JOYCE MEYER at LAKEWOOD
CHURCH
(notes from the Saturday night service)
Saturday 2/1/14
Strongly on
Joyce’s heart this year has been that there are 2 kinds of people.
Those who
do things on purpose and passive people.
Passive
people want good things but sit around and wait for them to happen.
They’re
wishing.
They’re
jealous of those who did the work.
Passive
people have to wait for a feeling.
Waiting for
it to be easy.
They don’t
end up with anything.
They blame
others, life…
Other
people are purposeful people.
Joyce wants
to see more purposeful people.
You study
this and then you do it on purpose.
You do it
because it’s right.
And you
trust that you’ll ultimately get a right result.
Tomorrow
she's teaching on A Patient Attitude.
Then
on Maintaining an Unselfish Attitude.
An attitude
changes everything.
A good
attitude can give you an above average life.
Ephesians
4:22-24
22 Strip yourselves
of your former nature [put off and discard your old unrenewed self] which
characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and
desires that spring from delusion;
23 And be
constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and
spiritual attitude],
24 And put on the
new nature (the regenerate self) created in God’s image, [Godlike] in true
righteousness and holiness.
Stop acting
like you did before you were saved.
We can
choose to put on that old nature.
Keep him
dead.
Stop acting
like you used to and start acting like you ought to.
Vs 23 is
the bridge (how).
Constantly
renewed in the spirit of your mind.
Joyce knows
she had at least 7 or 8 times when she had to quickly purposely straighten out
her attitude.
You can’t
just go with your feelings.
She had to
try 7 times to get her contact in her eye.
The person
who purposes to keep a good attitude doesn’t mean you feel like it or that it’s
fair.
You do it
because you know the Word is true.
But there
are no shortcuts.
There are
no drive-through break throughs.
You only
get it by going through.
Airplanes
have attitude indicators.
It shows
the position of the plane to the horizon.
The horizon
represents average.
Nose high
when climbing; nose down when diving.
If we have
a nose high attitude we’ll always be climbing and above average.
Joyce
doesn’t think we comprehend the power of one attitude.
Joyce
thinks about Joseph a lot because he went through tough unfair things.
After 13
years of wrong imprisonment his attitude was good and he ended up in the
palace.
Joyce
wishes Genesis said more about how hard it was for Joseph.
Psalm
105:17-18 hints to the difficulty.
17 He sent a man
before them, even Joseph, who was sold as a servant.
18 His feet they
hurt with fetters; he was laid in chains of iron and his soul entered
into the iron,
His soul
entered into the iron
What he
went through hurt him so badly there was hardly a way to talk about it.
It did
something in his soul.
Instead of
iron controlling him his soul became like iron.
Maintaining
a great attitude has to be purposeful.
Grow up is
always Joyce’s main theme.
Live a life
that represents Him.
The church
service ends and you have to go home and there’s where your real witness
begins.
If you have
a nose up attitude keep it.
But if you
have a nose down attitude then decide you will make an attitude adjustment
tonight.
Simply
decide it is what it is and I am going to learn to be victorious in the midst
of it.
Joyce loves
that God has given us free choice.
The devil
can’t make me have a bad attitude.
I can
always choose a good attitude.
Joyce
experienced hurts that caused her soul to enter into the iron.
The things
Joyce thought were her enemies worked for her good.
That
allowed her to help more people.
Joseph
probably went through very hard times.
Daniel was
probably nervous in the lion’s den.
We have to
be purposeful to be what God wants s to be.
Sometimes
we don’t feel like being purposeful.
Has your
get up and go got up and gone?
Your only
choice is to get up and get it back.
"The
last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of
circumstances." - Viktor E. Frankl
The last of
the human freedoms …is to choose to maintain a good attitude.
The man
said that from a concentration camp.
At attitude
is our thought life turned inside out.
You can’t
hide your attitude.
It shows up
on your face and in your body language.
Your
attitude reflects when you think someone did something stupid.
Even if we
say the right words the voice tone is wrong.
When Joyce
was learning to be submissive she’d say “yes honey” but didn’t mean it.
Genesis
4:5-7
5 But for [a]Cain and his offering He had
no respect or regard. So Cain was exceedingly angry and
indignant, and he looked sad and depressed.
6 And the Lord said
to Cain, Why are you angry? And why do you look sad and depressed and
dejected?
7 If you do well,
will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin crouches at your door;
its desire is for you, but you must master it.
Cain and Abel
Something
was going on in Cain’s heart that showed up on his face.
How many
depressed people are angry, bitter and resentful?
A lot of it
needs to be dealt with, not medicated.
God said in
verse 7 you must master it.
It’s our
job to master temptation.
God has
equipped us to do the right thing.
As humans
we don’t really want to face that.
We want to
think that we can’t help it.
Joyce’s
granddaughter is like Joyce unplugged (my paraphrase).
She refused
to make her bed.
All day she
was in a bad mood.
She finally
apologized and her whole mood changed.
That
unresolved thing in her kept her down.
If you’re
unhappy today maybe you should look at what wasn’t dealt with yesterday.
God loves
us too much to leave us alone in our messes.
Joyce wants
us all to come up higher this year.
We can lend
and never borrow.
But not
with a nose down attitude.
Every day
we can choose to feel sorry for ourselves or get a good attitude.
Attitude
inventory:
Which song
are you?
1. Make the world go away get it off of my shoulders
2. Raindrops keep falling on my head
3. I’ll do it my way
4. Oh what a beautiful morning oh what a beautiful day
Sing unto
the Lord a new song.
Let’s stop
singing the same old sad song all the time.
A lady in
Starbucks met Joyce and shared her sob story.
Life has
thrown me under the bus.
Joyce said
it did the same thing to me but I decided to drive the bus.
Are you
going to spend your life telling people how life threw you under the bus?
You want
pity or power?
I’m tired
of letting the devil keep me down.
Many have a
reason to have a bad attitude but no right.
5 keys to a good attitude
1. Maintain the right attitude when the going gets rough.
As soon as you notice your attitude diving make an
adjustment.
Resist the devil at his onset.
Stop justifying bad attitudes.
I had a bad day at work.
Not feeling good doesn’t give you
a right to be mean to people.
As long as I make an excuse for
something I can’t get over it.
Don’t do that in your mind.
Maintaining a right attitude is
easier than regaining a right attitude.
It’s easier to keep my peace that
to lose it and try to get it back.
When you notice your attitude
sinking stop immediately.
Don’t let all your emotions get
involved.
If you let yourself have a 3 day
fit then it’s harder.
Pride kicks in and you’re not
apologizing to anybody.
Pray prayers God can answer.
Don’t pray make the problems go
away.
We have faith because we’re going
to have problems.
You can respond to problems
differently.
Sunday always comes after Friday,
if you don’t give up on Saturday.
Saturday is where the decision is
made.
Joyce imagines Jesus’ Saturday was
even harder than Friday.
Let’s go in for the long haul and
stop giving up in the middle.
Misery is an option.
Pray: be patient and endure
trouble with a good attitude.
John Maxwell said circumstances
don’t make you what you are they reveal what you are.
2. Realize the storms won’t last forever
Spring always comes after winter.
If you’re in the winter season
know spring will come.
The good news is that the bad news
can be turned into good news when you just change your attitude.
Joyce thinks about things she’s
gone through and made it through.
How many are saying “I’m not going
to make it”?
You will make it.
You will last.
You will come through.
It will be over.
This too shall pass.
Hurting broken people marry other
broken hurting people.
In Joyce’s first marriage to a
broken troubled man she got pregnant.
Her husband left her and lived
with another woman 2 blocks away and told everyone the baby wasn’t his.
She named her baby David, God knew
she was going to marry Dave Meyer.
We need to give God more credit.
The baby looked like his father so
it was hard to deny him.
Joyce was homeless.
Her hairdresser said she could
stay with her until the baby was born.
That was her then but look at her
now.
Now she is preaching to 2/3 of the
world and at one time she was homeless.
Somewhere along the line their
soul had to enter into iron.
Joyce had breast cancer, aggressive
fast growing cancer.
Radical mastectomy recommended
immediately.
She had the surgery and no cancer
got to her lymph nodes.
The ministry was dependent upon
her preaching.
She couldn’t preach during
recovery.
A minister arrived with a $10,000
check.
She was in a pit, had surgery,
she’s a faith preacher.
25 years later she had a clean
mammogram.
No cancer!
5 years ago she had serious back
problems, lesions on her spine.
Doctors said she had cancer that
metastasized to her spine but healed itself.
10 years ago Joyce Meyer
Ministries had a severe
media attack.
The media can say whatever they
want and people choose whether or not to believe it.
Picture of Joyce making an ugly
face on cover of magazine.
All was designed to destroy her
reputation.
But she’s still here.
Whatever’s going on in your life
won’t last forever.
3. Don’t make major decisions in the storm
4. Stay in touch with the control tower
Joyce was on plane and it was
diving.
Nobody said anything but get back
to your seat.
The crew had oxygen masks on.
Later pilot apologized and said I
had to stay in touch with the control tower.
Sometimes we have to shut
everything out and stay in touch with the One in control.
5. Try to keep things in perspective
When someone does something wrong try to
remember all they’ve done right.
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