The Invisible Kingdom – Part 2 | Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer

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Ministries when you make sacrifices God

rewards you I mean he just does that’s

all there is to it and one of the things

that happens is it gives you a lot of

favor and favor is just it’s just

Flatout

fun I’m Joyce Meyer I’ve seen God power

transform my own life and he will do it

for

you so the biggest biggest biggest

biggest problem that we have as

Christians and the biggest problem that

the world has with

Christians is those who talk the talk

and don’t walk the

walk and that’s because of not having

made that

decision that you’re walking away from

that old old life you cannot just take

Jesus tack him onto your old life and

expect him to go along and fix all your

problems while you still live the same

way that you lived

before amen there’s no person that could

be truly born again and never

changed it is not

possible in 1 John 3:9 the Bible says in

the Amplified Bible that anyone who is

born again

cannot

habitually purposely continue in

sin doesn’t say he never sins but he

says he cannot habitually purposely

knowingly live in sin because the seed

of God lives in

him do you know what that means when you

are born again you become pregnant with

everything that God is

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but it comes into our spirit in the form

of

seed and that’s why the word is called

the water of the

word every time you hear the word you’re

watering the seed of God that’s on the

inside of

you and it helps you

grow I’m not getting too far

here we only enjoy the king kingdom of

God through the principles of the

Kingdom for example Jesus said over and

over if you want this then do

this I maybe I’m odd but I like that

system I like somebody to tell me if you

want this you can do

this I don’t you know my mistake was for

a lot of years I tried to do it on my

own without humbling myself and asking

for God’s help so I didn’t get very far

but now that I’ve learned to say well I

want to do that but I can’t do that if

you don’t help

me then I make a lot more

progress Matthew 7:12 says so whatever

you wish others would do to you do also

to them for this is the law and the

prophets now in the Old

Testament it said an eye for an eye and

a tooth for a tooth if somebody does you

dirty then you do them dirty

back we get another whole set of

spiritual laws thank God that Old

Testament law is done away with but we

still do have spiritual

principles are you understanding me you

can’t be a Christian and live like the

world you can’t be a Christian and live

like the

world I didn’t say you couldn’t enjoy

things in the world but some of the

worldly things you can’t enjoy because

they wouldn’t be proper and they

wouldn’t be

appropriate I like to watch TV in the

evenings when I rest but I usually watch

it with the remote control in my

hand and I can tell when the bad stuff

is on its way before it gets

there and I just fast forward past it

you know what you don’t need all that

junk for something to still be good

and I’ve got different editing things

and edited movies and you know I I don’t

want to feel myself full of

junk I

well come on don’t make me work so

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hard but now we have we have this new

thing in the Kingdom you don’t do to

others what they’ve done to you you do

to them what you would like them to do

to

you well that’s pretty upside

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down well what if

I treat them good and then they still

don’t treat me good back well guess what

you’re still obeying God and you’ll

still be happy and you’ll still have a

reward

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coming payday is coming

did you hear me payday is

coming I’m giving my life to this and I

don’t plan on missing my

rewards

now all of this would just be fine and

work pretty easy if it wasn’t for the

devil but see it’s a

fact that when you want to do good evil

always

comes Paul said that when you want to do

good evil always

comes it it is hilarious the things that

happen to

us just trying to do these

conferences I mean it’s just gotten to

be we we keep a record at the end of the

year my assistant reads it and it’s

like the devil just never seems to get

it that we now get

him and we know what he’s

doing and we’re not laying

down because he makes it a little

inconvenient I mean we had team members

that had flights cancelled and just I

mean all kinds of problems you know and

then it gets everybody all stressed out

the devil if you get here at all the

devil wants you to get her all stressed

out and even those of you that are

coming I wonder how many things happened

at your home right while you were trying

to leave that just got you

like probably a large majority of you

they’re probably weren’t too many that

just made a plan strolled

around came with no problem how many of

you somebody was supposed to come with

you and they backed

out almost everybody you know why

because

they weren’t wise enough to realize what

Satan was trying to steal from

them the devil is a

liar to

deceive he’s a Great Deceiver it means

to

cheat to

cheat he only comes to steal kill and

destroy that which gives a false impr

whether by appearance statement or

influence riches are said to be

deceitful the world is said to be

deceitful sin is said to be deceitful so

let me just talk to you for a few

minutes about the world because we live

in it but we’re not supposed to be of

it and I want to make it clear I believe

God wants to bless us and I believe that

he wants us to have nice

things and and I think it’s fine for you

to

have an abundance of things as long as

you’re generous with what you

have but it can

also really draw you away from your

relationship with God if you’re not

mature enough to really handle

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it well sounds like one little group out

here in the middle

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see we we don’t realize that we’re just

passing through

here this is not your

home did you ever wonder why no matter

what you have or how many good things

happen you just never are 100% content

well I was like that and I got tired of

it I’m like come on God I’m trying to

serve you with my whole life and I have

no reason to be discontent why do I

always feel like there’s something I’m

missing and he just said because you’re

not home

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yet I’d be more concerned if you could

get 100% comfortable and content here

then if you told me I just feel like a

little something is missing well God has

written eternity in our

hearts and there’s no place like

home it’s nice to go for a visit but

there’s no place like

home

amen as for what is sown among Thorns

this is the person who hears the word

but the cares of the world and the

deceitfulness of riches choke the word

and it proves

unfruitful so let’s just say that

somebody is born again and God wants to

bless them and he gives them favor and

they get a promotion at

work then all of a sudden Here Comes

this

temptation if you want to really climb

the ladder of success you’re going to

have to compromise a little

bit I mean yeah you you can be a

Christian but let’s don’t be one of

those

radical yeah yeah you know go to church

but just you don’t have to talk about it

all the

time don’t have to sit and study your

Bible on your lunch hour just don’t be

so hyper religious you

know and there is some value to some of

that but I’m telling you that the more

you

have the closer you better stay to

God because money and things and

success nothing can draw you away from

God quicker than those

things that’s why it’s not wise to want

anything that God doesn’t want you to

have cuz even if you think you can

handle it God knows whether or not you

really can handle

it and I pray that God don’t give me

anything that I can’t handle and still

keep you first in my life I don’t want

it

I’ll be done with this in a few more

years here let me tell you you feel

different about things when you get a

little bit older things that used to be

so important to you I mean I used to

love to shop oh my gosh shopping was

like

entertainment come on I mean just go out

and roam around the malls and go in and

out of the same stores and then go to

the next mall and go do it the next day

and the next day

and now I

just I mean it’s like

really I have one place where I buy most

of my clothes and I enjoy going there

the woman’s a friend of mine I’ve been

buying clothes from her for over 30

years it’s not that I don’t like pretty

things

but I don’t crave them or have to have

them like I once did I mean if you you

have 50 pair of shoes do you really

need another pair and if you are going

to bring one in then have a guideline

when something comes in something goes

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out

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amen I’m kind of okay with that but at

least if you’re going to bring more

in the world is so deceptive

how about this

one buy this new car today and no

payments for one

year well that sounds

good only problem is is a year from now

when the payments

start the car don’t look that much

different than the one you turned in to

get the new one only since you really

couldn’t afford it you had to take the

long payment plan so now this car that’s

a year old you’ve got to pay on for

another s

years I bought piece of jewelry one time

at a jewelry

store and when I got it home I thought

this don’t look like it did in the

store have you ever noticed

that

and I realized it was was the lights in

the jewelry

case and I actually took it

back I just said I

don’t I mean I’m all for pretty things

and you know I’ve got more shoes than I

can wear and more earrings than I can

wear but I do try to be generous with

what I have and give all the time but

you cannot let those things mean more

more to you than Jesus does and don’t

let your relationship with him be all

about trying to get him to give you what

you want don’t seek him for his presence

p r s n

TS but for his presence can I have those

two packages

M I’m going to give you an example of

how

the how the world is and how our flesh

is now I got these two packages here and

one of them is just wrapped in brown

paper and boy that one’s pretty ain’t

it

now most of

you there’s always somebody that would

do it right but most of you if I said

which one of these do you want you’d

pick this one in

heartbeat so this is the way the world

is it looks so

pretty oh it’s got to be

wonderful but guess what

nothing in

there now this one doesn’t look all that

inviting probably just kind of feels

like a book what

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the everyday life

Bible

now this is the greatest treasure that

anybody could ever give you

because the kingdom is in

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here you know there really is no

substance in scratching and scraping for

what the world calls success it often

results in loneliness and emptiness the

only one that gives our life purpose is

Jesus Christ and every time we hear the

word we’re watering the seeds of God

that’s on the inside of us that help

grow our faith legendary Sports Castor

James Brown understands all of that he’s

experienced great success in life along

with some difficulties and through it

all he has learned what is most

important and he pursues what really

matters you’ll hear from him and his

wife Dorothy later in the program so

stay tuned for that but first watch this

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me.org James Brown is the leading voice

in sports casting and has likely graced

your TV many times but he and his wife

Dorothy are also strong voices for

Christ they’re just wonderful people and

they have a lot of wisdom to share we

have made it to Super Bowl Sunday folks

I’m James Brown and welcome you’re a

football fan James Brown needs no

introduction I think it is indeed safe

to say it is a wide open race in the AFC

he’s a legendary voice in The World of

Sports JB is the current host of inside

the NFL and NFL today and has hosted a

record setting 11 Super Bowls he is also

a special correspondent for shows like

60 Minutes CBS Evening News and 48 hours

he’s won countless Awards including

including being inducted into the sports

casting hall of fame there are many

other accomplishments to list for James

Brown The

sportscaster however his wife Dorothy

would say his biggest accomplishments

have nothing to do with his

career James Brown first and foremost is

a child of God many people don’t know

that he’s actually an ordained minister

he speaks at various venues just

declaring good news of Jesus Christ he’s

a very loving man uh very caring man and

my husband of uh nearly 29 years well we

need to take you guys with us everywhere

we go because I I enjoyed hearing

that Dorothy Brown she’s been the one

who has set the pace she has Bulldog

faith and we as a couple have been

blessed as a result well I think that’s

what initially attracted us to Joyce

Meer min is because she um to me she

applies the word and it she makes

practical application of the word and

whatever issues you have in life

whatever problems you have um there’s an

answer and it’s in it’s found in the

word of God James and Dorothy’s bibles

are well worn today a sign of countless

hours spent pouring over them but there

was a time when Dorothy says a lack of

Understanding God’s word caused a lack

of purpose in her life I was born again

when I was 18 however in terms of living

a uh Victorious Christian Life it

requires knowing what God’s word says

about how that’s done and to know the

purpose that he has for your life I was

living in New York at the time going to

school it’s amazing cuz New York is such

a huge City filled with so many people

but I just remember feeling this sense

of loneliness in my heart I think that

kind of started my search for a deeper

meaning in life um which I ultimately

was led to by a church that would teach

me the love of God and it does give give

you um a sense of purpose a sense of

belonging um a sense of identity um

things that we all I think are searching

for in life um so I it filled that void

for me James says his identity was

wrapped up in basketball garnering

prestigious accolades during both high

school and college he ultimately secured

a position with the Atlanta

Hawks I wanted to play basketball that

was my purpose that was what I thought I

was excellent at and when I got cut by

the team it did begin a search for what

my purpose was going to be but I was

hanging out with my ball player friends

and we would go to happy hours or and

clubbing but after a short while that

got to be real old hat there was nothing

substantive there at all and there was

an emptiness and that’s when I asked the

Lord I said Lord I’ve heard of you Jesus

I’ve heard of you but I don’t know you

if you would reveal yourself to me I’ll

serve you so that’s where I found my

purpose I had no idea who I was but when

you get to learn the word you get to

understand who you are I don’t go around

in my job my boss didn’t hire me to

pratie but it’s who I am yeah I know

when Awards have come that’s a worldly

recognition and I appreciate it but I

know who made that happen and I also

recognize that on the platform that the

Lord places each of us excuse the

vernacular It Ain’t About Us it is all

about him one of the scriptures that I

pray before I get on air is uh that I

desire to do all things excellently to

the Lord and not unto man amen and I

just as as you were um talking about

integrity I was just thinking we just

received um a financial report Joy my

financial report in the mail um and I

love um the transparency of the ministry

I love

that they show you what they do with the

offerings that we plant partnering with

the ministry uh it’s such a blessing for

us because we know how the funds are

being used to me it’s also it’s part of

our internal inheritance because when

you get to heaven people aren’t going to

ask you how many TVs did you have how

many cars that you drive they’re going

to come up and thank you and say you’re

part of the reason that I’m here because

you sewed into the ministry that taught

the word to us and we were able to uh

have our lives changed and that to us is

so much more meaningful than any of the

materialistic things that you can

accumulate here on this Earth You know

where where was the Joyce Meyer um

Retreat that we went to yes Florida and

was it the girl initiative that she was

calling it yes and she gave the example

you know what in my church I was known

as The Weeping minister so I shouldn’t

start down this road too much cuz I

certainly don’t want to cry in front of

you

guys I’m not even going to go into it

because it hurt me so much to hear man’s

an example of man’s inhumanity to man

with a young girl that was being taken

advantage of and I just sat there and I

just wept you know she’s she’s the real

deal when she shared that and talked

from her heart about what they’re doing

nobody can question what she’s doing the

impact that she’s had but I will also

say looking at her conferences it is the

the beniton of

colors of types and I’ve seen more men

in the audience because her advice is is

practical for

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everyone a huge thank you and much love

to James and Dorothy for being the

influence and the inspiration that you

are to so many we appreciate you both

very much and we hope that you all were

just as inspired as I was by their story

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