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AR20 FC BC R16.Indd 2 5/21/21 8:38 AM AR20 - Front Cover Annual Report 2020 ⟶ Table of Contents Joyce Meyer Ministries - Annual Report “For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain…says the Lord, who has mercy on you.” —Isaiah 54:10 “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you….” —Isaiah 43:2 “God is our refuge and strength, an everpresent help in trouble.” —Psalm 46:1 “If you pour yourself out for the hungry…then shall your light rise in the darkness.” —Isaiah 58:10 “He is my rock and my salvation; My hope comes from him.” —Psalm 62:5-7 “I will restore you to health and heal your wounds, declares the Lord.” —Jeremiah 30:17 “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” —Mahew 19:26 “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” —Isaiah 43:1 “Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you.” —Isaiah 41:10 “He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.” —Psalm 91:15 “For I know the plans that I have for you, says the Lord…to give you hope.” —Jeremiah 29:11 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. —Psalm 147:3 “For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.” —Psalm 108:4 “I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” —Isaiah 43:19 “The Lord has done great things for us, and we are lled with joy.” —Psalm 126:3 “You have been a shelter from the storm.” —Isaiah 25:4 “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” —Lamentations 3:22- 23 “I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.” —Psalm 34:4 “For I am the Lord Who heals you.” —Exodus 15:26 “O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.” —Psalm 30:2 “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory.” —Philippians 4:19 He sent out his word and healed them. —Psalm 107:20 “You have loved back my life from the pit of destruction.” —Isaiah 38:17 “For He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support…[Assuredly not!]” —Hebrews 13:5 “He is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My hope comes from him.” —Psalm 62:5-7 “Behold, I am the Lord…Is anything too dicult for Me?” —Jeremiah 32:27 “Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with My victorious right hand.” —Isaiah 41:10 “The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save….” —Zephaniah 3:17 “Nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” —Romans 8:39 “It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. —Deuteronomy 31:8 “But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious…abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.” —Psalm 86:16 “He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.” —Isaiah 40:29 “God, His way is perfect. He is a shield With Man This Is Impossible, But With God... AR20 _FC BC R16.indd 2 5/21/21 8:38 AM AR20 - Front Cover Annual Report 2020 ⟶ Table of Contents 006. Is Possible. HOPEWhen the pandemic left people struggling nancially and searching for answers, you helped thousands like DARLA in so many unexpected ways. 010. RESTORATION Is Possible. How did you respond when families were devastated by natural disasters? DAVID can tell you. Learn how you helped him and others worldwide. 014. NEW LIFE Is Possible. BECKY shares how one special night changed her life. Discover how you reached people with God’s Word in their greatest moments of need. AR20 000-005 Intro Pages R13.indd 1 5/21/21 9:18 AM AR20 - Intro Pages - Page i 020. FREEDOM Is Possible. PHA was trapped in a life of prostitution until you rescued her. Learn how you became the hero for hundreds of women and girls in need. 024. HEALING Is Possible. As SONIA limped into the clinic in El Salvador, she had no idea it would change her life forever. Discover how you provided critical medical and dental care in 2020. 028. MIRACLES Are Possible. BRITTANY has a story to tell. It’s about how God used you to deliver the miracle she needed. Read how you brought lifesaving food and water to people everywhere. joycemeyer.org/AllThingsPossible AR20 000-005 Intro Pages R13.indd 1 5/21/21 9:19 AM AR20 - Intro Pages - Page 001 “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Mahew 19:26 AR20 000-005 Intro Pages R13.indd 2 5/21/21 12:18 PM AR20 - Intro Pages - Page 002 2020 was a year like no other. Before the year began, God gave me a speci c scripture for 2020. In Mahew 19:26 (NIV) Jesus said, “With man We have also this is impossible, but with been amazed by God all things are possible.” the new doors of opportunity that Looking back, we are in awe were opened to of God’s faithfulness! During a reach the hurting year when the pandemic left through our so many people searching missions arm, Hand for answers and requiring of Hope. Whether it more physical and spiritual was feeding more help than ever before, we families, treating have watched God use your more children prayers and support to do the through our medical impossible over and over again. outreaches, or the many incredible In 2020, record numbers of ways you delivered people ooded our website, critical relief to looked for spiritual help from those aected by God’s Word through our the pandemic, it resources, and discovered was truly a year messages of hope through like no other. our Enjoying Everyday Life programs…and we can’t wait This annual report to share with you some of is lled with stories the wonderful things God of people’s lives has done in their lives. that have been changed through your generous prayers and support. In 2020, we watched God do the impossible all around the world, and He used you to do it. AR20 000-005 Intro Pages R13.indd 3 5/21/21 12:18 PM AR20 - Intro Pages - Page 003 Everything changed! Suddenly and without warning, 2020 and its global pandemic threw everyone’s familiar strategies out the window. What we knew before was no longer applicable. We needed new ways to deliver the Gospel message. It had to be personal and accessible. We learned quickly that even when we face limitations, God’s Word is never limited! AR20 000-005 Intro Pages R13.indd 4 5/21/21 11:05 AM AR20 - Intro Pages - Page 004 Joyce Meyer David Meyer Shelly Meyer Ginger Stache We learned quickly that even when we face limitations, God’s Word is never limited! AR20 000-005 Intro Pages R13.indd 5 5/24/21 7:46 AM AR20 - Intro Pages - Page 005 Darla Theiss WHEN THE COVID PANDEMIC LEFT DARLA WITHOUT A JOB AND DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS, YOU PROVIDED HELP IN A WAY SHE DIDN’T SEE COMING. 006 With God, ALL Things Are Possible. ⟶ AR20 006-009 Help In Pandemic R6.indd 6 5/25/21 8:43 AM AR20 - Help In Pandemic (COVID) - Page 006 For years, 64yearold Darla had worked two jobs it was a maer of survival. So, when she was diagnosed “God spoke to my with congestive heart On the day of the failure, she was forced event, Darla arrived heart and said, to retire from fulltime to a cheering crowd work and saw lile and was directed to I didn’t bring hope for the future. the makeshift stage. “Pastor Irene and I you this far to For Darla, there was so much have been praying to think about. Her adult son for you,” said Jimmy let you go.” suered a traumatic brain injury Rollins, pastor of i5 when he was just a teenager, City Church. “Darla, and she is all he has. And when your family means the pandemic struck, neither the world to us, one could nd even parttime and we want you work. Left with no money, a to know we are stack of bills and a broken donating to you a down car, desperation set in. brandnew vehicle.” “There were many nights It had been a long that I cried out to God and two years, and I just didn’t feel like I could Darla had seen it go on,” Darla recalled. “Then all. But she never Darla arrived to one night He spoke to my saw this coming. As a cheering crowd. heart and said, I did not bring she sat in her new you this far to let you go.” car, she raised her hands and began Darla didn’t know it yet, but praising God.
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