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Joyce Meyer -- Sound-Bite, Worthless, False Hope, Word Faith Heresy

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Beloved, there is nothing wrong with living a positive life. That is not the point here. Joyce Meyer is not Anthony Robbins teaching a motivational self-help seminar. She carries a Bible and calls herself a pastor. She leverages Scripture, wrests it horribly out of context to pretend God is agreeing with her many heresies. The problem is she is leading Christians to take their eyes off of Jesus Christ and place them onto things they might value in this earth. Who is god in the equation Joyce outlines above? You are. You decided to speak and think a certain way as to force yourself to feel a certain way. The result however is that God is now on the hook for what Joyce promises when He has actually said none of it! He did not say expect your breakthrough today! He said pick up your cross and deny yourself! He said we will suffer for His namesake! He said the world, which Joyce Meyer clearly loves here, will HATE us! Once again however the sound-bites sound so right. Don't feed the negativity and it will die! Decide to be filled with hope! Except the Bible doesn't say any of that and shouldn't we be more concerned with what God has to say than what Joyce Meyer has to say?

"God's Just Waiting to Amaze You - Several years ago, I asked the Lord, "Why don't I have exciting, special things happen in my life anymore?" God spoke to my heart and said, "Joyce, I still do those things all the time. You have just gotten used to it." You see, God wants us to live amazed by His goodness in our lives...to actively take notice of the truly wonderful things He does for us. Why? Because when we live amazed, we will never be without hope!" -- Joyce Meyer

How pitifully sad it is that Joyce Meyer is not amazed with God unless He is throwing exciting and special things into her life. I am amazed every single day that while I was still a sinner, He died for me. I am amazed at Calvary. At the brutality He suffered for me. I am amazed at His grace that saved a wretch like me! Meyer's sound-bites might be easier to swallow but look at this gem you have to eat along with it:

Because when we live amazed, we will never be without hope!

Beloved, our hope is in what God has already done for us -- not what goodies He has for us tomorrow. Do not strive to live amazed. Strive to live obedient. Strive to live as Christ did. Life is sometimes very un-amazing. Sometimes it can even seem boring. Sometimes it can seem unfair. Sometimes the person dies that we love. Sometimes we break our leg. The thought that at these mundane or difficult times we would feel hopeless is a real problem with faith. Beloved Joyce Meyer is teaching that our hope is in what Jesus will do for us instead of who Jesus is. That is a real and heretical problem. She concludes:

"Let's look at the story of Abraham. God had blessed Abraham abundantly. However, there was one thing that he and his wife, Sarah, didn't have--a child. Abraham said, "'Lord God, what reward will You give me, since I am [leaving this world] childless...?'"And the Lord brought Abram outside [his tent into the night] and said, 'Look now toward the heavens and count the stars--if you are able to count them. Then He said to him, 'So [numerous] shall your descendants be'" (Genesis 15:2, 5 AMP). Although Abraham's circumstances looked hopeless, the Lord brought him out of his tent to amaze him and remind him that He can do the impossible. I believe we can spend too much time "in our tent," looking at our own problems. That's why the Bible says to look away from all that will distract unto Jesus, the Author and finisher of our faith (see Heb. 12:2). Every time we decide to pray, read God's Word or simply dwell on the great things He has done for us in the past, it produces hope. And, like Abraham, we soon begin thinking, Wow, maybe He can do this for me! When times are tough and you feel discouraged, it's time to step outside the tent and see what God has to say. When you do, you'll find that He is just waiting to amaze you." -- Joyce Meyer

Ugh. Wow, maybe He can do this for me? Seriously? God did not take Abram outside to amaze him but because that was where the stars were. The truly sad thing is when you use the Bible to try and proof-text your own theology you miss the point of the text and what God is really saying:

And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness. -- Genesis 15: 6 (ESV)

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