PEACEFUL HEART BY JOYCE MEYER

YOUR MIND RENEWED, YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO THINK RIGHT.  SO CAN I. PHILIPPIANS 4 TELLS US WHAT TO THINK ON: THINK ON THESE THINGS, WHATEVER THINGS ARE TRUE, GOOD, PURE, WINSOME, GRACIOUS, KIND, GOOD REPORT.

DO YOU EXERCISE YOURSELF TO MAINTAIN A PEACEFUL HEART? HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU WASTE BEING UPSET? THE BIBLE COMMANDS US TO WALK IN PEACE. BOY, THINGS GET MESSED UP IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE DON’T WALK IN PEACE. IT’S AMAZING THE PRICE WE PAY FOR THE LITTLE FITS WE THROW. I LET A LITTLE SOMETHING GET TO ME LAST WEEK. IT WASN’T EVEN REALLY BAD-BAD BUT IT JUST KEPT POPPING UP. I’D KIND OF CHEW ON IT A LITTLE BIT, THEN I’D SAY: NO, I’D BETTER NOT THINK THAT. THEN I’D GO FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS AND THERE IT WOULD COME AGAIN AND I JUST: GR-GR-GR-GR. (laughing) YOU KNOW HOW WE ARE SOMETIMES, WE JUST HAVE TO PLAY AROUND WITH IT FOR A LITTLE BIT BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO BE OBEDIENT. I NOTICED THAT NIGHT WHEN I WENT TO BED – I NORMALLY SLEEP VERY WELL. MATTER OF FACT, I NORMALLY FALL ASLEEP IN MY CHAIR BEFORE I EVER GET TO THE BED BUT THAT NIGHT THERE WAS NO SLEEPING IN THE CHAIR. I THOUGHT: HMM, I WONDER WHY I’M NOT FALLING ASLEEP. GOT IN BED AND I WAS TOSSING AND TURNING. I THOUGHT: MAN, I WONDER WHY I’M HAVING A HARD TIME GOING TO SLEEP. THE NEXT DAY I DIDN’T FEEL QUITE RIGHT, KIND OF LIKE: BLAH. JUST DIDN’T FEEL REAL HAPPY. DIDN’T FEEL VERY ENERGETIC. MAN, I WONDER WHAT’S WRONG WITH MY NECK. I’VE GOT A LITTLE HEADACHE TOO. AND THEN GOD SHOWED ME: YOU ATE JUNK ALL DAY. HE WASN’T TALKING ABOUT FOOD. WHATEVER IS GOING ON IN US IS WHAT WE FEED ON ALL DAY. (applause)

THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT I KNOW IF I EAT THEM, THE NEXT DAY I’M GOING TO FEEL BAD. I WILL TELL YOU IF I CAN EVER FIND A CLEAN MOVIE TO GO TO, I LIKE TO GO AND EAT ABOUT THAT MUCH POPCORN WITH BUTTER ON IT AND GET A BAG OF M&M’s AND A BAG OF REESE’S PIECES. YOU SAY: WAIT, WAIT, WAIT! I THOUGHT YOU JUST WROTE A HEALTH BOOK. (laughing) WELL, I DID AND NOW I’M TELLING YOU WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO. I EVEN THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY TO DO IT ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE BECAUSE I DON’T THINK DOING SOMETHING OCCASIONALLY IS EXCESS, HOWEVER, ABOUT THE LAST TEN TIMES I DID IT WHICH IS PROBABLY OVER MAYBE LIKE A 5-6 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY TIME, THE NEXT DAY I FELT LOUSY. I FELT PHYSICALLY LOUSY. MY LIGHTNING FAST BRAIN TOLD ME (laughing) AFTER TEN TIMES AROUND THAT MOUNTAIN: (laughing) UH, THIS IS NOT WISDOM. (laughing) WILL I GO TO HELL FOR DOING IT? NO. WILL GOD STOP LOVING ME?  NO. BUT I WILL PAY THE PRICE. I WILL FEEL BAD ALL DAY. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FEEL BAD? YOU GET CRANKY. EVERYTHING MAKES YOU MAD. EVERYTHING HURTS YOUR FEELINGS. SOMEBODY ACT LIKE YOU LIKE THIS AND I’LL COME PREACH TO YOU. (applause)