ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: WHEN I SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD, IT'S NOT ME BUT THE WORD
OF GOD THAT PEOPLE ARE HEALED PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY,
EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY, FINANCIALLY, SOCIALLY, AND IN
EVERY WAY THAT THEY CAN.
GINGER: AS WE WALK THROUGH EACH NEW DAY, WE ALL HAVE
QUESTIONS.
THEY'RE JUST PART OF LIFE, BUT DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE ANSWERS
FOR YOU?
GOD SAYS WHEN WE LOOK, WE'LL FIND HIM.
HE'S NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING.
SO, TOGETHER, WE ARE DISCOVERING LIFE'S EVERYDAY ANSWERS.
GINGER: WELCOME TO EVERYDAY ANSWERS.
IF YOU ARE READY, IF YOU THINK YOU CAN HANDLE IT, I'M GOING TO
SHARE WITH YOU THE SECRET TO ALL THINGS, THE SOURCE OF ANSWERS TO
ALL OF LIFE'S QUESTIONS, NO JOKE.
THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE PAGES OF
ONE BOOK AND IT'S THE BIBLE.
SO, HOW DOES THE BIBLE APPLY TO YOU?
WELL, JOYCE WILL SHARE THE DETAILS TODAY AND SOME OF YOU
WILL TELL US HOW IT'S WORKED IN APPLICATION IN YOUR LIFE
GETTING PRACTICAL AND SEEING RESULTS.
JOYCE: THE WORD OF GOD HAS POWER IN IT.
THE WORDS THAT WE'RE SPEAKING WHEN WE SPEAK GOD'S WORD,
THEY'RE NOT JUST ORDINARY WORDS, BUT GOD'S WORD HAS POWER
INHERENT IN IT, THAT MEANS IT COMES WITH LITTLE POWER BULLETS
THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE OUR LIVES.
AND SO, WE'RE GONNA START FIRST BY TALKING ABOUT THE CREATIVE
POWER OF THE WORD OF GOD.
GENESIS 1:3, "AND GOD SAID--" ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT THE BIBLE
STARTS OUT WITH GOD SAYING SOMETHING?
AND THE GOOD THING IS WHAT HE SAID CAME TO PASS.
"AND GOD SAID, 'LET THERE BE LIGHT;' AND THERE WAS LIGHT."
WORDS CONTAIN POWER JUST LIKE THIS GLASS HAS WATER IN IT,
WORDS HAVE SOMETHING IN IT AND IF THE WORDS ARE GOD'S WORD,
THEY'RE FULL OF CREATIVE POWER.
IF THEY'RE NONSENSE WORDS, OR USELESS WORDS, OR VAIN WORDS,
OR EVIL WORDS, THEN THEY'RE ALSO FULL OF POWER BUT THEY'RE FULL
OF DESTRUCTIVE POWER.
WE ALL KNOW THAT IF PEOPLE SAY RIGHT WORDS TO US, IT CAN JUST
DO WONDERFUL THINGS ON THE INSIDE OF US AND IF THEY SAY
WRONG WORDS TO US, IT CAN BE CRUSHING AND SOMETIMES START
A WHOLE LIFETIME FULL OF DEVASTATION.
SO, WORDS HAVE POWER AND GOD HAS GIVEN US HIS WORD, AND HE WANTS
US TO BELIEVE THE WORD, TO MEDITATE ON THE WORD,
AND TO SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN BE ANY MORE IMPORTANT TO US IN OUR WALK
WITH GOD THAN LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD OUT LOUD
OUT OF OUR OWN MOUTH BECAUSE ANGELS, NOW LISTEN TO THIS,
ANGELS HARKEN TO THE WORD OF GOD.
THEY DON'T LISTEN TO MY COMPLAINING, THEY DON'T LISTEN
TO YOUR COMPLAINING, THEY'RE NOT MOVED BY OUR GRUMBLING, BUT THEY
ARE MOVED TO ACTION ON OUR BEHALF WHEN THEY HEAR
THE WORD OF GOD.
THE WORD GOD IS THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT.
IT IS A WEAPON AGAINST FORCES OF DARKNESS.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: "LET HIM WHO HAS MY WORD SPEAK MY WORD FAITHFULLY."
ISAIAH 55:10 AND 11.
"FOR AS THE RAIN AND SNOW COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, AND RETURN NOT
THERE AGAIN, BUT WATER THE EARTH AND MAKE IT BRING FORTH AND
SPROUT, THAT IT MIGHT GIVE SEED TO THE SOWER AND BREAD TO
THE EATER--" NOW, LET'S THINK.
LET'S DON'T JUST READ, LET'S THINK.
RAIN COMES DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND IT DOESN'T GO BACK UP.
IT COMES DOWN AND IT DOES SOMETHING.
IT WATERS THE SEED THAT'S IN THE GROUND AND WE GET A HARVEST.
SO, WE GOT A WORD PICTURE FIRST HERE.
"SO SHALL MY WORD BE," THIS IS GOD SPEAKING TO US THROUGH
THE PROPHET.
"SO SHALL MY WORD BE THAT GOES FORTH OUT OF MY MOUTH: IT SHALL
NOT RETURN TO ME VOID [WITHOUT PRODUCING ANY EFFECT,
OR USELESS], BUT IT SHALL ACCOMPLISH THAT WHICH I PLEASE
AND PURPOSE, AND IT SHALL PROSPER IN THE THING FOR
WHICH I SENT IT."
SO, GOD IS SAYING, "WHEN MY WORD IS SPOKEN, SOMETHING IS GONNA
HAPPEN."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN HERE AS THE WORD IS PREACHED.
DO YOU KNOW THAT PSALM 107:20 SAYS, "HE SENDS HIS WORD AND HE
HEALS THEM AND DELIVERS THEM FROM THE PIT AND FROM
DESTRUCTION."
AND I TELL YA WHAT, I HAVE HAD MY FAITH OUT FOR YEARS ON THAT
SCRIPTURE THAT WHEN I SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD,
IT'S NOT ME, BUT THE WORD OF GOD, THAT PEOPLE ARE
HEALED PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY,
FINANCIALLY, SOCIALLY, AND IN EVERY WAY THAT THEY CAN.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I BELIEVE THAT AND I THINK THAT I'VE GOT MY PART
RIGHT, AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT BEING
A BETTER RECEIVER.
WHEN YOU GO TO CHURCH, DON'T EVER THINK YOU'RE JUST GOING TO
PUT YOUR TIME IN.
GO EXPECTING.
"I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THE WORD.
WHEN I HEAR THE WORD TODAY, SOMETHING IS GONNA BE RELEASED
IN MY LIFE.
SOMETHING GOOD IS GONNA HAPPEN IN ME.
I'M GONNA CHANGE.
CIRCUMSTANCES ARE GONNA CHANGE."
AND GO IN AND BE ATTENTIVE LIKE IT IS THE MOST AWESOME THING
THAT YOU COULD EVER HEAR IN YOUR LIFE.
LET'S HAVE A GREATER RESPECT FOR THE WORD OF GOD AND GOD IS GONNA
DO GREATER THINGS IN OUR LIVES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THE WORD THAT GOES FORTH OUT OF MY MOUTH.
NOW, I'VE KIND OF DECIDED THAT IF MY MOUTH IS HIS MOUTH, THEN
THE WORD THAT GOES FORTH OUT OF MY MOUTH WILL HAVE THE SAME
EFFECT AS WHAT'S TALKING ABOUT HERE IN ISAIAH 55.
SO, I BELIEVE WHEN WE CONFESS THE WORD OF GOD OUT OF OUR
MOUTHS, DON'T LOOK AT YOUR KIDS AND SAY, "YOU ARE NEVER GONNA
CHANGE."
DON'T EVER LOOK AT ANYBODY AND SAY, "YOU ARE NEVER GONNA
CHANGE."
THAT IS THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD THAT YOU CAN DO
TO SOMEBODY.
DON'T SIT AT LUNCH WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND SAY, "MY HUSBAND'S
NEVER GONNA CHANGE.
MY KIDS ARE NEVER GONNA CHANGE."
WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY IS, "I'M PRAYING FOR THEM AND I BELIEVE
THAT GOD IS WORKING RIGHT NOW IN THEIR LIVES."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT DOES US NO GOOD AT ALL TO SIT IN SERVICE AFTER SERVICE AND
HAVE SHELVES FULL OF CHRISTIAN BOOKS AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT
WE HAVE IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO STICK WITH THE WORD IN HARD
TIMES AND HOLD FAST OUR CONFESSION OF FAITH WHEN THINGS
LOOK LIKE IT'S NEVER GOING TO CHANGE.
BUT LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, YOUR MIRACLE MAY BE RIGHT AROUND
THE CORNER AND THE DEVIL WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN FOR YOU
TO GIVE UP.
WHEN GOD'S WORD IS SPOKEN, IT PRODUCES AN EFFECT,
SOMETHING HAPPENS.
IT CONVICTS.
IT CONVINCES.
IT ENCOURAGES.
IT SAVES.
SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO PEOPLE GAVE THEIR LIFE
TO THE LORD LAST NIGHT.
SOMETHING HAPPENED.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: EVERYBODY SAY, "SOMETHING'S HAPPENING IN HERE."
AUDIENCE: "SOMETHING'S HAPPENING IN HERE."
[MUSIC]
FEMALE: WE RECENTLY, ON DECEMBER 22, 2015 EXPERIENCED
THE LOSS OF OUR 23-YEAR-OLD SON JOSIAH AND GOD'S WORD HAS JUST
KEPT US STRONG.
MALE: IT HAS CHANGED HOW I FEEL ABOUT MYSELF.
IT HAS CHANGED IT'S LIKE I KNOW THAT I AM A LIGHT IN THE WORLD
AND I KNOW THAT I AM STRONG.
I'M A CONQUEROR AND I'M VICTORIOUS NO MATTER WHAT IT
SEEMS LIKE.
FEMALE: I'M AN OVERCOMER BECAUSE THE WORD SAYS I AM.
I AM LOVED BECAUSE THE WORD SAYS I AM AND I JUST--IT JUST TAUGHT
ME TO STAND ON GOD'S WORD 'CAUSE IT'S TRUTH.
FEMALE: WHEN YOU ARE IN SUCH A SITUATION LIKE OUR FAMILY IS
GOING THROUGH, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE WORD, THAT'S YOUR ONLY
PEACE.
YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.
FEMALE: IT JUST SPEAKS TO YOU AND IT GIVES YOU THE STRENGTH,
AND THE PEACE, AND THE JOY, AND THE COMFORT, AND THE DIRECTION
THAT YOU NEED FOR THAT DAY.
FEMALE: I HAVE HOPE.
MY WAY OF THINKING HAS CHANGED.
I'M NO LONGER THE VICTIM.
FEMALE: WE'RE STILL GRIEVING BUT GOD IS THERE.
HE NEVER FORSAKES US AND HASN'T AND WE KNOW HE WON'T.
FEMALE: I'VE NEVER FELT MORE COMFORTED AND ENCOURAGED
UNLESS I HAVE BEEN READING HIS WORD, SO
I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE WORD OF GOD AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
THE WHOLE BIBLE IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
JOYCE: JAMES 1:21, "SO GET RID OF ALL UNCLEANNESS AND THE
RAMPANT OUTGROWTH OF WICKEDNESS, AND IN A HUMBLE
(GENTLE, MODEST) SPIRIT--" NOW, HERE WE GO.
THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE THE WORD.
"AND IN A HUMBLE (GENTLE, MODEST) SPIRIT RECEIVE AND
WELCOME THE WORD WHICH IMPLANTED AND ROOTED [IN YOUR HEART],"
I LOVE THIS.
NOW, GET THIS, "CONTAINS THE POWER TO SAVE YOUR SOUL."
NOW, AS BELIEVERS WE'RE ALREADY BORN AGAIN.
OUR SPIRIT IS ALREADY IN GOOD CONDITION.
GOD LIVES IN THERE.
HOLINESS IS IN THERE.
SANCTIFICATION'S IN THERE.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF GOOD THINGS IN THERE BUT OUR SOUL IS STILL
A MESS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE INITIALLY BORN AGAIN.
SO, I CAN BE JUST AS SAVED AS I CAN BE AND STILL HAVE BAD
ATTITUDES, AND BITTERNESS, AND RESENTMENT, AND UNFORGIVENESS.
YOUR SOUL IS YOUR MIND, YOUR WILL, AND YOUR EMOTIONS AND IT
NEEDS TO BE SAVED AND THAT HAPPENS THROUGH A PROCESS
CALLED SANCTIFICATION.
WE ARE MADE HOLY IN GOD THROUGH CHRIST BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT THEN
COMES TO GRADUALLY, LITTLE BY LITTLE, BY USING THE WORD OF
GOD, WORK THAT OUT IN OUR LIVES AND AS OUR MIND IS RENEWED
AND OUR ATTITUDE IMPROVES, WE CHANGE
AND THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT MEGADOSES OF GOD'S WORD.
BUT NOW WATCH THIS, HERE'S WHAT I LOVE.
LET'S GO BACK TO JAMES 1:21, "SO GET RID OF ALL UNCLEANNESS
AND THE RAMPANT OUTGROWTH OF WICKEDNESS, AND IN A--"
NOW, WHAT KIND OF ATTITUDE DO WE COMMONLY RECEIVE?
AND IN A HUMBLE, IN OTHER WORDS, "I NEED THIS.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'RE PREACHING ON TODAY.
I NEED THIS."
WE NEED IT ALL.
THERE'S NONE OF IT WE DON'T NEED.
AND I DON'T CARE HOW MANY TIMES YOU HAVE IT UNDERLINED IN YOUR
BIBLE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T NEED IT.
EVEN IF WE'RE--GOTTEN PRETTY GOOD AT DOING IT, WE STILL NEED
IT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE REFRESHED AND REMINDED OVER
AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO, LET'S HAVE THE ATTITUDE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY, "WHAT ARE
YOU GONNA PREACH ON?" IT DON'T MATTER WHAT I'M GONNA
PREACH ON, YOU NEED IT.
IN A HUMBLE, GENTLE, MODEST SPIRIT, RECEIVE AND WELCOME.
"I NEED THIS.
I NEED THIS."
WELCOME THE WORD.
NOW, RESPECT THE WORD, HONOR THE WORD, AND EXPECT THE WORD
TO WORK IN YOU.
DON'T EVER LEAVE WHERE YOU HAVE HEARD THE WORD PREACHED UNTO
AN ANOINTING AND THINK, "WELL, I DIDN'T GET ANYTHING."
EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GOT, YOU GOT SOMETHING BECAUSE
GOD'S WORD IS FULL OF POWER.
NOW, THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE THAT SAID
A LOT IN PSALM 119 WHICH IF YOU'VE NEVER STUDIED PSALM 119,
I WANT TO 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 THE THINGS THAT PSALM 119 SAYS LIKE,
FOR EXAMPLE, 119:56 SAYS, "THIS I HAVE HAD [AS THE GIFT OF
YOUR GRACE AND AS MY REWARD]: THAT I HAVE KEPT YOUR PRECEPTS."
SO, HE SAID, "MY REWARD IS THAT I HAVE KEPT YOUR WORD."
SEE, OBEDIENCE TO GOD IS A REWARD.
LIVING AN OBEDIENT LIFESTYLE IS A REWARD FOR US BECAUSE WE FEEL
SO GOOD WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
AND THEN THIS IS WHAT I LIKE.
IT COMES--IS BROUGHT OUT IN THIS PARTICULAR TRANSLATION.
IT 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, AND I OBEYED IT."
I LOVE THAT.
SEE, SOME PEOPLE HEAR IT AND THEY DON'T RECEIVE IT.
YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF PEOPLE--I COULD HAVE WALKED
IN HERE TODAY AND SAID, "I'M GONNA TEACH FOR AN HOUR
ON GIVING."
AND RIGHT AWAY SOME PEOPLE WOULD HAVE PUT UP A WALL.
"ANOTHER PREACHER JUST TRYING TO GET YOUR MONEY."
I'M JUST TRYING TO POINT OUT THAT SOME THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY
THEY'RE GONNA PREACH ON IT'S LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN, NOW WALLS.
"WE AIN'T EVEN GONNA LISTEN TO THAT.
THERE AIN'T EVEN NO HEARING THAT.
I'LL SIT HERE AND DO SOMETHING, BUT I'M NOT GONNA--UH-UH,
I'M NOT GETTING THAT ONE."
WELL, ALL OF THE WORD IS FOR ALL OF US.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: ALL OF THE WORD IS FOR ALL OF US, HEARING, RECEIVING,
LOVING, AND OBEYING THE WORD OF GOD.
FEMALE: YEAH, I WAS IN AN ADULTEROUS SITUATION AND WHEN
I WAS FOUND OUT, OF COURSE, IT WAS VERY SCARY.
MY HUSBAND WAS WILLING TO FORGIVE ME AND IT TOOK A LONG
TIME FOR ME TO FORGIVE MYSELF.
FEMALE: I WAS IN A VERY DARK PLACE, VERY DEPRESSED PLACE.
I HAD REALLY BAD THOUGHTS.
IT DIDN'T THINK THE RIGHT WAY.
FEMALE: I JUST DUG INTO THE WORD.
I READ SCRIPTURAL BOOKS, OTHER SCRIPTURAL BOOKS.
AND I DUG INTO GOD'S WORD, YOU KNOW, AND HOW HE FORGIVES PEOPLE
AND I KEPT TELLING MYSELF, HE FORGIVES ME.
HE FORGIVES ME.
FEMALE: AND I STARTED APPLYING THE SCRIPTURES AND
THAT'S WHEN I UNDERSTOOD THAT THE WORD WAS POWERFUL AND THAT
IT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND THAT'S WHEN IT BECAME ALIVE
TO ME.
FEMALE: I AM A STAGE FOUR CANCER SURVIVOR, BREAST CANCER
THAT HAS SPREAD THROUGHOUT MY BODY, AND HAD I NOT BEEN ABLE TO
LEAN ON THE WORD OF GOD AND STAND ON THE TRUE PROMISE
AND BELIEVE THOSE PROMISES, I WOULD NOT BE HERE.
FEMALE: I GREW UP NOT KNOWING WHAT LOVE WAS, NOT LOVING MYSELF
AND THROUGH GOD'S WORD, I LEARNED ABOUT LOVE.
FEMALE: ONE WAY GOD'S WORD HAS CHANGED MY LIFE, I HAVE
A HISTORY OF DEPRESSION AND THROUGH JUST WORSHIP AND GETTING
TO GOD'S WORD, IT TRANSFORMED MY MIND.
FEMALE: I'M AT A GREAT PLACE NOW.
I HAVE PEACE AND I HAVE JOY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I STILL HAVE TEMPTATIONS AND TRIALS LIKE ALL
PEOPLE, BUT I KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM.
FEMALE: AND WHAT HE SAYS IN HIS WORD IS TRUE.
THERE'S NO GRAY, IT'S ALL BLACK AND WHITE AND IT'S EITHER ALL
TRUE OR IT'S NOT TRUE AND IF IT'S NOT TRUE, THAT MEANS GOD IS
A LIAR, AND HE IS NOT A LIAR.
GINGER: IT IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL HOW HONEST AND OPEN
PEOPLE CAN BE WITH THEIR LIVES.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING SOME REALLY MAJOR THINGS THAT YOU'VE
BEEN GOING THROUGH AND HOW GOD'S WORD IS HELPING YOU.
THERE'S MORE FROM JOYCE COMING UP SO DON'T GO AWAY BUT FIRST
HERE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE FROM SOCIAL MEDIA HOW GOD'S WORD IS
CHANGING LIVES.
THIS IS CHRISTINA FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
SHE SAYS, "I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AND
ONE THING THAT IS HELPING ME IS PUTTING SCRIPTURE UP AROUND
THE HOUSE ON ENCOURAGEMENT, THINKING, AND ATTITUDE.
BETWEEN OPENING THE BIBLE AND READING ALL THE MESSAGES AROUND
ME, I'M ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE DAY, EVEN THE DAYS THAT I FEEL I
CANNOT, I AM ABLE TO DO SO."
GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT, CHRISTINA.
EVERYONE, PRAY FOR CHRISTINA AND SHARE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR
LIFE TOO BECAUSE WE'RE A TEAM.
WE'RE A FAMILY AND IT REALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THIS WEEK'S SOCIAL DISCUSSION, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SCRIPTURE
AND TELL US WHY.
IT'S A GREAT ONE.
READ THROUGH THOSE, IT WILL BE A WONDERFUL SOURCE OF
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR YOU TODAY.
THOSE WILL BE ON FACEBOOK AND ALSO ON TWITTER USING
#EA.
AND ANOTHER GREAT WORD TO JUST GET COMPLETELY BATHED IN THE
WORD OF GOD IS OUR OFFER TODAY.
IT'S CALLED "GOD'S WORD FOR YOUR LIFE" AND THIS IS AUDIO OF JOYCE
READING SCRIPTURE, JUST SCRIPTURE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
FROM JOYCE.
YOU CAN GET IT DIGITAL OR ON CD SO CHECK THOSE OUT TODAY.
JOYCE: JAMES 1:21, SO SAME ONE WE READ THIS BEFORE.
WE'RE GONNA START HERE.
"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 WITHOUT OBEYING IT AND
BEING A DOER OF IT, HE IS LIKE A MAN WHO LOOKS CAREFULLY AT HIS
[OWN] 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 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.
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.
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 'CAUSE I'VE
ALREADY PREACHED THESE TO MYSELF SEVERAL TIMES.
I MEAN, I WAS UP THIS MORNING AT 6 O'CLOCK PREACHING TO MYSELF.
WHILE I WAS DOING MY HAIR, I WAS PREACHING TO MYSELF.
WELL SEE, BY THE TIME I GET HERE, I OPEN MY MOUTH AND IT
JUST ROLLS OUT 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN PREACHING 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 HAVE IF YOU SPEND
YOUR MORNING THINKING 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 KIND OF 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 WANT TO 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?
NOW, LET'S TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT SOME OF THE STUFF GOING 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, DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU DO OR NOT, IT'S NOT GONNA
GO AWAY.
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.
AMEN?
[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 YA.
HE'S TRYING TO KEEP YOU FROM KILLING YOURSELF.
GOD WANTS US TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE, AN AMAZING LIFE.
FEMALE: I WAS SENT TO PRISON AND I HAD LOST ALL HOPE AND
DESPAIR FOR MY LIFE, AND IT WAS THERE THAT I OPENED THE BIBLE.
MALE: THE WORD OF GOD REALLY CHANGED OUR LIFE FROM HELPING US
UNDERSTAND HOW WE NEED TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS A COUPLE,
AND SHOWING GOD'S LOVE TO ONE ANOTHER HAS BROUGHT US CLOSER
TOGETHER THE WAY GOD INTENDED MARRIAGE TO BE.
FEMALE: AND I GAVE HIM MY HEART AND MY WILL AND I'VE NEVER
BEEN THE SAME SINCE.
MALE: GOD'S WORD HAS REALLY SOLIDIFIED WHERE I AM AND HELPED
ME TO UNDERSTAND IT'S LIKE I'M GROWING NO MATTER HOW I FEEL ON
THE OUTSIDE 'CAUSE IT'S DONE THAT FOR SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE.
FEMALE: NO LONGER SELFISH AND THINKING OF MYSELF.
IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING RID OF YOURSELF AND LOOKING AT
THE OTHER PERSON, AND IT MAKES A HUGE, HUGE DIFFERENCE IN
EVERYTHING THAT I DO EVERY DAY.
FEMALE: I'M WALKING ONE DAY AT A TIME WITH HIM AND HIS WORD
IS BREATH, LIFE, WATER.
WHEN I'M THIRSTY, I DRINK IT AND WHEN I'M HUNGRY, I EAT IT UP.
FEMALE: IN READING HIS WORD AND BEING DILIGENT IN HIS WORD,
IT JUST GAVE ME HOPE 'CAUSE EVEN THOUGH I WAS IN PRISON, I WAS
RELEASED FROM MY PRISON AND MY BONDAGES AND I HAVE BEEN,
THROUGH HIS VICTORY AND THROUGH CHRIST JESUS, I HAVE CLAIMED
VICTORY OVER DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.
AND I'VE BEEN DRUGS AND ALCOHOL FREE FOR ALMOST 5 YEARS NOW SO
THAT'S WHAT READING THE WORD HAS DONE FOR ME.
[MUSIC]
GINGER: SO, OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S WORD IS KEY TO OUR LIVES
CHANGING, BUT TAKE HEART, GOD WILL NOT ASK US TO DO ANYTHING
THAT HE HASN'T ALREADY GIVEN US THE ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH.
THIS ALL WORKS.
THESE ARE REAL ANSWERS AND TODAY, WE WANT TO TELL YOU
ABOUT AN OFFER THAT I THINK WILL REALLY JUST ADD TO YOUR BIBLE
EXPERIENCE.
YOU'RE READING GOD'S WORD, WELL, YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT AS WELL.
THIS IS GOD'S WORD FOR YOUR LIFE AND IT'S AUDIO SCRIPTURES READ
BY JOYCE.
THERE'S ALSO LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENTS AND WHAT I REALLY
LOVE ABOUT THIS IS THAT THEY ARE BROKEN UP INTO DIFFERENT TOPICS
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU NEED, YOU POP IN THAT CD AND YOU
LISTEN TO IT.
IT MIGHT BE YOU NEED COURAGE.
IT MIGHT BE YOU NEED ENCOURAGEMENT, SOMETHING ON
DETERMINATION, SOMETHING ON TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF
PHYSICALLY, PRAYING FOR YOUR FINANCES, CONFESSIONS FOR
YOUR FAMILY.
THEY'RE ALL IN HERE AND IT'S REALLY GREAT.
AND IT'S ALSO A GOOD SOURCE TO HELP YOU MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE BY
LISTENING TO IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
SO, GET THIS EITHER DIGITALLY OR YOUR CD COPY.
WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL DO IT TODAY.
DON'T WAIT AROUND.
LET THIS BE THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED IN YOUR
LIFE TODAY.
NEXT WEEK ON EVERYDAY ANSWERS.
JOYCE: I DO NOT FEEL ONE BIT OF FEAR ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON
IN THE WORLD TODAY.
I AM NOT THE LEAST BIT AFRAID OF NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
I'M NOT AFRAID THAT I'M GOING TO BE HURT.
YOU HEAR ALL THE VIOLENCE OUT THERE.
I'M NOT THE LEAST BIT AFRAID OF THAT.
I FEEL SO SAFE IN GOD'S ARMS.
I KNOW THAT GOD IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF US.
GINGER: OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, WE ARE HERE
TO GATHER THOSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWER AS MANY AS WE CAN.
DO IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, #ASKJOYCE.
WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH SO JUST REMEMBER THAT THE ANSWER
TO ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS, EVERY ONE OF THEM,
IS CONTAINED IN GOD'S WORD.
SO, LET'S CONTINUE TO DISCOVER THOSE ANSWERS TOGETHER.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
[MUSIC]
CC BY ABERDEEN CAPTIONING 1-800-688-6621 WWW.ABERCAP.COM
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING PROGRAM WAS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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