In 1976, when God spoke to Joyce’s heart that she would someday have “a large teaching tape ministry,” she could have only imagined what would happen over the next four decades. From a Bible study in their home…to airing on a few local radio stations…to eventually reaching a potential audience of two-thirds of the world through the Enjoying Everyday Life TV program, Dave and Joyce have watched the Lord use their ministry to bring help and healing to millions, including missions outreaches that now span the globe. They recently sat down to discuss ministry milestones, funny moments, how it all began, and the incredible things the Lord has done all along the way. See more great images of their journey through the years at https://joycemeyer.org/40 – – – – – – – Follow Joyce: WEBSITE: https://joycemeyer.org YOUTUBE: Full Episodes of Joyce Meyer – Enjoying Everyday Life: https://www.youtube.com/joycemeyerenj… FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/JoyceMeyerMi… INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/JoyceMeyer/ TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/JoyceMeyer/

so in 1976 you began your ministry right

when all of that was happening back then

there’s no way you had any idea where

God would take it today right but let’s

let’s start with what was that seed that

began it all for you how how did you

know that God had something for you to

do that was different than you ever

expected you know people ask all the

time how do you know when God is calling

you to do something and it may sound

like a lame answer but you just know I

mean you know it’s like God puts such a

strong desire in your heart it’s almost

like you’re captivated by it and you

couldn’t hardly do anything else

captivated that’s a good word yeah and I

had had a real touch from God and I

won’t even go into trying to explain

that it’s just you know when you know

that God has touched you you know I mean

I just I really felt a strong sensing of

God’s presence and and I became more

interested in the word as a result of

that and then the more I listened to the

word the more I was amazed at what

people are really anointed to teach

we’re getting out of the word I had

heard the word of course in church but

little bits and pieces of it and not in

the way that I was hearing it now and

probably part of that was just me you

know when when God awakens you to his

presence then everything begins to be a

lot more meaningful to you and I was

listening to a what was then a cassette

teaching tape and it was 60 minutes long

and it was on the scripture and Mark

cross over to the other side and I was

just amazed that anybody could get a

whole hour of teaching out of one verse

and keep my interest and it was about

when Jesus said to the disciples he

gotten the boats that crossed over to

the other side and then in the midst of

that journey a storm of hurricane

proportions arose and it just so related

to my everyday life that you know you

you start to do something and then you

have these storms in life and so often

in those storms then we give up so at

the end of that teaching I was actually

making my bed just doing housework at

that point I had three children and and

Dave had gone off to work that day