Joyce Meyer - Galatians (Part 1)

February 18, 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 - Galatians (Part 1) | February 18, 2026

>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer,
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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>> joyce: father,
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>> joyce: father, we thank you for the word,
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>> joyce: father, we thank you for the word, and we believe that we're
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We thank you for the word, and we believe that we're gonna understand it, retain it,
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And we believe that we're gonna understand it, retain it, and learn a very important
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Gonna understand it, retain it, and learn a very important lesson out of your word,
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And learn a very important lesson out of your word, in jesus' name.
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Lesson out of your word, in jesus' name. for at least two years now,
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In jesus' name. for at least two years now, i've been on a mission to try
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For at least two years now, i've been on a mission to try to get people to change
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I've been on a mission to try to get people to change their thinking a little bit
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To get people to change their thinking a little bit from reading the bible
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Their thinking a little bit from reading the bible to studying the bible.
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From reading the bible to studying the bible. see, we hear all the time,
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To studying the bible. see, we hear all the time, you need to read your bible,
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See, we hear all the time, you need to read your bible, you need to read your bible.
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You need to read your bible, you need to read your bible. and that's good.
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You need to read your bible. and that's good. reading the bible is good.
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And that's good. reading the bible is good. but most of us have
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Reading the bible is good. but most of us have a tendency to try
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But most of us have a tendency to try to read as fast as we can,
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A tendency to try to read as fast as we can, and conquer material.
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To read as fast as we can, and conquer material. somehow or another,
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And conquer material. somehow or another, the more we read,
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Somehow or another, the more we read, the better we feel about
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The more we read, the better we feel about ourselves for that day.
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The better we feel about ourselves for that day. but god doesn't care
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Ourselves for that day. but god doesn't care how much we read.
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But god doesn't care how much we read. what he cares about
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How much we read. what he cares about is what do we learn.
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What he cares about is what do we learn. and the only way that
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Is what do we learn. and the only way that we're really gonna learn
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And the only way that we're really gonna learn and retain is not by just
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We're really gonna learn and retain is not by just rushing over something,
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Reading it to say we've got
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Reading it to say we've got our bible time in for the day,
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Reading it to say we've got our bible time in for the day, but it's to study.
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Our bible time in for the day, but it's to study. like, in romans 12, chapter 12,
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But it's to study. like, in romans 12, chapter 12, there are 12 different
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Like, in romans 12, chapter 12, there are 12 different lessons in that one chapter.
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There are 12 different lessons in that one chapter. now, you'd probably never
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Lessons in that one chapter. now, you'd probably never know that unless you actually
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Now, you'd probably never know that unless you actually took it verse by verse
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Know that unless you actually took it verse by verse and wrote down what
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Took it verse by verse and wrote down what you're learning out of there.
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And wrote down what you're learning out of there. and so, i'm gonna teach
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You're learning out of there. and so, i'm gonna teach on the first three chapters
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And so, i'm gonna teach on the first three chapters of the book of galatians,
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On the first three chapters of the book of galatians, and we're going
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Of the book of galatians, and we're going to take our time.
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And we're going to take our time. you're gonna be a good bible
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To take our time. you're gonna be a good bible student.
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You're gonna be a good bible student. you're going to learn many, many
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Student. you're going to learn many, many good lessons.
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You're going to learn many, many good lessons. and hopefully, i'm going to,
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Good lessons. and hopefully, i'm going to, by the grace of god, help you
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And hopefully, i'm going to, by the grace of god, help you understand what is the basic
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By the grace of god, help you understand what is the basic foundational doctrine of the new
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Understand what is the basic foundational doctrine of the new testament, which is:
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Foundational doctrine of the new testament, which is: we're saved by grace,
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Testament, which is: we're saved by grace, not by works.
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We're saved by grace, not by works. there's nothing we can
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Not by works. there's nothing we can do to save our self.
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There's nothing we can do to save our self. most of you know that but the
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Do to save our self. most of you know that but the other thing that we miss a lot
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Most of you know that but the other thing that we miss a lot of times is the same way we were
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Other thing that we miss a lot of times is the same way we were saved, is the same way we have
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Of times is the same way we were saved, is the same way we have to learn how to live.
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Saved, is the same way we have to learn how to live. so, god wants us to live by
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To learn how to live. so, god wants us to live by faith, not just receive christ
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So, god wants us to live by faith, not just receive christ by faith.
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Faith, not just receive christ by faith. most people come to the end of
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By faith. most people come to the end of themselves at some point, and
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Most people come to the end of themselves at some point, and they realize that they can't get
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Themselves at some point, and they realize that they can't get themselves to heaven, they need
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They realize that they can't get themselves to heaven, they need god.
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Themselves to heaven, they need god. so, they give up for a few
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God. so, they give up for a few moments and invite jesus into
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So, they give up for a few moments and invite jesus into their life, but then as soon as
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Moments and invite jesus into their life, but then as soon as they start reading, or studying
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Their life, but then as soon as they start reading, or studying a little bit, or hearing
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They start reading, or studying a little bit, or hearing sermons, then they take back
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A little bit, or hearing sermons, then they take back over and try to do on their own
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Sermons, then they take back over and try to do on their own strength all the things that
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Over and try to do on their own strength all the things that the bible tells us to do.
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Strength all the things that the bible tells us to do. and we forget that we're not
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The bible tells us to do. and we forget that we're not only saved by grace, but we have
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And we forget that we're not only saved by grace, but we have to learn to live by grace
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Only saved by grace, but we have to learn to live by grace and by faith.
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To learn to live by grace and by faith. now, paul was chosen by god
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And by faith. now, paul was chosen by god to bring the revelation about
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Now, paul was chosen by god to bring the revelation about grace to the church, and he was
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To bring the revelation about grace to the church, and he was qualified by an experience
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Grace to the church, and he was qualified by an experience that he had in his life.
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Qualified by an experience that he had in his life. paul was a persecutor
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That he had in his life. paul was a persecutor of the church.
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He was trying with all of his
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He was trying with all of his might to destroy the church.
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He was trying with all of his might to destroy the church. he was there when stephen was
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Might to destroy the church. he was there when stephen was stoned.
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He was there when stephen was stoned. he was gladly gathering up
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Stoned. he was gladly gathering up christians and seeing them put
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He was gladly gathering up christians and seeing them put in jail.
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Christians and seeing them put in jail. and, as ornery as he was being,
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In jail. and, as ornery as he was being, he actually thought he was doing
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And, as ornery as he was being, he actually thought he was doing the right thing because he was a
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He actually thought he was doing the right thing because he was a very religious, yet legalistic
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The right thing because he was a very religious, yet legalistic jew, who followed all the rules
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Very religious, yet legalistic jew, who followed all the rules and regulations and was very
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Jew, who followed all the rules and regulations and was very proud of himself that he did.
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And regulations and was very proud of himself that he did. but god met him on a road
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Proud of himself that he did. but god met him on a road to damascus, revealed himself
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But god met him on a road to damascus, revealed himself to him.
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To damascus, revealed himself to him. he had quite an experience
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To him. he had quite an experience with god.
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He had quite an experience with god. i won't get into all the
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With god. i won't get into all the details, but he fell from his
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I won't get into all the details, but he fell from his horse, a bright light, couldn't
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Details, but he fell from his horse, a bright light, couldn't speak for several days.
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Horse, a bright light, couldn't speak for several days. and god, by revelation told him
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Speak for several days. and god, by revelation told him that he was to preach the gospel
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And god, by revelation told him that he was to preach the gospel and it was to be this gospel of
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That he was to preach the gospel and it was to be this gospel of grace.
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And it was to be this gospel of grace. well, let me tell you something.
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There's no better person to
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There's no better person to preach something than somebody
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There's no better person to preach something than somebody who's experienced it.
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Preach something than somebody who's experienced it. and grace is for people who
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Who's experienced it. and grace is for people who don't deserve god's goodness.
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And grace is for people who don't deserve god's goodness. grace is god's favor, but it's
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Don't deserve god's goodness. grace is god's favor, but it's not just god's favor.
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Grace is god's favor, but it's not just god's favor. and i wish that we would stop
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Not just god's favor. and i wish that we would stop just saying "it's god's
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And i wish that we would stop just saying "it's god's undeserved favor."
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Just saying "it's god's undeserved favor." it's god's favor, but it's also
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Undeserved favor." it's god's favor, but it's also the power of the holy spirit
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It's god's favor, but it's also the power of the holy spirit being made available to us,
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The power of the holy spirit being made available to us, to enable us to do the things
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Being made available to us, to enable us to do the things that god tells us to do.
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To enable us to do the things that god tells us to do. we can't do it just by fleshly
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That god tells us to do. we can't do it just by fleshly effort, or straining,
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We can't do it just by fleshly effort, or straining, or struggling, or just by
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Effort, or straining, or struggling, or just by self-will, or self-discipline.
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All those things are important,
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All those things are important, and they're good, and they're
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All those things are important, and they're good, and they're necessary, and they're needed
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And they're good, and they're necessary, and they're needed but jesus said, "apart from me
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Necessary, and they're needed but jesus said, "apart from me you can do nothing."
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But jesus said, "apart from me you can do nothing." nothing.
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You can do nothing." nothing. just imagine, just think for one
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Nothing. just imagine, just think for one minute, how your life would be
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If every single thing that you
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If every single thing that you did, you did it by faith.
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If every single thing that you did, you did it by faith. in faith.
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Did, you did it by faith. in faith. the first prayer that everybody
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In faith. the first prayer that everybody should pray when they get up
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The first prayer that everybody should pray when they get up in the morning, is the most
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Should pray when they get up in the morning, is the most powerful prayer, "help!"
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In the morning, is the most powerful prayer, "help!" >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: amen?
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>> joyce: amen? because i'm telling you what,
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>> joyce: amen? because i'm telling you what, there is nothing in our life
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Because i'm telling you what, there is nothing in our life that we don't need help with.
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There is nothing in our life that we don't need help with. i mean, everything.
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That we don't need help with. i mean, everything. we need help with everything.
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I mean, everything. we need help with everything. and so, i would form a habit of
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We need help with everything. and so, i would form a habit of all throughout the day just
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And so, i would form a habit of all throughout the day just saying, "help me jesus.
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All throughout the day just saying, "help me jesus. help me.
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Saying, "help me jesus. help me. help me.
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Help me. help me. help me.
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Help me. help me. help me."
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Help me. help me." you don't even have to know what
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Help me." you don't even have to know what you need help with, just trust
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You don't even have to know what you need help with, just trust me, you need help.
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You need help with, just trust me, you need help. >> [audience laughing]
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Me, you need help. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: so, galatians is a lot
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: so, galatians is a lot about that we're free from the
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>> joyce: so, galatians is a lot about that we're free from the law, and we now live under
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About that we're free from the law, and we now live under grace.
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Law, and we now live under grace. and maybe, you would have had to
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Grace. and maybe, you would have had to have been an old testament jew
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And maybe, you would have had to have been an old testament jew to fully understand that but god
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Have been an old testament jew to fully understand that but god gave them laws knowing they
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To fully understand that but god gave them laws knowing they couldn't keep them, so
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Gave them laws knowing they couldn't keep them, so eventually they would realize
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Couldn't keep them, so eventually they would realize they needed, "help.
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Eventually they would realize they needed, "help. i can't do this.
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They needed, "help. i can't do this. i can't live this life that
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I can't do this. i can't live this life that you're calling me to live.
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I can't live this life that you're calling me to live. i can't keep all these laws."
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You're calling me to live. i can't keep all these laws." because under the law, if you
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I can't keep all these laws." because under the law, if you kept 'em all but broke just one,
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Because under the law, if you kept 'em all but broke just one, you were guilty of all.
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Kept 'em all but broke just one, you were guilty of all. well, that had to be so
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You were guilty of all. well, that had to be so frustrating.
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Well, that had to be so frustrating. but they worked so hard at
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Frustrating. but they worked so hard at keeping all these laws.
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But they worked so hard at keeping all these laws. and then, the ones who managed
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Keeping all these laws. and then, the ones who managed to do so--and we still have this
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And then, the ones who managed to do so--and we still have this going on in people's lives today
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To do so--and we still have this going on in people's lives today and in churches, you feel like
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Going on in people's lives today and in churches, you feel like you're--if you go to church
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And in churches, you feel like you're--if you go to church every sunday, you feel like
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You're--if you go to church every sunday, you feel like you're better than somebody who
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Every sunday, you feel like you're better than somebody who only go three times a year.
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You're better than somebody who only go three times a year. if you read the bible through
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Only go three times a year. if you read the bible through every year, then you feel like
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If you read the bible through every year, then you feel like you're better, a little more
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Every year, then you feel like you're better, a little more spiritual than somebody who just
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You're better, a little more spiritual than somebody who just reads, you know, maybe a chapter
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Spiritual than somebody who just reads, you know, maybe a chapter a day or so.
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Reads, you know, maybe a chapter a day or so. and we have to be so careful
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A day or so. and we have to be so careful about this spiritual pride
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And we have to be so careful about this spiritual pride because i don't think there's
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About this spiritual pride because i don't think there's anything that's anymore
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Because i don't think there's anything that's anymore nauseating to god, than us
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Anything that's anymore nauseating to god, than us thinking that we are better than
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Nauseating to god, than us thinking that we are better than somebody else, because we do
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Thinking that we are better than somebody else, because we do something that god actually is
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Somebody else, because we do something that god actually is giving us the grace to do,
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Something that god actually is giving us the grace to do, but we are stupidly taking
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Giving us the grace to do, but we are stupidly taking the credit for it.
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But we are stupidly taking the credit for it. >> [audience applauding]
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The credit for it. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen?
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen? and it gets us in so much
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>> joyce: amen? and it gets us in so much trouble.
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And it gets us in so much trouble. now, there's a pretty good size,
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Trouble. now, there's a pretty good size, i don't know, we'll call
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Now, there's a pretty good size, i don't know, we'll call it a "grace movement."
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I don't know, we'll call it a "grace movement." but, there's been an emphasis of
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It a "grace movement." but, there's been an emphasis of teaching on grace in the church
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But, there's been an emphasis of teaching on grace in the church for the last two or three years.
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Teaching on grace in the church for the last two or three years. and, you'll find if you study
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For the last two or three years. and, you'll find if you study church history that there are
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And, you'll find if you study church history that there are emphases on different things at
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Church history that there are emphases on different things at different times.
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Emphases on different things at different times. and, it's good because no matter
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Different times. and, it's good because no matter how strong we are in something,
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And, it's good because no matter how strong we are in something, we can kinda let it fade out
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How strong we are in something, we can kinda let it fade out of our lives and then god needs
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We can kinda let it fade out of our lives and then god needs to come back around and give us
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Of our lives and then god needs to come back around and give us a refresher course.
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To come back around and give us a refresher course. but everything that's good,
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A refresher course. but everything that's good, doesn't always stay good.
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But everything that's good, doesn't always stay good. seems like we, as christians,
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Doesn't always stay good. seems like we, as christians, just don't know how to stay out
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Seems like we, as christians, just don't know how to stay out of the ditch.
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So, you had the holiness
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So, you had the holiness movement years ago.
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So, you had the holiness movement years ago. and that was wonderful.
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Movement years ago. and that was wonderful. people we're living holier
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And that was wonderful. people we're living holier lives, but then that crossed
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People we're living holier lives, but then that crossed over a line and everybody became
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Lives, but then that crossed over a line and everybody became very legalistic.
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Over a line and everybody became very legalistic. then all the sudden they
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Very legalistic. then all the sudden they couldn't do anything.
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Then all the sudden they couldn't do anything. you can't wear makeup.
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Couldn't do anything. you can't wear makeup. you can't cut your hair.
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You can't wear makeup. you can't cut your hair. you can't dance.
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You can't cut your hair. you can't dance. you can't go to a party.
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You can't dance. you can't go to a party. you can't see a movie, you
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You can't go to a party. you can't see a movie, you can't, you can't, you can't,
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You can't see a movie, you can't, you can't, you can't, you can't.
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Can't, you can't, you can't, you can't. well, who's going to buy into
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You can't. well, who's going to buy into that for very long?
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Well, who's going to buy into that for very long? i mean, a lot of young people,
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That for very long? i mean, a lot of young people, maybe some of you even that were
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I mean, a lot of young people, maybe some of you even that were raised in churches like that,
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Maybe some of you even that were raised in churches like that, it actually turns you against
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Raised in churches like that, it actually turns you against god rather than toward him.
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It actually turns you against god rather than toward him. because, you felt like, to be a
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God rather than toward him. because, you felt like, to be a christian, you we're never going
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Because, you felt like, to be a christian, you we're never going to be able to have any fun
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Christian, you we're never going to be able to have any fun in your whole life.
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The word and faith movement back
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The word and faith movement back in the '60s and the '70s, a lot
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The word and faith movement back in the '60s and the '70s, a lot of teaching in that about
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In the '60s and the '70s, a lot of teaching in that about prosperity.
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Of teaching in that about prosperity. i thank god for it.
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Prosperity. i thank god for it. god touched my life back then
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I thank god for it. god touched my life back then in a powerful way, because
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God touched my life back then in a powerful way, because i knew i was saved by grace,
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In a powerful way, because i knew i was saved by grace, but i didn't know anything about
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I knew i was saved by grace, but i didn't know anything about using my faith for anything
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But i didn't know anything about using my faith for anything other than just salvation.
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Using my faith for anything other than just salvation. and, faith is something god
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Other than just salvation. and, faith is something god gives you that you need to use
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And, faith is something god gives you that you need to use and release in your life.
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Gives you that you need to use and release in your life. it's a powerful force, but it's
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And release in your life. it's a powerful force, but it's not just an automatic.
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It's a powerful force, but it's not just an automatic. you put your trust in god.
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Not just an automatic. you put your trust in god. you put your faith in him.
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You put your trust in god. you put your faith in him. i'm glad for what i learned
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You put your faith in him. i'm glad for what i learned about prosperity, but it got
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I'm glad for what i learned about prosperity, but it got out of balance.
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About prosperity, but it got out of balance. i'm glad for what i learned
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Out of balance. i'm glad for what i learned about faith, but it got out
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I'm glad for what i learned about faith, but it got out of balance.
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About faith, but it got out of balance. and so, every time somebody
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Of balance. and so, every time somebody had a problem in their life,
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And so, every time somebody had a problem in their life, it was 'cause they didn't
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Had a problem in their life, it was 'cause they didn't have enough faith.
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It was 'cause they didn't have enough faith. if you got sick, you didn't have
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Have enough faith. if you got sick, you didn't have enough faith.
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If you got sick, you didn't have enough faith. if your child died, you didn't
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Enough faith. if your child died, you didn't have enough faith.
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If your child died, you didn't have enough faith. well, that's not right.
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Have enough faith. well, that's not right. you can't--there's no where
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Well, that's not right. you can't--there's no where in the bible where we're
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You can't--there's no where in the bible where we're promised that we'll never
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In the bible where we're promised that we'll never have any trouble.
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I don't care how much faith
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I don't care how much faith you've got, you're not gonna
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I don't care how much faith you've got, you're not gonna avoid ever having trouble
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You've got, you're not gonna avoid ever having trouble in your life.
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Avoid ever having trouble in your life. jesus said, "in the world,
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In your life. jesus said, "in the world, there will be tribulation.
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Jesus said, "in the world, there will be tribulation. cheer up.
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There will be tribulation. cheer up. i have overcome the world."
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Cheer up. i have overcome the world." >> [audience applauding]
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I have overcome the world." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, you're gonna
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Find in here that one of the
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Find in here that one of the things that paul says and
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Find in here that one of the things that paul says and teaches very firmly, is that you
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Things that paul says and teaches very firmly, is that you have to be very careful about
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Teaches very firmly, is that you have to be very careful about veering away from the truth.
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Have to be very careful about veering away from the truth. and, you have to always test
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Veering away from the truth. and, you have to always test the spirits and make sure that
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And, you have to always test the spirits and make sure that everything that you believe is
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The spirits and make sure that everything that you believe is backed up in the word of god.
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Everything that you believe is backed up in the word of god. and, we have to be--see, the
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Backed up in the word of god. and, we have to be--see, the devil doesn't care if you don't
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And, we have to be--see, the devil doesn't care if you don't do enough of something or if you
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Devil doesn't care if you don't do enough of something or if you do too much of something.
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Do enough of something or if you do too much of something. understand?
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Do too much of something. understand? i mean like, if you don't clean
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Understand? i mean like, if you don't clean your house at all, he's happy
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I mean like, if you don't clean your house at all, he's happy with that.
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Your house at all, he's happy with that. but, if you become a fanatic,
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With that. but, if you become a fanatic, and you turn your house into a
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But, if you become a fanatic, and you turn your house into a mausoleum that can't have one
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And you turn your house into a mausoleum that can't have one speck of dust, and you spend
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Mausoleum that can't have one speck of dust, and you spend your whole life trying to
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Speck of dust, and you spend your whole life trying to impress everybody by how your
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Your whole life trying to impress everybody by how your house looks--
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Impress everybody by how your house looks-- i was like that at one point.
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House looks-- i was like that at one point. then, that becomes
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I was like that at one point. then, that becomes a problem too.
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Because now, you're a slave
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Because now, you're a slave to these things that you've set
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Because now, you're a slave to these things that you've set up for your own self, that you
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To these things that you've set up for your own self, that you get your worth and your
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Up for your own self, that you get your worth and your value out of.
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Get your worth and your value out of. balance is so important.
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Value out of. balance is so important. and to be honest, we are just
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Balance is so important. and to be honest, we are just not real great at it.
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And to be honest, we are just not real great at it. >> [audience applauding]
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Not real great at it. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen?
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen? so, i gotta get started here
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>> joyce: amen? so, i gotta get started here reading, so.
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So, i gotta get started here reading, so. but, i wanna say that we've
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Reading, so. but, i wanna say that we've been set free from the law.
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But, i wanna say that we've been set free from the law. thank god.
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Been set free from the law. thank god. we've been set free from the law
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Thank god. we've been set free from the law and...
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We've been set free from the law and... >> [audience applauding]
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And... >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: the grace teaching
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: the grace teaching that we hear today, makes that
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>> joyce: the grace teaching that we hear today, makes that very clear.
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That we hear today, makes that very clear. we have been set free
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Very clear. we have been set free from the law.
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We have been set free from the law. we're free from--the old
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From the law. we're free from--the old testament's concluded, we now
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We're free from--the old testament's concluded, we now have a new covenant with god.
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Testament's concluded, we now have a new covenant with god. it's a covenant of grace.
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Have a new covenant with god. it's a covenant of grace. but here's the thing that
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It's a covenant of grace. but here's the thing that we--and i'm not saying that
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But here's the thing that we--and i'm not saying that people are not--some people are
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We--and i'm not saying that people are not--some people are teaching this, but some people
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People are not--some people are teaching this, but some people are getting out of balance
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Teaching this, but some people are getting out of balance with it.
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Are getting out of balance with it. and, grace is not an excuse
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With it. and, grace is not an excuse to live a sloppy life and get
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And, grace is not an excuse to live a sloppy life and get by with it.
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Come on now, stick with me.
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Come on now, stick with me. >> [audience applauding]
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Come on now, stick with me. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: grace is the power not
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: grace is the power not to have to live in sin.
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>> joyce: grace is the power not to have to live in sin. it's not a--it's not an excuse
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To have to live in sin. it's not a--it's not an excuse to, and just an attitude that
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It's not a--it's not an excuse to, and just an attitude that god will overlook it because
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To, and just an attitude that god will overlook it because he's so gracious.
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God will overlook it because he's so gracious. we have been set free from the
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He's so gracious. we have been set free from the laws in the bible that covered
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We have been set free from the laws in the bible that covered things like, that--what we call
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Laws in the bible that covered things like, that--what we call "the ceremonial law."
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Set free from following
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Set free from following rules, and regulations,
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Set free from following rules, and regulations, and having to honor
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Rules, and regulations, and having to honor certain days and feast days,
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And having to honor certain days and feast days, and rules about diet,
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Certain days and feast days, and rules about diet, rules about material
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And rules about diet, rules about material you can wear together
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Rules about material you can wear together and material you can't wear
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You can wear together and material you can't wear together, what you can't eat,
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And material you can't wear together, what you can't eat, what you can eat, and all
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Together, what you can't eat, what you can eat, and all that stuff.
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What you can eat, and all that stuff. but we have not--understand me,
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We have not been set free from
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We have not been set free from the moral law.
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We have not been set free from the moral law. the ten commandments are just
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The moral law. the ten commandments are just as valuable today as they
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The ten commandments are just as valuable today as they were then.
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As valuable today as they were then. come on.
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Were then. come on. >> [audience applauding]
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Come on. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i heard somebody say
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i heard somebody say one time, "can you imagine
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>> joyce: i heard somebody say one time, "can you imagine anybody standing up and teaching
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One time, "can you imagine anybody standing up and teaching on the ten commandments?"
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Anybody standing up and teaching on the ten commandments?" i thought well, "yeah..."
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On the ten commandments?" i thought well, "yeah..." >> [audience laughing]
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I thought well, "yeah..." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "i kind of like to do
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "i kind of like to do that myself."
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>> joyce: "i kind of like to do that myself." it's like, they're not gone.
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That myself." it's like, they're not gone. there's a new liberty.
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It's like, they're not gone. there's a new liberty. you know like, i don't
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There's a new liberty. you know like, i don't necessarily think that you have
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You know like, i don't necessarily think that you have to take every sunday and sit
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Necessarily think that you have to take every sunday and sit home all day and do nothing.
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To take every sunday and sit home all day and do nothing. but i do think if you don't have
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Home all day and do nothing. but i do think if you don't have a sabbath rest, on an average
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But i do think if you don't have a sabbath rest, on an average of once-a-week, you're
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A sabbath rest, on an average of once-a-week, you're gonna fall apart.
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And i think that we need to have
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And i think that we need to have time set apart for god.
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And i think that we need to have time set apart for god. i don't just do it one day
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Time set apart for god. i don't just do it one day a week, i do it everyday.
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I don't just do it one day a week, i do it everyday. i can't make it through one
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A week, i do it everyday. i can't make it through one day without jesus.
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I can't make it through one day without jesus. >> [audience applauding]
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Day without jesus. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen?
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen? so, grace doesn't give us an
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>> joyce: amen? so, grace doesn't give us an excuse not to have a high moral
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So, grace doesn't give us an excuse not to have a high moral standard in our life.
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Excuse not to have a high moral standard in our life. grace actually requires us to do
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Standard in our life. grace actually requires us to do more than what the law did.
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Grace actually requires us to do more than what the law did. and i'll give you a couple
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More than what the law did. and i'll give you a couple of examples.
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Jesus said--in the commandments
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Jesus said--in the commandments it says, "thou shalt not commit
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Jesus said--in the commandments it says, "thou shalt not commit adultery," but he said, "i say
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It says, "thou shalt not commit adultery," but he said, "i say unto you that if you look
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Adultery," but he said, "i say unto you that if you look at a woman--if you even so much
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Unto you that if you look at a woman--if you even so much as look at a woman to lust after
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At a woman--if you even so much as look at a woman to lust after her, you've already committed
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As look at a woman to lust after her, you've already committed adultery with her in your
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Her, you've already committed adultery with her in your heart."
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So, he didn't make
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So, he didn't make it easier on us.
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So, he didn't make it easier on us. he made it harder on us,
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It easier on us. he made it harder on us, but he said, "i'll give you
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He made it harder on us, but he said, "i'll give you the grace to be able to do it.
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But he said, "i'll give you the grace to be able to do it. i will give you the power to be
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The grace to be able to do it. i will give you the power to be able to do it."
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I will give you the power to be able to do it." see, they were trying to be good
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Able to do it." see, they were trying to be good under the law, but it was all up
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See, they were trying to be good under the law, but it was all up to them.
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Under the law, but it was all up to them. so, if they were good,
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To them. so, if they were good, they felt good about themselves.
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So, if they were good, they felt good about themselves. and if they weren't good,
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They felt good about themselves. and if they weren't good, then they felt guilty.
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And if they weren't good, then they felt guilty. they were always making
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Then they felt guilty. they were always making sacrifices.
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But, the law says, "an eye for
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But, the law says, "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,"
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But, the law says, "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth," but jesus said, "i say unto you
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An eye and a tooth for a tooth," but jesus said, "i say unto you forgive your enemies.
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But jesus said, "i say unto you forgive your enemies. bless those who curse you,
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Forgive your enemies. bless those who curse you, misuse you, and abuse you.
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Bless those who curse you, misuse you, and abuse you. help them if they have a need."
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Misuse you, and abuse you. help them if they have a need." you know, a lot of people
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Believe that tithing is under
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Believe that tithing is under the law and so you no longer
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Believe that tithing is under the law and so you no longer have to tithe.
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The law and so you no longer have to tithe. well, i'll be honest with you
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Have to tithe. well, i'll be honest with you and tell you, i don't think you
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Well, i'll be honest with you and tell you, i don't think you have to either.
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And tell you, i don't think you have to either. but, i frankly don't know why
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Have to either. but, i frankly don't know why you wouldn't want to,
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But, i frankly don't know why you wouldn't want to, and--because there's a great
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You wouldn't want to, and--because there's a great promise that comes with it.
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Now, in malachi, it says,
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Now, in malachi, it says, "if you don't bring all
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Now, in malachi, it says, "if you don't bring all the tithes into the storehouse,
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"if you don't bring all the tithes into the storehouse, you'll be cursed."
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The tithes into the storehouse, you'll be cursed." i don't believe god curses
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You'll be cursed." i don't believe god curses people, because jesus
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I don't believe god curses people, because jesus bore the curse.
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People, because jesus bore the curse. but, i think a lot of times
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Bore the curse. but, i think a lot of times if we don't follow these
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But, i think a lot of times if we don't follow these principles we forfeit blessings
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If we don't follow these principles we forfeit blessings in our own life.
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Principles we forfeit blessings in our own life. and i figure if they could give
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In our own life. and i figure if they could give 10% under the law, what should
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And i figure if they could give 10% under the law, what should we be doing by grace?
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10% under the law, what should we be doing by grace? >> [audience applauding]
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We be doing by grace? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on, you may not
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on, you may not like that.
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>> joyce: come on, you may not like that. you haven't even gotten even
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Like that. you haven't even gotten even close to the 10% yet.
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You haven't even gotten even close to the 10% yet. see, in the bible, you know what
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Close to the 10% yet. see, in the bible, you know what word they use in the new
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See, in the bible, you know what word they use in the new testament?
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You don't see the word
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You don't see the word "tithe" much.
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You don't see the word "tithe" much. it talks about how melchizedek
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"tithe" much. it talks about how melchizedek brought tithes.
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It talks about how melchizedek brought tithes. and, i still believe it's valid
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Brought tithes. and, i still believe it's valid today.
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And, i still believe it's valid today. i mean, abraham was tithing long
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Today. i mean, abraham was tithing long before the law was ever given
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I mean, abraham was tithing long before the law was ever given so, you know.
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I don't agree that it's still
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I don't agree that it's still not something that we should do,
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I don't agree that it's still not something that we should do, but i don't think it's gonna
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Not something that we should do, but i don't think it's gonna keep you out of heaven if you
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But i don't think it's gonna keep you out of heaven if you don't.
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Keep you out of heaven if you don't. i don't think god's gonna get
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Don't. i don't think god's gonna get mad at you if you don't.
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I don't think god's gonna get mad at you if you don't. i don't think that you forfeit
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Mad at you if you don't. i don't think that you forfeit all your blessings, but you do
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I don't think that you forfeit all your blessings, but you do reap what you sow.
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All your blessings, but you do reap what you sow. and so, here's the word that
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Reap what you sow. and so, here's the word that the new testament uses,
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And so, here's the word that the new testament uses, "be generous."
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The new testament uses, "be generous." okay, you know what the word
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"be generous." okay, you know what the word "generous" means?
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Okay, you know what the word "generous" means? to go beyond what's required.
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"generous" means? to go beyond what's required. come on, now.
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You see, the requirement
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You see, the requirement in the old testament
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You see, the requirement in the old testament was 10%, but now paul says,
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In the old testament was 10%, but now paul says, "be generous."
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Was 10%, but now paul says, "be generous." and, you know why
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"be generous." and, you know why he used that term?
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And, you know why he used that term? because, he was talking
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He used that term? because, he was talking to gentiles who didn't
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Because, he was talking to gentiles who didn't understand the word "tithing."
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To gentiles who didn't understand the word "tithing." and so, he said, "be generous."
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Understand the word "tithing." and so, he said, "be generous." give and give beyond what you're
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Even able to give.
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Even able to give. help people.
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Even able to give. help people. share everything that
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Help people. share everything that you have with people.
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Share everything that you have with people. he didn't ever talk about 10%,
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You have with people. he didn't ever talk about 10%, it sounds to me like everything
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He didn't ever talk about 10%, it sounds to me like everything had to be available to god.
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It sounds to me like everything had to be available to god. i mean, people in the book of
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Had to be available to god. i mean, people in the book of acts, they sold their properties
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I mean, people in the book of acts, they sold their properties and they brought everything,
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Acts, they sold their properties and they brought everything, and they all had in common
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And they brought everything, and they all had in common and they all shared alike.
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And they all had in common and they all shared alike. so, i mean, if you're wanting to
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And they all shared alike. so, i mean, if you're wanting to keep your money, you'd be better
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So, i mean, if you're wanting to keep your money, you'd be better off to live under the law than
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Keep your money, you'd be better off to live under the law than to get messed up with jesus,
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Off to live under the law than to get messed up with jesus, because when you get hooked
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To get messed up with jesus, because when you get hooked up with him--
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Because when you get hooked up with him-- let me tell you something.
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Up with him-- let me tell you something. there is no, "he money," and,
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Let me tell you something. there is no, "he money," and, "she money" and you know, hidden
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There is no, "he money," and, "she money" and you know, hidden money in your wallet.
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"she money" and you know, hidden money in your wallet. god knows where it's all at.
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Money in your wallet. god knows where it's all at. >> [audience laughing]
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God knows where it's all at. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and sometimes, he'll
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and sometimes, he'll ask you to get it out and give
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>> joyce: and sometimes, he'll ask you to get it out and give it, maybe to somebody you don't
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Ask you to get it out and give it, maybe to somebody you don't even like.
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It, maybe to somebody you don't even like. >> [audience laughing]
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Even like. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: actually the bible
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: actually the bible teaches us that if we are
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>> joyce: actually the bible teaches us that if we are legalistic and make everything
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Teaches us that if we are legalistic and make everything in to a law that it's a sign
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Legalistic and make everything in to a law that it's a sign of spiritual immaturity.
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In to a law that it's a sign of spiritual immaturity. that spiritually mature people
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Of spiritual immaturity. that spiritually mature people know how to be lead and guided
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That spiritually mature people know how to be lead and guided by the holy spirit, because god
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Know how to be lead and guided by the holy spirit, because god has written the law in our
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By the holy spirit, because god has written the law in our hearts.
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Has written the law in our hearts. the ten commandments are written
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Hearts. the ten commandments are written in our hearts, now.
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The ten commandments are written in our hearts, now. are you following me?
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In our hearts, now. are you following me? are you okay?
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Are you following me? are you okay? >> [audience applauding]
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Are you okay? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: let me ask a question.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: let me ask a question. how many of you are pretty good
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>> joyce: let me ask a question. how many of you are pretty good at turning things into laws?
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How many of you are pretty good at turning things into laws? how many of you don't have
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At turning things into laws? how many of you don't have a clue what i'm talking about?
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How many of you don't have a clue what i'm talking about? >> [audience laughing]
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A clue what i'm talking about? >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: all right, i'll give
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: all right, i'll give you an example.
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>> joyce: all right, i'll give you an example. cleaning my house.
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You an example. cleaning my house. i cleaned my house every day.
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Cleaning my house. i cleaned my house every day. we vacuumed every day.
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I cleaned my house every day. we vacuumed every day. we dusted every day.
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We vacuumed every day. we dusted every day. we polished every mirror
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We dusted every day. we polished every mirror in the house every day.
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We polished every mirror in the house every day. because see, really, i didn't
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In the house every day. because see, really, i didn't feel good about myself so i felt
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Because see, really, i didn't feel good about myself so i felt better if my surroundings
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Feel good about myself so i felt better if my surroundings were all tidy.
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Better if my surroundings were all tidy. come on.
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Were all tidy. come on. is anybody hearing anything
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Come on. is anybody hearing anything i'm saying?
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Is anybody hearing anything i'm saying? >> [audience applauding]
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I'm saying? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, you can turn bible
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, you can turn bible reading into a law.
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>> joyce: so, you can turn bible reading into a law. one time i got on this thing,
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Reading into a law. one time i got on this thing, reading the bible through
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One time i got on this thing, reading the bible through in a year.
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Reading the bible through in a year. everybody at church was reading
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In a year. everybody at church was reading the bible through in a year.
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Everybody at church was reading the bible through in a year. and so, you had to read two
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The bible through in a year. and so, you had to read two chapters in the old testament,
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And so, you had to read two chapters in the old testament, two in the new, one in proverbs,
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Chapters in the old testament, two in the new, one in proverbs, one in psalms everyday.
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Two in the new, one in proverbs, one in psalms everyday. six chapters a day and you'd get
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One in psalms everyday. six chapters a day and you'd get through the bible in a year.
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Six chapters a day and you'd get through the bible in a year. and, we all had a calendar.
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Through the bible in a year. and, we all had a calendar. and i put my calendar on the
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And, we all had a calendar. and i put my calendar on the refrigerator in the kitchen so
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And i put my calendar on the refrigerator in the kitchen so people would see that i was...
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Refrigerator in the kitchen so people would see that i was... >> [audience laughing]
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People would see that i was... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, when you read
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, when you read your six chapters, you got
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>> joyce: well, when you read your six chapters, you got a check mark.
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Your six chapters, you got a check mark. your flesh loves check marks.
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A check mark. your flesh loves check marks. >> [audience laughing]
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Your flesh loves check marks. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, if you're
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, if you're a legalist and you love lists--
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>> joyce: i mean, if you're a legalist and you love lists-- how many of you love lists?
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A legalist and you love lists-- how many of you love lists? okay.
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How many of you love lists? okay. well now, there's nothing
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Okay. well now, there's nothing at all wrong with a list.
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Well now, there's nothing at all wrong with a list. but, here's what can be wrong
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At all wrong with a list. but, here's what can be wrong with the list, if you don't get
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But, here's what can be wrong with the list, if you don't get everything on your list checked
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With the list, if you don't get everything on your list checked off and now you feel condemned,
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Everything on your list checked off and now you feel condemned, or guilty, or bad about yourself
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Off and now you feel condemned, or guilty, or bad about yourself because of that, now it's no
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Or guilty, or bad about yourself because of that, now it's no longer a list to just keep
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Because of that, now it's no longer a list to just keep you disciplined.
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Longer a list to just keep you disciplined. it's your rule of laws that
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You disciplined. it's your rule of laws that you have to follow every day.
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It's your rule of laws that you have to follow every day. one of my daughters, who's had
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You have to follow every day. one of my daughters, who's had a real turnaround in her life
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One of my daughters, who's had a real turnaround in her life because of finally understanding
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A real turnaround in her life because of finally understanding grace, was always very
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Because of finally understanding grace, was always very legalistic.
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Grace, was always very legalistic. and, i can remember, she would
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Legalistic. and, i can remember, she would write down on her list the
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And, i can remember, she would write down on her list the number of pieces of ironing--
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Write down on her list the number of pieces of ironing-- that was back when we actually
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Number of pieces of ironing-- that was back when we actually had to iron our clothes,
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That was back when we actually had to iron our clothes, that she wanted to get
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Had to iron our clothes, that she wanted to get done every day, on ironing day.
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That she wanted to get done every day, on ironing day. and, if she didn't get 'em done,
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Done every day, on ironing day. and, if she didn't get 'em done, which she never did because
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And, if she didn't get 'em done, which she never did because she set unrealistic goals
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Which she never did because she set unrealistic goals for herself.
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She set unrealistic goals for herself. how many of you know sometimes
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For herself. how many of you know sometimes we set ourselves up for a fall?
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How many of you know sometimes we set ourselves up for a fall? and so, then if she didn't get
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We set ourselves up for a fall? and so, then if she didn't get 'em all done, then she'd feel
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And so, then if she didn't get 'em all done, then she'd feel bad about herself and feel
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'em all done, then she'd feel bad about herself and feel guilty about herself all
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Bad about herself and feel guilty about herself all the time.
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Guilty about herself all the time. so, i think a good thing to do
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The time. so, i think a good thing to do is stop counting everything.
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So, i think a good thing to do is stop counting everything. stop counting how long you pray
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Is stop counting everything. stop counting how long you pray and how many chapters you read.
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Stop counting how long you pray and how many chapters you read. you know, just be led by the
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And how many chapters you read. you know, just be led by the spirit and learn something, and
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You know, just be led by the spirit and learn something, and stop doing everything by some
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Spirit and learn something, and stop doing everything by some kinda "numerology," so you
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Stop doing everything by some kinda "numerology," so you can feel good about yourself.
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Kinda "numerology," so you can feel good about yourself. i got into--i got--i was fine
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Can feel good about yourself. i got into--i got--i was fine as long as i had check marks on
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I got into--i got--i was fine as long as i had check marks on that calendar.
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As long as i had check marks on that calendar. but when i started getting these
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That calendar. but when i started getting these big gaping holes because
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But when i started getting these big gaping holes because i was doing six chapters a day,
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Big gaping holes because i was doing six chapters a day, then i would go in the room
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I was doing six chapters a day, then i would go in the room where that calendar was,
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Then i would go in the room where that calendar was, and i couldn't wait to get
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Where that calendar was, and i couldn't wait to get away from the thing.
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And i couldn't wait to get away from the thing. >> [audience laughing]
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>> [cabinet closing]
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>> [cabinet closing] >> [refrigerator door
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>> [refrigerator door opening and closing]
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Opening and closing] >> announcer: as your day
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>> announcer: as your day begins, your thoughts
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Begins, your thoughts throughout the day matter.
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Throughout the day matter. >> [cereal pouring]
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>> [cereal pouring] >> announcer: and if
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>> announcer: and if they are negative,
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They are negative, it could be very--um...
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It could be very--um... >> [milk plopping]
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>> [milk plopping] >> announcer: shall we say,
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>> announcer: shall we say, risky?
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Risky? but this is exactly what our
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But this is exactly what our thought life can look like
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Thought life can look like when it's full of negativity;
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When it's full of negativity; the nice heaping bowl of trash.
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>> joyce: you know, it's very
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>> joyce: you know, it's very important to have a healthy
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Important to have a healthy spirit, soul, and body.
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Spirit, soul, and body. believe me,
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Believe me, i know from experience.
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I know from experience. early on, my thoughts
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Early on, my thoughts did not line up with
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Did not line up with god's word, and i started
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God's word, and i started to believe the wrong things.
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To believe the wrong things. it took me a while to learn
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It took me a while to learn about these negative
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About these negative thoughts, and how harmful
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Thoughts, and how harmful they were to me.
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They were to me. god showed me that there are
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God showed me that there are thoughts to reject, and healthy
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Thoughts to reject, and healthy thoughts to embrace.
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And that's exactly what
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And that's exactly what i will show you in my book,
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I will show you in my book, “power thoughts
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“power thoughts for your health.”
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For your health.” although we don't always have
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Although we don't always have the power to change every
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The power to change every unpleasant circumstance
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Unpleasant circumstance in our lives, we do have
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In our lives, we do have the power to change our
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The power to change our outlook through god's word.
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Outlook through god's word. >> announcer: joyce's book
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>> joyce: let me tell you something.
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You something. when you're in the lowest pit,
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When you're in the lowest pit, god can have
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I will never give up on you.” don't you dare give up.
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>> joyce: boy, you know,
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>> joyce: boy, you know, in today's world,
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In today's world, there are many stressors,
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There are many stressors, so many things to deal
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So many things to deal with on a daily basis.
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With on a daily basis. how do we navigate
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How do we navigate all of life's pressures?
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All of life's pressures? well, god's word has
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Well, god's word has much to say about it.
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Much to say about it. so, i thought we could
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So, i thought we could all get together with
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All get together with some of my friends
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Some of my friends and talk about it.
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>> announcer: join us
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>> announcer: join us for the enjoying
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For the enjoying everyday life
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Everyday life conference.
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Conference. a weekend
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A weekend of practical messages
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Of practical messages and heartfelt worship
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And heartfelt worship with joyce
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With joyce and her guests,
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And her guests, dr. henry cloud,
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Dr. henry cloud, nona jones,
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Nona jones, and worship with
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And worship with naomi raine,
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In hershey, pennsylvania. >> joyce: you know,
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>> joyce: you know, i have such a passion
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I have such a passion for teaching god's word,
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For teaching god's word, and it's even better when
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And it's even better when we all get together
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We all get together under one roof.
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Laugh through those unpredictable moments,
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>> announcer: we hope you
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>> announcer: we hope you enjoyed today's program.
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Joyce Meyer - Galatians (Part 1)

February 18, 2026 | 27:29

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