PEACEFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOD BY JOYCE MEYER

JOYCE MEYER TELLS US TO DO NOT MERELY DESIRE PEACEFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOD AND WITH YOUR FELLOWMEN AND WITH YOURSELF BUT PURSUE AND GO AFTER THEM. SO WE SEE THREE RELATIONSHIPS WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE PEACE: PEACE WITH GOD, PEACE WITH OUR FELLOWMEN, AND PEACE WITH OURSELF. UNLESS YOU COME TO TERMS OF PEACE WITH YOURSELF, YOU ARE NOT EVER GOING TO HAVE PEACE WITH OTHER PEOPLE. GO TO GALATIANS 5:14. FOR THE WHOLE LAW CONCERNING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS IS COMPILED WITHIN THE ONE PRECEPT, YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU DO YOURSELF. SO THERE WE HAVE IT. HE SAID EVERYTHING ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS COMES OUT OF HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF.JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIESTEACHES US THAT ALL RELATIONSHIPS ARE RULED BY HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF. IF YOU’RE CRITICAL TOWARD YOURSELF, YOU’RE GOING TO BE CRITICAL TOWARD OTHER PEOPLE. IF YOU’RE RIGID WITH YOURSELF, YOU’RE GOING TO BE RIGID WITH OTHER PEOPLE. IF YOU’RE LEGALISTIC WITH YOURSELF, YOU’RE GOING TO BE LEGALISTIC WITH OTHER PEOPLE. IF YOU WILL NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO ENJOY LIFE, PEOPLE WHO ENJOY THEIR LIFE WILL IRRITATE YOU. (laughing)

JOYCE MEYER BELIEVES THAT’S THE TRUTH. I WENT FOR SO MANY YEARS NOT ENJOYING MY LIFE AND I WOULD GET SO MAD AT DAVE BECAUSE HE ENJOYED LIFE. (laughing) I WANTED HIM TO COME AND BE SOUR AND SAD WITH ME. (laughing) AM I NOT TELLING THE TRUTH? HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE IN A ROTTEN MOOD, YOU DON’T WANT TO BE AROUND SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO CHEER YOU UP? (laughing) YOU’RE JUST MAD BECAUSE THEY’RE HAPPY AND THEN YOU GO INTO: WELL, NO WONDER YOU’RE SO HAPPY! YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. I DO ALL THE WORK AROUND HERE AND TAKE ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY. I GUESS I’D BE HAPPY TOO IF I LIVED LIKE YOU DO! (laughing)  COME ON, LOSE THE MARTYR ATTITUDE. WHATEVER WE’RE GOING TO DO FOR PEOPLE, WE NEED TO DO IT UNTO THE LORD AND NOT TURN INTO A MARTYR AND KEEP REMINDING EVERYBODY OF EVERYTHING WE’RE DOING FOR THEM ALL THE TIME AND WHAT THEY’RE NOT DOING FOR US.  JOYCE MEYER ONLINE SAYS WOW, I’M PREACHING BETTER THAN I EXPECTED TO TONIGHT. (cheering/applause)  I USED TO WISH THAT GOD WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME ONE OF THOSE DESSERT MINISTRIES WHERE I COULD GO AROUND AND PROPHESY TO EVERYBODY AND GIVE THEM A PERSONAL WORD. I FEEL LIKE I COME INTO TOWN, TELL EVERYBODY OFF AND LEAVE. (laughing) BUT I HOPE WHAT I SAY COMES ACROSS IN A LOVING SPIRIT BECAUSE I’M TELLING YOU, I’M NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING GOD HASN’T TOLD ME.JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES BELIEVES THAT  WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE TODAY IF GOD WOULD NOT HAVE CONFRONTED ME WITH HARD TRUTH. ONLY THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE. AMEN? (Amen!)