access.wgbh.org >> announcer: the following program is paid for by the friends and partners of joyce meyer ministries. >> joyce: idle talk, "this is just so hard. i'll never change. i'm so stupid. i'll never lose weight. i'll never be out of debt." why in the world if you're gonna spend your time talking don't you, why don't you say something that's gonna help you instead of saying something that's gonna hurt you and just make you feel worse and worse and worse all the time? okay, you know why? habit. >> announcer: joyce meyer is one of the world's leading bible teachers and "new york times" best-selling author sharing encouragement and practical truth for "enjoying everyday life." >> joyce: hello, i'm joyce meyer and i'm so glad that you've joined us here today on "enjoying everyday life." you know, for more than 40 years, i've had the great privilege of teaching people the word of god and specifically, i teach a lot about how god wants us to enjoy our lives but many times we don't know how because our daily routines are full of bad habits. you know, there's all kinds of

i was up in the balcony and joyce meyers was preaching and i'll never forget it. richard roberts interrupted her for about three times. and the holy spirit spoke to me immediately when joyce meyers was about to do what i'm gonna tell you what e did. the holy spirit said to meow you need $478,000, i'm going to give you an opportunity now to do it. i'm going to give you an opportunity now to receive it, but you've got to do something." the spirit of the lord said to me, "i want you to give all the cash that you have in your pocket." now i'm gonna tell you something, ladies and to ask us to do things, we get nervous. we go, "oh, jesus..." i mean, that's human nature. "oh, god, i can't do this." i mean, i wrestled -- i'm a christian, i'm a pastor. i was up in the balcony, and i was wrestling with the idea -- in fact, can i be honest with you? when the holy spirit said to me, "i want you to empty all the cash you have in your pocket," my immediate response was, "devil, you are a liar. get thee behind me, satan!" [laughter] that's human nature! when you hear a voice lik