Joyce Meyer - Sharing Hope In Eastern Europe (08/19/2019)
We are nothing in ourselves but everything in Christ—without Him we can do nothing, but through Him we can do whatever He calls us to (Philippians 4:13). Boldly access God's throne in faith for radical things, pray big Holy Ghost urges (like reaching every person with the Word), and while hurting or waiting, stay strong, smile, and bless others—your breakthrough often comes fastest when helping others.
Strength in Christ Alone
We're nothing in ourselves, but we're everything in Christ. I can do nothing without Him, but I can do anything that He wants me to do through Him. Come on now. I can't do it without Him, but I can do whatever I need to do through Him. Can I tell you that you are stronger than you think you are? Get the words, I can't, out of your repertoire of words that you use. And don't be going around saying, it's too hard, I can't.
You can do whatever you need to do in this life if you lean on Christ and trust Him to help you. Amen? You can be in a very, very difficult situation, and you can be there with a smile on your face, and you can be there and be a blessing to other people while you are hurting yourself. I think I'm going to say that again. Because see, sometimes we just think if we're in a difficult situation, then the whole world has to stop until our problem gets solved. And that's just not true.
While you're hurting, God will use you to help somebody else if you'll let Him. And that's one of the quickest ways to receive your own healing. While you're hurting, you can be in a very difficult situation, and you can be there with a smile on your face and a good attitude, and while you're waiting for your breakthrough, you can and should be a blessing to other people. Somebody say amen. Amen.
Bold Access to God's Throne
In Ephesians 3.12, the Apostle Paul said, because of our faith in Him, we dare to have the boldness, the courage, and the confidence of free access and unreserved approach to God with freedom and without fear. Now, here's Paul who says, I'm the chief of all sinners, but yet he's also saying, in Christ, because of knowing who we are in Him, we can have boldness and access to the throne of God to go boldly before the throne and ask God for radical things in our life that we don't deserve and probably shouldn't have, but we can ask Him because He's good.
Maybe some of you are not asking for enough. I'll tell them, you didn't like it. Maybe some of you are not asking for enough. You know, several years ago, I got this urge one day, and I believe we get Holy Ghost urges. Amen. Don't push those down. If it's a fleshly urge, push it down. But if it's a Holy Ghost urge, let it come up. Let it come out.
And as I was praying one day, I got this urge to pray that God would let me teach the Word to every human being on the planet. Now, just hang on. My mind said, that is crazy. Nobody can do that. And then the devil said, and who do you think you are? The enemy does not want you to pray bold prayers. You ought to pray something so big that you're not even sure God can answer it.
And I guess that's kind of the way I felt about that that day. God, I want to teach the Word to every person on the planet. Well, we're not getting them all yet, but there's a whole bunch. Our program is translated into 83, 85 different languages now. Translated. I don't know how in the world God does it.
Reaching the World Through Faith
This is what I do. And He gives us all these wonderful people that make all this other stuff happen and all these wonderful ministry partners around the world. Even like other ministries who partner with us in getting these translations and making these things happen. It's important for people to hear the Gospel of Christ in their own language. Even if English is a second language for them, they need it in their own language because they can relax and receive it that way.
So we're on television across the Middle East, Africa, India, Asia, Mongolia. I mean, places that I wouldn't even know how to get to. And the Word works in people's lives, no matter what language they speak or what culture that they're from. Everybody needs Jesus. So through the Internet, through satellites, through television, through radio, through printed material, through books, the Gospel is available to pretty much the whole entire planet now.
And I'm not foolish enough to think that they're all watching me every day. I'm not that full of myself. But I would, let me tell you one thing. I would rather pray big prayers and get part of it than to pray little prayers and get all of it.
Overcoming "I Can't" with Christ
You can be in a very difficult situation and still maintain a smile and good attitude while blessing others—that's strength in Christ. Stop saying "I can't" or "it's too hard." Lean on Him; through Christ you can handle whatever life requires. While waiting on your breakthrough, be a blessing—it's often the fastest path to your own healing. God uses hurting people to help others if you'll allow it.