When I say I wasn't serious, what Joyce Meyer mean by that is I wasn't willing to sacrifice anything or give anything up in order to go on with God. You all just look too excited. Amen? Amen.: I'd like us to start in 1 Peter 5:8. It says "be well balanced" and the amplified bible says "temperate, which means disciplined, sober of mind:, which means serious, vigilant, which means determined, and cautious which means careful, at all times. Not once in awhile. Not once or twice. At all times. How long? As long as you're breathing. vs. 8: For that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger,] seeking someone to seize upon and devour.
You have to understand that God has a plan for your life but so does the devil. Joyce Meyer Ministries states that we have to make sure that we're on God's side and we have to make sure that we are individually listening to God, that we are receiving correction from the Holy Spirit, that we're receiving the chastisement of God, that when we know that God doesn't approve of something, it doesn't take him six months to talk us into changing but we're very serious. We need more reverential fear of God; not afraid of God in a wrong way, but we need to realize that Jesus is coming back and that we will stand before God and we will give an account of our lives, what we've done with them, our resources, our gifts, our talents, our time.
