Is stress a normal thing for you? Today, Joyce discusses the importance of peace and shares ways to manage stress when life is busy.
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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - Dealing with Stress (Part 4) | October 29, 2025
- >> joyce: i am not spending
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- >> joyce: i am not spending my life upset anymore.
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- >> joyce: i am not spending my life upset anymore. is anybody with me?
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- My life upset anymore. is anybody with me? >> [audience applauding]
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- >> joyce: i do what
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- >> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's
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- >> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's power transform my own life,
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- I do because i've seen god's power transform my own life, and he will do it for you.
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- Power transform my own life, and he will do it for you. the key to everything
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- And he will do it for you. the key to everything is found in god's word.
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- The key to everything is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer,
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- Is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal
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- I'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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- >> joyce: the bible talks
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- >> joyce: the bible talks a lot about meditation,
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- >> joyce: the bible talks a lot about meditation, and that means to take
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- A lot about meditation, and that means to take a scripture and roll it over
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- And that means to take a scripture and roll it over and over in your mind
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- A scripture and roll it over and over in your mind and mutter it under your breath.
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- And over in your mind and mutter it under your breath. and the best thing you could
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- And mutter it under your breath. and the best thing you could do would be to take some
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- Kinda notes from what i'm saying
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- Kinda notes from what i'm saying today or buy a copy of it.
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- Kinda notes from what i'm saying today or buy a copy of it. you can probably even go home
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- Today or buy a copy of it. you can probably even go home and watch it online after
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- You can probably even go home and watch it online after you're done here.
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- And watch it online after you're done here. and then study it yourself.
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- You're done here. and then study it yourself. look up every scripture.
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- And then study it yourself. look up every scripture. there's value in looking
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- Look up every scripture. there's value in looking them up and looking at 'em.
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- There's value in looking them up and looking at 'em. and then meditate on it.
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- Them up and looking at 'em. and then meditate on it. if you have a friend that
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- And then meditate on it. if you have a friend that you can talk to about it,
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- If you have a friend that you can talk to about it, talk to them about it;
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- You can talk to about it, talk to them about it; "let's talk about
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- Talk to them about it; "let's talk about stress a little bit.
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- "let's talk about stress a little bit. what kind of stress
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- Stress a little bit. what kind of stress do you have?
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- What kind of stress do you have? what kind of stress do i have?
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- Do you have? what kind of stress do i have? what can we do about it?"
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- We need to stick with things
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- We need to stick with things a little bit longer because
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- We need to stick with things a little bit longer because more is not always better.
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- A little bit longer because more is not always better. sometimes less is better.
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- More is not always better. sometimes less is better. is anybody understanding
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- Sometimes less is better. is anybody understanding what i'm saying today?
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- Is anybody understanding what i'm saying today? >> [audience applauding]
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- What i'm saying today? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: are we missing
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- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: are we missing important things?
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- >> joyce: are we missing important things? are your children grown
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- Important things? are your children grown and you barely know them?
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- Are your children grown and you barely know them? are you married to someone
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- And you barely know them? are you married to someone you barely know?
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- Are you married to someone you barely know? are you lonely because
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- You barely know? are you lonely because you never took time to build
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- Are you lonely because you never took time to build any quality relationships?
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- Now's the time
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- Now's the time to do something about it.
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- Now's the time to do something about it. now is the time to spend
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- To do something about it. now is the time to spend time with your kids while
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- Now is the time to spend time with your kids while they're still little and you
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- Time with your kids while they're still little and you got 'em at home and you can
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- They're still little and you got 'em at home and you can develop those relationships.
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- Got 'em at home and you can develop those relationships. and you know, we're so busy
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- Develop those relationships. and you know, we're so busy making money,
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- And you know, we're so busy making money, and i realize it takes a lot
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- Making money, and i realize it takes a lot of money to live in the world
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- And i realize it takes a lot of money to live in the world today, but don't think
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- Of money to live in the world today, but don't think that more money is gonna
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- Today, but don't think that more money is gonna replace the important things
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- That more money is gonna replace the important things in your life because it's not.
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- Replace the important things in your life because it's not. you'd be better off
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- In your life because it's not. you'd be better off to have less money
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- You'd be better off to have less money and better relationships.
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- To have less money and better relationships. >> [audience applauding]
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- And better relationships. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: because i can
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- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: because i can tell you, when you're
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- >> joyce: because i can tell you, when you're on your deathbed,
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- Tell you, when you're on your deathbed, you're not gonna ask
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- On your deathbed, you're not gonna ask somebody to bring you
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- You're not gonna ask somebody to bring you your bank balance.
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- Somebody to bring you your bank balance. >> [audience laughing]
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- Your bank balance. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you're gonna want
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you're gonna want your family and your
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- >> joyce: you're gonna want your family and your friends around you,
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- Your family and your friends around you, people who love you.
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- Friends around you, people who love you. you say, "well,
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- People who love you. you say, "well, i wish i was closer to god."
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- You say, "well, i wish i was closer to god." well, we don't need wishbone,
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- I wish i was closer to god." well, we don't need wishbone, we need backbone.
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- Well, we don't need wishbone, we need backbone. you're not--
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- We need backbone. you're not-- wishing gets you nothing.
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- You're not-- wishing gets you nothing. action is what gets
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- Wishing gets you nothing. action is what gets you something.
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- Anybody can make room
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- Anybody can make room in their life to spend time
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- Anybody can make room in their life to spend time with god if that's what
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- In their life to spend time with god if that's what they really wanna do.
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- With god if that's what they really wanna do. let's talk about exercise
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- They really wanna do. let's talk about exercise for about two minutes.
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- Let's talk about exercise for about two minutes. can we do that?
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- For about two minutes. can we do that? my husband's been
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- Can we do that? my husband's been exercising 60 years.
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- My husband's been exercising 60 years. that's why he's gonna
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- Exercising 60 years. that's why he's gonna be 83 and he looks
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- That's why he's gonna be 83 and he looks the way he does.
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- Be 83 and he looks the way he does. >> [audience applauding]
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- The way he does. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i mean, he--
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- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i mean, he-- very rarely does he ever miss.
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- >> joyce: i mean, he-- very rarely does he ever miss. every other day he works out.
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- Very rarely does he ever miss. every other day he works out. well i--he kept telling me,
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- Every other day he works out. well i--he kept telling me, "you need to exercise.
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- Well i--he kept telling me, "you need to exercise. you need to exercise."
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- "you need to exercise. you need to exercise." "i don't have time for that.
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- You need to exercise." "i don't have time for that. i'm too busy doing god things."
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- >> [audience laughing]
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well,
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, believe it or not,
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- >> joyce: well, believe it or not, exercise is a godly thing.
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- Believe it or not, exercise is a godly thing. and if you wanna be,
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- Exercise is a godly thing. and if you wanna be, have longevity,
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- And if you wanna be, have longevity, if you wanna still look
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- Have longevity, if you wanna still look decent when you're 70,
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- If you wanna still look decent when you're 70, then you need to start now.
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- Decent when you're 70, then you need to start now. you need to do something
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- Then you need to start now. you need to do something about it now.
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- You need to do something about it now. so, i kept saying
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- About it now. so, i kept saying i didn't have time,
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- So, i kept saying i didn't have time, didn't have time,
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- I didn't have time, didn't have time, didn't have time,
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- Didn't have time, didn't have time, didn't have time.
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- Didn't have time, didn't have time. and so finally when i was 62,
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- Didn't have time. and so finally when i was 62, i looked at myself in the mirror
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- And so finally when i was 62, i looked at myself in the mirror one day and everything
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- I looked at myself in the mirror one day and everything that used to be up here
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- One day and everything that used to be up here had dropped down there.
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- That used to be up here had dropped down there. >> [audience laughing]
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- Had dropped down there. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know what i mean?
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know what i mean? it's like, "what happened?
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- >> joyce: you know what i mean? it's like, "what happened? how did i get
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- It's like, "what happened? how did i get in this condition?"
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- Well, i'll tell you,
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- Well, i'll tell you, prayer won't help that.
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- Well, i'll tell you, prayer won't help that. >> [audience laughing]
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- Prayer won't help that. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you can pray
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you can pray about that all you want,
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- >> joyce: you can pray about that all you want, it's not gonna move a thing.
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- About that all you want, it's not gonna move a thing. >> [audience laughing]
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- It's not gonna move a thing. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and so, actually,
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and so, actually, god spoke to me,
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- >> joyce: and so, actually, god spoke to me, and this is what he said--
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- God spoke to me, and this is what he said-- he said, "if you don't start
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- And this is what he said-- he said, "if you don't start exercising now,
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- He said, "if you don't start exercising now, you are not gonna be strong
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- Enough for the last
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- Enough for the last third of your journey."
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- Enough for the last third of your journey." so, that's been 16 years
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- Third of your journey." so, that's been 16 years ago and i--
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- So, that's been 16 years ago and i-- i started when i was 62.
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- Ago and i-- i started when i was 62. in two months, i'll be 80,
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- I started when i was 62. in two months, i'll be 80, and...
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- In two months, i'll be 80, and... >> [audience applauding]
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- >> joyce: as we can see,
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- >> joyce: as we can see, i'm still doing it.
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- >> joyce: as we can see, i'm still doing it. and people ask
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- I'm still doing it. and people ask me when i'm gonna retire,
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- And people ask me when i'm gonna retire, i can't even say the word,
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- Me when i'm gonna retire, i can't even say the word, i don't, you know,
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- I can't even say the word, i don't, you know, it's like--well, we won't get
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- I don't, you know, it's like--well, we won't get into all that, but...
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- It's like--well, we won't get into all that, but... >> [audience laughing]
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- Into all that, but... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but i have had
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but i have had to make some radical changes.
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- >> joyce: but i have had to make some radical changes. and we're gonna talk about
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- To make some radical changes. and we're gonna talk about how to make some of those
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- And we're gonna talk about how to make some of those changes in the next session.
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- How to make some of those changes in the next session. but i started working out
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- Changes in the next session. but i started working out and i didn't think i had time.
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- But i started working out and i didn't think i had time. but i said this,
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- And i didn't think i had time. but i said this, "i'm gonna do what i can.
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- But i said this, "i'm gonna do what i can. even if it's five minutes,
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- "i'm gonna do what i can. even if it's five minutes, i'm gonna do something."
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- Even if it's five minutes, i'm gonna do something." and so, it's amazing--
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- I'm gonna do something." and so, it's amazing-- it amazes me when you really
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- And so, it's amazing-- it amazes me when you really want to do something,
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- It amazes me when you really want to do something, how you can always
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- Want to do something, how you can always find a way to do it.
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- How you can always find a way to do it. >> [audience member applauding]
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- Find a way to do it. >> [audience member applauding] >> joyce: where are you at?
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- >> [audience member applauding] >> joyce: where are you at? i like that.
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- >> joyce: where are you at? i like that. thank you.
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- I like that. thank you. >> [audience laughing]
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- Thank you. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: 'cause see,
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: 'cause see, we all use that excuse,
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- >> joyce: 'cause see, we all use that excuse, "i don't have time."
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- We all use that excuse, "i don't have time." how many of you that's
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- "i don't have time." how many of you that's your standard excuse
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- How many of you that's your standard excuse for not doing things right,
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- Your standard excuse for not doing things right, "i don't have time"?
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- For not doing things right, "i don't have time"? "how are you brother?"
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- "i don't have time"? "how are you brother?" "busy."
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- "how are you brother?" "busy." "how you been?"
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- "busy." "how you been?" "busy."
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- "how you been?" "busy." i'm calling that the new
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- "busy." i'm calling that the new four-letter word.
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- I'm calling that the new four-letter word. >> [audience laughing]
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- Four-letter word. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: god never
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: god never called us to be busy.
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- >> joyce: god never called us to be busy. he called us to be fruitful.
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- Called us to be busy. he called us to be fruitful. >> [audience applauding]
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- He called us to be fruitful. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: he didn't
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- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: he didn't tell adam and eve,
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- >> joyce: he didn't tell adam and eve, "be busy and multiply."
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- Tell adam and eve, "be busy and multiply." >> [audience laughing]
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- >> joyce: and we just,
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- >> joyce: and we just, i don't know, that's become,
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- >> joyce: and we just, i don't know, that's become, that's like our badge of honor:
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- I don't know, that's become, that's like our badge of honor: we're busy.
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- That's like our badge of honor: we're busy. i remember a man coming
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- We're busy. i remember a man coming to our church years,
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- I remember a man coming to our church years, and years, and years ago.
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- To our church years, and years, and years ago. you might even know him
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- And years, and years ago. you might even know him if i named him, so i won't.
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- You might even know him if i named him, so i won't. and dave and i were real young
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- If i named him, so i won't. and dave and i were real young in ministry, we were just--
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- And dave and i were real young in ministry, we were just-- i don't even know if we--
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- In ministry, we were just-- i don't even know if we-- i guess i was teaching
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- I don't even know if we-- i guess i was teaching a bible study in my home then.
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- I guess i was teaching a bible study in my home then. and part of our job was--
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- A bible study in my home then. and part of our job was-- at the church,
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- And part of our job was-- at the church, was to pick up the speakers.
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- At the church, was to pick up the speakers. so, we were hosting
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- Was to pick up the speakers. so, we were hosting him that weekend.
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- So, we were hosting him that weekend. and he said to us,
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- Him that weekend. and he said to us, i remember him saying to me,
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- And he said to us, i remember him saying to me, "i haven't had a vacation
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- I remember him saying to me, "i haven't had a vacation in 12 years."
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- "i haven't had a vacation in 12 years." and i thought, "wow,
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- In 12 years." and i thought, "wow, he is really spiritual."
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- And i thought, "wow, he is really spiritual." >> [audience laughing]
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- He is really spiritual." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, if he said that
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, if he said that to me, i would think,
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- >> joyce: now, if he said that to me, i would think, "you are really stupid."
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- To me, i would think, "you are really stupid." >> [audience laughing]
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- "you are really stupid." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: because that's
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: because that's not healthy.
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- >> joyce: because that's not healthy. but see, we have just
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- Not healthy. but see, we have just glorified work to the point
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- But see, we have just glorified work to the point where it's just ridiculous.
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- Glorified work to the point where it's just ridiculous. i mean, it's like everybody
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- Where it's just ridiculous. i mean, it's like everybody wants to tell everybody
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- I mean, it's like everybody wants to tell everybody how busy they are.
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- When i--i got a trainer
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- When i--i got a trainer and they were gonna give
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- When i--i got a trainer and they were gonna give me this exercise program
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- And they were gonna give me this exercise program and do it with me a couple
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- Me this exercise program and do it with me a couple of times and i was gonna
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- Go home and do it.
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- Go home and do it. do that three months
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- Go home and do it. do that three months and go back and get
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- Do that three months and go back and get a new program.
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- And go back and get a new program. so, they gave me this list
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- A new program. so, they gave me this list of stuff to do and went
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- So, they gave me this list of stuff to do and went through it all with me.
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- Of stuff to do and went through it all with me. and i went home,
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- Through it all with me. and i went home, it took me an hour and a half,
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- And i went home, it took me an hour and a half, and i was so sore that i had
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- It took me an hour and a half, and i was so sore that i had to pray to get off the toilet.
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- And i was so sore that i had to pray to get off the toilet. i mean, i--
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- To pray to get off the toilet. i mean, i-- >> [audience laughing]
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- I mean, i-- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, i fell
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, i fell on it and then had
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- >> joyce: i mean, i fell on it and then had to pray to get off.
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- On it and then had to pray to get off. >> [audience laughing]
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- To pray to get off. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, i was so sore,
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, i was so sore, i honestly thought
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- >> joyce: i mean, i was so sore, i honestly thought i was gonna die.
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- I honestly thought i was gonna die. >> [audience laughing]
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- I was gonna die. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and--well, i guess so.
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and--well, i guess so. i mean, nothing i--
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- >> joyce: and--well, i guess so. i mean, nothing i-- nothing here had been
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- I mean, nothing i-- nothing here had been exercised, nothing.
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- Nothing here had been exercised, nothing. and so, then when i went back,
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- Exercised, nothing. and so, then when i went back, i said to my--
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- And so, then when i went back, i said to my-- "is this ever gonna--
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- I said to my-- "is this ever gonna-- am i ever gonna get
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- "is this ever gonna-- am i ever gonna get any faster at this?"
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- Am i ever gonna get any faster at this?" and they found out i--
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- Any faster at this?" and they found out i-- what they gave me was
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- And they found out i-- what they gave me was two workouts.
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- What they gave me was two workouts. >> [audience laughing]
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- Two workouts. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i was supposed
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i was supposed to switch 'em up, but i didn't--
- 00:08:05.708 --> 00:08:07.076
- >> joyce: and i was supposed to switch 'em up, but i didn't-- they didn't make it clear
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- To switch 'em up, but i didn't-- they didn't make it clear and so i was doing
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- They didn't make it clear and so i was doing the whole thing every day.
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- And so i was doing the whole thing every day. no wonder i was sore.
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- The whole thing every day. no wonder i was sore. >> [audience laughing]
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- No wonder i was sore. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: so anyway, long story,
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: so anyway, long story, after four months--well, i liked
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- >> joyce: so anyway, long story, after four months--well, i liked working with them better,
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- After four months--well, i liked working with them better, so i decided to just
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- Working with them better, so i decided to just go to the gym.
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- So i decided to just go to the gym. so, after four months,
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- Go to the gym. so, after four months, i had dropped a whole size.
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- So, after four months, i had dropped a whole size. hadn't lost any weight, but...
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- I had dropped a whole size. hadn't lost any weight, but... muscle weighs more than fat,
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- Hadn't lost any weight, but... muscle weighs more than fat, but it don't take
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- Muscle weighs more than fat, but it don't take up as much room.
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- But it don't take up as much room. and so, i liked that.
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- Up as much room. and so, i liked that. i like going and getting
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- And so, i liked that. i like going and getting my clothes taken in.
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- I like going and getting my clothes taken in. so, long story short,
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- My clothes taken in. so, long story short, i've been exercising ever since.
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- So, long story short, i've been exercising ever since. and i don't like it every day.
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- I've been exercising ever since. and i don't like it every day. it's not easy every day.
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- And i don't like it every day. it's not easy every day. some days it's hard,
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- It's not easy every day. some days it's hard, but i doubt very much
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- Some days it's hard, but i doubt very much if i'd still be preaching
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- But i doubt very much if i'd still be preaching if i would have never done it.
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- If i'd still be preaching if i would have never done it. so, anyway, you may not wanna
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- If i would have never done it. so, anyway, you may not wanna exercise, that's up to you.
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- So, anyway, you may not wanna exercise, that's up to you. but there's--
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- Exercise, that's up to you. but there's-- >> [audience laughing]
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- But there's-- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: there's a whole
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: there's a whole lot of ways to do it.
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- >> joyce: there's a whole lot of ways to do it. if you don't want to exercise,
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- Lot of ways to do it. if you don't want to exercise, you can walk, you can run.
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- If you don't want to exercise, you can walk, you can run. you can bike, you can hike,
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- You can walk, you can run. you can bike, you can hike, you--i mean, there's all kinds
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- You can bike, you can hike, you--i mean, there's all kinds of--play tennis, do something,
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- You--i mean, there's all kinds of--play tennis, do something, but move.
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- Of--play tennis, do something, but move. god gave us joints
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- But move. god gave us joints so we would move.
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- God gave us joints so we would move. amen?
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- So we would move. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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- Amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: at least get out
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- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: at least get out of your recliner and move.
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- >> joyce: at least get out of your recliner and move. so--
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- Of your recliner and move. so-- use your time wisely,
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- So-- use your time wisely, life is short.
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- Use your time wisely, life is short. believe me, it's a lot shorter
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- Life is short. believe me, it's a lot shorter than you think it is.
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- Believe me, it's a lot shorter than you think it is. five ways to de-stress.
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- Than you think it is. five ways to de-stress. practice shrug therapy.
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- Five ways to de-stress. practice shrug therapy. "oh, well."
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- Practice shrug therapy. "oh, well." >> [audience laughing]
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- "oh, well." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "oh, well."
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "oh, well." it's not worth
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- >> joyce: "oh, well." it's not worth getting upset over.
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- It's not worth getting upset over. there's so many things that
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- Getting upset over. there's so many things that we get upset over that's just--
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- There's so many things that we get upset over that's just-- it's just not worth it.
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- We get upset over that's just-- it's just not worth it. i spill things now and i just
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- It's just not worth it. i spill things now and i just think, "oh, well."
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- I spill things now and i just think, "oh, well." and go clean it up.
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- Think, "oh, well." and go clean it up. "oh, well."
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- And go clean it up. "oh, well." this morning,
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- "oh, well." this morning, i took a lid off my lipstick
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- This morning, i took a lid off my lipstick and dropped the lipstick.
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- I took a lid off my lipstick and dropped the lipstick. and we've had fun in this hotel,
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- And dropped the lipstick. and we've had fun in this hotel, the lights didn't work
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- And we've had fun in this hotel, the lights didn't work very good either.
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- The lights didn't work very good either. and i was freezing in the room
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- Very good either. and i was freezing in the room and the air conditioning
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- And i was freezing in the room and the air conditioning is apparently controlled
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- And the air conditioning is apparently controlled by a computer somewhere.
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- Is apparently controlled by a computer somewhere. and they make you think
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- By a computer somewhere. and they make you think you can control it,
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- And they make you think you can control it, but you can't.
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- You can control it, but you can't. >> [audience laughing]
- 00:10:09.031 --> 00:10:10.599
- But you can't. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and so, i'm crawling
- 00:10:10.666 --> 00:10:13.269
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and so, i'm crawling around on the floor
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- >> joyce: and so, i'm crawling around on the floor this morning at 6 a.m.
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- Around on the floor this morning at 6 a.m. with my phone light trying
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- This morning at 6 a.m. with my phone light trying to find the other half
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- With my phone light trying to find the other half of this lipstick.
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- To find the other half of this lipstick. >> [audience laughing]
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- Of this lipstick. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i mean,
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i mean, there were days when
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- >> joyce: and i mean, there were days when i would have ranted and raved
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- There were days when i would have ranted and raved and carried on and been
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- I would have ranted and raved and carried on and been so mad and now i'm just like,
- 00:10:24.647 --> 00:10:26.315
- And carried on and been so mad and now i'm just like, "oh well, if i can't find it,
- 00:10:26.382 --> 00:10:27.483
- So mad and now i'm just like, "oh well, if i can't find it, i'll just leave it here.
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- "oh well, if i can't find it, i'll just leave it here. i'm not--"
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- I am not spending
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- I am not spending my life upset anymore.
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- I am not spending my life upset anymore. is anybody with me?
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- My life upset anymore. is anybody with me? >> [audience applauding]
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- Is anybody with me? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on,
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- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on, the devil loves nothing
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- >> joyce: come on, the devil loves nothing better than to upset you
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- The devil loves nothing better than to upset you and watch you throw a fit.
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- Better than to upset you and watch you throw a fit. earn what your peace
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- And watch you throw a fit. earn what your peace stealers are and learn
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- Earn what your peace stealers are and learn to recognize when the enemy
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- Stealers are and learn to recognize when the enemy is bringing one of them against
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- To recognize when the enemy is bringing one of them against you and do something about
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- Is bringing one of them against you and do something about it before it gets to your mouth.
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- You and do something about it before it gets to your mouth. because that's when
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- It before it gets to your mouth. because that's when you start having trouble.
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- Because that's when you start having trouble. >> [audience applauding]
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- You start having trouble. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so,
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- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, practice shrug therapy.
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- >> joyce: so, practice shrug therapy. stay in your comfort zone.
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- Practice shrug therapy. stay in your comfort zone. know yourself.
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- Don't compare yourself
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- Don't compare yourself with other people.
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- Don't compare yourself with other people. it doesn't matter what
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- With other people. it doesn't matter what somebody else can do.
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- It doesn't matter what somebody else can do. you don't have
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- Somebody else can do. you don't have to do what they do.
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- You don't have to do what they do. you need to do what you
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- To do what they do. you need to do what you know you are comfortable with.
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- You need to do what you know you are comfortable with. >> [audience applauding]
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- Know you are comfortable with. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen?
- 00:11:19.602 --> 00:11:20.035
- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen? do you know, there's very
- 00:11:20.102 --> 00:11:20.770
- >> joyce: amen? do you know, there's very few people that have
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- Do you know, there's very few people that have the courage to be themselves?
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- I'mma let you sit
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- I'mma let you sit on that one a minute.
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- I'mma let you sit on that one a minute. >> [audience laughing]
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- On that one a minute. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: very few
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: very few people that really have
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- >> joyce: very few people that really have the courage to be themselves
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- People that really have the courage to be themselves and feel like they don't
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- The courage to be themselves and feel like they don't need to apologize for it.
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- And feel like they don't need to apologize for it. so, what if you can't?
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- Need to apologize for it. so, what if you can't? you know, i don't read
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- So, what if you can't? you know, i don't read nearly as fast as a lot
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- You know, i don't read nearly as fast as a lot of people i know,
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- Nearly as fast as a lot of people i know, and i wish i read
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- Of people i know, and i wish i read faster but i don't.
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- And i wish i read faster but i don't. i mean, i know people that
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- Faster but i don't. i mean, i know people that can read a whole book
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- I mean, i know people that can read a whole book on an airplane.
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- Can read a whole book on an airplane. well, you know a whole
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- On an airplane. well, you know a whole book takes me a long time.
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- Well, you know a whole book takes me a long time. i don't care.
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- Book takes me a long time. i don't care. if god wants me to read faster,
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- I don't care. if god wants me to read faster, then he'll have
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- If god wants me to read faster, then he'll have to do something about it.
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- Then he'll have to do something about it. >> [audience laughing]
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- To do something about it. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on,
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on, are you with me?
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- >> joyce: come on, are you with me? >> audience: yes.
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- Are you with me? >> audience: yes. >> [audience applauding]
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- >> audience: yes. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: third thing,
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- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: third thing, eliminate everything
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- >> joyce: third thing, eliminate everything from your schedule that's
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- Eliminate everything from your schedule that's not bearing good fruit.
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- From your schedule that's not bearing good fruit. we talked about that.
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- Not bearing good fruit. we talked about that. i'm not gonna do that anymore.
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- We talked about that. i'm not gonna do that anymore. are you sitting on a committee
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- I'm not gonna do that anymore. are you sitting on a committee that does nothing but argue
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- Are you sitting on a committee that does nothing but argue about what to do and never
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- That does nothing but argue about what to do and never makes a decision?
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- About what to do and never makes a decision? >> [audience laughing]
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- Makes a decision? >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i remember being
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i remember being on a church committee
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- >> joyce: i remember being on a church committee and how many meetings
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- On a church committee and how many meetings we had over what color
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- And how many meetings we had over what color paint the front door.
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- We had over what color paint the front door. >> [audience laughing]
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- Paint the front door. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, how dumb.
- 00:12:28.437 --> 00:12:32.808
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, how dumb. how much time do you
- 00:12:32.875 --> 00:12:33.542
- >> joyce: i mean, how dumb. how much time do you spend gossiping
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- How much time do you spend gossiping or listening to gossip?
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- Spend gossiping or listening to gossip? yeah.
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- Or listening to gossip? yeah. >> [audience laughing]
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- Yeah. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how much time
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how much time do you listen to other people
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- >> joyce: how much time do you listen to other people complain about their problems
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- Do you listen to other people complain about their problems and they have no intention
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- Complain about their problems and they have no intention of doing anything about it.
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- And they have no intention of doing anything about it. >> [audience applauding]
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- Of doing anything about it. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: how much time
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- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: how much time do you spend watching really
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- >> joyce: how much time do you spend watching really stupid things on television?
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- Do you spend watching really stupid things on television? >> [audience laughing]
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- Stupid things on television? >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: or spend a whole
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: or spend a whole night going from channel
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- >> joyce: or spend a whole night going from channel to channel, to channel,
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- Night going from channel to channel, to channel, to channel.
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- I do not understand
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- I do not understand how you can have hundreds
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- I do not understand how you can have hundreds of stations and none
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- How you can have hundreds of stations and none of it be any good.
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- Of stations and none of it be any good. i just don't get that.
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- Of it be any good. i just don't get that. >> [audience applauding]
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- I just don't get that. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: it's like,
- 00:13:16.418 --> 00:13:17.086
- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: it's like, "surely, if i keep
- 00:13:17.152 --> 00:13:17.820
- >> joyce: it's like, "surely, if i keep looking long enough,
- 00:13:17.887 --> 00:13:18.888
- "surely, if i keep looking long enough, i'll find something
- 00:13:18.954 --> 00:13:20.356
- Looking long enough, i'll find something worth watching."
- 00:13:20.422 --> 00:13:24.793
- I'll find something worth watching." how much time do you spend
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- Worth watching." how much time do you spend surfing the web and never
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- How much time do you spend surfing the web and never really find any meaningful
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- Surfing the web and never really find any meaningful articles at all?
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- Really find any meaningful articles at all? do not, and i repeat again,
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- Articles at all? do not, and i repeat again, do not waste your time
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- Do not, and i repeat again, do not waste your time reading all the gossip.
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- Do not waste your time reading all the gossip. most of that stuff
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- Reading all the gossip. most of that stuff is totally untrue.
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- I find out all kinds
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- I find out all kinds of things about myself...
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- I find out all kinds of things about myself... >> [audience laughing]
- 00:13:45.714 --> 00:13:47.483
- Of things about myself... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: that i don't
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: that i don't even know.
- 00:13:48.284 --> 00:13:50.519
- >> joyce: that i don't even know. i mean, they know
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- Even know. i mean, they know where i buy my clothes
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- I mean, they know where i buy my clothes and all this kind of stuff,
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- Where i buy my clothes and all this kind of stuff, and it's all just baloney.
- 00:13:53.289 --> 00:13:54.256
- And all this kind of stuff, and it's all just baloney. it's just all made up.
- 00:13:54.323 --> 00:13:58.060
- Time to relax and enjoy
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- Time to relax and enjoy the things that you like to do.
- 00:14:01.130 --> 00:14:04.900
- Choice overload.
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- Choice overload. [chuckling]
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- Do you know the average
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- Do you know the average supermarket carries
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- Do you know the average supermarket carries 48,000 items?
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- Supermarket carries 48,000 items? there are 228 kinds
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- 48,000 items? there are 228 kinds of cold cereal.
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- There are 228 kinds of cold cereal. and these statistics
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- Of cold cereal. and these statistics are eight years old,
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- And these statistics are eight years old, so there's no telling
- 00:14:27.957 --> 00:14:28.624
- Are eight years old, so there's no telling how many there are now.
- 00:14:28.691 --> 00:14:29.925
- So there's no telling how many there are now. a missionary came
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- How many there are now. a missionary came over from africa.
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- A missionary came over from africa. and in africa, at the time,
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- Over from africa. and in africa, at the time, they only had one cereal,
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- And in africa, at the time, they only had one cereal, it was called "weetabix."
- 00:14:36.231 --> 00:14:38.600
- They only had one cereal, it was called "weetabix." and they only came
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- It was called "weetabix." and they only came to america every few years,
- 00:14:40.769 --> 00:14:42.004
- And they only came to america every few years, and his wife really
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- To america every few years, and his wife really liked cereal, so she wanted
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- And his wife really liked cereal, so she wanted to go to the grocery store
- 00:14:44.073 --> 00:14:44.873
- Liked cereal, so she wanted to go to the grocery store and get some cereal.
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- To go to the grocery store and get some cereal. so, he took her
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- And get some cereal. so, he took her to the grocery store.
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- So, he took her to the grocery store. he stayed in the car.
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- To the grocery store. he stayed in the car. she never came out,
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- He stayed in the car. she never came out, never came out,
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- She never came out, never came out, never came out,
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- Never came out, never came out, never came out.
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- Never came out, never came out. she finally came out
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- Never came out. she finally came out and she didn't have anything.
- 00:14:51.280 --> 00:14:51.981
- She finally came out and she didn't have anything. he said, "well, why didn't
- 00:14:52.047 --> 00:14:52.715
- And she didn't have anything. he said, "well, why didn't you buy anything?"
- 00:14:52.781 --> 00:14:53.582
- He said, "well, why didn't you buy anything?" she said, "there is so much
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- You buy anything?" she said, "there is so much stuff in there.
- 00:14:54.516 --> 00:14:55.084
- She said, "there is so much stuff in there. i can't--it got me confused.
- 00:14:55.150 --> 00:14:56.385
- Stuff in there. i can't--it got me confused. i couldn't figure
- 00:14:56.452 --> 00:14:57.019
- I can't--it got me confused. i couldn't figure out what to buy."
- 00:14:57.086 --> 00:14:58.320
- I couldn't figure out what to buy." >> [audience laughing]
- 00:14:58.387 --> 00:15:00.122
- Out what to buy." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i did that one day
- 00:15:00.189 --> 00:15:01.190
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i did that one day with sinus medicine.
- 00:15:01.256 --> 00:15:02.658
- >> joyce: i did that one day with sinus medicine. when i was a teenager,
- 00:15:02.725 --> 00:15:03.559
- With sinus medicine. when i was a teenager, you had dristan.
- 00:15:03.625 --> 00:15:04.493
- When i was a teenager, you had dristan. does anybody remember that?
- 00:15:04.560 --> 00:15:05.594
- You had dristan. does anybody remember that? >> [audience laughing]
- 00:15:05.661 --> 00:15:06.562
- Does anybody remember that? >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: ok, i know,
- 00:15:06.628 --> 00:15:07.563
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: ok, i know, i'm aging myself,
- 00:15:07.629 --> 00:15:08.197
- >> joyce: ok, i know, i'm aging myself, but that's all there was.
- 00:15:08.263 --> 00:15:09.698
- I'm aging myself, but that's all there was. it was half yellow
- 00:15:09.765 --> 00:15:10.532
- But that's all there was. it was half yellow and half white,
- 00:15:10.599 --> 00:15:12.267
- It was half yellow and half white, and it took care
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- And half white, and it took care of everything.
- 00:15:13.002 --> 00:15:13.602
- And it took care of everything. >> [audience laughing]
- 00:15:13.669 --> 00:15:16.905
- Of everything. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, you have--
- 00:15:16.972 --> 00:15:17.673
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, you have-- i mean, you don't know
- 00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.440
- >> joyce: now, you have-- i mean, you don't know if it'll put you to sleep,
- 00:15:18.507 --> 00:15:19.375
- I mean, you don't know if it'll put you to sleep, if it'll keep you awake.
- 00:15:19.441 --> 00:15:21.410
- If it'll put you to sleep, if it'll keep you awake. i mean, you got sinus allergy,
- 00:15:21.477 --> 00:15:23.412
- If it'll keep you awake. i mean, you got sinus allergy, flu, drowsy, non-drowsy,
- 00:15:23.479 --> 00:15:25.948
- I mean, you got sinus allergy, flu, drowsy, non-drowsy, you know, raises your
- 00:15:26.015 --> 00:15:27.016
- Flu, drowsy, non-drowsy, you know, raises your blood pressure, does nothing,
- 00:15:27.082 --> 00:15:28.650
- You know, raises your blood pressure, does nothing, you know, it's like,
- 00:15:28.717 --> 00:15:29.651
- Blood pressure, does nothing, you know, it's like, "i don't know."
- 00:15:29.718 --> 00:15:30.352
- You know, it's like, "i don't know." i mean, i stood
- 00:15:30.419 --> 00:15:30.986
- "i don't know." i mean, i stood there 45 minutes,
- 00:15:31.053 --> 00:15:31.920
- I mean, i stood there 45 minutes, looking at all this stuff
- 00:15:31.987 --> 00:15:32.721
- There 45 minutes, looking at all this stuff and i just left.
- 00:15:32.788 --> 00:15:33.489
- Looking at all this stuff and i just left. i just--
- 00:15:33.555 --> 00:15:34.156
- And i just left. i just-- >> [audience laughing]
- 00:15:34.223 --> 00:15:35.624
- I just-- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how many of you
- 00:15:35.691 --> 00:15:36.492
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how many of you agree, that there's--we just--
- 00:15:36.558 --> 00:15:37.459
- >> joyce: how many of you agree, that there's--we just-- we have choice overload?
- 00:15:37.526 --> 00:15:39.328
- Agree, that there's--we just-- we have choice overload? i mean, it's just--
- 00:15:39.395 --> 00:15:40.662
- We have choice overload? i mean, it's just-- >> [audience applauding]
- 00:15:40.729 --> 00:15:44.266
- I mean, it's just-- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and so, i wanna
- 00:15:44.333 --> 00:15:45.234
- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and so, i wanna encourage you,
- 00:15:45.300 --> 00:15:45.601
- >> joyce: and so, i wanna encourage you, as i try to close this
- 00:15:45.667 --> 00:15:46.835
- Encourage you, as i try to close this up this morning,
- 00:15:46.902 --> 00:15:47.469
- As i try to close this up this morning, to start making choices.
- 00:15:47.536 --> 00:15:50.172
- Up this morning, to start making choices. and don't worry about what
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- To start making choices. and don't worry about what else you might be missing.
- 00:15:51.273 --> 00:15:54.743
- And don't worry about what else you might be missing. if you see something you like,
- 00:15:54.810 --> 00:15:55.644
- Else you might be missing. if you see something you like, get it, and go home.
- 00:15:55.711 --> 00:15:56.979
- If you see something you like, get it, and go home. amen?
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- >> announcer: after the break,
- 00:15:58.047 --> 00:15:58.714
- >> announcer: after the break, a heartwarming story
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- >> announcer: after the break, a heartwarming story just for you.
- 00:16:00.249 --> 00:16:01.283
- >> announcer: you've lived
- 00:16:02.051 --> 00:16:03.052
- >> announcer: you've lived long enough to know:
- 00:16:03.118 --> 00:16:04.086
- Long enough to know: the day won't always
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- The day won't always go as planned.
- 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:05.854
- Go as planned. but peace isn't found
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- But peace isn't found in control.
- 00:16:07.389 --> 00:16:08.057
- In control. it's found in quiet
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- It's found in quiet moments with god.
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- >> joyce: "beginning your day
- 00:16:11.193 --> 00:16:11.894
- >> joyce: "beginning your day god's way" is a 365-day
- 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:12.761
- God's way" is a 365-day devotional to help you start
- 00:16:12.828 --> 00:16:15.064
- Devotional to help you start your mornings with the truth
- 00:16:15.130 --> 00:16:16.331
- Your mornings with the truth of god's word.
- 00:16:16.398 --> 00:16:17.666
- Of god's word. when you begin your day rooted
- 00:16:17.733 --> 00:16:19.001
- When you begin your day rooted in scripture, something
- 00:16:19.068 --> 00:16:20.436
- In scripture, something powerful happens.
- 00:16:20.502 --> 00:16:22.337
- Powerful happens. your thoughts
- 00:16:22.404 --> 00:16:22.938
- Your thoughts start to change,
- 00:16:23.005 --> 00:16:23.739
- Start to change, your emotions come
- 00:16:23.806 --> 00:16:24.773
- Your emotions come into balance.
- 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:25.674
- Into balance. you begin
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- You begin to respond to life,
- 00:16:26.375 --> 00:16:27.609
- To respond to life, not just react
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- Not just react to it.
- 00:16:28.210 --> 00:16:29.078
- To it. and you'll find
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- And you'll find yourself walking
- 00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:30.779
- Yourself walking in more
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- In more peace,
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- Peace, wisdom,
- 00:16:32.014 --> 00:16:32.714
- Wisdom, and joy
- 00:16:32.781 --> 00:16:33.148
- And joy no matter
- 00:16:33.215 --> 00:16:33.549
- No matter what comes
- 00:16:33.615 --> 00:16:34.049
- What comes your way.
- 00:16:34.116 --> 00:16:35.050
- Your way. each devotional includes
- 00:16:35.117 --> 00:16:36.218
- Each devotional includes a scripture, a prayer,
- 00:16:36.285 --> 00:16:37.586
- A scripture, a prayer, and a word
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- And a word of encouragement
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- Of encouragement to help you stay
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- To help you stay focused on god's love
- 00:16:40.089 --> 00:16:41.356
- Focused on god's love and direction
- 00:16:41.423 --> 00:16:41.890
- And direction for your life.
- 00:16:41.957 --> 00:16:42.891
- For your life. so, don't just get
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- So, don't just get through your day;
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- Through your day; live it on purpose.
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- Live it on purpose. >> announcer: every day
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- >> announcer: every day is a brand-new
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- Is a brand-new opportunity for
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- Opportunity for a fresh start with
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- A fresh start with joyce's devotional
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- Joyce's devotional "beginning your day
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- "beginning your day god's way."
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- God's way." it's available
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- It's available to you, right now,
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- To you, right now, for your gift
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- For your gift of any amount.
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- Of any amount. and when you give...
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- And when you give... or more,
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- Or more, you'll receive this
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- You'll receive this "battlefield of the mind"
- 00:16:58.874 --> 00:16:59.641
- "battlefield of the mind" tote bag filled with joyce's
- 00:16:59.708 --> 00:17:01.276
- Tote bag filled with joyce's devotional and her book,
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- Devotional and her book, "how to talk
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- "how to talk with god," along with
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- With god," along with the "everyday life bible"
- 00:17:04.780 --> 00:17:05.814
- The "everyday life bible" and a couple other
- 00:17:05.881 --> 00:17:06.849
- And a couple other fun surprises.
- 00:17:06.915 --> 00:17:07.950
- Fun surprises. call us today at...
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- Call us today at... or visit us online at:
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- Or visit us online at: joycemeyer.org
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- Joycemeyer.org to get your
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- To get your devotional and begin
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- Devotional and begin every day god's way.
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- Every day god's way. >> joyce: every day
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- >> joyce: every day is a new day to grow,
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- Is a new day to grow, to trust in god,
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- To trust in god, and to walk in peace.
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- And to walk in peace. "beginning your day
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- "beginning your day god's way" is a devotional
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- God's way" is a devotional to help you align
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- To help you align your thoughts
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- Your thoughts and emotions
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- And emotions with the truth
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- With the truth of god's word before
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- Of god's word before the day even begins.
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- The day even begins. you'll be able to face
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- You'll be able to face whatever the day
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- Whatever the day holds with
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- Holds with confidence and joy.
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- Confidence and joy. you can begin each
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- You can begin each day the right way.
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- Day the right way. and remember,
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- And remember, your gift,
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- Your gift, along with gifts
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- Along with gifts from the partners
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- From the partners of joyce meyer ministries,
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- Of joyce meyer ministries, are making a difference
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- Are making a difference around the world,
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- Around the world, by helping to share christ,
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- By helping to share christ, provide food and medical
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- Provide food and medical care to those in need,
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- Care to those in need, and so much more.
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- And so much more. "beginning your
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- "beginning your day god's way"
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- Day god's way" devotional helps
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- Devotional helps you focus, grow,
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- You focus, grow, and walk in peace
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- And walk in peace one day at a time.
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- One day at a time. and you can receive it for
- 00:17:58.634 --> 00:17:59.468
- And you can receive it for your gift of any amount.
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- Your gift of any amount. when you give...
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- When you give... or more,
- 00:18:02.204 --> 00:18:03.572
- Or more, you'll receive this
- 00:18:03.639 --> 00:18:04.606
- You'll receive this "battlefield of the mind"
- 00:18:04.673 --> 00:18:05.407
- "battlefield of the mind" tote bag filled
- 00:18:05.474 --> 00:18:06.074
- Tote bag filled with joyce's devotional
- 00:18:06.141 --> 00:18:07.342
- With joyce's devotional and her book,
- 00:18:07.409 --> 00:18:08.577
- And her book, "how to talk with god,"
- 00:18:08.644 --> 00:18:09.678
- "how to talk with god," along with the "everyday
- 00:18:09.745 --> 00:18:11.346
- Along with the "everyday life bible" and a couple
- 00:18:11.413 --> 00:18:12.181
- Life bible" and a couple other fun surprises.
- 00:18:12.247 --> 00:18:14.183
- Other fun surprises. call us today at...
- 00:18:14.249 --> 00:18:17.553
- Call us today at... or visit us online at:
- 00:18:17.619 --> 00:18:19.087
- Or visit us online at: joycemeyer.org
- 00:18:19.154 --> 00:18:20.189
- Joycemeyer.org to get your devotional
- 00:18:20.255 --> 00:18:21.123
- To get your devotional and watch how
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- And watch how everything else begins
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- Everything else begins to fall into place.
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- >> joyce: well, rejection
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- >> joyce: well, rejection is definitely painful.
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- Is definitely painful. it's something we've all
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- It's something we've all endured in one way or another.
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- Endured in one way or another. >> ginger: our experiences
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- >> ginger: our experiences may be different,
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- May be different, but the damage is very real.
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- But the damage is very real. whether it comes from
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- Whether it comes from a stranger, a friend,
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- A stranger, a friend, or someone we love,
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- Or someone we love, rejection leaves us feeling
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- Rejection leaves us feeling unwanted and wounded.
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- Unwanted and wounded. >> joyce: we both know how
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- >> joyce: we both know how devastating rejection can be.
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- Devastating rejection can be. the good news is
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- The good news is healing is possible.
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- Healing is possible. >> ginger: m-hmm.
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- >> ginger: m-hmm. >> joyce: that's why i invited
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- >> joyce: that's why i invited ginger to write
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- Ginger to write a very important
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- A very important book with me,
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- Book with me, "healing the wounds
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- "healing the wounds of rejection."
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- Of rejection." i believe now is the time
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- I believe now is the time to overcome those
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- To overcome those wounds and embrace
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- Wounds and embrace our true identity in christ.
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- Our true identity in christ. >> ginger: you may not
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- >> ginger: you may not even realize the effects
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- Even realize the effects of rejection on your life.
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- Of rejection on your life. i know i didn't for a time.
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- I know i didn't for a time. but you don't have
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- But you don't have to remain stuck
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- To remain stuck in the past or let what
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- In the past or let what others have done
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- Others have done define your worth.
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- Define your worth. >> joyce: in our book,
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- >> joyce: in our book, we share the truths that
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- We share the truths that have helped both of us,
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- And the things that
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- And the things that we went through.
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- We went through. >> ginger: and together,
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- >> ginger: and together, we can all move
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- We can all move forward with strength
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- Forward with strength and confidence.
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- And confidence. >> announcer: "healing
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- >> announcer: "healing the wounds of rejection"
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- The wounds of rejection" by joyce meyer
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- By joyce meyer and ginger stache,
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- And ginger stache, request your copy today.
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- >> ginger: well, we all need
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- >> ginger: well, we all need to learn to handle stress
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- >> ginger: well, we all need to learn to handle stress better in our lives, don't we?
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- To learn to handle stress better in our lives, don't we? it makes such a difference
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- Better in our lives, don't we? it makes such a difference when we can give those things
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- It makes such a difference when we can give those things to god and see how he works;
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- When we can give those things to god and see how he works; it can be amazing.
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- And speaking of how god
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- And speaking of how god might work, right now,
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- And speaking of how god might work, right now, we have something incredibly
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- Might work, right now, we have something incredibly special and very important
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- We have something incredibly special and very important to share with you.
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- Special and very important to share with you. something big is happening
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- To share with you. something big is happening in the heart of america.
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- Something big is happening in the heart of america. and it is the next level
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- In the heart of america. and it is the next level of ministry and outreach
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- And it is the next level of ministry and outreach for joyce meyer ministries.
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- Of ministry and outreach for joyce meyer ministries. now, as you know, for decades,
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- For joyce meyer ministries. now, as you know, for decades, joyce has been leading
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- Now, as you know, for decades, joyce has been leading the charge to help those
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- Joyce has been leading the charge to help those impacted by abuse, injustice,
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- The charge to help those impacted by abuse, injustice, the challenges of life,
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- Impacted by abuse, injustice, the challenges of life, and especially women and girls.
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- The challenges of life, and especially women and girls. and now, there's something
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- And especially women and girls. and now, there's something new coming and we believe
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- And now, there's something new coming and we believe it will send shockwaves
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- New coming and we believe it will send shockwaves of love through our nation.
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- It will send shockwaves of love through our nation. together,
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- Of love through our nation. together, we are building a dream.
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- Together, we are building a dream. we are so honored
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- We are building a dream. we are so honored and exciting to introduce
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- We are so honored and exciting to introduce you, right now,
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- And exciting to introduce you, right now, to hope mountain ranch.
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- >> [♪♪]
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- >> ginger: for years,
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- >> ginger: for years, you and i have been traveling
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- You and i have been traveling all over the globe,
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- All over the globe, and we've been showing you
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- The lives that you are touching
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- The lives that you are touching and impacting and the people
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- And impacting and the people that you are helping all over
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- That you are helping all over the world through our
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- The world through our hand of hope outreaches
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- Hand of hope outreaches at joyce meyer ministries.
- 00:20:42.230 --> 00:20:43.532
- At joyce meyer ministries. well, where we are now
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- Well, where we are now is a very special place.
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- Is a very special place. this is hope mountain ranch,
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- This is hope mountain ranch, in utah.
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- In utah. this is a place of healing
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- This is a place of healing and restoration.
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- And restoration. it's a refuge for people
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- It's a refuge for people in need.
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- In need. and it's also a place
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- And it's also a place where the word of god
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- Where the word of god is going to go forth doing
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- Is going to go forth doing exactly what joyce has
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- Exactly what joyce has been doing for decades.
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- Been doing for decades. this will be a hub for our
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- This will be a hub for our domestic outreaches.
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- Domestic outreaches. we'll be working with many
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- We'll be working with many other ministries to provide
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- Other ministries to provide homes here for people in need,
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- Homes here for people in need, for women in need,
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- For women in need, for women with their children,
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- For women with their children, for human trafficking help,
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- For human trafficking help, for so many different things.
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- For so many different things. actually, let me just
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- Actually, let me just say it this way:
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- Say it this way: whatever door god
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- Whatever door god opens together,
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- Opens together, we are all going
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- We are all going to go through it.
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- To go through it. and this will be the hub
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- And this will be the hub for all of it.
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- >> joyce: well, i've been
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- >> joyce: well, i've been teaching the word for 50 years,
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- Teaching the word for 50 years, and i've always wanted
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- And i've always wanted to leave a legacy.
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- To leave a legacy. i feel that's important.
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- I feel that's important. of course, my heart has
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- Of course, my heart has always been to help
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- Always been to help anybody that's hurting,
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- Anybody that's hurting, but especially women and girls
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- But especially women and girls that are being abused.
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- And so,
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- And so, hope mountain ranch
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- Hope mountain ranch began as a dream
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- Began as a dream in my son dan's heart.
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- In my son dan's heart. he lives in utah, and he saw
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- He lives in utah, and he saw all this land up here,
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- All this land up here, and he thought,
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- And he thought, "surely we could do something
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- "surely we could do something for god on some of this land."
- 00:21:59.941 --> 00:22:01.743
- >> joyce to dan: it's awesome.
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- >> joyce to dan: it's awesome. >> nicol: as we would
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- >> nicol: as we would talk and dream
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- Talk and dream and think about
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- And think about things, we had
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- Things, we had this vision
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- This vision of neighborhoods,
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- Of neighborhoods, of outreach.
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- Of outreach. that was something
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- That was something that was just
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- That was just in our heart.
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- In our heart. we're gonna just
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- We're gonna just do things to help,
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- Do things to help, especially women and children.
- 00:22:11.820 --> 00:22:13.488
- Especially women and children. because of joyce's past,
- 00:22:13.555 --> 00:22:15.223
- Because of joyce's past, joyce meyer ministries
- 00:22:15.290 --> 00:22:16.091
- Joyce meyer ministries has a heart to reach women
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- Has a heart to reach women that have been taken
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- That have been taken advantage of and abused.
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- Advantage of and abused. and we knew that was something
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- And we knew that was something that we had to do here.
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- >> ginger: hope is on
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- >> ginger: hope is on the horizon.
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- The horizon. together with
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- Together with our joyce meyer
- 00:22:27.602 --> 00:22:28.370
- Our joyce meyer ministries partners,
- 00:22:28.437 --> 00:22:29.671
- Ministries partners, we're launching
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- We're launching a new initiative:
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- A new initiative: a sanctuary for people
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- A sanctuary for people in need of hope, healing,
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- In need of hope, healing, and restoration.
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- Driving through the beautiful
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- Driving through the beautiful mountains of utah,
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- Mountains of utah, you'll come across this
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- You'll come across this special place where longhorn
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- Special place where longhorn cattle graze and horses
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- Cattle graze and horses greet you to see if you may
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- Greet you to see if you may just have an apple or carrot.
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- Just have an apple or carrot. >> [horse nickering]
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- >> [horse nickering] >> ginger: this is so much
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- >> ginger: this is so much more than a working ranch.
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- More than a working ranch. what you see is acre
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- What you see is acre upon acre of potential.
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- Upon acre of potential. the potential for god's love
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- The potential for god's love to restore broken lives,
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- To restore broken lives, hearts to mend,
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- Hearts to mend, and dreams to be fulfilled.
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- And dreams to be fulfilled. here, many will discover
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- Here, many will discover hope and help to live
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- Hope and help to live out the potential god
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- Out the potential god has placed in them.
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- Has placed in them. together, we're creating
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- Together, we're creating a nationwide hub for domestic
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- A nationwide hub for domestic outreach by partnering
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- Outreach by partnering with other ministries who
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- With other ministries who share our mission to share
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- Share our mission to share christ and love people--
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- Christ and love people-- ministries, such as
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- Ministries, such as the phoenix dream center
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- The phoenix dream center who we've worked with
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- Who we've worked with in the devastated community
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- In the devastated community of short creek for years now.
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- >> angel: i just love that
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- >> angel: i just love that we get to partner and serve
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- We get to partner and serve what danny and nicol's vision
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- What danny and nicol's vision is for hope mountain ranch
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- Is for hope mountain ranch and joyce meyer ministries.
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- And joyce meyer ministries. it's just such a privilege
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- It's just such a privilege for both of these
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- For both of these services to collide.
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- This is starting from scratch.
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- This is starting from scratch. so, the creativity
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- So, the creativity is at the forefront:
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- Is at the forefront: "what can we do to create
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- "what can we do to create a place that is cutting edge,
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- A place that is cutting edge, highest level of service,
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- Highest level of service, with the most organic,
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- With the most organic, natural approach to loving
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- Natural approach to loving and serving people the way
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- And serving people the way jesus would call us to do?"
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- >> joyce: well, we've done a lot
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- >> joyce: well, we've done a lot of work with human trafficking
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- Of work with human trafficking around the world,
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- Around the world, and that's great,
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- And that's great, and we've done that
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- And we've done that work here in the u.s.
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- Work here in the u.s. but this is gonna
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- But this is gonna be a little different
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- Be a little different because it's gonna be a home
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- Because it's gonna be a home for that kind of outreach.
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- For that kind of outreach. >> ginger: counseling,
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- >> ginger: counseling, education, job training,
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- Education, job training, and housing so we can walk
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- And housing so we can walk alongside our residents
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- Alongside our residents who become family throughout
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- Who become family throughout their entire healing journey.
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- Their entire healing journey. and at the heart of everything
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- And at the heart of everything is the love of jesus.
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- Is the love of jesus. >> joyce: i think it'll be good
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- >> joyce: i think it'll be good for me to be able to come
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- For me to be able to come up and talk to them
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- Up and talk to them and other people, you know,
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- And other people, you know, who've been in the same kind
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- Who've been in the same kind of situations that i've been in.
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- Of situations that i've been in. and it'll be like a boot camp
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- And it'll be like a boot camp for the healing of the soul.
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- For the healing of the soul. >> ginger: this is the power
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- >> ginger: this is the power of partnership.
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- Of partnership. when we come together,
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- When we come together, we can create change that
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- We can create change that will transform generations.
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- Will transform generations. the dream center
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- The dream center at hope mountain ranch
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- At hope mountain ranch will be the first of many
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- Will be the first of many outreach facilities on this
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- Outreach facilities on this beautiful property.
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- >> angel: this is an example,
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- >> angel: this is an example, i believe, for the nation
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- I believe, for the nation to show how other ministries
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- To show how other ministries can work together.
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- Can work together. we all have pockets
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- We all have pockets that we really thrive in,
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- That we really thrive in, and i think the genius behind
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- And i think the genius behind what danny and nicol
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- What danny and nicol have thought of,
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- Have thought of, bringing different ministry
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- Bringing different ministry organizations that assist
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- Organizations that assist and serve a demographic
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- And serve a demographic in their way.
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- In their way. >> joyce: it's just gonna
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- >> joyce: it's just gonna be wonderful to have a hub,
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- Be wonderful to have a hub, a center where we can
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- A center where we can minister to men at the same time
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- Minister to men at the same time we minister to women because
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- We minister to women because we've got enough acreage
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- We've got enough acreage that we can separate
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- That we can separate all these different things.
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- All these different things. >> ginger: room to roam,
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- >> ginger: room to roam, air to breathe,
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- Air to breathe, healing to harvest,
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- Healing to harvest, this is hope mountain ranch,
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- This is hope mountain ranch, a place inspired by joyce's
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- A place inspired by joyce's heart to help people who've
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- Heart to help people who've been hurt, abandoned,
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- Been hurt, abandoned, and abused.
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- And abused. hope mountain ranch is where
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- Hope mountain ranch is where joyce meyer's legacy lives on.
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- Joyce meyer's legacy lives on. >> nicol: i feel really honored
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- >> nicol: i feel really honored and privileged that we get
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- And privileged that we get to be a part of joyce's legacy.
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- To be a part of joyce's legacy. it's different than joyce's part
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- It's different than joyce's part because there's only one joyce,
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- Because there's only one joyce, and she has done her part
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- And she has done her part so amazing and is continuing
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- So amazing and is continuing to do that.
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- To do that. but we're thankful that
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- But we're thankful that we have a part in it too,
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- We have a part in it too, and we don't take it lightly.
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- And we don't take it lightly. we want to do what
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- We want to do what god's called us to do,
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- God's called us to do, and we know that starting
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- And we know that starting the outreaches here
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- The outreaches here at the ranch is one
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- At the ranch is one of those things that
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- Of those things that god's called us to do.
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- God's called us to do. and so, we're just gonna
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- And so, we're just gonna keep walking through
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- Keep walking through the doors that he opens
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- The doors that he opens and try to help as many
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- And try to help as many people as we can.
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- People as we can. >> joyce: i wanna go knowing
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- >> joyce: i wanna go knowing that i left a place where women
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- That i left a place where women can continue to be healed
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- Can continue to be healed year after year after year.
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- Year after year after year. we hope and pray that the people
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- We hope and pray that the people that i've ministered to for
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- That i've ministered to for years and years, the word,
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- Years and years, the word, will remember that and will help
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- Will remember that and will help get involved in this project
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- Get involved in this project that's so dear to my life.
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- >> [horse nickering]
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- >> announcer: we hope you
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- >> announcer: we hope you enjoyed today's program.
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- Enjoyed today's program. we are so grateful
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- We are so grateful to our joyce meyer
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- To our joyce meyer ministries partners
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- Ministries partners who make this
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- Who make this and all we do possible,
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- And all we do possible, including sharing
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- Including sharing god's word
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- God's word and offering help
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- And offering help to people in need
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- To people in need all over the world.
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