Joyce Meyer - Don't Let The Fear of Rejection Ruin Your Life (Part 2)

June 4, 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 - Don't Let The Fear of Rejection Ruin Your Life (Part 2) | June 4, 2026
  • >> joyce: stop trying
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  • >> joyce: stop trying to figure everything out.
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  • >> joyce: stop trying to figure everything out. real faith is reason
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  • To figure everything out. real faith is reason at rest before god.
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  • Real faith is reason at rest before god. you don't have to know why.
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  • At rest before god. you don't have to know why. amen.
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  • You don't have to know why. amen. you don't have to know
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  • Amen. you don't have to know why everything.
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  • You don't have to know why everything. you just know that
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  • Why everything. you just know that god's in control.
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  • >> joyce: i do what
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  • >> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's
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  • >> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's power transform my own life,
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  • I do because i've seen god's power transform my own life, and he will do it for you.
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  • Power transform my own life, and he will do it for you. the key to everything
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  • And he will do it for you. the key to everything is found in god's word.
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  • The key to everything is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer,
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  • Is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal
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  • I'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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  • >> joyce: come on,
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  • >> joyce: come on, be an eagle christian,
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  • >> joyce: come on, be an eagle christian, not a chicken christian.
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  • Be an eagle christian, not a chicken christian. >> [audience applauding]
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  • >> joyce: don't be like
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  • >> joyce: don't be like the eagle that happened
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  • To be hatched in a barnyard
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  • To be hatched in a barnyard and was raised with a chicken,
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  • To be hatched in a barnyard and was raised with a chicken, so he thought he was a chicken.
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  • And was raised with a chicken, so he thought he was a chicken. >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> joyce: spent all of his life
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  • >> joyce: spent all of his life grubbing around for worms
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  • >> joyce: spent all of his life grubbing around for worms and grubbing around in the dirt.
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  • Grubbing around for worms and grubbing around in the dirt. but one day he felt something
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  • And grubbing around in the dirt. but one day he felt something inside, like, "this doesn't seem
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  • But one day he felt something inside, like, "this doesn't seem to be the right place for me."
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  • Inside, like, "this doesn't seem to be the right place for me." amen?
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  • And, you know, that was kind
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  • And, you know, that was kind of the way i got with being
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  • And, you know, that was kind of the way i got with being one of those just
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  • Of the way i got with being one of those just hanging around,
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  • One of those just hanging around, holding on christians.
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  • Hanging around, holding on christians. it's like something's not right.
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  • Holding on christians. it's like something's not right. and i really didn't know
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  • It's like something's not right. and i really didn't know what it was.
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  • And i really didn't know what it was. but i thought,
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  • What it was. but i thought, "this isn't right.
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  • But i thought, "this isn't right. i'm not living
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  • "this isn't right. i'm not living what i'm hearing."
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  • I'm not living what i'm hearing." and that's when i started
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  • What i'm hearing." and that's when i started crying out to god and was
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  • And that's when i started crying out to god and was filled with the holy spirit.
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  • Crying out to god and was filled with the holy spirit. and i'll tell you what,
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  • Filled with the holy spirit. and i'll tell you what, i have not been the same since.
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  • And i'll tell you what, i have not been the same since. >> [audience applauding]
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  • >> joyce: well, what do i do
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  • >> joyce: well, what do i do to be filled with the spirit?
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  • >> joyce: well, what do i do to be filled with the spirit? ask.
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  • To be filled with the spirit? ask. just ask god to baptize you
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  • Ask. just ask god to baptize you in his holy spirit.
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  • Just ask god to baptize you in his holy spirit. and just wait in his presence
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  • In his holy spirit. and just wait in his presence till he fills you with power
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  • And just wait in his presence till he fills you with power from on high.
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  • Till he fills you with power from on high. amen?
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  • From on high. amen? and pray for
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  • Amen? and pray for the gifts of the spirit.
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  • And pray for the gifts of the spirit. we need a resurgence
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  • The gifts of the spirit. we need a resurgence of the gifts of the spirit.
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  • We need a resurgence of the gifts of the spirit. amen?
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  • Talked to a woman not too
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  • Talked to a woman not too long ago, and she said,
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  • Talked to a woman not too long ago, and she said, "i was filled with the spirit
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  • Long ago, and she said, "i was filled with the spirit in one of your meetings,
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  • "i was filled with the spirit in one of your meetings, and i spoke in tongues.
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  • In one of your meetings, and i spoke in tongues. god gave me the gift
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  • And i spoke in tongues. god gave me the gift of speaking in tongues."
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  • God gave me the gift of speaking in tongues." but she said, "i never use it."
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  • Of speaking in tongues." but she said, "i never use it." and i said, "well, why not?"
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  • But she said, "i never use it." and i said, "well, why not?" she said, "oh, i just
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  • And i said, "well, why not?" she said, "oh, i just don't feel worthy."
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  • She said, "oh, i just don't feel worthy." you know, that's just silly.
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  • Don't feel worthy." you know, that's just silly. you've been redeemed
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  • You know, that's just silly. you've been redeemed with the blood of jesus.
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  • You've been redeemed with the blood of jesus. he has bought you back
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  • With the blood of jesus. he has bought you back from the devil.
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  • He has bought you back from the devil. you are none
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  • From the devil. you are none of the devil's business.
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  • You are none of the devil's business. >> [audience applauding]
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  • >> joyce: and that little
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  • >> joyce: and that little eagle that thought
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  • >> joyce: and that little eagle that thought it was a christian--i mean,
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  • Eagle that thought it was a christian--i mean, thought it was a chicken.
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  • It was a christian--i mean, thought it was a chicken. >> [audience laughing]
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  • Thought it was a chicken. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: quite right.
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: quite right. [laughing]
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  • >> joyce: quite right. [laughing] just got that feeling,
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  • [laughing] just got that feeling, “something's not right.
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  • Just got that feeling, “something's not right. i don't think i belong here.”
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  • “something's not right. i don't think i belong here.” come on, maybe some of you
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  • I don't think i belong here.” come on, maybe some of you got that feeling,
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  • Come on, maybe some of you got that feeling, “something's wrong with my life.
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  • Got that feeling, “something's wrong with my life. there's gotta be more
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  • “something's wrong with my life. there's gotta be more than this.”
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  • There's gotta be more than this.” how many ever feel that?
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  • Than this.” how many ever feel that? “there's gotta be more
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  • How many ever feel that? “there's gotta be more than this?”
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  • “there's gotta be more than this?” there has to be more than just
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  • Than this?” there has to be more than just going to church and going home.
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  • There has to be more than just going to church and going home. going to church and going home.
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  • Going to church and going home. going to church and going home. going to church and going home.
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  • Going to church and going home. going to church and going home. we're supposed to be changed
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  • Going to church and going home. we're supposed to be changed into his image.
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  • We're supposed to be changed into his image. we are predestined
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  • Into his image. we are predestined to be transformed into
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  • We are predestined to be transformed into the image of jesus christ.
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  • To be transformed into the image of jesus christ. and we are never going
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  • The image of jesus christ. and we are never going to be content until
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  • And we are never going to be content until that's what we are.
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  • To be content until that's what we are. >> [audience applauding]
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  • That's what we are. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: never gonna be content
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: never gonna be content until that's what we are.
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  • >> joyce: never gonna be content until that's what we are. >> joyce: and you know,
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  • Until that's what we are. >> joyce: and you know, i was thinking one time.
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  • >> joyce: and you know, i was thinking one time. see, we're unique individuals.
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  • I was thinking one time. see, we're unique individuals. we're not like everybody
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  • See, we're unique individuals. we're not like everybody else in the world.
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  • We're not like everybody else in the world. we're headed somewhere.
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  • Else in the world. we're headed somewhere. this is not our home.
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  • We're headed somewhere. this is not our home. so you don't need to get
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  • This is not our home. so you don't need to get too comfortable here.
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  • So you don't need to get too comfortable here. and don't worry with all
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  • Too comfortable here. and don't worry with all the stuff in the world.
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  • And don't worry with all the stuff in the world. you can have as much
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  • The stuff in the world. you can have as much of it as god gives you,
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  • You can have as much of it as god gives you, and enjoy it till he tells
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  • Of it as god gives you, and enjoy it till he tells you to give it away,
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  • And enjoy it till he tells you to give it away, which he does do sometimes.
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  • You to give it away, which he does do sometimes. sometimes just as a test,
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  • Which he does do sometimes. sometimes just as a test, god will tell you to give away
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  • Sometimes just as a test, god will tell you to give away one of your favorite things.
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  • God will tell you to give away one of your favorite things. and what's really hard
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  • One of your favorite things. and what's really hard is when he makes you give
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  • And what's really hard is when he makes you give it to one of your enemies.
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  • Is when he makes you give it to one of your enemies. >> [audience laughing]
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  • It to one of your enemies. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: mmmm!
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: mmmm! "god, i'll obey you.
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  • >> joyce: mmmm! "god, i'll obey you. i'll give it away.
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  • "god, i'll obey you. i'll give it away. but can i give
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  • I'll give it away. but can i give it to somebody i like?"
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  • But can i give it to somebody i like?" >> [audience laughing]
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  • It to somebody i like?" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: see, we wanna
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: see, we wanna get something out of it.
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  • >> joyce: see, we wanna get something out of it. >> joyce: and i don't think--
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  • Get something out of it. >> joyce: and i don't think-- well, i know, we will never
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  • >> joyce: and i don't think-- well, i know, we will never be 100% satisfied as long
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  • Well, i know, we will never be 100% satisfied as long as we're here, because
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  • Be 100% satisfied as long as we're here, because this is not our home.
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  • As we're here, because this is not our home. >> [audience applauding]
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  • This is not our home. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: eternity has been
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: eternity has been written in our hearts,
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  • >> joyce: eternity has been written in our hearts, and we'll never be completely
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  • Written in our hearts, and we'll never be completely satisfied until we're home.
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  • And we'll never be completely satisfied until we're home. amen?
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  • Satisfied until we're home. amen? you just wanna make sure
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  • Amen? you just wanna make sure that you've done your journey
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  • You just wanna make sure that you've done your journey the best you possibly can.
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  • That you've done your journey the best you possibly can. so, when you get home,
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  • The best you possibly can. so, when you get home, you don't have to be ashamed.
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  • So, when you get home, you don't have to be ashamed. oh, what a glorious day
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  • You don't have to be ashamed. oh, what a glorious day that will be.
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  • Oh, what a glorious day that will be. i've just wondered if jesus
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  • That will be. i've just wondered if jesus will come to meet me himself,
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  • I've just wondered if jesus will come to meet me himself, or if he'll send
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  • Will come to meet me himself, or if he'll send somebody to get me.
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  • You don't have
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  • You don't have to be afraid of dying.
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  • You don't have to be afraid of dying. if you're a believer, you don't
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  • To be afraid of dying. if you're a believer, you don't have to be afraid of dying.
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  • If you're a believer, you don't have to be afraid of dying. >> [audience applauding]
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  • >> joyce: people kinda looked
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  • >> joyce: people kinda looked at me kinda funny when i was
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  • >> joyce: people kinda looked at me kinda funny when i was talking about the plans
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  • At me kinda funny when i was talking about the plans we'd made for when i'm dead.
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  • Talking about the plans we'd made for when i'm dead. well, you know,
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  • We'd made for when i'm dead. well, you know, you are gonna die.
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  • Well, you know, you are gonna die. that's not something anybody
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  • You are gonna die. that's not something anybody is gonna get out of.
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  • That's not something anybody is gonna get out of. it is going to happen
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  • Is gonna get out of. it is going to happen to everybody,
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  • It is going to happen to everybody, some sooner than later.
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  • To everybody, some sooner than later. and you never know exactly
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  • Some sooner than later. and you never know exactly when your time's gonna come.
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  • And you never know exactly when your time's gonna come. so, dave said to me one time
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  • When your time's gonna come. so, dave said to me one time when i'd been mad at him,
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  • So, dave said to me one time when i'd been mad at him, and hadn't talked to him for
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  • When i'd been mad at him, and hadn't talked to him for about three weeks, he said...
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  • >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: oh yeah, i was bad,
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: oh yeah, i was bad, i was bad.
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  • >> joyce: oh yeah, i was bad, i was bad. he said, "wouldn't it be a shame
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  • I was bad. he said, "wouldn't it be a shame if jesus came today and you
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  • He said, "wouldn't it be a shame if jesus came today and you spent your last day here mad?"
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  • If jesus came today and you spent your last day here mad?" >> audience responds: ooh...
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  • Spent your last day here mad?" >> audience responds: ooh... >> joyce: oh, oo, ooh...
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  • >> audience responds: ooh... >> joyce: oh, oo, ooh... >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> joyce: oh, oo, ooh... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: somebody way
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: somebody way over there just got shot
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  • >> joyce: somebody way over there just got shot with a holy arrow.
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  • Over there just got shot with a holy arrow. >> [audience laughing]
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  • With a holy arrow. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i love doing this.
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i love doing this. i like to watch the looks
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  • >> joyce: i love doing this. i like to watch the looks on people's faces
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  • I like to watch the looks on people's faces when god gets 'em.
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  • On people's faces when god gets 'em. >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> joyce: oh, my gosh.
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  • >> joyce: oh, my gosh. don't ever spend a day thinking
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  • >> joyce: oh, my gosh. don't ever spend a day thinking about what you don't have,
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  • Don't ever spend a day thinking about what you don't have, and what people aren't
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  • About what you don't have, and what people aren't doing for you.
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  • And what people aren't doing for you. did you hear me?
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  • Doing for you. did you hear me? >> [audience responds]
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  • Did you hear me? >> [audience responds] >> joyce: get yourself a piece
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  • >> [audience responds] >> joyce: get yourself a piece of paper and go ahead and write
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  • >> joyce: get yourself a piece of paper and go ahead and write down on it, the things that
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  • Of paper and go ahead and write down on it, the things that you have to complain about.
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  • Down on it, the things that you have to complain about. now write down
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  • You have to complain about. now write down all your blessings.
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  • Now write down all your blessings. >> [audience applauding]
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  • All your blessings. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i have
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i have “thank you” days.
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  • >> joyce: i have “thank you” days. where i'll just tell the lord,
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  • “thank you” days. where i'll just tell the lord, "today's gonna
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  • Where i'll just tell the lord, "today's gonna be a "thank you" day."
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  • "today's gonna be a "thank you" day." and i thank him from
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  • Be a "thank you" day." and i thank him from my bath when i get in it,
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  • And i thank him from my bath when i get in it, and i got clean hot water.
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  • My bath when i get in it, and i got clean hot water. "thank you, god, for hot water!"
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  • And i got clean hot water. "thank you, god, for hot water!" i mean, there are so many things
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  • "thank you, god, for hot water!" i mean, there are so many things that we take for granted,
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  • I mean, there are so many things that we take for granted, that are a blessing to us.
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  • That we take for granted, that are a blessing to us. you would appreciate
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  • That are a blessing to us. you would appreciate clean hot water if you went
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  • You would appreciate clean hot water if you went to india or africa, and you
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  • Clean hot water if you went to india or africa, and you saw what they're drinking,
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  • To india or africa, and you saw what they're drinking, and walking miles to get it.
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  • Saw what they're drinking, and walking miles to get it. or if you were the mother that
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  • And walking miles to get it. or if you were the mother that we talked to, whose daughter
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  • Or if you were the mother that we talked to, whose daughter was eaten by an alligator when
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  • We talked to, whose daughter was eaten by an alligator when she went to collect water.
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  • Was eaten by an alligator when she went to collect water. there's some horrible things
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  • She went to collect water. there's some horrible things going on in the world,
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  • There's some horrible things going on in the world, and here we sit around
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  • Going on in the world, and here we sit around and feel sorry for ourselves.
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  • And here we sit around and feel sorry for ourselves. "my air conditioner
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  • And feel sorry for ourselves. "my air conditioner went out for 10 minutes.
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  • "my air conditioner went out for 10 minutes. >> [audience laughing]
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  • Went out for 10 minutes. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: what am i gonna do?"
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: what am i gonna do?" come on, you need this
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  • >> joyce: what am i gonna do?" come on, you need this once in a while.
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  • Come on, you need this once in a while. we all do.
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  • Once in a while. we all do. we need to be reminded that
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  • We all do. we need to be reminded that we need to be thankful,
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  • We need to be reminded that we need to be thankful, and we need to be full
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  • We need to be thankful, and we need to be full of praise and gratitude.
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  • And we need to be full of praise and gratitude. >> [audience applauding]
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  • Of praise and gratitude. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: have thanksgiving
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: have thanksgiving days.
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  • >> joyce: have thanksgiving days. have days where you just
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  • Days. have days where you just thank god for every little
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  • Have days where you just thank god for every little thing you possibly can.
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  • Thank god for every little thing you possibly can. it'll just make you feel
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  • Thing you possibly can. it'll just make you feel so good if you're thankful.
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  • It'll just make you feel so good if you're thankful. thankful people
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  • So good if you're thankful. thankful people are happy people.
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  • Thankful people are happy people. amen?
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  • Are happy people. amen? i'm gonna be tired when this
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  • Amen? i'm gonna be tired when this is over, but i'm gonna tell
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  • I'm gonna be tired when this is over, but i'm gonna tell you what, i'm so thankful
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  • Is over, but i'm gonna tell you what, i'm so thankful i got to do this yet
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  • You what, i'm so thankful i got to do this yet another time in my life.
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  • I got to do this yet another time in my life. >> [audience cheering]
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  • >> joyce: i don't feel sorry
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  • >> joyce: i don't feel sorry for myself because, i mean,
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  • >> joyce: i don't feel sorry for myself because, i mean, i've basically done nothing
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  • For myself because, i mean, i've basically done nothing but work for 50 years.
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  • I've basically done nothing but work for 50 years. but i am so thrilled
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  • But work for 50 years. but i am so thrilled that god chose me.
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  • But i am so thrilled that god chose me. you know, what else
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  • That god chose me. you know, what else would i wanna do?
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  • You know, what else would i wanna do? people ask me if i'm gonna
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  • Would i wanna do? people ask me if i'm gonna retire, and i don't think
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  • People ask me if i'm gonna retire, and i don't think i would know how to do that.
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  • Retire, and i don't think i would know how to do that. i don't, you know,
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  • I would know how to do that. i don't, you know, i'm slowing down.
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  • I don't, you know, i'm slowing down. i'm not doing as many
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  • I'm slowing down. i'm not doing as many conferences as i used to.
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  • I'm not doing as many conferences as i used to. but i can use the television.
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  • Conferences as i used to. but i can use the television. anybody who has a satellite
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  • But i can use the television. anybody who has a satellite anywhere can get my program.
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  • Anybody who has a satellite anywhere can get my program. and it's on in 107 different
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  • Anywhere can get my program. and it's on in 107 different languages.
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  • And it's on in 107 different languages. >> [audience applauding]
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  • >> joyce: i don't even know
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  • >> joyce: i don't even know how we accomplish it,
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  • >> joyce: i don't even know how we accomplish it, but there's smart people
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  • How we accomplish it, but there's smart people in my office that get it done.
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  • But there's smart people in my office that get it done. >> joyce: i want you
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  • In my office that get it done. >> joyce: i want you to be happy,
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  • >> joyce: i want you to be happy, but part of it's a choice.
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  • Did you hear me?
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  • Did you hear me? >> [audience responds]
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  • >> joyce: i used to get mad
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  • >> joyce: i used to get mad at dave if i wasn't happy.
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  • >> joyce: i used to get mad at dave if i wasn't happy. i wanted him to do something
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  • At dave if i wasn't happy. i wanted him to do something to make me happy.
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  • I wanted him to do something to make me happy. come on.
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  • To make me happy. come on. he's not much of a gift buyer.
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  • Come on. he's not much of a gift buyer. and i'd think, "well, if you'd
  • 00:10:13.958 --> 00:10:14.793
  • He's not much of a gift buyer. and i'd think, "well, if you'd just bring me some gifts
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  • And i'd think, "well, if you'd just bring me some gifts sometimes, i'd be happy."
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  • Just bring me some gifts sometimes, i'd be happy." let me tell you something.
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  • Sometimes, i'd be happy." let me tell you something. some people, they ain't gonna
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  • Let me tell you something. some people, they ain't gonna be happy no matter what!
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  • They've already decided
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  • They've already decided they're not gonna be happy.
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  • They've already decided they're not gonna be happy. they're just sour.
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  • They're not gonna be happy. they're just sour. and god told me one day,
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  • They're just sour. and god told me one day, he said, "stop giving dave
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  • And god told me one day, he said, "stop giving dave the responsibility for your joy.
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  • He said, "stop giving dave the responsibility for your joy. it's not his job
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  • To make you happy.
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  • To make you happy. it's your job to be happy."
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  • To make you happy. it's your job to be happy." >> [audience applauding]
  • 00:10:40.452 --> 00:10:41.252
  • It's your job to be happy." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on.
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  • Okay, now i'm gonna say
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  • Okay, now i'm gonna say something important,
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  • Okay, now i'm gonna say something important, so i want you to listen.
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  • Something important, so i want you to listen. don't go home anymore
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  • So i want you to listen. don't go home anymore and blame other people
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  • Don't go home anymore and blame other people for your bad moods.
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  • And blame other people for your bad moods. >> [audience applauding]
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  • For your bad moods. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you're in the master's
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you're in the master's class right now.
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  • >> joyce: you're in the master's class right now. this is not kindergarten.
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  • Class right now. this is not kindergarten. i'm supposed to be loving
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  • This is not kindergarten. i'm supposed to be loving on you because you've
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  • I'm supposed to be loving on you because you've been rejected.
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  • On you because you've been rejected. but...
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  • Been rejected. but... >> [audience laughing]
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  • But... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know, sometimes
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know, sometimes god changes the program.
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  • >> joyce: you know, sometimes god changes the program. and when he wants to, i let him.
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  • God changes the program. and when he wants to, i let him. amen?
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  • And when he wants to, i let him. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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  • Amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we've said enough
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we've said enough to you about that.
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  • >> joyce: we've said enough to you about that. if you're not gonna
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  • To you about that. if you're not gonna get over it by now,
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  • If you're not gonna get over it by now, you ain't gonna get over it.
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  • Get over it by now, you ain't gonna get over it. >> [audience laughing]
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  • You ain't gonna get over it. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i wanna tell you,
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i wanna tell you, this is something important
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  • >> joyce: and i wanna tell you, this is something important i wanted to tell you
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  • This is something important i wanted to tell you this weekend.
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  • I wanted to tell you this weekend. when you're hurting
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  • This weekend. when you're hurting really bad from whatever:
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  • When you're hurting really bad from whatever: you lost your job, you didn't
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  • Really bad from whatever: you lost your job, you didn't get the promotion you wanted,
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  • You lost your job, you didn't get the promotion you wanted, and somebody that didn't
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  • Get the promotion you wanted, and somebody that didn't even deserve it got it.
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  • And somebody that didn't even deserve it got it. or you faced a real difficult
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  • Even deserve it got it. or you faced a real difficult rejection, or your parents gave
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  • Or you faced a real difficult rejection, or your parents gave you away, and you've spent your
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  • Rejection, or your parents gave you away, and you've spent your life wondering what's wrong
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  • You away, and you've spent your life wondering what's wrong with you because they did.
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  • Life wondering what's wrong with you because they did. well, stop trying to figure
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  • With you because they did. well, stop trying to figure everything out.
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  • Well, stop trying to figure everything out. real faith is reason
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  • Everything out. real faith is reason at rest before god.
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  • Real faith is reason at rest before god. you don't have to know why.
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  • At rest before god. you don't have to know why. amen?
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  • You don't have to know why. amen? you don't have to know
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  • Amen? you don't have to know why everything...
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  • You don't have to know why everything... you just know that
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  • Why everything... you just know that god's in control.
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  • You just know that god's in control. but i found out a secret
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  • God's in control. but i found out a secret several years ago.
  • 00:12:42.073 --> 00:12:43.107
  • But i found out a secret several years ago. you know, when you're hurting,
  • 00:12:43.174 --> 00:12:44.943
  • Several years ago. you know, when you're hurting, you usually just wanna
  • 00:12:45.009 --> 00:12:46.277
  • You know, when you're hurting, you usually just wanna do anything you can
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  • You usually just wanna do anything you can to get rid of that pain.
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  • Do anything you can to get rid of that pain. right?
  • 00:12:49.981 --> 00:12:51.749
  • To get rid of that pain. right? but here's what god's taught me,
  • 00:12:51.816 --> 00:12:54.419
  • Right? but here's what god's taught me, embrace it.
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  • Well, i've got three people
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  • Well, i've got three people up here giving a little...
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  • Well, i've got three people up here giving a little... >> [audience applauding]
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  • Up here giving a little... >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: the more you fight it,
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: the more you fight it, the more it's gonna hurt,
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  • >> joyce: the more you fight it, the more it's gonna hurt, and the longer it's gonna take.
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  • The more it's gonna hurt, and the longer it's gonna take. you embrace it so it can do,
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  • And the longer it's gonna take. you embrace it so it can do, the job that god sent it to do,
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  • You embrace it so it can do, the job that god sent it to do, and get it over with.
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  • The job that god sent it to do, and get it over with. how many of you have
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  • And get it over with. how many of you have ever had a baby?
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  • How many of you have ever had a baby? all right, what do they
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  • Ever had a baby? all right, what do they tell you?
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  • All right, what do they tell you? relax.
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  • Tell you? relax. >> [audience laughing]
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  • Relax. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: breeeathe.
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: breeeathe. and you're like,
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  • >> joyce: breeeathe. and you're like, "are you crazy?"
  • 00:13:36.494 --> 00:13:39.430
  • And you're like, "are you crazy?" but it's true.
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  • "are you crazy?" but it's true. even when you're having labor
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  • But it's true. even when you're having labor pains the more you fight it,
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  • Even when you're having labor pains the more you fight it, the worse it hurts.
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  • Pains the more you fight it, the worse it hurts. the more you can relax...
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  • So, when somebody hurts your
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  • So, when somebody hurts your feelings, you have a comforter,
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  • So, when somebody hurts your feelings, you have a comforter, go to him for comfort.
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  • Feelings, you have a comforter, go to him for comfort. don't get mad at the person
  • 00:14:08.026 --> 00:14:09.160
  • Go to him for comfort. don't get mad at the person that hurt you.
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  • Don't get mad at the person that hurt you. they've probably got
  • 00:14:09.894 --> 00:14:10.461
  • That hurt you. they've probably got something hurting them.
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  • They've probably got something hurting them. just go to the comforter
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  • Something hurting them. just go to the comforter and relax and just say,
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  • Just go to the comforter and relax and just say, "whatever you wanna
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  • And relax and just say, "whatever you wanna do with this, just do it."
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  • Anybody believe me?
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  • Anybody believe me? >> [audience applauding]
  • 00:14:27.946 --> 00:14:31.249
  • >> joyce: come on, i got
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  • >> joyce: come on, i got 9 minutes and 30 seconds left.
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  • >> joyce: come on, i got 9 minutes and 30 seconds left. >> [audience cheering]
  • 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:39.424
  • 9 minutes and 30 seconds left. >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: i cut this down this
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  • >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: i cut this down this afternoon from an hour
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  • >> joyce: i cut this down this afternoon from an hour to 45 minutes, ‘cause i knew
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  • Afternoon from an hour to 45 minutes, ‘cause i knew you were gonna be smart
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  • To 45 minutes, ‘cause i knew you were gonna be smart and get it quick.
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  • You were gonna be smart and get it quick. besides that, i'm tired.
  • 00:14:46.364 --> 00:14:47.332
  • And get it quick. besides that, i'm tired. >> [audience laughing]
  • 00:14:47.398 --> 00:14:51.169
  • >> joyce: "don't you
  • 00:14:52.904 --> 00:14:53.404
  • >> joyce: "don't you wanna be happy?
  • 00:14:53.471 --> 00:14:54.305
  • >> joyce: "don't you wanna be happy? >> [audience responds]
  • 00:14:54.372 --> 00:14:56.007
  • Wanna be happy? >> [audience responds] >> joyce:"joyce, please tell
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  • >> [audience responds] >> joyce:"joyce, please tell me how i can be happy."
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  • >> joyce:"joyce, please tell me how i can be happy." that's what i've been doing!
  • 00:14:58.643 --> 00:15:01.579
  • Me how i can be happy." that's what i've been doing! stop feeling sorry for yourself.
  • 00:15:01.646 --> 00:15:03.247
  • That's what i've been doing! stop feeling sorry for yourself. stop blaming your problems
  • 00:15:03.314 --> 00:15:04.716
  • Stop feeling sorry for yourself. stop blaming your problems on somebody else.
  • 00:15:04.782 --> 00:15:05.383
  • Stop blaming your problems on somebody else. stop making excuses
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  • On somebody else. stop making excuses for everything you
  • 00:15:07.285 --> 00:15:07.986
  • Stop making excuses for everything you do that's wrong.
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  • For everything you do that's wrong. "well, if i wouldn't
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  • Do that's wrong. "well, if i wouldn't have been abused..."
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  • You say, "god takes everything
  • 00:15:16.094 --> 00:15:18.363
  • You say, "god takes everything that satan means for harm and
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  • You say, "god takes everything that satan means for harm and he works it out for my good."
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  • That satan means for harm and he works it out for my good." >> [audience cheering]
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  • He works it out for my good." >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: everything!
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  • >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: everything! and, "god works all things
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  • >> joyce: everything! and, "god works all things out for good to those who
  • 00:15:27.538 --> 00:15:28.473
  • And, "god works all things out for good to those who love him and are called
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  • Out for good to those who love him and are called according to his purpose."
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  • Love him and are called according to his purpose." and you know what
  • 00:15:31.442 --> 00:15:32.043
  • According to his purpose." and you know what i really believe that!
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  • It's not just a scripture
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  • It's not just a scripture i quote.
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  • It's not just a scripture i quote. i believe that!
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  • I quote. i believe that! so when something happens,
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  • I believe that! so when something happens, i just can't wait to see
  • 00:15:42.153 --> 00:15:43.354
  • So when something happens, i just can't wait to see the good thing god's
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  • I just can't wait to see the good thing god's gonna work out of it.
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  • The good thing god's gonna work out of it. how many of you believe that?
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  • Gonna work out of it. how many of you believe that? that god--because he's god...
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  • How many of you believe that? that god--because he's god... >> [audience applauding]
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  • That god--because he's god... >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and you know,
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and you know, you may be going through
  • 00:15:52.063 --> 00:15:52.897
  • >> joyce: and you know, you may be going through something really painful
  • 00:15:52.964 --> 00:15:53.965
  • You may be going through something really painful right now, and you just
  • 00:15:54.032 --> 00:15:55.566
  • Something really painful right now, and you just wish i'd shut up...
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  • Right now, and you just wish i'd shut up... >> [audience laughing]
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  • Wish i'd shut up... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but i'm telling you,
  • 00:16:00.238 --> 00:16:01.039
  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but i'm telling you, i've been there and done that.
  • 00:16:01.105 --> 00:16:02.340
  • >> joyce: but i'm telling you, i've been there and done that. i've tried it all.
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  • I've been there and done that. i've tried it all. i've tried every way that
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  • I've tried it all. i've tried every way that you can try to be happy.
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  • I've tried every way that you can try to be happy. and god finally just told me,
  • 00:16:07.712 --> 00:16:09.047
  • You can try to be happy. and god finally just told me, "you are unhappy
  • 00:16:09.113 --> 00:16:09.881
  • And god finally just told me, "you are unhappy because you're selfish."
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  • "you are unhappy because you're selfish." and i was a christian
  • 00:16:11.249 --> 00:16:12.183
  • Because you're selfish." and i was a christian and i was teaching the word.
  • 00:16:12.250 --> 00:16:15.053
  • And i was selfish
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  • And i was selfish and self centered.
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  • And i don't wanna be like that.
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  • And i don't wanna be like that. i wanna be a giver, a giver,
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  • And i don't wanna be like that. i wanna be a giver, a giver, a lover, a lover,
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  • I wanna be a giver, a giver, a lover, a lover, a giver and a lover.
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  • A lover, a lover, a giver and a lover. amen?
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  • A giver and a lover. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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  • >> joyce: it shouldn't be odd,
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  • >> joyce: it shouldn't be odd, when a christian is nice.
  • 00:16:32.904 --> 00:16:36.374
  • >> joyce: it shouldn't be odd, when a christian is nice. you read 1 corinthians 13,
  • 00:16:36.441 --> 00:16:38.509
  • When a christian is nice. you read 1 corinthians 13, the different facets of love,
  • 00:16:38.576 --> 00:16:40.111
  • You read 1 corinthians 13, the different facets of love, and every one of them has
  • 00:16:40.178 --> 00:16:41.546
  • The different facets of love, and every one of them has something to do with
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  • And every one of them has something to do with how you treat people.
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  • Something to do with how you treat people. "love is patient,
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  • How you treat people. "love is patient, love is kind...
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  • "love is patient, love is kind... love is not rude...
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  • Love is kind... love is not rude... love is not touchy."
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  • Love is not rude... love is not touchy." >> [audience laughing]
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  • Love is not touchy." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: yeah, that's in there.
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: yeah, that's in there. "love is not touchy."
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  • >> joyce: yeah, that's in there. "love is not touchy." "well, you hurt my feelings?"
  • 00:17:00.198 --> 00:17:02.700
  • "love is not touchy." "well, you hurt my feelings?" well, let me read
  • 00:17:02.767 --> 00:17:04.168
  • "well, you hurt my feelings?" well, let me read you a scripture.
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  • Well, let me read you a scripture. i just got a good scripture
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  • You a scripture. i just got a good scripture here for you.
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  • 2 timothy 2:23, "but refuse
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  • 2 timothy 2:23, "but refuse (shut your mind against,
  • 00:17:17.849 --> 00:17:20.218
  • 2 timothy 2:23, "but refuse (shut your mind against, have nothing to do with)
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  • (shut your mind against, have nothing to do with) trifling (ill-informed,
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  • Have nothing to do with) trifling (ill-informed, unedifying, stupid)
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  • Trifling (ill-informed, unedifying, stupid) controversies over
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  • Unedifying, stupid) controversies over ignorant questions..."
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  • Controversies over ignorant questions..." >> [audience cheering]
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  • Ignorant questions..." >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: "for you know
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  • >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: "for you know they foster strife
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  • >> joyce: "for you know they foster strife and breed quarrels.”
  • 00:17:34.632 --> 00:17:37.201
  • They foster strife and breed quarrels.” in other words, he's saying:
  • 00:17:37.268 --> 00:17:38.202
  • And breed quarrels.” in other words, he's saying: don't be petty.
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  • Learn how to just
  • 00:17:41.272 --> 00:17:41.873
  • Learn how to just let some things go.
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  • Learn how to just let some things go. give people a little mercy.
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  • Let some things go. give people a little mercy. you know, it's so hard for
  • 00:17:46.677 --> 00:17:49.247
  • Give people a little mercy. you know, it's so hard for me not to tell dave when he
  • 00:17:49.313 --> 00:17:50.815
  • You know, it's so hard for me not to tell dave when he leaves a light on in his closet.
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  • Me not to tell dave when he leaves a light on in his closet. >> [audience laughing]
  • 00:17:53.217 --> 00:17:55.486
  • Leaves a light on in his closet. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "you left
  • 00:17:55.553 --> 00:17:56.220
  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "you left your light on again!"
  • 00:17:56.287 --> 00:17:59.891
  • But i think the bible says
  • 00:18:00.491 --> 00:18:01.959
  • But i think the bible says something about, "love covers
  • 00:18:02.026 --> 00:18:03.327
  • But i think the bible says something about, "love covers a multitude of sins."
  • 00:18:03.394 --> 00:18:06.664
  • Something about, "love covers a multitude of sins." so i'm getting to the point--
  • 00:18:06.731 --> 00:18:07.932
  • A multitude of sins." so i'm getting to the point-- i'm not totally there yet,
  • 00:18:07.999 --> 00:18:10.468
  • So i'm getting to the point-- i'm not totally there yet, but i'm getting to the point
  • 00:18:10.535 --> 00:18:11.636
  • I'm not totally there yet, but i'm getting to the point where i can just several times
  • 00:18:11.702 --> 00:18:13.571
  • But i'm getting to the point where i can just several times go turn it off,
  • 00:18:13.638 --> 00:18:14.372
  • Where i can just several times go turn it off, and not say anything.
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  • Go turn it off, and not say anything. >> [audience laughing]
  • 00:18:15.840 --> 00:18:19.644
  • >> [audience applauding]
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: this is where
  • 00:18:22.547 --> 00:18:23.214
  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: this is where you practice.
  • 00:18:23.281 --> 00:18:23.881
  • >> joyce: this is where you practice. you practice at home with
  • 00:18:23.948 --> 00:18:25.016
  • You practice. you practice at home with the people that you're
  • 00:18:25.082 --> 00:18:25.850
  • You practice at home with the people that you're around the most.
  • 00:18:25.917 --> 00:18:28.286
  • The people that you're around the most. if you can learn to love
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  • Around the most. if you can learn to love them the way that the bible
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  • If you can learn to love them the way that the bible says to love them.
  • 00:18:31.355 --> 00:18:33.224
  • Them the way that the bible says to love them. but what do we do when
  • 00:18:33.291 --> 00:18:34.091
  • Says to love them. but what do we do when we're in a bad mood?
  • 00:18:34.158 --> 00:18:34.892
  • But what do we do when we're in a bad mood? those are the people we take
  • 00:18:34.959 --> 00:18:35.793
  • We're in a bad mood? those are the people we take it out on, because we know
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  • Those are the people we take it out on, because we know they have to put up with us.
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  • Tell you again, huh?
  • 00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:43.401
  • Tell you again, huh? "don't be touchy."
  • 00:18:43.467 --> 00:18:48.206
  • Tell you again, huh? "don't be touchy." "you hurt my feelings."
  • 00:18:48.272 --> 00:18:49.273
  • "don't be touchy." "you hurt my feelings." well, quit getting your feelings
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  • Hurt over everything.
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  • Hurt over everything. quit thinking about how
  • 00:18:54.745 --> 00:18:55.613
  • Hurt over everything. quit thinking about how you feel all the time.
  • 00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:58.249
  • Quit thinking about how you feel all the time. "well, i feel?"
  • 00:18:58.316 --> 00:18:59.116
  • You feel all the time. "well, i feel?" "well, i don't feel?"
  • 00:18:59.183 --> 00:19:01.953
  • "well, i feel?" "well, i don't feel?" well, you wanna know
  • 00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:02.620
  • "well, i don't feel?" well, you wanna know how i feel right now?
  • 00:19:02.687 --> 00:19:05.423
  • Well, you wanna know how i feel right now? i feel like laying down on this
  • 00:19:05.489 --> 00:19:06.557
  • How i feel right now? i feel like laying down on this platform and going to sleep.
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  • I feel like laying down on this platform and going to sleep. >> [audience laughing]
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  • Platform and going to sleep. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: that's how i feel.
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  • I don't think i'm 82,
  • 00:19:18.236 --> 00:19:19.370
  • I don't think i'm 82, but my body thinks
  • 00:19:19.437 --> 00:19:20.404
  • I don't think i'm 82, but my body thinks it is once in a while.
  • 00:19:20.471 --> 00:19:24.342
  • But my body thinks it is once in a while. do you know--do you understand
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  • It is once in a while. do you know--do you understand that it is a miracle what god
  • 00:19:26.444 --> 00:19:28.846
  • Do you know--do you understand that it is a miracle what god is letting me do at my age?
  • 00:19:28.913 --> 00:19:31.249
  • That it is a miracle what god is letting me do at my age? do you understand that?
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  • Is letting me do at my age? do you understand that? >> [audience cheering]
  • 00:19:32.383 --> 00:19:38.456
  • Do you understand that? >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: and he's doing
  • 00:19:38.522 --> 00:19:39.857
  • >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: and he's doing it for you.
  • 00:19:39.924 --> 00:19:42.727
  • It would be impossible for
  • 00:19:48.633 --> 00:19:50.167
  • It would be impossible for me to do this if it wasn't god.
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  • It would be impossible for me to do this if it wasn't god. no way could i do it.
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  • Me to do this if it wasn't god. no way could i do it. but i wanna be a good
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  • No way could i do it. but i wanna be a good example to you.
  • 00:19:59.543 --> 00:20:02.713
  • But i wanna be a good example to you. i wanna be a good
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  • Example to you. i wanna be a good example to you.
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  • I wanna be a good example to you. >> [audience cheering]
  • 00:20:06.183 --> 00:20:12.690
  • >> joyce: you are so valuable,
  • 00:20:20.064 --> 00:20:21.799
  • >> joyce: you are so valuable, and i want you to know
  • 00:20:21.866 --> 00:20:22.800
  • >> joyce: you are so valuable, and i want you to know that you're worth
  • 00:20:22.867 --> 00:20:23.668
  • And i want you to know that you're worth taking care of yourself.
  • 00:20:23.734 --> 00:20:28.406
  • That you're worth taking care of yourself. i work out in that gym
  • 00:20:28.472 --> 00:20:29.540
  • Taking care of yourself. i work out in that gym three times a week,
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  • I work out in that gym three times a week, and i don't--i'm like...
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  • Three times a week, and i don't--i'm like... >> [audience laughing]
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  • And i don't--i'm like... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i take care
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i take care of myself because i want you
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  • >> joyce: and i take care of myself because i want you to see that you don't have
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  • Of myself because i want you to see that you don't have to just get old and fall apart.
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  • To see that you don't have to just get old and fall apart. >> [audience applauding]
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  • To just get old and fall apart. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you don't
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you don't have to do that.
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  • >> joyce: you don't have to do that. age is a number.
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  • Have to do that. age is a number. old is a mindset.
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  • Age is a number. old is a mindset. >> [audience applauding]
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  • >> joyce: so you can
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  • >> joyce: so you can be assured, if i ever quit,
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  • >> joyce: so you can be assured, if i ever quit, it'll be because i can't move.
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  • Be assured, if i ever quit, it'll be because i can't move. i figure as long as my mouth
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  • It'll be because i can't move. i figure as long as my mouth works, we're in good shape.
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  • I figure as long as my mouth works, we're in good shape. >> [audience laughing]
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  • Works, we're in good shape. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: amen.
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: amen. so i'll tell you one more time
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  • >> joyce: amen. so i'll tell you one more time in case you need to hear it.
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  • So i'll tell you one more time in case you need to hear it. god loves you, and he's got
  • 00:21:15.086 --> 00:21:18.522
  • In case you need to hear it. god loves you, and he's got a good plan for your life.
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  • God loves you, and he's got a good plan for your life. but he wants you to love him
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  • A good plan for your life. but he wants you to love him as much as he loves you.
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  • But he wants you to love him as much as he loves you. and he wants you to be all in.
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  • As much as he loves you. and he wants you to be all in. amen?
  • 00:21:30.301 --> 00:21:30.634
  • And he wants you to be all in. amen? come on, get up and give
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  • Amen? come on, get up and give god some praise.
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  • Come on, get up and give god some praise. >> [audience applauding]
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  • >> announcer: stay tuned,
  • 00:21:38.809 --> 00:21:39.710
  • >> announcer: stay tuned, joyce will be back in a moment.
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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
  • 00:21:53.391 --> 00:21:54.291
  • But what does it look like when some of life's biggest
  • 00:21:54.358 --> 00:21:55.426
  • When some of life's biggest battles keep us down?
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  • 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
  • 00:22:26.657 --> 00:22:27.858
  • 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,
  • 00:22:35.032 --> 00:22:37.001
  • You find healing, truth, and freedom,
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  • And freedom, in her book "finally free."
  • 00:22:37.902 --> 00:22:40.604
  • 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
  • 00:22:43.941 --> 00:22:45.409
  • Affected your life at some point and how to experience
  • 00:22:45.476 --> 00:22:47.011
  • 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
  • 00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.508
  • 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.
  • 00:23:20.945 --> 00:23:22.980
  • 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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  • Of christ through all of our outreaches,
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  • All of our outreaches, such as clean,
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  • >> [♪♪]
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  • >> announcer: our stories,
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  • >> announcer: our stories, they matter.
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  • They matter. your gifts,
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  • Your gifts, your passions,
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  • Your passions, even your quirkiness,
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  • Even your quirkiness, they were designed
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  • They were designed with intention.
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  • With intention. he can use every twist
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  • He can use every twist and turn of your journey
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  • And turn of your journey to create something new.
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  • To create something new. out of brokenness--beauty.
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  • Out of brokenness--beauty. out of struggle--
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  • Out of struggle-- a life transformed.
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  • >> [music]
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  • >> [♪♪]
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  • >> joyce: well, what god
  • 00:25:29.840 --> 00:25:30.507
  • >> joyce: well, what god put on my heart to pray
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  • Put on my heart to pray about for you today is,
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  • About for you today is, fear and boldness.
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  • Fear and boldness. getting rid of the fear,
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  • Getting rid of the fear, and making a decision
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  • And making a decision to be bold.
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  • To be bold. "father, we come to you
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  • "father, we come to you in jesus name, and your word
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  • In jesus name, and your word says that 'you have not
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  • Says that 'you have not given us a spirit of fear,
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  • Given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love
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  • But of power and love and a sound mind.'
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  • And a sound mind.' and i know that many people
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  • And i know that many people experience fears all the way
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  • Experience fears all the way from little fears to fears
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  • From little fears to fears that actually really
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  • That actually really torment them.
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  • Torment them.
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  • Fears that keep them from
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  • Fears that keep them from doing the things that
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  • Doing the things that they really wanna do,
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  • They really wanna do, and believe that you
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  • And believe that you want them to do.
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  • Want them to do. and i can't pray for fear
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  • And i can't pray for fear to go away because it's
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  • To go away because it's something that the devil's
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  • Something that the devil's always gonna use against us.
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  • Always gonna use against us. but i can pray for the people
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  • But i can pray for the people watching today to be so filled
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  • Watching today to be so filled with boldness and courage
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  • With boldness and courage that even though they feel fear,
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  • That even though they feel fear, they'll do whatever it is you
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  • They'll do whatever it is you want them to do, even if they
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  • Want them to do, even if they have to do it while still
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  • Have to do it while still feeling that fear.
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  • Feeling that fear. the only way to conquer
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  • The only way to conquer fear is to confront it.
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  • Fear is to confront it. so i pray for you that
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  • So i pray for you that you will no longer let
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  • You will no longer let fear rule your life.
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  • Fear rule your life. that this is the time
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  • That this is the time when you're gonna say,
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  • When you're gonna say, 'i've had enough.
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  • 'i've had enough. i'm taking a stand against this,
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  • I'm taking a stand against this, and i'm not gonna live in fear.
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  • And i'm not gonna live in fear. i'm gonna live in boldness
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  • I'm gonna live in boldness and in strong faith.'
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  • And in strong faith.' thank you father for hearing
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  • Thank you father for hearing and answering these prayers,
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  • And answering these prayers, in jesus' name."
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  • In jesus' name." okay, now it's time for you
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  • Okay, now it's time for you to step up and be bolder
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  • To step up and be bolder than you've ever been before.
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  • Than you've ever been before. don't just sit around
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  • Don't just sit around and passively put up with fear.
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  • And passively put up with fear. don't let it rule your life.
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  • Don't let it rule your life. you have a great rest
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  • You have a great rest of the day and thank you
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  • Of the day and thank you for being with us today.
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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.
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  • 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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