Joyce Meyer said we see a need but many times we just don’t get involved. We don’t even know why. We just don’t get involved. “Well, I don’t know them.” I think sometimes one of the highest forms of giving we can do is to people we don’t know who can’t thank us and can’t pay us back. Amen.: I can show you scripture that literally says that. I love to do things for people when they don’t even know that I’m doing it. I love to make people happy. The happier I make somebody else the happier I become. See, the devil has cheated us. Joyce Meyer Ministries said that he has most people believing that in order to be happy, they have to take care of themselves, and that’s the last way you’re ever gonna be happy. The only way you’re ever going to be happy is to deposit yourself with God and get busy being a blessing to somebody else. The bottom line is really you can’t help yourself. It’s kind of interesting. You can have a problem and no matter what you do, you can’t fix your problem, and while you cannot fix your problem, God will give you an anointing to help somebody else and fix their problem.

I’m like:  well, if I can help them, why can’t I help me? Because God doesn’t want us to help ourselves; he wants us to sow into other people’s lives and then the seed that we sow into other people’s lives, he brings a harvest back into our own lives. That’s the way you’re going to get well. Accordimg to Joyce Meyer Online that the only way that you’re going to get well, the only way that you’re going to get healed from your wretched past is to reach out and start helping other people while God is doing a work on the inside of you. Jesus stopped for people. We often study the steps of Jesus but I think we need to study the stops of Jesus. He stopped for hurting people. In our society today we don’t have much time for anybody. We’ve got our plan. We’ve got our goals. We’ve got way too much to do already and we’re just busy and in a hurry. I think it’s pretty sad if our only testimony in life is “I’m busy.” Most people if you haven’t seen them for 2-3 weeks and you see them and say “how are you?”, their answer is “I’m busy.” Surely to God we can be something other than busy.

Joyce Meyer Ministries – So I’ll go back and do that right away and what that does is, people respect you when you do that. Otherwise people think that Christians are hypocrites. And so many people do think Christians are hypocrites and there are a lot of Christians that are hypocrites.

Joyce Meyer Ministries said God believes in you! he’s not all concerned about what you don’t have and what you’re missing and what’s not this and not that. I used to feel like god was probably so disappointed in me. Do you ever feel like god is probably so disappointed with you? Until one day he said: you know, Joyce Meyer, you’re really no shock to me; I knew what I was getting when I got you. laughing: think about it! God knows the end from the beginning! All the days of our life are written in his book. Every word in our mouth that is still unuttered, God already knows today what you’re going to say a year from now.

Every decision you’re ever going to make, good or bad, God already knew them before you ever showed up on planet earth. Then we think that God goes around so disappointed with us all the time. Let me tell you something: we do make mistakes and we’re not supposed to be lighthearted about it. Joyce Meyer Ministries that we are to take it seriously. But God has hope for you. God knows that he can change you if you’ll just stay in the word. But you can’t just come to one conference like this and think it’s going to fix everything in your life.  Joyce Meyer says what you’re going to find out here is a whole bunch of stuff that needs to be changed, and then you’re going to consistently work with God to stay in the word and to stay in prayer and to get around some right people, and you’re going to give god at least the same amount of time you’ve given the devil in your life.

According to Joyce Meyer Online that if it took you 40 years to get in this mess, then don’t get mad at god if you’re not out of it in two weeks. Amen? Amen.: God’s got a good plan for you. Well, when am I going to change? The bible says: little by little, from glory to glory, due time, appointed time. God’s never late, usually not early. Well, when will the other people in my life change? When are my circumstances going to change? According to Joyce Meyer Ministries that when you stop trying to change them yourself and put them in God’s hands, when you get happy where you’re at. If you can’t rejoice in the wilderness, chances are you’ll live there all your life because you know what? If you can’t be happy in the wilderness, guess what?

Joyce Meyer – They do treat people so bad and they don’t ever go back. I don’t understand that, how you cannot feel in your heart, I offended this person or even if sometimes I’ll go back to a person and apologize and they’ll say, “oh, you didn’t offend me at all.”

(Joyce Meyer Ministries) I BELIEVE ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS PEOPLE AREN’T HAPPY IS THAT THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY ELSE. YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR MIND OFF YOURSELF AND OFF OF YOUR NEED AND ON TO SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE BELIEVE ME, NO MATTER WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW, THERE’S SOMEBODY WHO’S IN MUCH WORSE CONDITION THAN YOU ARE AND ALTHOUGH PERHAPS YOU FEEL LIKE YOU JUST CAN’T HELP YOURSELF, IF YOU WILL REACH OUT AND HELP SOMEONE ELSE, THEN YOU’RE SOWING A SEED THAT WILL ALLOW GOD TO BRING A GREAT HARVEST BACK INTO YOUR OWN LIFE. ACCORDING TO JOYCE MEYER ONLINE TODAY WE’RE OFFERING TWO DVDs IN A SET CALLED “WISDOM AND THE BLESSED LIFE.” GOD PROMISES US A BLESSED LIFE IF WE WILL OBEY HIM BUT PART OF OBEDIENCE IS MAKING WISE CHOICES AND I BELIEVE THAT WISDOM IS TO DO RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU’RE GONNA BE HAPPY WITH LATER ON.

WE HAVE TO REALLY BE CAREFUL ABOUT JUST DOING WHAT WE FEEL LIKE DOING RIGHT NOW AND HOPING EVERYTHING WORKS OUT IN THE FUTURE BUT IF YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION ON THIS END, THEN WHEN YOU GET OVER HERE YOU’RE GONNA HAVE RIGHT RESULTS. WE’RE ALSO OFFERING A BOOK BY JOHN BEVERE, “UNDER COVER.” YOU MIGHT THINK: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, THE GOOD THING IS YOU CAN GET THE BOOK AND FIND OUT.JOYCE MEYER SAYS PERHAPS YOU’RE JUST NOT STAYING UNDER THE COVERING THAT GOD HAS PLACED OVER YOUR LIFE. YOU’D BE SURPRISED AT WHAT KIND OF PROTECTION IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU IF YOU KNOW HOW TO STAY UNDER THAT COVER. JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES SAID THAT WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND WE WANT YOU TO HAVE ALL THE GOOD WORD THAT YOU CAN HAVE BECAUSE IT’S WHAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE SO TAKE DOWN EVERYTHING MY ANNOUNCER SAYS AND REMEMBER TO HAVE AN ESPECIALLY GREAT DAY IN JESUS!

(man) I’VE WALKED THIS SIDEWALK FOR YEARS, SEEN A MILLION FACES, A MILLION LIVES, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WANTS SOMETHING: WANT TO BE RICH, THEY WANT TO BE FAMOUS, WANT A BIGGER HOUSE OR A FASTER CAR. IT’S NOT UNTIL WE WISE UP AND REALIZE THAT TRUE HAPPINESS, TRUE FULFILLMENT ONLY COMES WHEN WE’RE LIVING UNDER THE BLESSINGS OF GOD.

Joyce Meyer – I still have to clear my conscience if I feel in my heart that God is telling me to. Because that brings respect to the name of Jesus instead of shame to the name of Jesus and that’s important to our family that we bring glory to God’s name.

JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES SAID IT’S SO TRUE THAT YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO WHAT YOU DON’T HAVE.  I’M LIKE JUST: ROWR! AND DAVE IS LIKE:  STEADY. THE GREATEST THING THAT I NEEDED IN MY LIFE WAS A STABLE PERSON BECAUSE I HAD NEVER BEEN AROUND ANYBODY STABLE. (applause) WHILE I WAS GROWING UP, EVERYBODY WAS JUST LIKE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND YOU NEVER KNEW FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE GREATEST GIFT THAT MY HUSBAND HAS BROUGHT INTO MY LIFE IS A STABLE PERSON WHO IS THE SAME ALL THE TIME AND LIKES EVERYBODY. JOYCE MEYER SAYS I’VE BEEN MARRIED TO DAVE ALMOST 39 YEARS AND I THINK IN THOSE 39 YEARS I COULD MAYBE SAY THERE HAVE BEEN TWO OR MAYBE THREE PEOPLE THAT HE HAS VOICED THAT HE DIDN’T LIKE IN 39 YEARS. WHEN I STARTED OUT, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE PERSON I DID LIKE. (laughing)

ACCORDING TO JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES THAT I’VE CHANGED NOW AND I KNOW LAST NIGHT AFTER I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT HOW I DON’T HAVE A GIFT OF HOSPITALITY, YOU GUYS PROBABLY THOUGHT:  MAN!  YOU KNOW WHAT? WE TALKED ABOUT THE WORD “HOSPITALITY” LAST NIGHT AND IT MEANS MORE THAN HAVING PEOPLE TO YOUR HOUSE.  I’M FRIENDLY! I JUST LIKE TO DO IT AT SOMEBODY ELSE’S HOUSE. (laughing) (applause) THE WORD “HOSPITALITY” MEANS YOU MAKE PEOPLE COMFORTABLE AND I TRY TO DO THAT, TOO. IF I’M OUT AND SOMEBODY IS BY THEMSELVES OR A STRANGER, I’LL TRY TO INCLUDE THEM AND MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE, SO HA-HA, I’M NOT AS BAD AS YOU THINK. (laughing) THOUGHT I’D BETTER DEFEND MYSELF A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW. (laughing)

JOYCE MEYER ONLINE SAYS THAT ENJOY YOUR LIFE. ENJOY YOURSELF. ENJOY THE PEOPLE GOD HAS PUT IN YOUR LIFE. YEAH, YOU MAY HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU NEVER SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AROUND. IF IT’S SOMEBODY YOU CAN GET AWAY FROM, THEN DO IT BUT IF IT’S SOMEBODY YOU’RE GOING TO BE AROUND ANYWAY, THEN YOU MIGHT AS WELL START FINDING SOME STUFF IN THEM THAT YOU DO LIKE. (Amen!) I CAN EITHER CONCENTRATE ON THE FACT THAT DAVE IS STABLE AND I LOVE THAT OR I COULD CONCENTRATE ON THE FACT THAT EVERY TIME HE GETS UP FROM THE TABLE, HE LEAVES THE CHAIR OUT. (laughing)

Joyce Meyer – it’s great to hear a variety of ways that people share their Christian witness. I know my daughter was in ministry with me, traveling and helping me on the platform for 11 years. When she had her twin daughters, she realized that she was going to need to be a stay-at-home mom — that was what her heart was but it didn’t stop her ministry.

JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES SAYS ALL THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THEY’RE GOING TO RESENT YOU. I CAN PROMISE YOU IF YOU KEEP TRYING TO CHANGE PEOPLE, THEY ARE GOING TO RESENT YOU AND ONLY GOD CAN CHANGE PEOPLE. THAT DOESN’T MEAN WE DON’T BRING CORRECTION WHEN WE NEED TO BRING CORRECTION. I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. WE NEED TO HAVE TOUGH LOVE. WE NEED TO BRING CORRECTION WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT. WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE IN OUR FAMILIES BUT I’M TELLING YOU WHEN YOU FINALLY REALIZE THAT YOU’VE HIT A WALL AND ONLY GOD CAN DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, JOYCE MEYER ONLINE TELLS US THAT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY PEACE AND ANY JOY, THEN YOU’D BETTER JUST CAST YOUR CARE ON GOD AND GET ABOUT ENJOYING YOUR LIFE. (applause) YOU CAN’T GIVE AWAY WHAT YOU DON’T HAVE.  IF YOU DON’T HAVE ANY PEACE, YOU CAN’T GIVE IT AWAY.  IF YOU DON’T HAVE ANY JOY, YOU CAN’T GIVE IT AWAY. LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW WE FEEL ABOUT OURSELVES AGAIN FOR A MINUTE. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF? WHAT DON’T YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF? WHAT ARE YOUR STRENGTHS? WHAT ARE YOUR WEAKNESSES? I’M GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE A LIST. HERE ARE SOME THINGS ON MY LIST THAT I BELIEVE ARE STRENGTHS: I ENJOY MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY. IT MAKES ME HAPPY TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY. I’M A VERY FOCUSED, DETERMINED INDIVIDUAL. I TAKE GOOD CARE OF MYSELF. THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD. I’M DISCIPLINED. I’M A HARD WORKER. I’M NOT LAZY. I BELIEVE I’M FAIRLY SENSITIVE TO PEOPLE AND THEIR NEEDS AND I THINK I’M A THOUGHTFUL PERSON. YOU MIGHT SAY: WELL! (laughing) SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU’VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH PRIDE. (laughing)

JOYCE MEYER SAID THAT THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH KNOWING WHAT YOU’RE GOOD AT. I’M A GOOD COMMUNICATOR. I’M NOT GOOD AT HOSPITALITY. I DON’T WANT PEOPLE COMING TO MY HOUSE. (laughing) (applause) I MEAN, I JUST DON’T. I’LL TAKE YOU OUT TO DINNER BUT I WANT TO BE IN A RESTAURANT SO I CAN GET AWAY WHEN I WANT TO. (laughing) (applause) I’M SORRY BUT I’VE GOT PEOPLE AFTER ME ALL THE TIME. WHEN I’M HOME, I WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE. WE HAD COMPANY THE OTHER NIGHT TO OUR HOME AND I TOLD THESE PEOPLE:  CONGRATULATIONS. I HAVE LIVED HERE SIX YEARS. YOU ARE THE FIRST PEOPLE I’VE EVER INVITED OVER. (laughing) TO SOME OF YOU THAT SOUNDS REALLY BAD AND I KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS YOU MUST BE HOSPITABLE SO I’M WORKING ON THAT. I DID IT ONCE THIS YEAR. (laughing) I’M GOING TO GROW IN THAT AREA. WE’VE BEEN HANGING OUT WITH THIS COUPLE FROM A CHURCH IN ST. LOUIS.  WE’VE KNOWN THEM FOR 20 YEARS BUT WE JUST DECIDED IT’S TIME TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER SO WHEN WE… (laughing) WHEN WE STARTED GETTING TOGETHER THEY INVITED US TO COME TO THEIR HOUSE FOR DINNER AND I SAID YES BUT I SAID:  I CAN’T PROMISE YOU I’LL INVITE YOU BACK TO MINE. (laughing) BUT I’LL TAKE YOU OUT! I SAID: I’LL DO THE OUT THING AND YOU DO THE IN THING. (laughing)

Joyce Meyer Online – That’s the thing that people have to realize, that we all have a ministry.

JOYCE MEYER SAYS WHEN YOU’RE UNHAPPY, IT MAKES YOU MAD WHEN SOMEBODY HAPPY IS AROUND YOU. UNHAPPY DON’T LIKE TO BE AROUND HAPPY. AM I TELLING THE TRUTH? (Yes.) JUST STAY HAPPY AND JUST MAKE THEM SO MAD UNTIL THEY FINALLY JUST POP. (laughing) NEGATIVE THINKING LIMITS GOD AND IT LIMITS OUR POTENTIAL. GOD IS NOT A NEGATIVE THINKER. GO TO NUMBERS CHAPTER 13. WE TALKED LAST NIGHT ABOUT THE THE ISRAELITES  — HOW THEY CAME OUT OF BONDAGE IN EGYPT, STEPPED INTO THE WILDERNESS, HEADED FOR THE PROMISED LAND.

JOYCE MEYER ONLINE STATED THAT IT WAS AN 11 DAY JOURNEY, STRAIGHT ACROSS THE WILDERNESS. THEY SPENT 40 YEARS WANDERING AROUND OUT THERE GOING AROUND AND AROUND THE SAME MOUNTAINS. WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY CAME OUT. THEY ONLY COUNTED THE MEN, 600,000 BUT MOST OF THEM PROBABLY HAD WIVES AND SOME CHILDREN. THE EXPERTS, WHOEVER THEY ARE, SAY FROM 2 TO 3 MILLION PEOPLE CAME OUT OF EGYPT. ONLY TWO PEOPLE, OUT OF THAT ORIGINAL GROUP THAT CAME OUT OF EGYPT, TWO – EVERY TIME I SAY THAT, I AM AMAZED – TWO OUT OF BETWEEN 2 AND 3 MILLION ENTERED THE PROMISED LAND.

ACCORDING TO JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES THATYOU WILL SEE TODAY BY SCRIPTURE, THOSE TWO WERE THE ONLY TWO THAT HAD A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. THE REST OF THEM HAD A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE, MURMURING, GRUMBLING, COMPLAINING, DIDN’T WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS. EVERYTHING WAS ALWAYS SOMEBODY ELSE’S FAULT. WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY. PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. AN IRRESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE IS AN UNGODLY ATTITUDE. WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO DO OUR PART. WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR BEHAVIOR. WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR ACTIONS.

JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES SAID THAT I NEVER GET ANYTHING FREE. WHAT ABOUT ME?” A SELFISH, SELF-CENTERED ATTITUDE, A DISCONTENTED ATTITUDE. THERE WERE YEARS IN MY LIFE WHERE I JUST HAD A DISCONTENTED ATTITUDE. BECAUSE I WASN’T HAPPY WITH MYSELF, I COULDN’T BE HAPPY WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MY LIFE. WHEN A PERSON HAS AN ATTITUDE OF DISCONTENTMENT, I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU DO FOR THEM, THEY ARE GOING TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE YOU’RE NOT DOING FOR THEM THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE BOTHERED ABOUT. THIS IS JUST COMING UP IN ME, SO I’LL SAY THIS: SOME OF YOU ARE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN YOU THE JOB OF KEEPING THEM HAPPY BUT THEY REALLY DON’T WANT TO BE HAPPY AND I’M JUST GIVING YOU AN ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY THAT EVERY PERSON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN JOY AND HAPPINESS. YOU’RE NOT RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE SOMEBODY ELSE HAPPY. (applause)

JOYCE MEYER ONLINE IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO FIGURE THIS OUT BUT DON’T SPEND YOUR LIFE TRYING TO MAKE SOMEBODY ELSE HAPPY THAT HAS ALREADY DECIDED THAT THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO. HONESTLY YOU CAN HURT PEOPLE WHEN YOU KEEP TRYING TO DO THAT. YOU’RE BETTER OFF JUST TO TELL THEM: YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE YOUR MIND UP WHAT KIND OF POSTURE YOU’RE GOING TO TAKE TOWARD LIFE BUT I AM NO LONGER GOING TO BE CODEPENDENT ON YOUR MESSED UP LIFE.

JOYCE MEYER SAYS YOU ARE NOT GOING TO STEAL MY JOY ANYMORE THROUGH YOUR PROBLEMS BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. (applause) ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE ME THE MADDEST ABOUT MY HUSBAND BUT PROBABLY HELPED ME THE MOST WAS DAVE WOULD NOT LET ME MAKE HIM UNHAPPY. (laughing) HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHEN YOU’RE UNHAPPY, YOU WANT TO MAKE SOMEBODY ELSE UNHAPPY? (Amen.)

BECAUSE THERE IS A SIN PRINCIPLE IN THE WORLD; THE DEVIL IS ALIVE AND WELL. JOYCE MEYER SAID WE STILL THINK THAT WE CAN SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS EVEN THOUGH WE SAY WE TRUST GOD. WE STILL THINK THAT SOME WAY, SOMEHOW IF WE WORRY AND FIGURE ON IT LONG ENOUGH, WE’LL GET IT FIGURED OUT AND WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THINGS. WE STILL HAVE DEEP-ROOTED FEARS IN OUR LIFE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE TRUST GOD, WE WANT TO HAVE A BACK-UP PLAN JUST IN CASE GOD DOESN’T COME THROUGH. COME ON NOW. (laughing)

JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES STATES I’LL TELL YOU ONE THING: I MAY NEVER BE THE KIND OF PERSON WHO JUST AUTOMATICALLY IS POSITIVE ABOUT EVERYTHING, BUT I THANK GOD FOR HIS WORD AND THE REVELATION THAT I HAVE THAT I KNOW NOW I CAN CHOOSE MY ATTITUDE AND I CAN CHOOSE MY THOUGHTS AND I CAN CHOOSE TO FORGIVE PEOPLE AND I CAN CHOOSE TO NOT BE OFFENDED AND I CAN CHOOSE TO NOT GET IN STRIFE. I CAN CHOOSE TO NOT STAY ANGRY. I CAN CHOOSE TO PRESS PAST THE PAIN OF FEELINGS AND DO WHAT THE WORD OF GOD TELLS ME TO DO, WHETHER I FEEL LIKE IT OR NOT. IF I DO WHAT IS RIGHT WHETHER I FEEL LIKE IT OR NOT, I AM SOWING A GOOD SEED THAT WILL BRING A HARVEST IN MY LIFE BECAUSE GOD IS FAITHFUL. AMEN? (Amen.)

JOYCE MEYER ONLINE STATED THAT THE BIBLE SAYS IN PHILIPPIANS 2:5: LET THIS SAME ATTITUDE BE IN YOU WHICH WAS IN CHRIST JESUS. HOW MANY OF YOU CAN THINK OF AT LEAST ONE BAD ATTITUDE THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW? HOW MANY OF YOU ARE WILLING TO CHANGE? HOW MANY OF YOU CAN THINK OF MORE THAN ONE BAD ATTITUDE? I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE JUST MADE A LIST OF EVERY BAD ATTITUDE THAT I COULD THINK OF BUT I WAS JUST THINKING THIS  MORNING OF A JEALOUS ATTITUDE. SOME PEOPLE JUST CAN’T BE HAPPY WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE BLESSED. “WHAT ABOUT ME? I NEVER WIN ANYTHING.

JOYCE MEYER HAD TIMES IN MY LIFE WHERE MY PROJECT HAS BEEN: I’M GOING TO REALLY TRY TO BE POSITIVE TODAY ABOUT EVERYTHING. I RARELY EVER GET PAST THE FIRST 30 MINUTES OF THE DAY BEFORE I FALL OFF INTO THE DITCH AGAIN. I AM TELLING YOU, THERE IS THAT OLD NATURE THAT DIED WITH CHRIST ON THE CROSS BUT STILL TRIES TO GET A RESURRECTION EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.  JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES STATES YOU HAVE TO TRY NOT TO BE NEGATIVE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO TRY TO BE NEGATIVE BUT YOU HAVE TO TRY TO BE POSITIVE. ISN’T THAT AMAZING? YOU REALLY DON’T HAVE TO TRY TO BE NEGATIVE — YOU JUST WILL BE IF YOU DON’T DECIDE TO BE POSITIVE.

JOYCE MEYER ONLINE. THERE MAY BE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE “UP” PEOPLE, THAT EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE IS JUST SUNSHINE AND FLOWERS. YOU WAKE UP EVERY DAY SINGING, OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING. THEN THERE ARE A LOT OF YOU LIKE ME TOO, SO I’LL JUST PREACH TO ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF YOU POSITIVE ONES CAN PRAY FOR US. THINK ABOUT IT — YOU DON’T HAVE TO TRY TO BE NEGATIVE. I WAS TALKING TO DAVE THIS MORNING AND I SAID… I AM REVEALING SOME OF THESE THINGS ABOUT ME TO YOU SO YOU KNOW THAT WE FIGHT THE SAME BATTLES THAT YOU DO. YEARS AGO I DIDN’T KNOW THAT I COULD HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MY THOUGHTS.

JOYCE MEYER BEGAN TO NOTICE AFTER I BECAME A CHRISTIAN THAT EARLY IN THE MORNING, BEFORE YOU’RE HARDLY EVEN AWAKE, IT’S LIKE THE DEVIL WILL MAKE A BID FOR YOUR MIND AND YOUR THOUGHTS. IF YOU DON’T GET A HANDLE ON IT EARLY, SOMETIMES THE WHOLE DAY CAN GO SOUR JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU BEGIN TO THINK EARLY IN THE MORNING. WE HAVE FOUR CHILDREN. WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS THAT THREE OF MY KIDS CAN BE DOING AWESOME, I MEAN WONDERFUL. JOYCE MEYER ONLINE. ONE OF THEM CAN BE NOT DOING SO WELL. WHICH ONE AM I INCLINED TO THINK ABOUT WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT? WHY DON’T WE THINK ABOUT THE THREE THAT ARE DOING SO WONDERFUL? WHY DO OUR THOUGHTS ALWAYS GO TOWARD THE PROBLEM? WHY DOESN’T IT JUST GO TOWARD THE POSITIVE?

ALL I DID WAS WASTE A LOT OF MY TIME AND MAKE MYSELF MISERABLE WHEN I COULD HAVE BEEN ENJOYING MY LIFE IF I WOULD HAVE CHOSEN TO DO SO, BUT JOYCE MEYER HAD TO TAKE THE RIGHT POSTURE TOWARD THE SITUATION. (applause) I DON’T KNOW WHAT SOME OF YOU ARE DEALING WITH BUT I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING FOR SURE: HAVING A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD IT IS ONLY GOING TO MAKE IT WORSE AND IT’S ONLY GOING TO MAKE YOU UNHAPPY. CHOOSING TO HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND A POSITIVE CONVERSATION WILL MAKE YOU HAPPIER, WILL MAKE EVERYBODY AROUND YOU HAPPIER, AND WILL RELEASE GOD TO WORK IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE GOD IS NOT NEGATIVE. IF WE WANT TO HAVE GOD MANIFESTED IN OUR LIFE THEN WE’VE GOT TO GET IN AGREEMENT WITH HIM.

JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES STATES THAT AMOS 3:3 SAYS: HOW CAN TWO WALK TOGETHER UNLESS THEY GET INTO AGREEMENT? WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES ONCE IN A WHILE: WHO ARE WE IN AGREEMENT WITH? ARE WE AGREEING WITH EVERY LIE THE DEVIL TELLS US AND EVERY THREATENING CIRCUMSTANCE THAT HE SHOWS US OR ARE WE AGREEING WITH THE WORD OF GOD AND THE PROMISES OF GOD? I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN ANY ONE OF OUR LIVES IF WE COULD BE TOTALLY POSITIVE? LET’S THINK ABOUT THAT FOR JUST A MINUTE. I’M A GOAL-ORIENTED PERSON SO I LIKE PROJECTS. I LIKE TO SAY: OKAY, GOD, TODAY I’M GOING TO TRY TO BE TOTALLY POSITIVE ABOUT EVERYTHING. ARE ANY OF YOU LIKE THAT? OR I’LL SAY: OKAY, TODAY, GOD, I’M GOING TO TRY TO NOT SAY ONE THING THAT IS ANYTHING OTHER — I USED TO TRY TO NOT SAY ONE THING; THAT DIDN’T WORK AT ALL – (laughing)

I’M GOING TO TRY TO BE SWEET ALL DAY. EVERYTHING I SAY, I’M JUST GOING TO TRY TO BE REALLY RESPECTFUL AND HONORING. JOYCE MEYER ONLINE. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING GOALS AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH TRYING TO COOPERATE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AS LONG AS YOU DON’T GET CONDEMNED EVERY TIME YOU MAKE A MISTAKE. I USED TO THINK I COULD CHANGE MYSELF. I KNOW THAT ONLY GOD CAN CHANGE ME. PROBABLY PART OF THE REASON WHY I DO THAT IS JUST BECAUSE OF MY NATURE. I’M MOTIVATED BY ACCOMPLISHMENT AND I’M A VERY GOAL-ORIENTED PERSON.