DISHONEST
TO KEEP YOUR JOB THEN YOU NEED TO JUST GET
OUT OF THAT PLACE AND TRUST GOD TO GET YOU ANOTHER JOB.
DON'T COMPROMISE YOUR INTEGRITY, DON'T COMPROMISE YOUR MORALS.
YOU STAND UP AND SAY, "I AM A CHRISTIAN
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS RIGHT
AND I'M SORRY, BUT I CAN NOT DO IT."
AND I CAN PROMISE YOU, IF YOU TAKE
A STEP OF FAITH LIKE THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, HE WILL COME UP WITH SOMETHING
MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT YOU LOST.
MATTER OF FACT, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY,
THAT SOMETIMES THOSE THINGS ARE TESTS.
TO SEE IF WE'RE ACTUALLY READY FOR THAT PROMOTION
WE'RE ASKING GOD FOR.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING GOD TO DO MORE IN YOUR LIFE?
WELL, GUESS WHAT, YOU'RE LIKELY TO HAVE TO PASS A TEST.
MAYBE, NOT SO MUCH, OKAY?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: COME ON, 1 PETER 4 SAYS,
"DON'T BE AMAZED AT THESE FIERY ORDEALS
THAT ARE TAKING PLACE TO TEST YOUR QUALITY."
DON'T ACT LIKE SOMETHING STRANGE AND UNUSUAL IS HAPPENING TO YOU.
EVEN A CHILD BEING PROMOTED FROM SIXTH GRADE TO SEVENTH GRADE
IS GOING TO TAKE SOME FINAL EXAMS.
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY KNOW UNTIL IT'S PUT TO THE TEST.
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY WOULD DO.
"OH, YES, PRAISE GOD.
I TRUST GOD.
I'VE GOT ALL MY TRUST IN GOD."
I THINK SOMETIMES WE DON'T REALIZE
WHEN WE COMPROMISE OUR INTEGRITY WHAT WE'RE GIVING UP
CONCERNING OUR FUTURE.
IF YOU WANT TO BE PROMOTED GOD'S GOT TO KNOW
THAT THE CAN TRUST YOU.
AMEN?
AND HOW ARE WE EVER GOING TO KNOW THAT?
I MEAN EVEN IN DEUTERONOMY, CHAPTER 8,
HE TOLD THE ISRAELITES, "I LED YOU ALL THIS WAY
TO HUMBLE YOU, TO PROVE YOU TO SEE IF YOU WOULD
KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS OR NOT."
HE LED THEM IN THE WILDERNESS.
THERE WAS A SHORTER ROUTE FOR THEM TO GET
TO THE PROMISED LAND BUT THE BIBLE SAYS
THAT GOD LED THEM THE LONG, HARD WAY ON PURPOSE.
TO HUMBLE THEM, TO PROVE THEM, TO SEE IF HE WOULD,
IF THEY WOULD KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS OR NOT.
THEN HE SAID, "THAT I MIGHT BRING YOU INTO THE LAND
THAT FLOWS WITH MILK AND HONEY AND EVERY GOOD THING
THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE."
SO, WHEN WE GO THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES AND WE'RE TESTED
GOD'S END GOAL IS ALWAYS PROMOTION.
IT'S ALWAYS PROMOTION.
AND I'M JUST ENCOURAGING YOU TODAY,
IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING DIFFICULT
YOU DO WHAT YOU KNOW IN YOUR HEART IS RIGHT
AND YOU WILL BE PROMOTED BY GOD AT THE RIGHT TIME.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: HOW ENCOURAGING IS THAT?
GALATIANS 6:9, "BE NOT WEARY IN WELL DOING.
IN DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR IN DUE SEASON
AT THE APPOINTED TIME, YOU SHALL REAP
IF YOU DO NOT FAINT, QUIT AND GIVE UP."
AMEN?
IF WE PUT OUR TRUST IN GOD AND JUST KEEP ON KEEPIN ON,
MM-HMM, BOY IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.
HALLELUJAH.
SO GOOD.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE EXPERIENCE
OPPOSITION THROUGH PEOPLE.
THE ENEMY CAN USE PEOPLE TO COME AGAINST US
TO TRY TO DISCOURAGE US.
IT'S HARD SOMETIMES WHEN YOU REALLY NEED
ENCOURAGEMENT AND ALL YOU GET IS DISCOURAGEMENT.
IT'S HARD SOMETIMES WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE TAKING
A STEP OF FAITH TO DO WHAT YOU REALLY BELIEVE
THAT GOD IS ASKING YOU TO DO AND EVERYBODY TELLS YOU
YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT.
IT CAN BE A REAL TIME OF CONFUSION.
WELL, AM I HEARING FROM GOD OR NOT?
I TELL YOU, I'D RATHER FOLLOW GOD AND FIND--FOLLOW
WHAT I BELIEVE IS GOD AND FIND OUT I'M WRONG,
THAN TO FOLLOW PEOPLE AND NEVER KNOW
IF I WAS RIGHT OR WRONG.
MATTHEW 10:17 SAYS, "BE ON GUARD AGAINST MEN,
WHOSE WAY OR NATURE IS TO ACT IN OPPOSITION TO GOD];
FOR THE WILL DELIVER YOU UP TO COUNCIL AND FLOG YOU
IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES."
WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED
WITH UNGODLY PEOPLE.
HELLO?
PSALM 1 SAYS, "DON'T TAKE ADVICE FROM THE UNGODLY."
EVIL SPIRITS CAN OPPOSE US.
WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEVIL THIS WEEKEND.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T REAL FOND OF DOING THAT
BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IN MY JOB FOR GOD
IF I LET YOU JUST LIVE IN THE FANTASY WORLD
OF THINKING THAT THE DEVIL IS NOT REAL.
THE THIEF COMES TO KILL, STEAL, AND DESTROY.
IN DANIEL, CHAPTER 10 THERE WAS SOMETHING
THAT DANIEL WAS PRAYING ABOUT, HE NEEDED
UNDERSTANDING IN SOMETHING.
AND IF YOU READ THE ACCOUNT, I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT
ALL THE WAY THROUGH, BUT THE WAY THE STORY GOES
IS GOD SENT AN ANGEL WITH THE ANSWER AND THAT ANGEL
EXPERIENCED OPPOSITION FROM OTHER EVIL FORCES
THAT WERE IN THE ATMOSPHERE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH.
SATAN IS CALLED THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR.
HE GETS OUT THERE IN THE ATMOSPHERE
AND YOU CAN'T SEE HIM WITH YOUR EYES
BUT YOU CAN FEEL HIS INFLUENCE.
THIS IS WHERE WE NEED DISCERNMENT.
THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO BE ON OUR GUARD
AND WE NEED TO BE SHARP TO JUST SAY, "YOU KNOW,
I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING'S JUST NOT RIGHT HERE."
DON'T EVEN TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS
IF GOD'S NOT TELLING YOU BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU GET
TO JUDGING THINGS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE RIGHT.
BUT JUST, HEY, IF YOU DON'T FEEL RIGHT ABOUT IT,
IF IT'S NOT PEACEFUL, IF YOU FEEL LIKE SOMETHING'S OFF
THEN JUST GO IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.
AMEN?
TO BE HONEST, THE FIRST TIME I WENT
IN A MEETING LIKE THIS WHICH HAS BEEN
ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO, I MEAN COMING STRAIGHT OUT
OF A DENOMINATIONAL CHURCH, WALKING INTO A MEETING
WHERE PEOPLE ARE SHOUTING AND YELLING
AND RAISING THEIR HANDS AND CLAPPING
AND JUMPING UP AND DOWN--I MEAN, I THOUGHT I'D JUMPED OFF
INTO THE LOONEY BIN.
AND MAYBE YOU WATCH ME ON TELEVISION, THOUGHT YOU'D
COME OVER HERE TODAY AND SEE WHAT I LOOK LIKE
IN PERSON, I DON'T, YOU KNOW.
OR MAYBE SOMEBODY BROUGHT YOU, MAYBE, YOU KNOW,
A FRIEND OR A RELATIVE BROUGHT YOU AND YOU'RE JUST
KIND OF SETTING THERE AND YOU'RE JUST KIND OF WONDERING
ABOUT ALL THIS, KIND OF LIKE, "OH, BOY THAT--I'M USED
TO SINGING OUT OF MY HYMNAL."
AND THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING TO DO.
BUT THANK GOD HE DOESN'T ALWAYS DO EVERYTHING
THE EXACT SAME WAY.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
AND THEN YOU'RE LIKE, "I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THAT HOLY SPIRIT BUSINESS EITHER,
THAT SOUNDED KIND OF WEIRD, 'JUST RECEIVE.'"
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "I DON'T KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE SPOOKY.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN SHE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE DEVIL THIS WEEKEND,
I DON'T LIKE THAT EITHER."
BUT HERE'S THE THING, YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE FIRST MEETING THAT I WAS IN LIKE THAT,
YOU KNOW, PART OF ME WAS OFFENDED BUT THERE WAS
ANOTHER PART OF ME, THE SPIRITUAL PART OF ME
I KNEW THAT IT WAS RIGHT.
I KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE
BECAUSE MY FLESH WAS HAVING A HARD TIME WITH IT
BUT MY SPIRIT WAS EXCITED.
AND SO, THIS IS THE WAY DISCERNMENT OPERATES.
AMEN?
WE CAN'T JUST--I HATE IT WHEN YOU ASK SOMEBODY A QUESTION
AND THEY SAY, "WELL, YOU KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD."
THAT'S THE LAST PLACE I WANT INFORMATION FROM!
PLEASE DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
I'VE ALREADY GOT EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE TOP, THE MIDDLE,
AND THE BOTTOM OF MINE, I NEED SOMETHING
A LITTLE DEEPER.
LET'S GO DEEPER, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: SO THERE WAS DEMONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE
THAT KEPT THE ANGEL FROM GETTING THROUGH
WITH THE ANSWER SO A STRONGER ANGEL
NAMED MICHAEL, WHO'S ONE OF THE ARCHANGELS,
WHICH MEANS HE'S OF A HIGHER ORDER OF ANGELS,
HE WAS SENT.
AND THEY DEFEATED THE PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS
OVER THAT REGION AND THE ANSWER CAME THROUGH TO DANIEL.
NOW, THE WHOLE TIME DANIEL'S ON EARTH FASTING
AND PRAYING, NOT HAVING ANY IDEA WHY HE'S NOT GETTING HIS ANSWER,
COME ON, COME ON.
SOMETIMES THE ONLY ANSWER YOU'VE GOT
IS JUST TO KEEP IT UP.
I SAID SOMETIMES THE ONLY ANSWER YOU'VE GOT IS JUST KEEP IT UP.
JUST KEEP GIVING.
KEEP LOVING GOD.
KEEP WORSHIPPING GOD.
KEEP BEING THANKFUL.
KEEP A GOOD ATTITUDE.
KEEP SAYING, "GOD HELP ME DO IT RIGHT.
HELP ME DO THIS RIGHT."
YOU SAY, "WELL, JOYCE, I'VE GOT A PROBLEM AND I JUST
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO."
WELL HERE'S MY BEST ADVICE: WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO,
KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DO KNOW TO DO.
SOME OF YOU HAVE GOT BIG PROBLEMS
BUT YOU'RE HERE TODAY, THAT'S A VICTORY.
AND I BELIEVE GOD'S GIVING YOU SOME ANSWERS
THAT'S GOING TO HELP YOU.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, ABOVE ALL NO MATTER WHAT ELSE,
GOD IS GOOD.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: IN GALATIANS 5:17, IT SAYS, "FOR THE DESIRES
OF THE FLESH ARE OPPOSED TO THE HOLY SPIRIT."
SO, EVEN OUR OWN FLESH WILL OPPOSE
WHAT GOD IS LEADING US TO DO.
YOU KNOW, IN MY SPIRIT I MAY WANT TO
GET UP IN THE MORNING AND PRAY AND SPEND TIME
WITH GOD, BUT MY FLESH SAYS, "I'D LIKE TO STAY IN BED."
MAYBE IN THE SPIRIT I THINK, "I THINK I'LL HAVE SOME GOOD
PROTEIN AND SOME VEGETABLES."
BUT MY FLESH SAYS, "I'LL TAKE CAKE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WITH ICE CREAM.
AND CHOCOLATE SAUCE.
AND WHIPPED CREAM.
I MEAN WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THERE IS OPPOSITION IN LIFE.
PAUL SAID, "EVERY TIME I WANT TO DO
SOMETHING GOOD I DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
THE THING I WANT TO DO, I CAN'T DO.
THE THING I DON'T WANT TO DO IS WHAT I'M ALWAYS DOING."
WE'RE IN A WAR.
THERE'S EVEN A FIGHT GOING ON BETWEEN YOUR SPIRIT
AND YOUR FLESH.
BUT GOOD NEWS, PAUL SAID, IN GALATIANS,
"WALK IN THE SPIRIT AND YOU WILL NOT FULFILL
THE LUSTS OF THE FLESH."
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT WITH YOUR FLESH ALL THE TIME
JUST FOCUS ON FOLLOWING THE SPIRIT.
AND IF YOU FOCUS ON FOLLOWING THE SPIRIT,
THEN YOU'LL ALWAYS END UP WITH GOD'S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE.
AND THEN, LASTLY, EVEN GOD SOMETIMES
WILL OPPOSE US.
HUH?!
OH YEAH.
1 PETER 5:5, "FOR GOD SETS HIMSELF
AGAINST THE PROUD, THE INSOLENT, THE OVERBEARING,
THE DISDAINFUL, THE PRESUMPTUOUS, THE BOASTFUL.
AND HE OPPOSES, FRUSTRATES, AND DEFEATS THEM
BUT HE GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE."
YOU KNOW, THERE WERE THINGS IN MY LIFE THAT I WAS TRYING
SO HARD TO MAKE HAPPEN.
OPPOSITION, OPPOSITION, OPPOSITION,
AND I WAS REBUKING THE DEVIL.
"I REBUKE YOU, SATAN.
I REBUKE YOU, GET OUT OF MY WAY!"
AND I FOUND OUT THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS,
IT WASN'T THE DEVIL OPPOSING ME, IT WAS GOD BECAUSE I WAS TRYING
TO DO THINGS I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE DOING
AND GOD WASN'T GOING TO LET ME DO THEM.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO YOU'VE GOT OPPOSITION COMING
FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANGLES AND THE BEST THING TO PRAY IS,
"GOD, HELP ME DO THIS RIGHT."
OKAY, ONE LAST LITTLE THING I WANT TO SAY TO YOU.
NO CHALLENGE MEANS NO CHANGE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ACTUALLY, MY TRAINING COACH
SAID THAT TO ME LAST WEEK.
WHEN HE HANDED ME SOMETHING THAT WAS HEAVIER
THAN THE LAST TIME HE HANDED IT TO ME AND I SAID,
"YOU'RE REALLY KIND OF JOKING, RIGHT?"
HE SAID, "NO CHALLENGE, NO CHANGE."
AND I THOUGHT, I'LL TAKE THAT.
THAT'LL PREACH.
I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ANYTHING I CAN GET IN A MESSAGE.
BUT YOU KNOW HONESTLY AND TRULY JUST LIKE YOU CAN SEE
YOUR BODY CHANGE AS YOU EXERCISE OR YOU CAN SEE
YOURSELF GETTING SMALLER AS YOU STOP OVEREATING
OR WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE, THERE'S VERY OFTEN A PRICE
TO PAY ON THIS END FOR THE BENEFIT ON THIS END.
AND HERE'S WHAT WE NEED MORE OF, WE NEED PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING
TO INVEST SOMETHING NOW TO HAVE SOMETHING HERE.
NOT PEOPLE THAT JUST WANT TO BE COMFORTABLE NOW
AND THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS LATER ON.
LATER ON IS GOING TO COME.
AND THE BEST THING FOR EVERYONE OF US TO DO
IS TO LET GOD LEAD US AND GUIDE US
ACCORDING TO HIM INDIVIDUAL PLAN FOR US AND IF IT'S EASY,
CLAP AND CHEER.
BUT IF IT'S NOT KNOW THAT GOD'S GOT SOMETHING AWESOME
UP HIS SLEEVE.
AND JUST VERY FIRST THING YOU PRAY IS
"GOD, HELP ME DO THIS RIGHT."
AND IF YOU WANT TO TELL ME WHY, THAT'S GOOD, BUT IF NOT,
I DON'T HAVE TO KNOW.
I TRUST YOU ANYWAY."
COME ON, GIVE GOD SOME PRAISE.
JOYCE: WELL, WE ALL FACE OPPOSITION, DON'T WE?
BUT THE BIBLE SAYS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS
THROUGH CHRIST.
YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING THROUGH,
YOU'RE GOING TO COME OUT VICTORIOUS.
TODAY, I'M OFFERING YOU 4 HOURS OF TEACHING ON 4 CDS CALLED,
"NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER."
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT AND WE NEED TO BELIEVE IT.
LEARN ALL YOU CAN ABOUT THAT AND HAVE THE LIFE
THAT JESUS DIED TO GIVE YOU.
WE'RE OFFERING THIS TO YOU TODAY FOR YOUR GIFT TO THE MINISTRY
OF ANY AMOUNT.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT THAT WANTS IT.
ALL WE ASK YOU IS TO DO YOUR VERY BEST.
AND REMEMBER, GOD IS FOR YOU
AND HE WILL HELP YOU IN ALL THAT YOU DO.
THE GOOD NEWS IS TODAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR.
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[MUSIC]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO BE
RELENTLESS, TO BE DETERMINED, AND TO REFUSE TO GIVE UP.
PHILIPPIANS 3:13 SAYS, "I DO NOT CONSIDER, BRETHREN,
THAT I'VE CAPTURED AND MADE IT MY OWN YET
BUT ONE THING I DO, IT IS MY ONE ASPIRATION,
FORGETTING WHAT LIES BEHIND AND STRAINING FORWARD
TO WHAT LIES AHEAD."
YOU KNOW WHAT?
PAUL'S TALKING ABOUT PRESSING IN AND PRESSING ON,
BEING RELENTLESS AND NOT GIVING UP.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
GOD IS A REWARDER OF THOSE WHO DILIGENTLY AND RELENTLESSLY
SEEK HIM.
[MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: YOU MEAN MORE TO US JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
THAN YOU MAY EVER KNOW.
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AND PARTNERS FOR MAKING THIS WORLDWIDE MINISTRY POSSIBLE.
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