JESUS WAS BAPTIZED AND THE HOLY SPIRIT LANDED ON HIM BY JOYCE MEYER

JOYCE MEYER SAID THAT LET’S DON’T FORGET THAT WHEN JESUS WAS BAPTIZED AND THE HOLY SPIRIT LANDED ON HIM, THE VERY NEXT THING THAT HAPPENED WAS HE WAS LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS TO BE TEMPTED OF THE DEVIL 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS. HE DIDN’T GET LOST OUT THERE; HE WAS LED OUT THERE. LET’S DON’T FORGET THAT THERE WAS A SHORTER ROUTE BUT GOD LED THE ISRAELITES THE LONG, HARD WAY. HE DIDN’T HAVE TO LEAD THEM BY THE RED SEA. HE COULD HAVE LED THEM A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT NO, HE LED THEM RIGHT FLAT INTO THAT RED SEA. WHY DID HE DO THAT? ACCORDING TOJOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE HAD TO LEAD THEM THE HARD WAY BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT YET READY FOR WAR. THEY WEREN’T READY YET TO FACE THEIR ENEMIES AND CONQUER THEIR ENEMIES.  HE WANTED TO GIVE THEM THE PROMISED LAND BUT THEY HAD TO POSSESS THE PROMISED LAND. YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD “POSSESS” MEANS?  IT MEANS FIRST YOU HAVE TO DISPOSSESS THE CURRENT OCCUPANTS.

SO, THE PROMISED LAND WAS THEIRS BUT THEY HAD TO GO IN AND TAKE IT. THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DRIVE OFF THE ENEMIES THAT WERE THERE BUT THEY WERE NOT READY FOR WAR SO GOD HAD TO LEAD THEM OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS AND AROUND AND AROUND THE DESERT, TEACHING THEM SOME THINGS. BELOVED, WE LEARN MORE IN OUR DIFFICULT TIMES THAN WE EVER DO IN OUR EASY TIMES. SOME OF JOYCE MEYER SAID THAT YOU DON’T REALIZE. WE GO TO SCHOOL TO GET AN EDUCATION BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, YOU GET A GREATER EDUCATION IN LIFE THAN YOU EVER GET IN A CLASSROOM. (applause)  WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO ENCOUNTER ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE. I WANT TO BE LIKE THE APOSTLE PAUL WHERE HE HAD A TIME WHERE HE SAID “EVERYBODY FORSOOK ME.” WHEN HE WAS ON TRIAL, EVERYBODY TURNED AGAINST HIM. HE SAID “NOBODY STOOD WITH ME BUT THE LORD STOOD BY MY SIDE” AND HE SAID “MAY THE LORD NOT HOLD IT AGAINST THEM. JUST FORGIVE THEM.” HOW AWESOME IS THAT? LET ME SHOW YOU THIS SCRIPTURE IN FIRST PETER THAT I THINK IS SO GOOD: FIRST PETER 4. JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIESTELLS US THAT THIS PARTICULAR SCRIPTURE REALLY COMFORTED ME IN TIMES WHEN I FELT LIKE I WAS NOT BEING TREATED RIGHT AND I WAS IN A SITUATION WHERE IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO ABOUT IT.

Joyce Meyer Ministries: One of the things that I pray all the time is that God will lead more people in key positions into a real genuine relationship with Christ because when you’re a person of influence, you can influence a lot of people