A PROBLEM IN A RELATIONSHIP BY JOYCE MEYER

I DON’T GET THAT, SO I DON’T KNOW. (laughing) I THINK I WORK OVERTIME BUT I’M NOT SURE. (laughing) SO LET’S JUST SAY THAT YOU CLOCK IN AT 8:00, YOU CLOCK OUT AT 5:00 AND YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO GET AN HOUR FOR LUNCH BUT YOU REALLY TAKE AN HOUR AND TEN MINUTES, AND THEN OF COURSE THERE’S ALL THE TALKING YOU DO ALL DAY, THE PERSONAL PHONE CALLS YOU MAKE, THE TIMES YOU PLAY ON THE INTERNET LOOKING UP STUFF. (Come on now!) (laughing) “BOY, THE LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST BY JOYCE MEYER

I THINK SINCE 2002 WHEN WE STARTED KEEPING THE RECORDS FOR THAT, I THINK IT’S LIKE OVER 63,000 THAT WE’VE ACTUALLY LED TO JESUS IN THE PRISONS IN OUR SERVICES THAT WE’VE DONE.

(Mike Ensch) ALL WE NEED TO DO IS GET OUT THERE AND SOW LOTS OF SEEDS.  THAT’S WHAT JOYCE MEYER BOOKS ARE DOING. HERE WE’RE PRESENTING A LITTLE GIFT PACK — A BOOK, SOME HYGIENE ITEMS. YOU KNOW WHAT’S REALLY BEHIND THERE THAT IS SO POWERFUL; AND INMATES — A LOT OF THEM CAN’T FIGURE THIS OUT. “WHY WOULD PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE DO THIS FOR US?” AND THEY ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THEY FEEL SO DEVALUED. THAT’S THE POWER OF LOVE.

(man) I’M 40 YEARS OLD AND I’VE BEEN IN THE SYSTEM SINCE I WAS 22.

(man) FOR ABOUT THE PAST 14 YEARS I’VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE SYSTEM.

(woman) I CAME INTO THE SYSTEM WHEN I WAS 12 YEARS OLD.

(man) I’VE HAD ALL KINDS OF JOBS. I’VE HAD MY OWN COMPANY BUT MY ADDICTION LED TO ME LOSING MY COMPANY, LOSING MY WIFE AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH MY CHILDREN.

(man) I HAD A BAD HABIT OF DRINKING ALCOHOL. I LOVED TO DRINK WHISKEY. THE MORNING THAT I GOT ARRESTED I’D ALREADY HAD THREE FIFTHS IN ME BEFORE NOON AND A BRAND-NEW HALF-GALLON IN MY HAND.

(woman) I WAS A RUNAWAY. I ENDED UP ON THE STREETS AS A PROSTITUTE TO SUPPLY MY DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION.

(man) MY GRANDMOTHER SPOKE ABOUT GOD BUT I JUST THOUGHT SHE WAS CRAZY.  NOW I’VE CALLED MY GRANDMOTHER, AND SHE SAID IT’S THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS THAT I’VE SOUNDED LIKE A MAN.

(man) I RAN OVER ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY TO GET TO WHAT I NEEDED TO GET MY HABIT. NOW I HAVE A NEW HABIT; THAT HABIT IS JESUS. I THANK HIM EVERY DAY THAT I DON’T HAVE TO GO BACK TO THAT LIFESTYLE.

(woman) I STARTED GOING TO THE CHAPLAIN’S LIBRARY AND THAT’S WHERE I WAS INTRODUCED TO JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES. I WAS INTRODUCED TO BOOKS LIKE THIS ONE.  IT TOLD ME OF THE LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST AND HOW HE WENT TO THE CROSS TO DIE FOR MY SINS, AND THAT HE LOVED ME — EVEN ME, A PROSTITUTE — THAT HE LOVED ME. I HAD NEVER IN MY LIFE EXPERIENCED THAT KIND OF LOVE THAT I FELT WHEN I WAS IN THERE.

(Roy Lormis) I THINK GOD HAS PUT IN MY HEART THAT THIS IS WHERE I BELONG AND I DON’T KNOW OF ANYWHERE ELSE I CAN GO TO HAVE A MORE CAPTIVE AUDIENCE THAN BEING WITH THOSE WHO ARE IN PRISON. I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING — I’M LIVING THE BEST LIFE THAT I COULD EVER POSSIBLY LIVE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I’M DOING IS WHAT GOD HAS CALLED ME TO DO.  AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAS THE OPPORTUNITY EVERY DAY TO DO WHAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO DO.

(woman) I LEARNED HOW TO LOVE THE LORD AND HOW HE LOVES ME BEING IN PRISON, THROUGH MINISTRIES LIKE THIS ONE.

(Roy Lormis) WHAT WAS IT?

(inmates) JOYFUL NOISE!

(Roy) JOYFUL NOISE ONTO THE LORD.  OKAY, HOW MANY CAN DO THAT?  ALRIGHT! LET’S DO IT. ♫ AMAZING GRACE HOW SWEET THE SOUND THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME.  I ONCE WAS LOST BUT NOW I’M FOUND, WAS BLIND… ♫