PRAISE GOD! BY JOYCE MEYER

IT’S LIKE YOU START OUT SINNING, THEN YOU DESCEND INTO MORE AND MORE SIN. YOU JUST KEEP SINKING LOWER AND LOWER IN THE PIT. YOU START OUT NOT GUARDING YOUR HEART ON TUESDAY. “WELL, THEY HURT MY FEELINGS. YOU MADE ME MAD.” THERE’S ONLY ONE THING TO DO WITH ANGER AND THAT’S JUST GET OVER IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? WE LIVE IN AN IMPERFECT WORLD WITH IMPERFECT PEOPLE AND EVERY DAY IS NOT GOING TO TURN OUT THE WAY I WANT IT TO TURN OUT. HALLELUJAH! (laughing) (Thank you, Joyce!) AMEN? (Amen!) SO, AS THEY SAY, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO SUCK IT UP AND GO ON.  SAY: WELL, HELLO, WORLD. I SEE A FEW OF YOU OUT THERE GOING…. (laughing) BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU CAME FOR YOUR MIRACLE. (laughing) AND LITTLE DO YOU KNOW THAT I’M TRYING TO TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN LIVE AND NOT NEED A MIRACLE! AMEN? (cheering) (applause) WOULD YOU RATHER LEARN HOW TO LIVE SO YOU DON’T NEED A MIRACLE ALL THE TIME OR WOULD YOU RATHER ALWAYS BE NEEDING ONE? “WELL, BLESS GOD, I’M JUST BELIEVING FOR MY MIRACLE.” (laughing)

“JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT THROUGH TILL JESUS GETS BACK.” (laughing) LIKE ONE LADY SAID TO ME YESTERDAY; SHE SAID: PRAISE GOD! YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN HAVE IN LIFE BESIDES JUST TRYING TO WHITE KNUCKLE IT UNTIL I GET TO HEAVEN. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD STATEMENT BECAUSE SO OFTEN, THAT’S WHAT WE FEEL LIKE IT’S ALL ABOUT; JUST GOING TO TRY TO HANG ON AND MAKE IT THROUGH TILL JESUS COMES. NO, JESUS SAID “I CAME, THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE!” (cheering) (applause) YOU SAY “WELL, I CAN’T HELP IT, I JUST HAVE A BAD TEMPER. I COME FROM A WHOLE FAMILY BLOODLINE OF BAD-TEMPERED PEOPLE. I JUST CAN’T HELP IT.” YOU KNOW WHAT AN EXCUSE IS? IT’S A REASON STUFFED WITH A LIE. (Whoa!) WHOO! THERE’S PROBABLY SOMEBODY HERE TODAY WHO IS UPSET BECAUSE THE MEETING IS GOING LONGER THAN YOU WANTED IT TO. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT’S NOT GOING TO MAKE ME SHUT UP. (cheering)

SO, HEY, GUESS WHAT, YOU’RE JUST UPSET AND I’M HAVING FUN. YOU KNOW WHAT?  THAT’S THE WAY IT IS MOST OF THE TIME. WE’RE ALL MAD AT SOMEBODY AND THEY’RE OUT HAVING A GOOD TIME AND DON’T EVEN CARE THAT WE’RE MAD.  THEY COULDN’T CARE LESS AND WE’RE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS AND WE HAVE NEVER LEARNED THEY DON’T CARE, THEY DON’T THINK ABOUT US AT ALL. (laughing)

“I WONDER WHAT THEY THINK. I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY THINK. I WONDER WHAT THEY THINK.” THEY’RE NOT THINKING ABOUT YOU! (laughing) YOU ARE NOT WHAT THEY’RE THINKING ABOUT, SO YOU CAN QUIT WORRYING ABOUT WHAT THEY’RE THINKING ABOUT YOU BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT THINKING ABOUT YOU. (laughing) “I’M JUST UPSET. YAP-YAP-YAP-YAP-YAP.” I USED TO GET SO STINKIN’ UPSET ABOUT EVERYTHING – I MEAN, EVERYTHING THAT DIDN’T GO RIGHT. I WAS JUST LIKE THIS: I HAD A PLAN, BOY, AND I DIDN’T LIKE MESSES.