Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Living Joyful

June 23, 2026 | 27:29

Joel and Victoria Osteen's message of unconditional love and unending hope reaches everyone across the world.

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Living Joyful | June 23, 2026

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[congregation applauding] >> joel osteen: well, god
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>> joel osteen: well, god bless you.
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Bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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It's a joy to come into your homes and, if you're ever in
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Homes and, if you're ever in our area, please stop by and
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Our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our
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Be a part of one of our services.
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Services. i promise you, we'll make you
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I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home.
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Feel right at home. and i like to start with
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And i like to start with something funny and heard
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Something funny and heard about this man.
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About this man. he was walking up to a
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He was walking up to a country store and there was
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Country store and there was this little boy sitting on
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This little boy sitting on the front porch with a huge
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The front porch with a huge dog next to him.
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Dog next to him. he said, "son, does your dog
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He said, "son, does your dog bite?"
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Bite?" the boy said, "no, sir.
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The boy said, "no, sir. my dog doesn't bite."
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My dog doesn't bite." the man reached out to pet
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The man reached out to pet him.
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Him. the dog took about half of
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The dog took about half of his arm off.
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His arm off. he said, "son, i thought you
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He said, "son, i thought you said your dog didn't bite?"
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Said your dog didn't bite?" the little boy said, "that's
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The little boy said, "that's not my dog."
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Not my dog." say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. "this is my bible.
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"this is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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I can do what it says i can do.
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Do. today i will be taught the
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Today i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess my mind is
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I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive.
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Alert, my heart is receptive. i will never be the same, in
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I will never be the same, in jesus' name."
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Jesus' name." god bless you.
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God bless you. i wanna talk to you today
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I wanna talk to you today about "living joyful."
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About "living joyful." it's easy to let the
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It's easy to let the pressures of life weigh us
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Pressures of life weigh us down.
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Down. we have traffic to deal with,
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We have traffic to deal with, bills to pay, people that are
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Bills to pay, people that are rude.
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Rude. if we're not careful, we'll
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If we're not careful, we'll look up and we don't smile as
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Look up and we don't smile as much, we're not as friendly.
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Much, we're not as friendly. we never laugh.
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We never laugh. never have fun anymore.
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Never have fun anymore. we have too much pressure,
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We have too much pressure, too much responsibility, to
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Too much responsibility, to enjoy life.
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Enjoy life. but god didn't create you to
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But god didn't create you to live with a heaviness.
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Live with a heaviness. you're not supposed to go
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You're not supposed to go around solemn, serious all
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Around solemn, serious all the time, burdened down by
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The time, burdened down by problems.
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Problems. taking time to laugh, to have
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Taking time to laugh, to have fun, that re-energizes you.
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Fun, that re-energizes you. it helps keep you in balance.
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It helps keep you in balance. if it's all work, all stress,
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If it's all work, all stress, all dealing with problems,
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All dealing with problems, that's going to weigh you
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That's going to weigh you down.
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Down. and you can get so busy
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And you can get so busy raising your children,
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Raising your children, changing diapers, getting
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Changing diapers, getting them to school, making sure
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Them to school, making sure their homework is done, that
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Their homework is done, that you don't enjoy your
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You don't enjoy your children.
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Children. it's all work.
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It's all work. no time for play.
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No time for play. and sometimes, we think we
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And sometimes, we think we have to be serious to show
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Have to be serious to show that we're responsible.
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That we're responsible. but you can be responsible
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But you can be responsible and good natured at the same
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And good natured at the same time.
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Time. god created you with a sense
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God created you with a sense of humor.
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Of humor. you were made to laugh, made
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You were made to laugh, made to have fun.
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To have fun. have you let the pressures of
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Have you let the pressures of life weigh you down?
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Life weigh you down? are you always solemn, always
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Are you always solemn, always serious?
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Serious? if you don't make this
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If you don't make this adjustment, not only will you
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Adjustment, not only will you not enjoy your life to the
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Not enjoy your life to the full, but you won't have good
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Full, but you won't have good relationships.
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Relationships. nobody wants to be around a
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Nobody wants to be around a grumpy sour person.
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Grumpy sour person. that pushes people away.
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That pushes people away. and we represent christ here
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And we represent christ here on this earth.
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On this earth. if you're a believer, you
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If you're a believer, you need to notify your face.
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Need to notify your face. put a smile on, be good
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Put a smile on, be good natured, be friendly.
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Natured, be friendly. learn to laugh.
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Learn to laugh. the scripture says: "a merry
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The scripture says: "a merry heart is like taking a good
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Heart is like taking a good medicine."
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Medicine." every day you need to take
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Every day you need to take your medicine.
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Your medicine. find something that makes you
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Find something that makes you laugh.
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Laugh. see the humor in life.
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See the humor in life. it's one thing i love about
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It's one thing i love about victoria.
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Victoria. she laughs all through the
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She laughs all through the day.
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Day. i can be in another part of
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I can be in another part of the house and i'll hear her
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The house and i'll hear her laughing.
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Laughing. it echoes through the whole
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It echoes through the whole house.
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House. sometimes i'll go in to find
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Sometimes i'll go in to find out what it was.
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Out what it was. it wasn't even funny.
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It wasn't even funny. it was just something small,
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It was just something small, most people would have
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Most people would have ignored it.
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Ignored it. not victoria.
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Not victoria. she's looking for
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She's looking for opportunities to laugh.
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Opportunities to laugh. she loves to have fun.
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She loves to have fun. she keeps a joyful atmosphere
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She keeps a joyful atmosphere in our home.
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In our home. a while back, we were
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A while back, we were standing on the front row
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Standing on the front row during worship.
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During worship. i had my eyes closed, my
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I had my eyes closed, my hands folded, thinking about
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Hands folded, thinking about what i was going to say next.
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What i was going to say next. and victoria is much more
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And victoria is much more outgoing.
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Outgoing. she had both hands in the
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She had both hands in the air, very expressive.
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Air, very expressive. and all of the sudden, as i
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And all of the sudden, as i was contemplating, in deep
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Was contemplating, in deep thought, victoria threw her
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Thought, victoria threw her hip into mine and about
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Hip into mine and about knocked me over.
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Knocked me over. i looked at her.
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I looked at her. she said, "c'mon, stiffie.
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She said, "c'mon, stiffie. lighten up."
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Lighten up." she calls me stiff.
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She calls me stiff. i tell her the right word is
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I tell her the right word is dignified.
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Dignified. a few years ago, i was
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A few years ago, i was preparing a message along
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Preparing a message along these lines and victoria came
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These lines and victoria came in my office at home and
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In my office at home and asked me what i was gonna
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Asked me what i was gonna speak on that week.
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Speak on that week. i said, "i'm going to speak
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I said, "i'm going to speak on staying full of joy and
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On staying full of joy and seeing the humor in life."
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Seeing the humor in life." she put both hands in the air
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She put both hands in the air and said, "woo-hoo, i don't
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And said, "woo-hoo, i don't need that but you sure do."
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Need that but you sure do." we've been married
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We've been married going on 30 years now
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Going on 30 years now and people ask me--
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And people ask me-- [congregation laughing]
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[congregation laughing] they're clapping for me,
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They're clapping for me, victoria.
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Victoria. people ask me--people ask me
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People ask me--people ask me all the time what is the
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All the time what is the secret of a good marriage?
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Secret of a good marriage? i always tell them: "treat
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I always tell them: "treat each other with respect and
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Each other with respect and keep laughter in the
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Keep laughter in the relationship."
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Relationship." the family that laughs
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The family that laughs together will stay together.
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Together will stay together. but too often, we used to
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But too often, we used to laugh when we were dating.
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Laugh when we were dating. we used to have fun.
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We used to have fun. we used to enjoy each other.
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We used to enjoy each other. but now, we've let the
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But now, we've let the pressures of life cause us to
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Pressures of life cause us to become more solemn.
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Become more solemn. we don't have time to laugh,
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We don't have time to laugh, we have bills to pay, we have
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We have bills to pay, we have children to raise.
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Children to raise. we're dealing with problems.
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We're dealing with problems. we don't see eye to eye on
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We don't see eye to eye on every situation.
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Every situation. but the joy is what's going
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But the joy is what's going to help you get through the
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To help you get through the tough times.
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Tough times. laughing together, having
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Laughing together, having fun, that's going to help
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Fun, that's going to help keep you together.
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Keep you together. i know a couple that was
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I know a couple that was having difficulties in their
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Having difficulties in their marriage.
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Marriage. they're good people.
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They're good people. they just let the pressures
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They just let the pressures that come with everyday life
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That come with everyday life drive them apart.
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Drive them apart. and they were about to
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And they were about to separate but they decided to
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Separate but they decided to try something for a few
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Try something for a few months.
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Months. and once a week, they rented
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And once a week, they rented a funny movie and watched it
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A funny movie and watched it together.
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Together. they would sit there and
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They would sit there and laugh and laugh.
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Laugh and laugh. and they told how that one
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And they told how that one simple thing helped change
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Simple thing helped change their perspective, it helped
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Their perspective, it helped heal the wounds.
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Heal the wounds. they fell back in love.
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They fell back in love. today, they're happily
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Today, they're happily married.
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Married. maybe you would see your
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Maybe you would see your relationship go to a new
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Relationship go to a new level if you would get more
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Level if you would get more joy in the home.
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Joy in the home. living with pressure, stress,
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Living with pressure, stress, tension, division, that's
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Tension, division, that's going to drive you apart.
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Going to drive you apart. if you'll take time to laugh
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If you'll take time to laugh again, have fun together,
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Again, have fun together, enjoy each other, that's
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Enjoy each other, that's going to breathe new life,
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Going to breathe new life, freshness, into your
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Freshness, into your relationship.
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Relationship. how long has it been since
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How long has it been since there was laughter in your
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There was laughter in your home?
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Home? the enemy can't stand to hear
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The enemy can't stand to hear you laugh.
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You laugh. he can't stand to hear you
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He can't stand to hear you having fun, laughing with
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Having fun, laughing with your children, laughing with
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Your children, laughing with your spouse, enjoying each
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Your spouse, enjoying each other.
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Other. he wants there to be tension,
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He wants there to be tension, pressure, strife.
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Pressure, strife. why don't you get on the
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Why don't you get on the offensive and start laughing
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Offensive and start laughing more often?
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More often? laughter is spiritual
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Laughter is spiritual warfare.
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Warfare. laughter brings down walls.
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Laughter brings down walls. laughter will help your
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Laughter will help your family stay together.
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Family stay together. and yes, we all have to deal
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And yes, we all have to deal with tension and stress but
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With tension and stress but you need to create a joyful
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You need to create a joyful atmosphere in your home.
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Atmosphere in your home. don't bring in pressures from
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Don't bring in pressures from work, stress from school,
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Work, stress from school, offense from what somebody
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Offense from what somebody said.
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Said. your home needs to be a
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Your home needs to be a retreat from the negative
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Things you have to deal with
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Things you have to deal with during the day.
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During the day. i heard about this man.
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I heard about this man. he had a tree in a pot next
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He had a tree in a pot next to his back door at home.
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To his back door at home. he was walking into the house
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He was walking into the house with a friend.
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With a friend. he stopped and he touched the
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He stopped and he touched the tree.
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Tree. his friend asked him what he
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His friend asked him what he was doing.
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Was doing. he said, "this is my trouble
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He said, "this is my trouble tree.
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Tree. i leave all my troubles on
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I leave all my troubles on this plant.
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This plant. i don't take any worry
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I don't take any worry inside.
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Inside. i don't take any problems,
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I don't take any problems, any disappointments, any
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Any disappointments, any offense.
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Offense. i leave it at the door."
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I leave it at the door." we all need a trouble tree.
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We all need a trouble tree. your home should be a
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Your home should be a cheerful place.
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Cheerful place. if you're bringing in stress
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If you're bringing in stress and pressure and strife,
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And pressure and strife, that's going to weigh you
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That's going to weigh you down.
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Down. leave the negative outside.
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Leave the negative outside. keep a joyful atmosphere in
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Keep a joyful atmosphere in your home.
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Your home. there was a hospital that did
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There was a hospital that did an experiment with patients
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An experiment with patients that had been sick for a long
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That had been sick for a long time and they weren't getting
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Time and they weren't getting well.
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Well. they started taking them out
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They started taking them out to the park several hours a
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To the park several hours a day to watch the children
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Day to watch the children playing.
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Playing. they discovered when they
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They discovered when they heard the children laughing
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Heard the children laughing over and over, the sound of
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Over and over, the sound of laughter stimulated the
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Laughter stimulated the body's natural healing
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Body's natural healing process.
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Process. it not only affected the
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It not only affected the patient's outlook but
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Patient's outlook but research showed, they'd begin
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Research showed, they'd begin to recover faster.
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To recover faster. just hearing other people
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Just hearing other people laugh, helped bring healing.
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Laugh, helped bring healing. imagine what happens on the
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Imagine what happens on the inside of us when we live
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Inside of us when we live joyfully, we take time to
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Joyfully, we take time to laugh every day.
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Laugh every day. it not only affects us
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It not only affects us mentally--our attitude, our
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Mentally--our attitude, our moods--it affects us
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Moods--it affects us physically.
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Physically. laughter will help you stay
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Laughter will help you stay younger.
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Younger. every time you laugh, what's
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Every time you laugh, what's known as the youth hormone
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Known as the youth hormone increases 87%.
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Increases 87%. that's the hormone that slows
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That's the hormone that slows down the aging process, helps
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Down the aging process, helps you stay younger and fresher.
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You stay younger and fresher. you've seen people that have
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You've seen people that have been through a difficult time
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Been through a difficult time in life.
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In life. they were under stress and
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They were under stress and pressure.
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Pressure. you see them 2 years later.
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You see them 2 years later. it looks like they've aged 20
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It looks like they've aged 20 years.
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Years. why is that?
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Why is that? when we don't laugh, we're
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When we don't laugh, we're not releasing the healing
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Not releasing the healing that god put on the inside.
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That god put on the inside. when we live stressed,
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When we live stressed, somber, discouraged, those
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Somber, discouraged, those chemicals god designed to
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Chemicals god designed to keep us younger are sitting
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Keep us younger are sitting there inactive, ineffective.
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There inactive, ineffective. "well, joel, that's just not
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"well, joel, that's just not my personality.
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My personality. i'm a more solemn, serious
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I'm a more solemn, serious person."
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Person." i realize god made us all
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I realize god made us all different.
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Different. my earliest baby pictures,
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My earliest baby pictures, i'm smiling from ear to ear.
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I'm smiling from ear to ear. we have different demeanors
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We have different demeanors but most of the time what's
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But most of the time what's happened is we've forgotten
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Happened is we've forgotten how to laugh.
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How to laugh. the average child laughs 150
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The average child laughs 150 times a day.
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Times a day. the average adult laughs
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The average adult laughs three times a day.
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Three times a day. and some people haven't
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And some people haven't laughed in so long their
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Laughed in so long their laughter has gotten rusty.
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Laughter has gotten rusty. and you need to get that
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And you need to get that thing out, dust it off.
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Thing out, dust it off. every day, find some reason
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Every day, find some reason to laugh.
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To laugh. start taking your medicine.
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Start taking your medicine. i read where a common
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I read where a common ingredient in people that
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Ingredient in people that live way up into their 90s
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Live way up into their 90s wasn't their diet, wasn't
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Wasn't their diet, wasn't their exercise routine.
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Their exercise routine. it was the fact that they are
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It was the fact that they are extremely joyful people.
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Extremely joyful people. they never forgot how to
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They never forgot how to laugh.
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Laugh. they don't take everything so
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They don't take everything so seriously.
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Seriously. i met a man after the service
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I met a man after the service a few years ago that was 106
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A few years ago that was 106 years old.
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Years old. he looked 40 years younger.
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He looked 40 years younger. he was so happy.
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He was so happy. his mind was sharp.
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His mind was sharp. he stood in line 40 minutes
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He stood in line 40 minutes waiting to visit.
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Waiting to visit. i said, "we could have gotten
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I said, "we could have gotten you a chair.
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You a chair. you could have sat down."
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You could have sat down." he said, "i don't need to sit
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He said, "i don't need to sit down.
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Down. when i get old, i'll sit
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When i get old, i'll sit down."
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Down." he was a black man, as
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He was a black man, as handsome as can be.
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Handsome as can be. he didn't have one wrinkle on
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He didn't have one wrinkle on his face.
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His face. i said, "i can't believe that
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I said, "i can't believe that you're 106.
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You're 106. you look like you could be
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You look like you could be 70."
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70." he put his arm on my shoulder
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He put his arm on my shoulder and said, "joel, black don't
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And said, "joel, black don't crack."
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Crack." [congregation laughing]
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[congregation laughing] we laughed and laughed.
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We laughed and laughed. when he went to walk away, he
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When he went to walk away, he turned around and said to the
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Turned around and said to the whole group, "i'll see you
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Whole group, "i'll see you next year."
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Next year." i thought about, "no wonder
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I thought about, "no wonder he's so healthy.
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He's so healthy. he's full of joy.
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He's full of joy. he still has his sense of
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He still has his sense of humor.
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Humor. he loves to laugh."
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He loves to laugh." think about all those years
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Think about all those years healing was flowing on the
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Healing was flowing on the inside.
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Inside. and i realize we're all going
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And i realize we're all going to get old.
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To get old. eventually, we're all going
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Eventually, we're all going to die but i've made up my
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To die but i've made up my mind, i'm not going to turn
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Mind, i'm not going to turn into a grumpy old man.
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Into a grumpy old man. i'm not gonna get more and
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I'm not gonna get more and more sour the older i get,
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More sour the older i get, the more responsibility i
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The more responsibility i have.
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Have. i'm going to stay full of
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I'm going to stay full of joy.
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Joy. when it's my time to go, i'm
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When it's my time to go, i'm gonna go like him: happy,
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Gonna go like him: happy, friendly, good natured.
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Friendly, good natured. when i'm in my 90s, i'm still
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When i'm in my 90s, i'm still going to have a smile, still
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Going to have a smile, still be telling my jokes, still
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Be telling my jokes, still have my hair.
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Have my hair. may not be real but i'm gonna
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May not be real but i'm gonna have some.
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Have some. [congregation laughing]
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[congregation laughing] but sometimes, we think the
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But sometimes, we think the older we get, the more solemn
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Older we get, the more solemn we're supposed to be, the
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We're supposed to be, the less fun we're supposed to
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Less fun we're supposed to have.
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Have. that's not god's way.
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That's not god's way. the scripture says we are to
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The scripture says we are to finish our course with joy.
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Finish our course with joy. and if you don't have joy, if
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And if you don't have joy, if you don't take time to laugh
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You don't take time to laugh regularly, if you're not good
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Regularly, if you're not good natured, you're not going to
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Natured, you're not going to finish your course the way
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Finish your course the way god wants you to.
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God wants you to. and i've learned, old is all
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And i've learned, old is all in our mind.
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In our mind. just because our physical
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Just because our physical body ages, doesn't mean our
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Body ages, doesn't mean our attitude and our thoughts
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Attitude and our thoughts have to get old.
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Have to get old. i knew a man at the gym that
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I knew a man at the gym that was 83.
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Was 83. he was as happy and fun to be
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He was as happy and fun to be around as can be.
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Around as can be. he acted like he was my age.
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He acted like he was my age. and i asked him how he stayed
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And i asked him how he stayed so young.
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So young. he said, "joel, i don't think
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He said, "joel, i don't think old thoughts.
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Old thoughts. i don't think of myself as an
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I don't think of myself as an old man.
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Old man. i think of myself as in my
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I think of myself as in my 20s."
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20s." see, your spirit person, the
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See, your spirit person, the real you that lives on the
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Real you that lives on the inside, is ageless.
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Inside, is ageless. it's going to live forever.
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It's going to live forever. sometimes, we talk ourselves
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Sometimes, we talk ourselves into being old and sour and
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Into being old and sour and solemn.
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Solemn. when my father was 75, we'd
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When my father was 75, we'd be walking by a group of
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Be walking by a group of people and he would see
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People and he would see somebody maybe in their 60s.
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Somebody maybe in their 60s. without thinking, he'd say,
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Without thinking, he'd say, "joel, look at that old man."
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"joel, look at that old man." i would think, "daddy, he's
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I would think, "daddy, he's 20 years younger than you."
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20 years younger than you." but in my father's mind, he
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But in my father's mind, he was still young.
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Was still young. my father was a respected
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My father was a respected pastor.
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Pastor. he was serious about his
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He was serious about his relationship with god.
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Relationship with god. he was a responsible person
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He was a responsible person but he still loved to have
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But he still loved to have fun.
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Fun. one time, we were in mexico.
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One time, we were in mexico. i was a little boy and these
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I was a little boy and these american tourists came up to
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American tourists came up to my father.
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My father. they were looking for the
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They were looking for the post office.
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Post office. they couldn't find anybody
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They couldn't find anybody that spoke english.
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That spoke english. they said to my father, "post
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They said to my father, "post office.
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Office. mail a letter."
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Mail a letter." my father looked at them kind
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My father looked at them kind of confused and said, "no
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Of confused and said, "no comprende espanol."
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Comprende espanol." they said it even more
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They said it even more dramatic: "post office.
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Dramatic: "post office. mail a letter."
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Mail a letter." daddy said, "oh, post
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Daddy said, "oh, post off-eese?"
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Off-eese?" they got real excited, "yes!
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They got real excited, "yes! yes!
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Yes! post off-eese."
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Post off-eese." daddy said, "you're looking
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Daddy said, "you're looking for the post office, it's
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For the post office, it's right around the corner."
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Right around the corner." that man looked at my father
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That man looked at my father and said, "boy, i oughta whip
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And said, "boy, i oughta whip you."
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You." don't ever lose the child on
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Don't ever lose the child on the inside.
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The inside. look for opportunities to
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Look for opportunities to laugh.
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Laugh. you may have to retrain
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You may have to retrain yourself to have fun, retrain
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Yourself to have fun, retrain yourself to see the humor.
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Yourself to see the humor. sometimes if we're not
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Sometimes if we're not working, we feel guilty.
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Working, we feel guilty. we're stressed out, thinking
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We're stressed out, thinking about what we should be
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About what we should be doing.
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Doing. but all work and no play is
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But all work and no play is out of balance.
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Out of balance. give yourself permission to
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Give yourself permission to enjoy your life.
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Enjoy your life. start taking your medicine,
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Start taking your medicine, not once a month, not once a
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Not once a month, not once a week, but every day.
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Week, but every day. and you may have a serious
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And you may have a serious position like my father but
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Position like my father but you can still have a
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You can still have a light-hearted spirit.
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Light-hearted spirit. during a sunday service, i
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During a sunday service, i was about to come up to
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Was about to come up to minister and victoria told me
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Minister and victoria told me that my hair was sticking up
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That my hair was sticking up and i needed to go in the
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And i needed to go in the back and spray it.
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Back and spray it. and i asked where the
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And i asked where the hairspray was and she said,
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Hairspray was and she said, "it's in the bathroom on the
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"it's in the bathroom on the counter in a big red can."
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Counter in a big red can." i went in, found the can,
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I went in, found the can, sprayed my hair, but it
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Sprayed my hair, but it wouldn't keep it down.
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Wouldn't keep it down. so i sprayed and sprayed and
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So i sprayed and sprayed and sprayed.
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Sprayed. still wouldn't keep it down.
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Still wouldn't keep it down. after the service, victoria
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After the service, victoria said, "joel, why didn't you
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Said, "joel, why didn't you spray your hair?
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Spray your hair? it was still sticking up."
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It was still sticking up." i said, "i did but your
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I said, "i did but your hairspray doesn't work."
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Hairspray doesn't work." she said, "show me what you
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She said, "show me what you used."
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Used." and i brought it to her.
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And i brought it to her. she said, "joel, this is not
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She said, "joel, this is not hairspray.
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Hairspray. this is air freshener."
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This is air freshener." ha, ha, ha.
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Ha, ha, ha. i smiled and said, "at least
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I smiled and said, "at least i have the best-smelling hair
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I have the best-smelling hair around."
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Around." when you're secure, you can
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When you're secure, you can even laugh at yourself.
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Even laugh at yourself. getting upset wasn't going to
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Getting upset wasn't going to make it any better.
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Make it any better. if you can't change it, it's
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If you can't change it, it's no reason to lose your joy.
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No reason to lose your joy. these days, people are very
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These days, people are very uptight, on edge.
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Uptight, on edge. there's so much divisiveness
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There's so much divisiveness in our society.
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In our society. if we're not careful, we'll
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If we're not careful, we'll think, "this is no time to
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Think, "this is no time to enjoy life.
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Enjoy life. no time to laugh, no time to
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No time to laugh, no time to see the humor."
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See the humor." but just the opposite is
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But just the opposite is true.
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True. more than ever, this is the
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More than ever, this is the time to live joyfully.
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Time to live joyfully. be a part of the solution.
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Be a part of the solution. bring some cheer to the
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Bring some cheer to the people around you.
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People around you. put a smile on your face.
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Put a smile on your face. there's too much sadness in
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There's too much sadness in our world.
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Our world. every person deals with hurt,
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Every person deals with hurt, disappointments.
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Disappointments. we all have stress and
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We all have stress and tension.
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Tension. don't let that deceive you
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Don't let that deceive you into living with a heaviness,
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Into living with a heaviness, discouraged, solemn.
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Discouraged, solemn. "well, joel, i have a good
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"well, joel, i have a good excuse.
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Excuse. i've had a lot of bad
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I've had a lot of bad breaks."
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Breaks." jesus said, "in life, you
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Jesus said, "in life, you will have difficulties."
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Will have difficulties." he acknowledged that we're
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He acknowledged that we're going to have challenges.
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Going to have challenges. everything's not going to be
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Everything's not going to be perfect.
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Perfect. he went on to say, "i have
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He went on to say, "i have the solution.
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The solution. be of good cheer."
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Be of good cheer." he didn't say, "be
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He didn't say, "be discouraged.
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Discouraged. be sad.
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Be sad. be offended."
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Be offended." in the tough times, you need
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In the tough times, you need your joy.
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Your joy. joy is what gives you
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Joy is what gives you strength.
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Strength. but if the enemy can deceive
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But if the enemy can deceive you into living with a
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You into living with a heaviness, discouraged,
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Heaviness, discouraged, solemn, he'll be able to
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Solemn, he'll be able to defeat you at every turn.
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Defeat you at every turn. don't fall into that trap.
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Don't fall into that trap. your circumstances may not
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Your circumstances may not change but you can change.
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Change but you can change. quit letting everything
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Quit letting everything burden you down.
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Burden you down. make a decision right in the
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Make a decision right in the midst of the difficulty,
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Midst of the difficulty, you're going to be of good
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You're going to be of good cheer.
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Cheer. studies show that living
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Studies show that living joyfully boosts our immune
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Joyfully boosts our immune system, it lowers our blood
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System, it lowers our blood pressure.
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Pressure. people that laugh regularly
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People that laugh regularly are 40% less likely to have a
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Are 40% less likely to have a heart attack.
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Heart attack. laughter releases the body's
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Laughter releases the body's natural tranquilizers that
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Natural tranquilizers that cause us to calm down and
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Cause us to calm down and sleep better.
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Sleep better. the united states represents
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The united states represents 6% of the world's population
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6% of the world's population but we take 90% of the
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But we take 90% of the world's tranquilizers.
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World's tranquilizers. we're too uptight.
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We're too uptight. you're not supposed to live
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You're not supposed to live stressed out, always thinking
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Stressed out, always thinking about your problems.
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About your problems. your mind needs a break.
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Your mind needs a break. sometimes we give our body a
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Sometimes we give our body a vacation, but our mind never
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Vacation, but our mind never gets a day off.
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You can go to the beach,
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You can go to the beach, watch the sunset and still be
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Watch the sunset and still be worried about your health,
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Worried about your health, stressed out over your
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Stressed out over your finances, thinking about what
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Finances, thinking about what you should be doing.
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You should be doing. you need to give your mind a
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You need to give your mind a break.
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Break. the scripture says: "in god's
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The scripture says: "in god's presence is fullness of joy."
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Presence is fullness of joy." if you don't have joy, you've
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If you don't have joy, you've disconnected yourself from
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Disconnected yourself from god's presence.
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God's presence. if you go through the day
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If you go through the day worried, stressed, somber,
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Worried, stressed, somber, you are separating yourself
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You are separating yourself from the blessing, the favor,
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From the blessing, the favor, the strength that you need.
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The strength that you need. and i realize every day we're
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And i realize every day we're not going to be jumping up
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Not going to be jumping up and down, laughing all the
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And down, laughing all the time.
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Time. we have real issues to deal
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We have real issues to deal with, loved ones that have
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With, loved ones that have illnesses, situations in our
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Illnesses, situations in our health, in our marriage.
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Health, in our marriage. what i'm saying is don't let
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What i'm saying is don't let those problems weigh you down
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Those problems weigh you down to where you live with a
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To where you live with a heaviness.
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Heaviness. "you can't have fun, you
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"you can't have fun, you can't laugh, you're dealing
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Can't laugh, you're dealing with serious issues."
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With serious issues." you have to have times where
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You have to have times where you can still be
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You can still be lighthearted.
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Lighthearted. that's what helps you to get
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That's what helps you to get through those times.
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Through those times. i've been to several
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I've been to several funerals.
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Funerals. it can be very sad, very
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It can be very sad, very heavy, but i've noticed when
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Heavy, but i've noticed when someone gets up and starts
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Someone gets up and starts telling funny stories about
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Telling funny stories about the person, and the audience
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The person, and the audience goes from crying to laughing,
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Goes from crying to laughing, you can feel the atmosphere
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You can feel the atmosphere change.
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Change. it's like healing is taking
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It's like healing is taking place.
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Place. the whole room is being
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The whole room is being lifted.
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Lifted. god didn't create you to live
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God didn't create you to live with a heaviness, to go
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With a heaviness, to go around overwhelmed.
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Around overwhelmed. you have to get some joy in
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You have to get some joy in your life, some fun, some
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Your life, some fun, some laughter.
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Laughter. that's what helps balance out
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That's what helps balance out the difficulties that we have
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The difficulties that we have to face.
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To face. i read about a lady that
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I read about a lady that hadn't slept well in years.
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Hadn't slept well in years. she was constantly taking
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She was constantly taking tranquilizers.
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Tranquilizers. she'd been on them so long
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She'd been on them so long they hardly had any effect on
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They hardly had any effect on her.
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Her. she'd tried everything:
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She'd tried everything: different diets, different
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Different diets, different medications, different
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Medications, different doctors.
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Doctors. nothing helped.
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Nothing helped. she went to a new doctor.
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She went to a new doctor. he gave her an unusual
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He gave her an unusual prescription.
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Prescription. he told her every night
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He told her every night before she went to bed she
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Before she went to bed she was to watch something funny.
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Was to watch something funny. funny movie, a funny comedy.
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Funny movie, a funny comedy. something to make her laugh.
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Something to make her laugh. she started doing this night
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She started doing this night after night.
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After night. she began sleeping better and
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She began sleeping better and better.
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Better. today, she's off of all that
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Today, she's off of all that medicine.
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Medicine. she can sleep like a baby.
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What was the problem?
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What was the problem? she was having to take
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She was having to take manmade tranquilizers because
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Manmade tranquilizers because she wasn't releasing the
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She wasn't releasing the natural tranquilizers that
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Natural tranquilizers that god put in us.
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God put in us. could it be that you would
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Could it be that you would receive the healing you've
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Receive the healing you've been longing for; the
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Been longing for; the headaches, the chronic pain,
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Headaches, the chronic pain, the depression, the insomnia
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The depression, the insomnia would go away if you would
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Would go away if you would just lighten up and learn to
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Just lighten up and learn to laugh more often?
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Laugh more often? in the old testament, one way
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In the old testament, one way an army would overtake a city
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An army would overtake a city is they would clog up the
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Is they would clog up the wells that provided water to
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Wells that provided water to that city.
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That city. they would fill it full of
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They would fill it full of stones.
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Stones. before long, people didn't
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Before long, people didn't have anything to drink and
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Have anything to drink and they would have to come out
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They would have to come out from beyond the protected
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From beyond the protected walls and the army would
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Walls and the army would attack.
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Attack. in the same way, all of us
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In the same way, all of us have a well of joy on the
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Have a well of joy on the inside.
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Inside. when we were children, it
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When we were children, it flowed freely.
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Flowed freely. we laughed, we had fun, we
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We laughed, we had fun, we were good natured.
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Were good natured. but too often, our well has
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But too often, our well has gotten clogged up with stones
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Gotten clogged up with stones of worry, stones of stress,
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Of worry, stones of stress, stones of pressure.
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Stones of pressure. now, the water doesn't flow
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Now, the water doesn't flow like god created it to.
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Like god created it to. genesis 26 says: "isaac redug
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Genesis 26 says: "isaac redug the wells that the
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The wells that the philistines had clogged up."
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Philistines had clogged up." i think it's interesting,
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I think it's interesting, isaac's name means laughter.
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Isaac's name means laughter. it's significant that isaac
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It's significant that isaac was the one that redug the
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Was the one that redug the well.
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Well. god is saying, "if you wanna
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God is saying, "if you wanna get your well unclogged," if
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Get your well unclogged," if you wanna see his goodness
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You wanna see his goodness flow in new ways, "you have
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Flow in new ways, "you have to get your joy back."
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To get your joy back." and laughter is one of the
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And laughter is one of the best ways to unclog your
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Best ways to unclog your well.
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Well. i'm asking you to develop a
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I'm asking you to develop a lifestyle where you see the
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Lifestyle where you see the humor in everyday life,
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Humor in everyday life, laughing with your children,
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Laughing with your children, laughing with your family,
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Laughing with your family, being good natured.
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Being good natured. the scripture says in job:
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The scripture says in job: "god will fill your mouth
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"god will fill your mouth with laughter."
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With laughter." that's god's dream that your
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That's god's dream that your life would be full of
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Life would be full of laughter.
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Laughter. are you living stressed,
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Are you living stressed, somber, worried?
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Somber, worried? make a change today.
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Make a change today. get your well unclogged.
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Get your well unclogged. take time everyday to laugh.
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Take time everyday to laugh. keep a joyful atmosphere in
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Keep a joyful atmosphere in your home.
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Your home. if you will make this
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If you will make this decision to have a merry
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Decision to have a merry heart, i believe and declare
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Heart, i believe and declare you're going to see chronic
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You're going to see chronic pain and illnesses go away.
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You're going to have better
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You're going to have better relationships, you're going
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Relationships, you're going to feel younger, stronger,
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To feel younger, stronger, fresher, and you will finish
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Fresher, and you will finish your course with joy, in
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Your course with joy, in jesus' name.
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Jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say, "amen" today?
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Say, "amen" today? i'd like to give you an
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus the
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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Lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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Repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord and
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I make you my lord and savior."
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Savior." if you prayed that simple
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If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got
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Prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church and keep god first
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Church and keep god first place.
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Place. victoria and i will be
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak
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Right back to speak a blessing over you.
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Every day we can live:
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Every day we can live: discouraged, angry,
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Discouraged, angry, depressed, defeated.
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Depressed, defeated. is it possible
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Is it possible to turn these negatives
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To turn these negatives into an outlook
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Into an outlook filled with purpose,
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Filled with purpose, happiness and joy?
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Happiness and joy? every day we make choices.
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Every day we make choices. how we see ourselves,
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How we see ourselves, how we respond to challenges,
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How we respond to challenges, how we approach
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How we approach what's in front of us.
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What's in front of us. i've written
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A devotional called today
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A devotional called today i choose: devotions
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I choose: devotions for a better life.
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For a better life. it's designed to help
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It's designed to help you make those choices
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You make those choices on purpose, to choose
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On purpose, to choose faith over fear
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Faith over fear and peace
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And peace over frustration
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Over frustration and kindness over offense.
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And kindness over offense. each day is filled
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Each day is filled with scripture
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With scripture and practical encouragement
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And practical encouragement to help you live
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To help you live with confidence and victory.
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With confidence and victory. you can't wait to see
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You can't wait to see what kind of day
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What kind of day it's going to be.
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It's going to be. you have to decide
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You have to decide ahead of time.
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Ahead of time. when you do,
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When you do, you can step into
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You can step into a more blessed, fulfilled life.
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A more blessed, fulfilled life. i'd love to send you a copy.
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I'd love to send you a copy. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount,
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For your gift of any amount, we would like to
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I choose: devotions for a better life.
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Every day begins with a choice,
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Every day begins with a choice, and this inspiring book
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And this inspiring book is packed
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Is packed with powerful devotional truths
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That will help you in the specific challenges
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In the specific challenges you face in life,
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You face in life, including: today,
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Including: today, i choose to
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I choose to turn down the noise,
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Turn down the noise, to believe
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To believe what i cannot see,
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What i cannot see, to be happy,
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To be happy, to trust god's timing.
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To trust god's timing. they will transform
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They will transform your attitude, your outlook,
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Your attitude, your outlook, your entire day.
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Your entire day. as you embrace
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As you embrace these biblical principles,
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These biblical principles, you'll see problems dissolve,
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You'll see problems dissolve, hope restored, mountains move.
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Choose the joy and happiness
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Choose the joy and happiness god has chosen for you.
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God has chosen for you. be sure to request
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When you make choices based on what
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Based on what god says about you,
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God says about you, you're going to live happier,
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You're going to live happier, have more peace,
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Have more peace, and you'll be a bigger blessing
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And you'll be a bigger blessing to others.
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To others. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us today.
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For being with us today. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. we sure appreciate your prayer
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We sure appreciate your prayer and support.
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To people around the world. and a special
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And a special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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To make the ministry possible. and until we meet again,
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And until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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The powerful promise of psalm 118:24.
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Of psalm 118:24. this is the day
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This is the day the lord has made.
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The lord has made. we will rejoice
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We will rejoice and be glad in it.
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And be glad in it. choose every morning
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Choose every morning to begin
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To begin with a declaration of god's
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With a declaration of god's eternal promise.
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Joel Osteen - Living Joyful

June 23, 2026 | 27:29

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