Love both gives and forgives. On this episode of Enjoying Everyday Life, Joyce Meyer shares how forgiving others strengthens your faith and sets you free.

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in first kings 17 there’s a story and i

really suggest you go read it for

yourself i’m not going to take the time

to

to read it all but

elijah was a great prophet and there was

a famine in the land and

he was living

by a brook and god was feeding him

supernaturally by having

he got water there from the brook and

then ravens brought him

food

and i love the bible says and and the

brook dried up

you know when your brook dries up god’s

saying it’s time to move

and

god spoke to him and said

go to zarephath for i have provided a

widow there

that’s going to take care of you

so he went and he found this widow but

the problem was was

she was

i say poor broke depressed and suicidal

now wait a minute i’m not just making it

up

and that’s who god sent him to

i mean come on god i like the bird idea

better

why would you send the greatest prophet

in the land

possibly the greatest prophet ever

to somebody in that condition

who said to him when he asked her

for a morsel of something to eat she

said

we i’ve only got one little bit

of meal and one little bit of oil i have

just enough to bake one cake

divide it between me and my son and then

we’re gonna eat it and die

i told you she was suicidal

she had her mind on death not living

and elijah said

bake it as you have said but give me a

little of it

first

now you know how that would go in the

media today

tv evangelist comes to town

and rob’s poor broke depressed suicidal

widow

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amen

well

if god was supernaturally taking care of

elijah

elijah didn’t need the widow

he didn’t need her food she needed a

miracle and in order to get one she had

to sow seed

are you hearing me

you cannot have a harvest in your life

without sowing seed if you need hope

give some away

if you need a breakthrough contribute to

somebody else’s breakthrough

what you make happen for somebody else

god can make happen for you multiplied

many times over

amen

another way that change will not come is

feeling guilty and condemned about all

the mistakes you’ve made in the past

once and for all will you let it go get

over it and go on with god

today

not another day

today

running to people for help instead of

running to god

seven ways change does come

the anxious for nothing but in all

things by prayer and supplication with

thanksgiving let your request be made

known unto god

prayer

with gratitude and thanksgiving for what

you already have

if i’m already negative and grouchy

about what i’ve got why should god give

me more to complain about

so we need to have a foundation of

gratitude in our life that goes without

saying thank god in all things for this

is the will of god for those of you who

are in christ jesus

thank god in all things that’s why my

devotional for next year is 365 days of

gratitude

we need to practice till we get it

amen

how thankful

are you

i would like to become the most thankful

person on the planet

amen

and i’ve got a ways to go

the bible says be thankful and say so

it’s not good enough just to be thankful

we need to say so we need to show

appreciation to people

we need to tell god and other people how

grateful we are for what he’s done in

our lives

prayer is so powerful

make this year a year where you pray

more than you ever have before and i’m

not talking about having to be on your

knees hidden away somewhere i’m talking

about praying your way through the day

i asked god to help me with this

many times this morning but just right

before i came out again lord help me

this is you you got to do it

and i’m planning to thank him when i’m

done

and then i’ll get on the plane and pray

for a good trip home and then i’ll go to

the restaurant pray for a good meal

amen

pray your way through the day

matthew 7 verses 7 and 8

get your hopes up

keep on asking and it will be given you

keep on seeking

and you will find

keep on

knocking and the door will be opened

unto you

for everyone who keeps on asking

receives and he who keeps on seeking

finds and to him who keeps on knocking

the door will be opened unto

him

i mean be determined in prayer i mean i

tell god sometimes and i’m not being

irreverent but i’m just telling you

this is in your word

and i’m not going to shut up

until i see it happen

in my life or for whoever i’m praying

for

and that’s not being irreverent the

bible teaches us to be persistent

not not with a you owe me something

attitude but hold god’s word up to him

the bible says pray the word and remind

him of his promises

god this is what you’ve said and i’m

expecting i’m expecting to see

this take place in my life or in the

life of the person that i’m praying for

come on

get your hopes up

treat other people good while you’re

believing for things yourself

pray and say wait expectantly and

hopefully for the change you need keep a

good confession while you wait number

four wait with patience and a good

attitude

be a blessing to others while you wait

do your responsibility but cast your

care

and number seven don’t let what you see

disturb you

romans 8 24-25

aren’t we just having too much fun today

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this is the happy place

for in this hope we were saved but hope

the object of which is seen is not hope

for how can one hope for what he already

sees

but if we hope for what is still unseen

by us then we wait for it with patience

and composure

come on we’re going to read that again

hope is for when you don’t

see so you don’t get hopeless because

you don’t see anything happening that’s

exactly when you need hope

we have hope until we have the

manifestation

for in this hope

we were saved but hope the object of

which is seen is not hope for how can

one hope for what he already sees

but if we hope for what is still unseen

by us then we wait for it with patience

and

composure i’m going to be a prisoner of

hope how about you

and then finally hebrews 11 verse 1

faith is a substance of things hoped for

the evidence of things not

seen

it is the title deed and the down

payment of the good things that are to

come

be a prisoner of hope

proverbs 13 12 says hope deferred

makes the heart sick

we started on thursday night with really

a real word from god that he was going

to deliver people this weekend from

depression

and all of its relatives

which is basically anything down because

jesus said look up because your

redemption draws nigh he’s our glory and

the lifter

of our heads

all this down discouraged

depressed despondent despair

all that stuff is from the enemy

and that’s not the way that god wants us

to live that’s not

the destiny that jesus purchased for us

with his blood

hope deferred

not having hope is what gets all that

started in our lives it makes the heart

sick

the heart becomes sick

so i’m declaring today

that if you will be a prisoner of hope

if you will expect something good to

happen to you every day

i can’t tell you exactly what day it

will show up but i can tell you that

you’ll be happier every day while you’re

waiting than you would be if you waited

with fear and worry and anxiety and

frustration and works of the flesh and

all kinds of misery and hate in your

life

i’m expecting god

to do great things

i’m expecting god to do great things

you know i get tired when i do these

conferences i wake up tired by the time

saturday morning rolls around and

you know

i always trust god

to reward me in some way

for my hard work and so

i’m kind of curious to see what god’s

gonna do i’m expecting god to do

something

come on why don’t you just start having

fun with god

why don’t you just be his son or his

daughter and let him take care of you

why don’t you just get rid of your

religious attitude and start saying god

you’re my bff you’re my best friend

forever

amen

and i believe

that something good is going to happen

to me and through me today and every day

amen

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