A GOOD POSITIVE ATTITUDE BY JOYCE MEYER

JOYCE MEYER SAID ALMOST ANYBODY IS GOING TO LISTEN TO SOMEBODY BETTER IF THEY THINK THEY’VE HAD EXPERIENCE THAN SOMEBODY THAT THEY THINK JUST PUT TOGETHER A BUNCH OF STUFF OUT OF A BOOK. IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO FEELS LIKE: “IT’S FINE FOR YOU TO STAND UP THERE AND TELL ME TO HAVE A GOOD POSITIVE ATTITUDE, BUT YOU HAVEN’T HAD MY LIFE; I’VE REALLY HAD IT ROUGH.” YOU KNOW WHAT? MAYBE YOU HAVE. JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES CAN’T EXPLAIN ALL THAT TO YOU WHY SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE THIS WONDERFUL LITTLE UPBRINGING AND LOVELY PARENTS AND THEY’RE TAUGHT EVERYTHING AND HAVE EVERY PRIVILEGE, THEN FOR OTHER PEOPLE IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS JUST HARD FOR THEM FROM THE GET-GO BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU THIS: GOD IS JUST AND ALTHOUGH LIFE IS NOT FAIR, GOD IS FAIR. HE CAN TAKE WRONG THINGS AND MAKE THEM RIGHT.

JOYCE MEYER ONLINE STATES THAT GOD WILL GIVE YOU DOUBLE FOR YOUR TROUBLE. HE WILL USE EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE. NOTHING WILL BE WASTED IF YOU PUT YOUR TRUST IN HIM. THE POSTURE THAT YOU TAKE… I MEAN I’VE SEEN IT JUST IN DAVE AND MYSELF. NATURALLY SPEAKING, DAVE IS MORE POSITIVE THAN I AM. EVEN OUR OWN PERSONALITIES HAVE A PART IN THIS. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK HARDER AT BEING POSITIVE BECAUSE THEIR PERSONALITIES ARE A LITTLE MORE MELANCHOLY. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE THEIR GIFT IS TO SEE WHAT IS WRONG WITH EVERYTHING. (laughing) HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT I’M TELLING YOU? IN SOME WAYS — JOYCE MEYER DON’T WANT TO SAY THIS WRONG — BUT IN SOME WAYS IT IS A GIFT IF THEY DON’T LET THE DEVIL USE IT.

IT’S GOOD TO SEE WHAT’S WRONG WITH SOMETHING IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO’S GOING TO HELP FIX IT AND TURN IT AROUND IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. PEOPLE WHO AREN’T FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST AND HAVE THAT — I GUESS WE’LL CALL IT A GIFT, FOR A MINUTE ANYWAY — JOYCE MEYER ONLINE STATES THAT THEY JUST MAKE THINGS WORSE EVERYWHERE THEY GO. I USED TO BE THE TYPE WHO COULD WALK INTO A BRAND-NEW, NEWLY DECORATED ROOM AND SOMEONE COULD SAY: WELL, HOW DO YOU LIKE MY NEW DECORATIONS? I WOULD SAY: IT LOOKS NICE BUT YOU’VE GOT A PIECE OF WALLPAPER LOOSE UP THERE IN THE CORNER. I’VE LEARNED THAT TO BE NEGATIVE AND CRITICAL REALLY PULLS PEOPLE DOWN, AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO BE DOING. WHEN I SAY CHOOSE TO HAVE A GOOD ATTITUDE, I KNOW WHEN I SAY THAT FOR SOME OF YOU IT’S GOING TO BE EASIER THAN FOR OTHERS.