If you are dealing with suicidal thoughts or know someone who could use some hope today…Joyce shares an encouraging message above!
GINGER: WE BEGIN WITH
SOMETHING TODAY THAT IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, WE GET MANY COMMENTS
AND WE HEAR FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO JUST FEEL UTTERLY HOPELESS.
AND SOMETIMES, YOU’RE JUST SO
DESPERATE THAT YOU DON’T EVEN
KNOW WHAT QUESTION TO ASK.
SO NOW, JOYCE HAS A VERY
IMPORTANT, A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR
ANYONE WHO’S STRUGGLING WITH
THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE.
JOYCE: GOD–
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: WHO CAN DO ANYTHING,
WHO CREATED EVERYTHING, LOVES
YOU AND HE THINKS ABOUT YOU ALL
THE TIME.
GOD LOVES YOU.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: NOW GOD DROPPED IT IN
MY HEART THIS MORNING TO TALK TO
THE TELEVISION AUDIENCE FOR
A FEW MINUTES BECAUSE I BELIEVE
THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING
ME RIGHT NOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
CONTEMPLATING AND SERIOUSLY
CONSIDERING SUICIDE.
AND A LOT OF THE REASON WHY
PEOPLE GET TO THAT POINT IN LIFE
IS BECAUSE THEY JUST FEEL THAT
NOBODY REALLY LOVES THEM OR THEY
FEEL THAT THEY JUST CANNOT EVER
GET IT RIGHT.
AND PART OF THE REASON WHY YOU
GET TO THAT POINT IS BECAUSE
YOU’RE TRYING TO FIND WORTH AND
VALUE IN ALL THESE OTHER THINGS
THAT WILL NEVER GIVE YOU TRUE
WORTH AND VALUE.
SO YOU BEGIN TO FEEL LIKE
YOU’RE JUST A BIG MESS-UP.
YOU DIDN’T MAKE IT THROUGH
COLLEGE, YOU DIDN’T–YOUR
MARRIAGE DIDN’T WORK OUT, YOU,
YOU KNOW, YOU WEREN’T AS GOOD
AT SPORTS AS YOUR BROTHER OR YOU
WEREN’T AS GOOD AT SOMETHING AS
YOUR SISTER AND SO YOU’VE ALWAYS
KIND OF FELT LIKE THE TAIL END
OF LIFE.
AND YOU’RE JUST READY TO
GIVE UP.
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO ME
TODAY.
GOD IS TALKING TO YOU AND HE HAD
YOU TURN THIS PROGRAM ON
SPECIFICALLY AT THIS TIME, EVEN
IF YOU THINK YOU ACCIDENTALLY
FOUND ME.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND I DON’T CARE IF
IT’S 2 O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING
OR 3 O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING,
HERE’S MY POINT.
GOD LOVES YOU.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: AND HE THINKS YOU ARE
WONDERFUL.
AND HE’S GOT A GOOD PLAN
FOR YOU.
AND IF YOU’LL JUST RECEIVE THAT
BY FAITH AND SPEAK IT OUT
OF YOUR OWN MOUTH.
THIS IS WHERE IT GETS HARD.
TO SIT SOMEWHERE BY YOURSELF
AND SAY, “GOD LOVES ME.
GOD LOVES ME.
GOD THINKS I’M WONDERFUL.”
THERE’S HEALING IN THAT.
THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS.
THEY WANT TO BE LOVED, THEY
WANNA BE ACCEPTED FOR WHO THEY
ARE, WHERE THEY’RE AT.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD
NEVER REJECTS THOSE WHO BELIEVE
IN HIM.
HE NEVER REJECTS THOSE WHO
BELIEVE IN HIM.
THE WORLD CAN REJECT US BUT GOD
WILL NEVER REJECT US.
[MUSIC]
GINGER: SO TAKE HEART TODAY.
LIKE JOYCE JUST SAID, GOD LOVES
YOU SO MUCH, MORE THAN YOU CAN
EVER IMAGINE.
HE HAS A GOOD PLAN FOR
YOUR LIFE.
NO MATTER WHAT IT IS THAT YOU’VE
DONE, WHAT YOU’RE DOING RIGHT
NOW, WHAT THE FUTURE BRINGS,
HE IS THERE FOR YOU.
AND YOU HAVE A PURPOSE.
YOU MATTER SO MUCH.
AND HE WILL NEVER REJECT YOU,
NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE
HAS DONE.
SO IF YOU NEED HELP TODAY, IF
YOU WOULD ALLOW US TO PRAY WITH
YOU, WE WOULD BE SO HONORED.
THERE’S A PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR
SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN CALL THAT NUMBER.
REACH OUT.
THERE IS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED
OF, TO BE SOMEONE WHO IS
IN NEED.
ALL OF OUR HEARTS ARE BREAKING
IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND WE WANT
TO BE HERE FOR YOU.
SO CALL THAT NUMBER ON YOUR
SCREEN RIGHT NOW IF YOU NEED TO.
[MUSIC]