Joyce Meyer - Dealing with Stress (Part 4)

October 29, 2025 | 29:29

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: 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--
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  • >> 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
  • 00:10:01.957 --> 00:10:03.125
  • Very good either. and i was freezing in the room and the air conditioning
  • 00:10:03.192 --> 00:10:04.160
  • And i was freezing in the room and the air conditioning is apparently controlled
  • 00:10:04.226 --> 00:10:05.227
  • 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
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  • >> [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,
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  • And carried on and been so mad and now i'm just like, "oh well, if i can't find it,
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  • 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
  • 00:10:47.002 --> 00:10:47.703
  • 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?
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen? do you know, there's very
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  • >> 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]
  • 00:11:28.978 --> 00:11:30.546
  • 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]
  • 00:11:56.672 --> 00:11:58.908
  • 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.
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, how dumb. how much time do you
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  • >> 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
  • 00:12:55.164 --> 00:12:56.799
  • >> 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,
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  • >> [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
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  • Looking long enough, i'll find something worth watching."
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  • 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
  • 00:13:26.061 --> 00:13:27.363
  • 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]
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  • Of things about myself... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: that i don't
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: that i don't even know.
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  • >> 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,
  • 00:13:52.421 --> 00:13:53.222
  • Where i buy my clothes and all this kind of stuff, and it's all just baloney.
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  • And all this kind of stuff, and it's all just baloney. it's just all made up.
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  • Time to relax and enjoy
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  • Time to relax and enjoy the things that you like to do.
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  • 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
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  • Are eight years old, so there's no telling how many there are now.
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  • So there's no telling how many there are now. a missionary came
  • 00:14:29.992 --> 00:14:30.826
  • 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."
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  • 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,
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  • 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
  • 00:14:42.805 --> 00:14:44.006
  • And his wife really liked cereal, so she wanted to go to the grocery store
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  • 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.
  • 00:14:46.342 --> 00:14:46.909
  • So, he took her to the grocery store. he stayed in the car.
  • 00:14:46.976 --> 00:14:47.977
  • To the grocery store. he stayed in the car. she never came out,
  • 00:14:48.043 --> 00:14:48.644
  • 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
  • 00:14:53.649 --> 00:14:54.450
  • 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
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  • 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
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  • >> [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,
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  • >> 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
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  • But that's all there was. it was half yellow and half white,
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  • 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--
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  • >> [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,
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  • I mean, you don't know if it'll put you to sleep, if it'll keep you awake.
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  • 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,
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  • 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]
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  • I just-- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how many of you
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  • >> [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
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and so, i wanna encourage you,
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  • >> joyce: and so, i wanna encourage you, as i try to close this
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • >> announcer: you've lived
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  • >> announcer: you've lived long enough to know:
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  • Long enough to know: the day won't always
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  • The day won't always go as planned.
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  • Go as planned. but peace isn't found
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  • But peace isn't found in control.
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  • 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
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  • >> joyce: "beginning your day god's way" is a 365-day
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  • God's way" is a 365-day devotional to help you start
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  • Devotional to help you start your mornings with the truth
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  • Your mornings with the truth of god's word.
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  • Of god's word. when you begin your day rooted
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  • When you begin your day rooted in scripture, something
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  • In scripture, something powerful happens.
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  • Powerful happens. your thoughts
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  • Your thoughts start to change,
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  • Start to change, your emotions come
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  • Your emotions come into balance.
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  • Into balance. you begin
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  • You begin to respond to life,
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  • To respond to life, not just react
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  • Not just react to it.
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  • To it. and you'll find
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  • And you'll find yourself walking
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  • Yourself walking in more
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  • In more peace,
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  • Peace, wisdom,
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  • Wisdom, and joy
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  • And joy no matter
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  • No matter what comes
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  • What comes your way.
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  • Your way. each devotional includes
  • 00:16:35.117 --> 00:16:36.218
  • Each devotional includes a scripture, a prayer,
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  • 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
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  • Focused on god's love and direction
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  • And direction for your life.
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  • 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,
  • 00:16:56.472 --> 00:16:58.240
  • Or more, you'll receive this
  • 00:16:58.307 --> 00:16:58.807
  • 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,
  • 00:17:01.343 --> 00:17:02.644
  • Devotional and her book, "how to talk
  • 00:17:02.711 --> 00:17:03.612
  • "how to talk with god," along with
  • 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:04.713
  • 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:
  • 00:17:11.687 --> 00:17:12.921
  • Or visit us online at: joycemeyer.org
  • 00:17:12.988 --> 00:17:13.989
  • Joycemeyer.org to get your
  • 00:17:14.056 --> 00:17:14.623
  • 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
  • 00:17:23.132 --> 00:17:23.932
  • "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
  • 00:17:33.876 --> 00:17:34.476
  • 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,
  • 00:17:39.781 --> 00:17:40.349
  • Your gift, along with gifts
  • 00:17:40.415 --> 00:17:41.150
  • Along with gifts from the partners
  • 00:17:41.216 --> 00:17:41.884
  • From the partners of joyce meyer ministries,
  • 00:17:41.950 --> 00:17:43.452
  • Of joyce meyer ministries, are making a difference
  • 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.653
  • Are making a difference around the world,
  • 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:45.354
  • 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
  • 00:17:52.060 --> 00:17:52.661
  • "beginning your day god's way"
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  • Day god's way" devotional helps
  • 00:17:53.362 --> 00:17:54.496
  • Devotional helps you focus, grow,
  • 00:17:54.563 --> 00:17:55.964
  • You focus, grow, and walk in peace
  • 00:17:56.031 --> 00:17:57.032
  • And walk in peace one day at a time.
  • 00:17:57.099 --> 00:17:58.567
  • 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.
  • 00:17:59.535 --> 00:18:01.503
  • Your gift of any amount. when you give...
  • 00:18:01.570 --> 00:18:02.137
  • 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
  • 00:18:21.190 --> 00:18:21.990
  • And watch how everything else begins
  • 00:18:22.057 --> 00:18:23.158
  • Everything else begins to fall into place.
  • 00:18:23.225 --> 00:18:25.060
  • >> joyce: well, rejection
  • 00:18:25.994 --> 00:18:26.929
  • >> 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.
  • 00:18:56.792 --> 00:18:58.460
  • 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.
  • 00:19:07.836 --> 00:19:09.304
  • Define your worth. >> joyce: in our book,
  • 00:19:09.371 --> 00:19:10.172
  • >> joyce: in our book, we share the truths that
  • 00:19:10.239 --> 00:19:11.607
  • We share the truths that have helped both of us,
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  • And the things that
  • 00:19:13.308 --> 00:19:13.909
  • And the things that we went through.
  • 00:19:13.976 --> 00:19:14.476
  • 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;
  • 00:19:31.793 --> 00:19:33.829
  • When we can give those things to god and see how he works; it can be amazing.
  • 00:19:33.895 --> 00:19:35.731
  • And speaking of how god
  • 00:19:35.797 --> 00:19:37.132
  • And speaking of how god might work, right now,
  • 00:19:37.199 --> 00:19:38.734
  • And speaking of how god might work, right now, we have something incredibly
  • 00:19:38.800 --> 00:19:40.469
  • Might work, right now, we have something incredibly special and very important
  • 00:19:40.535 --> 00:19:42.137
  • 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
  • 00:19:46.541 --> 00:19:48.277
  • 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.
  • 00:19:49.845 --> 00:19:51.446
  • Of ministry and outreach for joyce meyer ministries. now, as you know, for decades,
  • 00:19:51.513 --> 00:19:52.948
  • For joyce meyer ministries. now, as you know, for decades, joyce has been leading
  • 00:19:53.015 --> 00:19:54.216
  • Now, as you know, for decades, joyce has been leading the charge to help those
  • 00:19:54.283 --> 00:19:56.084
  • Joyce has been leading the charge to help those impacted by abuse, injustice,
  • 00:19:56.151 --> 00:19:58.620
  • The charge to help those impacted by abuse, injustice, the challenges of life,
  • 00:19:58.687 --> 00:20:00.422
  • 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
  • 00:20:02.658 --> 00:20:04.092
  • 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.
  • 00:20:07.429 --> 00:20:09.431
  • It will send shockwaves of love through our nation. together,
  • 00:20:09.498 --> 00:20:10.065
  • Of love through our nation. together, we are building a dream.
  • 00:20:10.132 --> 00:20:12.234
  • Together, we are building a dream. we are so honored
  • 00:20:12.301 --> 00:20:13.435
  • We are building a dream. we are so honored and exciting to introduce
  • 00:20:13.502 --> 00:20:15.137
  • 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,
  • 00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:32.487
  • All over the globe, and we've been showing you
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  • The lives that you are touching
  • 00:20:34.690 --> 00:20:36.758
  • 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
  • 00:20:43.598 --> 00:20:45.267
  • Well, where we are now is a very special place.
  • 00:20:45.334 --> 00:20:46.835
  • Is a very special place. this is hope mountain ranch,
  • 00:20:46.902 --> 00:20:49.071
  • 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
  • 00:20:56.912 --> 00:20:57.779
  • Where the word of god is going to go forth doing
  • 00:20:57.846 --> 00:20:59.715
  • Is going to go forth doing exactly what joyce has
  • 00:20:59.781 --> 00:21:01.416
  • Exactly what joyce has been doing for decades.
  • 00:21:01.483 --> 00:21:03.752
  • Been doing for decades. this will be a hub for our
  • 00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:07.022
  • This will be a hub for our domestic outreaches.
  • 00:21:07.089 --> 00:21:08.824
  • Domestic outreaches. we'll be working with many
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  • We'll be working with many other ministries to provide
  • 00:21:10.425 --> 00:21:12.594
  • 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."
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  • >> 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.
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  • Especially women and children. because of joyce's past,
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  • Because of joyce's past, joyce meyer ministries
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  • 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
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  • Our joyce meyer ministries partners,
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  • 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,
  • 00:25:14.836 --> 00:25:16.438
  • 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
  • 00:26:07.989 --> 00:26:10.325
  • 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
  • 00:26:45.226 --> 00:26:46.361
  • That i've ministered to for years and years, the word,
  • 00:26:46.428 --> 00:26:47.862
  • 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,
  • 00:27:12.987 --> 00:27:14.422
  • 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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