Joyce Meyer - Developing The Character of God (Part 4)

June 10, 2026 | 27:29

Bible teacher Joyce Meyer shares timeless scriptural principles to show us how we can embrace the best God has for us each and every day of our lives.

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - Developing The Character of God (Part 4) | June 10, 2026

>> joyce: the best thing
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>> joyce: the best thing to do is get 'em before
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>> joyce: the best thing to do is get 'em before they're completely dead.
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To do is get 'em before they're completely dead. now, god has a variety of tools.
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They're completely dead. now, god has a variety of tools. maybe he'll just get after
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Now, god has a variety of tools. maybe he'll just get after you with these little ones.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer and i believe that god can heal
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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>> joyce: just because
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>> joyce: just because something bad happens
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>> joyce: just because something bad happens to a good person,
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Something bad happens to a good person, doesn't mean that god
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To a good person, doesn't mean that god is still not good.
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Doesn't mean that god is still not good. bad things happen
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Is still not good. bad things happen to good people,
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Bad things happen to good people, and we don't always
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To good people, and we don't always understand it,
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And we don't always understand it, but i will tell you this,
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Understand it, but i will tell you this, when bad things happen
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But i will tell you this, when bad things happen to a good person,
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When bad things happen to a good person, if that good person can
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To a good person, if that good person can continue to act the way
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If that good person can continue to act the way god wants them to act,
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Continue to act the way god wants them to act, it says more to the world
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God wants them to act, it says more to the world than anything else.
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It says more to the world than anything else. >> [audience applauding]
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Than anything else. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: matthew 5:29 and 30
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: matthew 5:29 and 30 says, "if your right eye serves
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>> joyce: matthew 5:29 and 30 says, "if your right eye serves as a trap to ensnare you
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Says, "if your right eye serves as a trap to ensnare you or is an occasion for you
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As a trap to ensnare you or is an occasion for you to stumble and sin,
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Or is an occasion for you to stumble and sin, pluck it out and throw it away."
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To stumble and sin, pluck it out and throw it away." whoa!
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Pluck it out and throw it away." whoa! sounds a little violent.
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Whoa! sounds a little violent. "it's better if you lose one
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Sounds a little violent. "it's better if you lose one of your members than if your
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"it's better if you lose one of your members than if your whole body be cast into hell."
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Of your members than if your whole body be cast into hell." uh-oh.
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Whole body be cast into hell." uh-oh. "and if your right hand
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Uh-oh. "and if your right hand serves as a trap to ensnare
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"and if your right hand serves as a trap to ensnare you or is an occasion
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Serves as a trap to ensnare you or is an occasion for you to stumble and sin,
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You or is an occasion for you to stumble and sin, cut it off and cast it from you.
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For you to stumble and sin, cut it off and cast it from you. it's better that you lose
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Cut it off and cast it from you. it's better that you lose one of your members
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It's better that you lose one of your members than that your entire body
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One of your members than that your entire body should be cast into hell."
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Than that your entire body should be cast into hell." well, you know what,
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Should be cast into hell." well, you know what, he's basically saying here?
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You gotta deal
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You gotta deal with sin violently.
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You gotta deal with sin violently. i'll just make
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With sin violently. i'll just make up a practical example.
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I'll just make up a practical example. let's just say that
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Up a practical example. let's just say that you're a woman,
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Let's just say that you're a woman, and your husband doesn't
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You're a woman, and your husband doesn't pay you the attention
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And your husband doesn't pay you the attention that he should.
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Pay you the attention that he should. you're hurtin',
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That he should. you're hurtin', you're a little lonely.
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You work at a place and there's
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You work at a place and there's a real good-looking man there
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You work at a place and there's a real good-looking man there that you're a little bit
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A real good-looking man there that you're a little bit attracted to,
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That you're a little bit attracted to, and he starts to flirt
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Attracted to, and he starts to flirt with you a little bit.
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And he starts to flirt with you a little bit. you can feel the temptation.
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With you a little bit. you can feel the temptation. now, this is when you start--
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You can feel the temptation. now, this is when you start-- need to start making
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Now, this is when you start-- need to start making some decisions.
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Need to start making some decisions. he brings you donuts
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Some decisions. he brings you donuts on monday morning.
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He brings you donuts on monday morning. >> [audience laughing]
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On monday morning. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on, the devil knows how to work you.
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>> [audience laughing]
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: do you hear me?
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: do you hear me? and you just keep being more,
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>> joyce: do you hear me? and you just keep being more, and more, and more tempted.
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And you just keep being more, and more, and more tempted. then he asks you,
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And more, and more tempted. then he asks you, if you wanna have some
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Then he asks you, if you wanna have some coffee after work.
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If you wanna have some coffee after work. oh, honey.
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Coffee after work. oh, honey. >> [audience laughing]
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Oh, honey. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you say, "well,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you say, "well, i just can't get over this.
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>> joyce: you say, "well, i just can't get over this. i'm just--i'm just so tempted."
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I just can't get over this. i'm just--i'm just so tempted." i'll tell you what you do,
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I'm just--i'm just so tempted." i'll tell you what you do, you quit that job
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I'll tell you what you do, you quit that job as fast as you can,
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You quit that job as fast as you can, and you go get
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As fast as you can, and you go get yourself another job,
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And you go get yourself another job, where all the men
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Yourself another job, where all the men are ugly and fat.
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Where all the men are ugly and fat. >> [audience laughing]
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Are ugly and fat. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: that's what it means,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: that's what it means, "if your right eye offends you,
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>> joyce: that's what it means, "if your right eye offends you, pluck it out."
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"if your right eye offends you, pluck it out." i'm serious.
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Pluck it out." i'm serious. you gotta--you gotta--
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I'm serious. you gotta--you gotta-- if you cannot resist
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You gotta--you gotta-- if you cannot resist the temptation
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If you cannot resist the temptation before you let it go too far,
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The temptation before you let it go too far, you get away from it.
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Before you let it go too far, you get away from it. do you hear me?
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You get away from it. do you hear me? >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: now,
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>> joyce: now, in john 15:1 and 2,
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>> joyce: now, in john 15:1 and 2, "i am the true vine,
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In john 15:1 and 2, "i am the true vine, and my father
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"i am the true vine, and my father is the vinedresser.
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And my father is the vinedresser. any branch in me--"
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Is the vinedresser. any branch in me--" that means if you're in christ.
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Any branch in me--" that means if you're in christ. he's the vine,
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That means if you're in christ. he's the vine, you're a branch coming
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He's the vine, you're a branch coming off the vine.
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You're a branch coming off the vine. "any branch in me that
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Off the vine. "any branch in me that does not bear fruit
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"any branch in me that does not bear fruit or [that stops bearing],
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Does not bear fruit or [that stops bearing], he cuts away
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Or [that stops bearing], he cuts away (trims off, and takes away);
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He cuts away (trims off, and takes away); and he cleanses and repeatedly
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(trims off, and takes away); and he cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that
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And he cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit,
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Prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer
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Continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit."
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To make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit." so, i figured this
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And more excellent fruit." so, i figured this out a long time ago,
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You're pruned if you do,
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You're pruned if you do, and pruned if you don't.
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You're pruned if you do, and pruned if you don't. >> [audience laughing]
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And pruned if you don't. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: there's no gettin'
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: there's no gettin' out of pruning.
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>> joyce: there's no gettin' out of pruning. now, to really get this,
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Out of pruning. now, to really get this, you have to understand
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Now, to really get this, you have to understand what pruning is.
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You have to understand what pruning is. so, i've studied pruning.
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What pruning is. so, i've studied pruning. and bushes need to be trimmed--
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So, i've studied pruning. and bushes need to be trimmed-- need to be pruned about five
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And bushes need to be trimmed-- need to be pruned about five times a year, they say,
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Need to be pruned about five times a year, they say, to be really, really healthy.
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Times a year, they say, to be really, really healthy. that means you've
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To be really, really healthy. that means you've gotta cut 'em back,
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That means you've gotta cut 'em back, to get 'em to grow further.
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Gotta cut 'em back, to get 'em to grow further. and what god especially
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To get 'em to grow further. and what god especially wants to prune off,
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And what god especially wants to prune off, is dead stuff.
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So, maybe you've got
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So, maybe you've got some friends in your life
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So, maybe you've got some friends in your life that need to be pruned off.
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Some friends in your life that need to be pruned off. maybe you got some tv shows
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That need to be pruned off. maybe you got some tv shows that need to be pruned off.
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Maybe you got some tv shows that need to be pruned off. >> [audience moaning]
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>> joyce: don't put your head
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>> joyce: don't put your head down and hold your head,
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>> joyce: don't put your head down and hold your head, like you got a headache.
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Down and hold your head, like you got a headache. >> [audience laughing]
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Like you got a headache. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on, when i said that,
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>> joyce: come on, when i said that, this is what i saw.
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When i said that, this is what i saw. now, remember we're asking god
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To show us truth about us.
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To show us truth about us. now, i watch television,
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To show us truth about us. now, i watch television, but i usually watch it with
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Now, i watch television, but i usually watch it with remote control in my hand,
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But i usually watch it with remote control in my hand, and i am so good
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Remote control in my hand, and i am so good at fast-forwarding.
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And i am so good at fast-forwarding. we just need to be careful
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At fast-forwarding. we just need to be careful what we're looking at,
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We just need to be careful what we're looking at, what we're listening to.
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What we're looking at, what we're listening to. so, dead things.
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What we're listening to. so, dead things. if you've got a friend
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So, dead things. if you've got a friend that you go have coffee
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If you've got a friend that you go have coffee with once a week,
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That you go have coffee with once a week, and all you do is sit
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With once a week, and all you do is sit there and gossip,
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And all you do is sit there and gossip, that's a dead thing--
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There and gossip, that's a dead thing-- it's a dead relationship.
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That's a dead thing-- it's a dead relationship. or dead works,
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It's a dead relationship. or dead works, if you're trying to change
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Or dead works, if you're trying to change your family,
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If you're trying to change your family, it's a dead work,
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Your family, it's a dead work, it's not gonna work.
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It's a dead work, it's not gonna work. dead works are works
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It's not gonna work. dead works are works that don't work.
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Dead works are works that don't work. dead works is us trying
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That don't work. dead works is us trying to do what only god can do.
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Dead works is us trying to do what only god can do. we wanna work
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To do what only god can do. we wanna work the works of god,
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We wanna work the works of god, but the bible tells us to stay
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The works of god, but the bible tells us to stay away from dead works.
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But the bible tells us to stay away from dead works. there are things that keep
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Away from dead works. there are things that keep you busy and produce no fruit.
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There are things that keep you busy and produce no fruit. everybody today is busy.
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You busy and produce no fruit. everybody today is busy. "well, brother, i haven't
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Everybody today is busy. "well, brother, i haven't seen you for a year,
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"well, brother, i haven't seen you for a year, how have you been?"
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Seen you for a year, how have you been?" "i've been busy."
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How have you been?" "i've been busy." i don't tell people
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"i've been busy." i don't tell people that anymore, i say,
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I don't tell people that anymore, i say, "i've been bearing fruit."
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That anymore, i say, "i've been bearing fruit." so, you can kinda see that
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"i've been bearing fruit." so, you can kinda see that something's wrong with this.
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So, you can kinda see that something's wrong with this. that one's gettin'
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Something's wrong with this. that one's gettin' kind of droopy.
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That one's gettin' kind of droopy. it's starting to die.
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Kind of droopy. it's starting to die. well, the best thing
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It's starting to die. well, the best thing to do is get 'em before
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Well, the best thing to do is get 'em before they're completely dead.
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To do is get 'em before they're completely dead. >> [audience laughing]
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They're completely dead. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, god has
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, god has a variety of tools.
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Maybe he'll just get after
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Maybe he'll just get after you with these little ones.
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Maybe he'll just get after you with these little ones. might not hurt as much;
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You with these little ones. might not hurt as much; i don't know.
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Might not hurt as much; i don't know. let's--
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I don't know. let's-- whoop.
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Let's-- whoop. now, that'll come back.
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Whoop. now, that'll come back. man, we're gonna
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Now, that'll come back. man, we're gonna get rid of this.
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Man, we're gonna get rid of this. i hope.
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Get rid of this. i hope. matt, you told
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I hope. matt, you told me i could do this.
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Matt, you told me i could do this. >> [audience laughing]
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Me i could do this. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i even work out,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i even work out, come here and do it.
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>> joyce: and i even work out, come here and do it. i can't do it.
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>> [snap]
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>> [snap] >> [audience cheering]
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>> [snap] >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: now,
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>> [audience cheering] >> joyce: now, we had a beautiful
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>> joyce: now, we had a beautiful tree in our front yard,
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We had a beautiful tree in our front yard, and it had little branches
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Tree in our front yard, and it had little branches that would come off
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And it had little branches that would come off of the bottom of the trunk,
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That would come off of the bottom of the trunk, and they're called
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Of the bottom of the trunk, and they're called sucker branches.
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And they're called sucker branches. how many of you know
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Sucker branches. how many of you know what i'm talking about?
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How many of you know what i'm talking about? okay.
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What i'm talking about? okay. well, you know, they were
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Okay. well, you know, they were actually really cute.
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Well, you know, they were actually really cute. they were just cute.
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Actually really cute. they were just cute. but if you didn't cut 'em off,
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They were just cute. but if you didn't cut 'em off, they would sap the life
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But if you didn't cut 'em off, they would sap the life out of the tree.
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They would sap the life out of the tree. well, some of you've got some
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Out of the tree. well, some of you've got some sucker branches in your life.
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Well, some of you've got some sucker branches in your life. >> [audience laughing]
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Sucker branches in your life. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you got people
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you got people that are sucking the life
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>> joyce: you got people that are sucking the life right out of you.
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That are sucking the life right out of you. people that wanna just
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Right out of you. people that wanna just sit and tell you their
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People that wanna just sit and tell you their troubles all the time,
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Sit and tell you their troubles all the time, and they don't have any
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Troubles all the time, and they don't have any intentions of doing
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And they don't have any intentions of doing anything about 'em,
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Intentions of doing anything about 'em, they just wanna tell
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Anything about 'em, they just wanna tell you about 'em all the time.
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They just wanna tell you about 'em all the time. come on.
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You about 'em all the time. come on. >> [audience applauding]
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Come on. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: don't hang out
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: don't hang out with stingy people;
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>> joyce: don't hang out with stingy people; hang out with givers.
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With stingy people; hang out with givers. >> [audience applauding]
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Hang out with givers. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: don't hang out
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: don't hang out with people that gossip
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>> joyce: don't hang out with people that gossip about everybody else,
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With people that gossip about everybody else, because if they're talking
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About everybody else, because if they're talking about them to you,
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Because if they're talking about them to you, they're talking
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About them to you, they're talking about you to them.
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They're talking about you to them. >> [audience applauding]
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About you to them. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on, pick some friends
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>> joyce: come on, pick some friends that are gonna make
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Pick some friends that are gonna make you come up higher,
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That are gonna make you come up higher, not ones that are gonna
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You come up higher, not ones that are gonna drag you down lower.
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Not ones that are gonna drag you down lower. now, i don't imagine
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Drag you down lower. now, i don't imagine that molding or that
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Now, i don't imagine that molding or that pruning feels very good,
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That molding or that pruning feels very good, but it does get the job done.
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Pruning feels very good, but it does get the job done. pruning removes dead
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But it does get the job done. pruning removes dead and dying branches,
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Pruning removes dead and dying branches, allowing room for new growth.
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And dying branches, allowing room for new growth. well, we had this pretty--
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Allowing room for new growth. well, we had this pretty-- i thought this tree was pretty,
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Well, we had this pretty-- i thought this tree was pretty, and one day dave decided
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I thought this tree was pretty, and one day dave decided to have it pruned.
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And one day dave decided to have it pruned. and when i came home
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To have it pruned. and when i came home and saw that tree,
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And when i came home and saw that tree, i almost cried.
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And saw that tree, i almost cried. i mean, it was absolutely
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I almost cried. i mean, it was absolutely horrible looking.
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I mean, it was absolutely horrible looking. but i tell you what,
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Horrible looking. but i tell you what, a year later,
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But i tell you what, a year later, that was the most
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A year later, that was the most beautiful tree.
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It came back so much bigger,
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It came back so much bigger, and so much fuller and prettier.
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It came back so much bigger, and so much fuller and prettier. are you willing to let
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And so much fuller and prettier. are you willing to let god prune your life,
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Are you willing to let god prune your life, so you can come back
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God prune your life, so you can come back fuller and better?
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So you can come back fuller and better? >> [audience applauding]
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Fuller and better? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i mean,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i mean, are you really?
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>> joyce: i mean, are you really? would you be willing
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Are you really? would you be willing to say to god,
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Would you be willing to say to god, "god you can prune
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Everything off my life
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Everything off my life that's not pleasing to you."
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Everything off my life that's not pleasing to you." hmm,
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That's not pleasing to you." hmm, not so sure.
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Hmm, not so sure. >> [audience laughing]
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Not so sure. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know, some of the stuff i'm saying
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>> joyce: you know, some of the stuff i'm saying that you're saying, "amen," to,
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Some of the stuff i'm saying that you're saying, "amen," to, i don't know if you really
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That you're saying, "amen," to, i don't know if you really know what you're saying.
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I don't know if you really know what you're saying. 'cause i'mma tell you,
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Know what you're saying. 'cause i'mma tell you, some of the stuff i'm talking
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'cause i'mma tell you, some of the stuff i'm talking about's gonna hurt,
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Some of the stuff i'm talking about's gonna hurt, before it feels good.
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About's gonna hurt, before it feels good. but i'll tell you what,
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Before it feels good. but i'll tell you what, if you don't go through this,
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But i'll tell you what, if you don't go through this, this is temporary pain that
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If you don't go through this, this is temporary pain that will bring you into higher
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This is temporary pain that will bring you into higher levels of glory,
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Will bring you into higher levels of glory, if you don't go through this,
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Levels of glory, if you don't go through this, you'll have permanent pain.
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If you don't go through this, you'll have permanent pain. >> [audience applauding]
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You'll have permanent pain. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: how many of you are
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: how many of you are just tired of having to get
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>> joyce: how many of you are just tired of having to get upset every time somebody says
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Just tired of having to get upset every time somebody says the least little thing to you
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Upset every time somebody says the least little thing to you that hurts your feelings?
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The least little thing to you that hurts your feelings? how many of you are tired
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That hurts your feelings? how many of you are tired of getting mad every time
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How many of you are tired of getting mad every time you don't get your way?
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Of getting mad every time you don't get your way? i'm glad i got three honest
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You don't get your way? i'm glad i got three honest people in this room.
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I'm glad i got three honest people in this room. >> [audience laughing]
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People in this room. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: alright, alright,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: alright, alright, let me just say it like this,
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>> joyce: alright, alright, let me just say it like this, how many are tired of you,
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Let me just say it like this, how many are tired of you, of not having peace?
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How many are tired of you, of not having peace? >> [audience applauding]
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Of not having peace? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: alright.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: alright. how many wanna have joy?
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>> joyce: alright. how many wanna have joy? alright.
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How many wanna have joy? alright. >> [audience agreeing]
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Alright. >> [audience agreeing] >> joyce: well, see,
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>> [audience agreeing] >> joyce: well, see, i watched my husband
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>> joyce: well, see, i watched my husband and he had so much peace,
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I watched my husband and he had so much peace, and i was upset about
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And he had so much peace, and i was upset about something all the time.
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And i was upset about something all the time. and at first,
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Something all the time. and at first, i thought he just--
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And at first, i thought he just-- you know, i'd tell him,
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I thought he just-- you know, i'd tell him, "you just don't care."
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You know, i'd tell him, "you just don't care." maybe we wouldn't
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"you just don't care." maybe we wouldn't have enough money.
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Maybe we wouldn't have enough money. i mean, god always
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Have enough money. i mean, god always took care of us,
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I mean, god always took care of us, but i'm like,
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Took care of us, but i'm like, "come out--come out here
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But i'm like, "come out--come out here and look at this,
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"come out--come out here and look at this, we don't have any--"
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And look at this, we don't have any--" [mumbling]
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We don't have any--" [mumbling] the calculator and the bills
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[mumbling] the calculator and the bills and they never matched.
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The calculator and the bills and they never matched. and he'd be playing
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And they never matched. and he'd be playing with the kids in the other room,
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And he'd be playing with the kids in the other room, laying on the floor letting
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With the kids in the other room, laying on the floor letting 'em put rollers in his hair...
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Laying on the floor letting 'em put rollers in his hair... >> [audience laughing]
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'em put rollers in his hair... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i was like,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i was like, "will you come out here
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>> joyce: and i was like, "will you come out here and do something?!"
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He said, "what do you
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He said, "what do you want me to do?
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He said, "what do you want me to do? we're tithing, we're giving,
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Want me to do? we're tithing, we're giving, we're obeying god.
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We're tithing, we're giving, we're obeying god. he will take care of us.
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We're obeying god. he will take care of us. he always does."
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He will take care of us. he always does." >> [audience applauding]
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He always does." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and here's why
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and here's why it's important for you
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>> joyce: and here's why it's important for you to be stable,
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It's important for you to be stable, in front of people that need
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To be stable, in front of people that need to see jesus through you.
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In front of people that need to see jesus through you. he kept being--
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To see jesus through you. he kept being-- he was so peaceful,
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He kept being-- he was so peaceful, that i finally got hungry
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He was so peaceful, that i finally got hungry for what he had.
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Are you with me?
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Are you with me? >> [audience applauding]
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Are you with me? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i'll tell you
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i'll tell you something else he did that
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>> joyce: and i'll tell you something else he did that was very helpful to me,
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Something else he did that was very helpful to me, and i didn't think
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Was very helpful to me, and i didn't think so at the time,
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And i didn't think so at the time, it actually made me mad,
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So at the time, it actually made me mad, but he would not let
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It actually made me mad, but he would not let me make him unhappy.
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But he would not let me make him unhappy. >> [audience laughing]
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Me make him unhappy. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know, unhappy people wanna make
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>> joyce: you know, unhappy people wanna make other people unhappy.
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Unhappy people wanna make other people unhappy. did you know that?
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Other people unhappy. did you know that? don't be co-dependent on some
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Did you know that? don't be co-dependent on some unhappy person in your life.
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Don't be co-dependent on some unhappy person in your life. don't wait to see what
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Unhappy person in your life. don't wait to see what kind of mood they're in,
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Don't wait to see what kind of mood they're in, before you can decide what
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Kind of mood they're in, before you can decide what kind of mood you're gonna be in.
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You make your mind up that
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You make your mind up that you're gonna have a good day,
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You make your mind up that you're gonna have a good day, before you even find out what
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You're gonna have a good day, before you even find out what kind of day they're gonna have.
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Before you even find out what kind of day they're gonna have. >> [audience applauding]
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Kind of day they're gonna have. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on. and it was hard,
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>> joyce: come on. and it was hard, it made me so mad
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And it was hard, it made me so mad that i was upset,
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It made me so mad that i was upset, and he was happy.
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But you know what?
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But you know what? eventually,
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But you know what? eventually, and this is what
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Eventually, and this is what i'm telling you.
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And this is what i'm telling you. if--you don't even--you can
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I'm telling you. if--you don't even--you can witness all the time
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If--you don't even--you can witness all the time and never open your mouth.
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Witness all the time and never open your mouth. dave, staying happy
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And never open your mouth. dave, staying happy when i was doing my best
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Dave, staying happy when i was doing my best to make him miserable,
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When i was doing my best to make him miserable, finally made me stop
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To make him miserable, finally made me stop and take stock,
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Finally made me stop and take stock, and start wanting what he had.
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And take stock, and start wanting what he had. see, if you can be stable
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And start wanting what he had. see, if you can be stable in front of your friends,
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See, if you can be stable in front of your friends, no matter what's going
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In front of your friends, no matter what's going on in your life.
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No matter what's going on in your life. if you can have joy,
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On in your life. if you can have joy, no matter what's going
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If you can have joy, no matter what's going on in your life.
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If you can have peace,
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If you can have peace, no matter what's going
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If you can have peace, no matter what's going on in your life,
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No matter what's going on in your life, people are gonna start
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On in your life, people are gonna start wanting what you have.
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People are gonna start wanting what you have. we are supposed to be salt,
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Wanting what you have. we are supposed to be salt, make people thirsty.
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We are supposed to be salt, make people thirsty. come on,
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Make people thirsty. come on, and light that
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Come on, and light that penetrates the darkness.
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Got it?
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Got it? >> [audience applauding]
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Got it? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: well,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: well, i finally--and it was
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>> joyce: well, i finally--and it was a big thing for me, i thought,
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I finally--and it was a big thing for me, i thought, "okay, i am done being
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A big thing for me, i thought, "okay, i am done being upset all the time.
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"okay, i am done being upset all the time. god, i want peace,
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Upset all the time. god, i want peace, no matter what it takes."
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God, i want peace, no matter what it takes." and the first thing god
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No matter what it takes." and the first thing god had me do was start taking
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And the first thing god had me do was start taking an inventory of what
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Had me do was start taking an inventory of what my peace stealers were.
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An inventory of what my peace stealers were. what were the things
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My peace stealers were. what were the things that got me upset?
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What were the things that got me upset? what were the things that
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That got me upset? what were the things that caused me to lose my peace?
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What were the things that caused me to lose my peace? and then i systematically
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Caused me to lose my peace? and then i systematically had to cut those things
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And then i systematically had to cut those things out of my life, pruning.
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See, if you wanna have peace,
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See, if you wanna have peace, real peace, then you better
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See, if you wanna have peace, real peace, then you better start finding out what gets
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Real peace, then you better start finding out what gets you upset all the time.
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Start finding out what gets you upset all the time. and maybe it's just selfishness.
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You upset all the time. and maybe it's just selfishness. so, maybe you go into
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And maybe it's just selfishness. so, maybe you go into a college course with
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So, maybe you go into a college course with god on dying to self.
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A college course with god on dying to self. oh, i got lots
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God on dying to self. oh, i got lots of material on that.
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Oh, i got lots of material on that. how many of you are
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Of material on that. how many of you are understanding what
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How many of you are understanding what i'm saying here?
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Understanding what i'm saying here? >> [audience applauding]
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I'm saying here? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: okay, this scripture
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: okay, this scripture ministers to me,
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>> joyce: okay, this scripture ministers to me, so i'm gonna minister
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Ministers to me, so i'm gonna minister to myself for a minute.
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Galatians 4:19, paul said,
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Galatians 4:19, paul said, "my little children--"
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Galatians 4:19, paul said, "my little children--" i'm talking to you.
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"my little children--" i'm talking to you. "i am again suffering
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I'm talking to you. "i am again suffering birth pangs until christ
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"i am again suffering birth pangs until christ is completely and permanently
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Birth pangs until christ is completely and permanently formed (and molded) within you."
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You don't know how
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You don't know how tired i'll be tomorrow.
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You don't know how tired i'll be tomorrow. but i ain't quittin'.
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Tired i'll be tomorrow. but i ain't quittin'. >> [audience cheering]
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But i ain't quittin'. >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: i'm not--
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>> [audience cheering] >> joyce: i'm not-- you know why?
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>> joyce: i'm not-- you know why? because i can't.
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You know why? because i can't. as long as it's still
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Because i can't. as long as it's still helping you,
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As long as it's still helping you, as long as the anointing
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Helping you, as long as the anointing is still there,
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As long as the anointing is still there, as long as people
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Is still there, as long as people are being saved,
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As long as people are being saved, and lives are being changed,
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Are being saved, and lives are being changed, i don't need to go get
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And lives are being changed, i don't need to go get in the recliner and eat
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I don't need to go get in the recliner and eat donuts all day.
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Paul said,
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Paul said, "i'm suffering birth pangs,"
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Paul said, "i'm suffering birth pangs," trying to birth
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"i'm suffering birth pangs," trying to birth something in you.
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Trying to birth something in you. have you ever seen
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A woman giving birth
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A woman giving birth without a spinal block?
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A woman giving birth without a spinal block? i tell you,
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Without a spinal block? i tell you, when i had my kids,
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I tell you, when i had my kids, it wasn't pretty.
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When i had my kids, it wasn't pretty. we didn't have epidurals,
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It wasn't pretty. we didn't have epidurals, or anything else.
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We didn't have epidurals, or anything else. you didn't know what you were
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Or anything else. you didn't know what you were gonna get until it popped out.
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You didn't know what you were gonna get until it popped out. there were no...
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Gonna get until it popped out. there were no... [laughs].
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There were no... [laughs]. >> [audience laughing]
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[laughs]. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: my last son
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: my last son weighed 9 lbs 15 ozs,
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>> joyce: my last son weighed 9 lbs 15 ozs, and he was 23
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Weighed 9 lbs 15 ozs, and he was 23 and a quarter inches long.
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And he was 23 and a quarter inches long. i was baby from here to here,
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And a quarter inches long. i was baby from here to here, and when he would get
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I was baby from here to here, and when he would get his toes stuck in my ribs,
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And when he would get his toes stuck in my ribs, i thought "grrr!"
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His toes stuck in my ribs, i thought "grrr!" and now, he's the ceo
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I thought "grrr!" and now, he's the ceo of our ministry.
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And now, he's the ceo of our ministry. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: some of the ones that
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>> joyce: some of the ones that you think are gonna kill you,
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>> joyce: some of the ones that you think are gonna kill you, are gonna turn out
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You think are gonna kill you, are gonna turn out to be the greatest
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Are gonna turn out to be the greatest benefit to you later on.
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To be the greatest benefit to you later on. >> [audience applauding]
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Benefit to you later on. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: lay your life
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: lay your life down for jesus.
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>> joyce: lay your life down for jesus. ask him what you can do for him.
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Down for jesus. ask him what you can do for him. and you don't have to go into
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Ask him what you can do for him. and you don't have to go into full-time ministry to do that.
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And you don't have to go into full-time ministry to do that. you don't have to start--
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Full-time ministry to do that. you don't have to start-- stop having fun.
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You don't have to start-- stop having fun. you don't have to become
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Stop having fun. you don't have to become like super-duper spiritual,
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You can just be a normal
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You can just be a normal person and serve god
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You can just be a normal person and serve god in your everyday life.
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Person and serve god in your everyday life. start obeying him
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In your everyday life. start obeying him on a higher level.
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Start obeying him on a higher level. change is a process
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On a higher level. change is a process that takes time.
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Let's look
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Let's look at deuteronomy 8:1 and 2,
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Let's look at deuteronomy 8:1 and 2, "all the commandments
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At deuteronomy 8:1 and 2, "all the commandments which i command you this day
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"all the commandments which i command you this day you shall be watchful to do,
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Which i command you this day you shall be watchful to do, that you may live
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You shall be watchful to do, that you may live and multiply and go in
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That you may live and multiply and go in and possess the land which
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And multiply and go in and possess the land which the lord swore to your
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And possess the land which the lord swore to your fathers to give you.
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The lord swore to your fathers to give you. and you shall [earnestly]
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Fathers to give you. and you shall [earnestly] remember all the way
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And you shall [earnestly] remember all the way which the lord your god
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Remember all the way which the lord your god led you these forty
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Which the lord your god led you these forty years in the wilderness,
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Led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you to prove you,
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Years in the wilderness, to humble you to prove you, and to know what was
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To humble you to prove you, and to know what was in your [mind and] heart,
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And to know what was in your [mind and] heart, whether you would keep
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In your [mind and] heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not."
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Whether you would keep his commandments or not." okay, now,
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His commandments or not." okay, now, maybe you've heard this,
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But if you haven't you need to,
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But if you haven't you need to, and if you have,
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But if you haven't you need to, and if you have, you can hear it again,
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And if you have, you can hear it again, it's called, "the teacup story."
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You can hear it again, it's called, "the teacup story." "a couple went into
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It's called, "the teacup story." "a couple went into an antique shop,
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"a couple went into an antique shop, and they saw this beautiful,
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An antique shop, and they saw this beautiful, beautiful, magnificent,
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And they saw this beautiful, beautiful, magnificent, little teacup,
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Beautiful, magnificent, little teacup, sitting high up on a shelf,
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Little teacup, sitting high up on a shelf, and they fell in love
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Sitting high up on a shelf, and they fell in love with that teacup.
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And they fell in love with that teacup. and they said, 'we have got
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With that teacup. and they said, 'we have got to have that teacup.'
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And they said, 'we have got to have that teacup.' they were admiring the teacup,
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To have that teacup.' they were admiring the teacup, and all of a sudden,
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They were admiring the teacup, and all of a sudden, the teacup began
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And all of a sudden, the teacup began to talk to them.
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The teacup began to talk to them. and it said, 'you know,
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To talk to them. and it said, 'you know, i've not always been like this.
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And it said, 'you know, i've not always been like this. there was a time when nobody
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I've not always been like this. there was a time when nobody would have wanted me.
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There was a time when nobody would have wanted me. there was a time when
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Would have wanted me. there was a time when i was not attractive at all.
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There was a time when i was not attractive at all. you see there was a time
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I was not attractive at all. you see there was a time in my life when i was just
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You see there was a time in my life when i was just an old, hard, gray lump of clay.
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In my life when i was just an old, hard, gray lump of clay. and the master
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An old, hard, gray lump of clay. and the master potter came along,
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And the master potter came along, and he picked me up one day,
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Potter came along, and he picked me up one day, and he began to pat
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And he picked me up one day, and he began to pat me and reshape me.
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And he began to pat me and reshape me. and i said, "stop it!
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Me and reshape me. and i said, "stop it! what are you doing?
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And i said, "stop it! what are you doing? that hurts!
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What are you doing? that hurts! aah, leave me alone."
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That hurts! aah, leave me alone." and he simply said, "not yet."
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Aah, leave me alone." and he simply said, "not yet." and then he put
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And he simply said, "not yet." and then he put me on this wheel,
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And then he put me on this wheel, and it began to spin
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Me on this wheel, and it began to spin me around, and around,
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And it began to spin me around, and around, and around, and around.
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Me around, and around, and around, and around. and i got so dizzy,
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And around, and around. and i got so dizzy, i couldn't even hardly see
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And i got so dizzy, i couldn't even hardly see what i was going anymore.
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I couldn't even hardly see what i was going anymore. i thought i was losing it.
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What i was going anymore. i thought i was losing it. everything was spinning
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I thought i was losing it. everything was spinning around and around,
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Everything was spinning around and around, and i felt sick to my stomach.
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Around and around, and i felt sick to my stomach. and i said,
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And i felt sick to my stomach. and i said, "let me off of here!"
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And i said, "let me off of here!" and he simply said, "not yet."
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"let me off of here!" and he simply said, "not yet." finally, the day come when i had
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And he simply said, "not yet." finally, the day come when i had taken on another shape,
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Finally, the day come when i had taken on another shape, and all that spinning around,
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Taken on another shape, and all that spinning around, finally gave me a better shape,
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And all that spinning around, finally gave me a better shape, and all that patting,
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Finally gave me a better shape, and all that patting, and molding, and squeezing,
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And all that patting, and molding, and squeezing, and pinching gave
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And molding, and squeezing, and pinching gave me another shape.
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And pinching gave me another shape. and all of a sudden,
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Me another shape. and all of a sudden, he put me into this furnace!
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And all of a sudden, he put me into this furnace! and it was called
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He put me into this furnace! and it was called "the first firing."
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And it was called "the first firing." and it was so hot in there!
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"the first firing." and it was so hot in there! oh, i could not believe
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And it was so hot in there! oh, i could not believe how hot it was.
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Oh, i could not believe how hot it was. i thought, "i can't stand this,
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How hot it was. i thought, "i can't stand this, i'm gonna die.
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I thought, "i can't stand this, i'm gonna die. get me out of here!"'"
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I'm gonna die. get me out of here!"'" have any of you ever
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Get me out of here!"'" have any of you ever said to god, "i can't take
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Have any of you ever said to god, "i can't take any more of this,
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Said to god, "i can't take any more of this, it's killing me"?
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Any more of this, it's killing me"? honestly, that's exactly
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It's killing me"? honestly, that's exactly what it's doing.
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Honestly, that's exactly what it's doing. it's killing the self in you,
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What it's doing. it's killing the self in you, so the christ in you,
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It's killing the self in you, so the christ in you, can rise to the top.
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So the christ in you, can rise to the top. there's a few of you
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Can rise to the top. there's a few of you that understand me.
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There's a few of you that understand me. come on.
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That understand me. come on. >> [audience applauding]
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Come on. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: "'"don't you love me?
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: "'"don't you love me? [fake crying]
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>> joyce: "'"don't you love me? [fake crying] don't you love me?
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[fake crying] don't you love me? are you just gonna
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Don't you love me? are you just gonna leave me in here?"
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Are you just gonna leave me in here?" you see, the oven door had
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Leave me in here?" you see, the oven door had glass in it and the master
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You see, the oven door had glass in it and the master would just look in that glass,
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Glass in it and the master would just look in that glass, and had this big old
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Would just look in that glass, and had this big old grin on his face,
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And had this big old grin on his face, and this certain
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Grin on his face, and this certain look on his face,
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And this certain look on his face, but he wouldn't let me out.
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Look on his face, but he wouldn't let me out. he just wouldn't let me out."'"
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But he wouldn't let me out. he just wouldn't let me out."'" and you know what?
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He just wouldn't let me out."'" and you know what? i felt like that sometimes,
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And you know what? i felt like that sometimes, i'm in the middle of this,
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I felt like that sometimes, i'm in the middle of this, and god is not gonna
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I'm in the middle of this, and god is not gonna let me out.
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"'and he would just smile
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"'and he would just smile and say, "not yet."
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"'and he would just smile and say, "not yet." finally, the oven door opened,
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And say, "not yet." finally, the oven door opened, and he took me out
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Finally, the oven door opened, and he took me out and set me on a shelf.
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And he took me out and set me on a shelf. and i thought,
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And set me on a shelf. and i thought, "whew, man,
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And i thought, "whew, man, i'm glad that's over."
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"whew, man, i'm glad that's over." then he began to paint me
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I'm glad that's over." then he began to paint me all over with this stinky paint,
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Then he began to paint me all over with this stinky paint, changing my color
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All over with this stinky paint, changing my color from gray to this pretty
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Changing my color from gray to this pretty blue that i am now.
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From gray to this pretty blue that i am now. and i said, "this stuff stinks.
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Blue that i am now. and i said, "this stuff stinks. it's choking me!
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And i said, "this stuff stinks. it's choking me! [fake coughing]
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It's choking me! [fake coughing] i don't like this smell,
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[fake coughing] i don't like this smell, stop it, stop it, stop it,
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I don't like this smell, stop it, stop it, stop it, stop it, stop it."
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Stop it, stop it, stop it, stop it, stop it." and he just said,
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Stop it, stop it." and he just said, "not yet."
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And he just said, "not yet." then he put me back
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"not yet." then he put me back in a second oven!
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Then he put me back in a second oven! and it's called
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In a second oven! and it's called "the second firing,"
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And it's called "the second firing," and it was twice as hot
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"the second firing," and it was twice as hot as the first oven.
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And it was twice as hot as the first oven. and i thought,
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As the first oven. and i thought, "now, i will die,
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And i thought, "now, i will die, i'm sure of it.
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"now, i will die, i'm sure of it. this is the end of me,
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I'm sure of it. this is the end of me, it will finish me off.
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This is the end of me, it will finish me off. get me out of here.
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It will finish me off. get me out of here. i can't stand it!
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Get me out of here. i can't stand it! really, i'm telling you
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I can't stand it! really, i'm telling you the truth, i can't stand it,
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Really, i'm telling you the truth, i can't stand it, i mean it--
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The truth, i can't stand it, i mean it-- this is gonna kill me!
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I mean it-- this is gonna kill me! i'm serious,
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This is gonna kill me! i'm serious, get me out of here!"
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I'm serious, get me out of here!" and he would just look
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Get me out of here!" and he would just look through the glass and say,
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And he would just look through the glass and say, "not yet."
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Through the glass and say, "not yet." then one day the door
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"not yet." then one day the door finally opened,
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Then one day the door finally opened, and he took me out,
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Finally opened, and he took me out, and he put me up here on this
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And he took me out, and he put me up here on this shelf to let me cool off.
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And he put me up here on this shelf to let me cool off. and after i cooled off,
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Shelf to let me cool off. and after i cooled off, one day he handed me this
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And after i cooled off, one day he handed me this mirror and i looked at myself
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One day he handed me this mirror and i looked at myself and i could not believe
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Mirror and i looked at myself and i could not believe how beautiful i was.
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And i could not believe how beautiful i was. i could not believe how
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How beautiful i was. i could not believe how i had changed.
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I could not believe how i had changed. why, i didn't look
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I had changed. why, i didn't look anything at all like
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Why, i didn't look anything at all like that old, gray clay
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Anything at all like that old, gray clay that i started out to be.
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That old, gray clay that i started out to be. now, i'm this beautiful, little,
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That i started out to be. now, i'm this beautiful, little, delicate teacup,
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Now, i'm this beautiful, little, delicate teacup, and everybody wants me now.
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Delicate teacup, and everybody wants me now. but there was a time in my life
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And everybody wants me now. but there was a time in my life when nobody wanted me,
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But there was a time in my life when nobody wanted me, nobody liked me, nobody paid
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When nobody wanted me, nobody liked me, nobody paid any attention to me,
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Nobody liked me, nobody paid any attention to me, they just kicked me around,
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Any attention to me, they just kicked me around, and walked all over me.
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They just kicked me around, and walked all over me. but now, i'm special,
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And walked all over me. but now, i'm special, but i wasn't always that way.'"
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But now, i'm special, but i wasn't always that way.'" amen.
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But i wasn't always that way.'" amen. >> [audience applauding]
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Amen. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: how many
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: how many of you get it?
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>> joyce: how many of you get it? >> [audience applauding]
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>> announcer: as a society,
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>> announcer: as a society, we all wanna live
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We all wanna live our best life.
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Our best life. we desire freedom
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We desire freedom to live a life full of joy,
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To live a life full of joy, peace, and purpose.
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Peace, and purpose. but what does it look like
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But what does it look like when some of life's biggest
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When some of life's biggest battles keep us down?
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>> ginger: there are those
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>> ginger: there are those times that we feel like we are
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Times that we feel like we are just going through the motions
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Just going through the motions in life and barely getting by.
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In life and barely getting by. well, let me tell you,
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Well, let me tell you, that's not how god
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That's not how god wants us to live.
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Jesus paid too big a price
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Jesus paid too big a price for us to remain defeated.
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For us to remain defeated. and like joyce says,
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And like joyce says, "god wants to heal
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"god wants to heal you everywhere you hurt,"
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You everywhere you hurt," because he wants
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Because he wants you to enjoy the life
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You to enjoy the life he's given you.
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He's given you. he wants to make
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He wants to make you whole again.
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You whole again. and there is not one
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And there is not one area in your life that
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Area in your life that is beyond his reach.
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Is beyond his reach. we have to apply
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We have to apply god's word to the areas
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God's word to the areas we want to see changed.
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We want to see changed. and joyce wants to help
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And joyce wants to help you find healing, truth,
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You find healing, truth, and freedom,
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And freedom, in her book "finally free."
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In her book "finally free." inside, you'll read about
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Inside, you'll read about the areas that have likely
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The areas that have likely affected your life at some
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Affected your life at some point and how to experience
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Point and how to experience freedom from them.
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Freedom from them. isn't it time?
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Isn't it time? >> announcer: you can
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>> announcer: you can experience victory,
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Experience victory, healing, and freedom again.
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Healing, and freedom again. we'd also like
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We'd also like to include scripture
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To include scripture cards when you
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Cards when you receive joyce's book
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Receive joyce's book "finally free"
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"finally free" today for your
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Today for your gift of any amount.
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Gift of any amount. >> joyce: and we
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>> joyce: and we cannot enjoy
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Cannot enjoy our lives with
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Our lives with doubt and fear
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Doubt and fear and worry
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And worry and being offended
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And being offended and feeling guilty.
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And feeling guilty. we can only
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We can only enjoy our lives
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Enjoy our lives if we learn how
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If we learn how to believe the word
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To believe the word and live boldly
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And live boldly and say,
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And say, "these promises
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"these promises are for me.
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Are for me. they're not just
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They're not just for everybody else.
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For everybody else. they're for me."
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They're for me." >> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: just ask
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>> joyce: just ask and receive.
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And receive. >> ginger: are you
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>> ginger: are you eager to be free?
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Eager to be free? he is intimately
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He is intimately aware of your
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Aware of your thoughts,
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Thoughts, your feelings,
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Your feelings, pain and concerns.
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Pain and concerns. allow god's word
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Allow god's word to flood your
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To flood your heart and renew
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Heart and renew your mind as you
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Your mind as you read each chapter
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Read each chapter of this book.
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Of this book. freedom is possible.
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Freedom is possible. >> announcer: and today,
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>> announcer: and today, when you give...
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When you give... or more,
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Or more, we'll also include
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We'll also include "the secret
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"the secret power of speaking
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Power of speaking god's word."
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God's word." this book is helpful
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This book is helpful in understanding
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In understanding god's incredible
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God's incredible promises for you.
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Promises for you. remember,
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Remember, your gift allows
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Your gift allows us to continue
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Us to continue to share the love
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To share the love of christ through
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Of christ through all of our outreaches,
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All of our outreaches, such as clean,
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Such as clean, fresh water wells.
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Fresh water wells. don't wait, give us a call at...
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Don't wait, give us a call at... or visit us online at:
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Or visit us online at: joycemeyer.org.
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>> announcer: ready
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>> announcer: ready to transform your story?
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To transform your story? let's celebrate your style,
00:26:07.756 --> 00:26:09.891
Let's celebrate your style, quirks, and potential.
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Quirks, and potential. >> joyce: god has
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>> joyce: god has got a plan for you.
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Got a plan for you. i want you to get
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I want you to get that tonight.
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That tonight. >> announcer: every
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>> announcer: every journey is unique,
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Journey is unique, and god's hand is at work.
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And god's hand is at work. >> christine: we are talking
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>> christine: we are talking about eternal transformation
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About eternal transformation from the inside out.
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From the inside out. >> announcer: come discover
00:26:23.972 --> 00:26:25.674
>> announcer: come discover the beauty where struggles
00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:27.275
The beauty where struggles become strength as god moves
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Become strength as god moves you toward a life transformed.
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You toward a life transformed. >> lisa: today he's making
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>> lisa: today he's making all things new.
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All things new. >> announcer: join us for
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>> announcer: join us for the 2026 love life women's
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The 2026 love life women's conference with joyce
00:26:37.185 --> 00:26:39.054
Conference with joyce and her guests,
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And her guests, christine caine,
00:26:40.188 --> 00:26:41.690
Christine caine, lisa harper,
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Lisa harper, and worship with
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And worship with natalie grant
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Natalie grant and hope darst.
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And hope darst. october 22-24th
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October 22-24th in tampa, florida.
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In tampa, florida. >> joyce: my story,
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>> joyce: my story, your story,
00:26:51.366 --> 00:26:52.233
Your story, they are vital.
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They are vital. together,
00:26:53.435 --> 00:26:54.002
Together, let's discover the beautiful
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Let's discover the beautiful road they can take.
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Road they can take. i really hope
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I really hope to see you there.
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>> announcer: register now
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>> announcer: register now at: joycemeyer.org.
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>> [♪♪]
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>> announcer: we hope you
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>> announcer: we hope you enjoyed today's program.
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Enjoyed today's program. we are so grateful
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We are so grateful to our joyce meyer
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To our joyce meyer ministries partners
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Ministries partners who make this
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Who make this and all we do possible,
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And all we do possible, including sharing
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Including sharing god's word
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God's word and offering help
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And offering help to people in need
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To people in need all over the world.
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Joyce Meyer - Developing The Character of God (Part 4)

June 10, 2026 | 27:29

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