Joyce Meyer - Healing the Soul of a Woman (Part 1)

March 24, 2026 | 27:29

We don’t have to stay wounded. Learn one step you can take toward healing today as Joyce shares insights from her book Healing the Soul of a Woman.

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - Healing the Soul of a Woman (Part 1) | March 24, 2026

>> ginger: do you ever deal
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>> ginger: do you ever deal with stress or anxiety?
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With stress or anxiety? who doesn't?
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Who doesn't? well, joyce's teaching
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Well, joyce's teaching is coming up.
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Is coming up. but first,
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But first, i'd like to personally
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I'd like to personally invite you to an event that
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Invite you to an event that could positively affect
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Could positively affect the rest of your life.
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The rest of your life. joyce's enjoying everyday
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Joyce's enjoying everyday life conference is happening
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Life conference is happening in hershey, pennsylvania.
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In hershey, pennsylvania. here are a few
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Here are a few reasons why you
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Should join us.
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Should join us. naomi raine will
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Naomi raine will help us enter
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Help us enter god's presence
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God's presence through worship.
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Through worship. psychologist
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Psychologist and author,
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And author, dr. henry cloud,
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Dr. henry cloud, will give us
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Will give us insight on our
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Insight on our mind, emotions,
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Mind, emotions, and facing
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And facing the challenges
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The challenges of life.
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Of life. nona jones will
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Nona jones will help us to overcome
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Help us to overcome challenges
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Challenges like trauma.
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And joyce will
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And joyce will be there with
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Be there with practical ways
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Practical ways to understand
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To understand god's word to deal with
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God's word to deal with the daily stressors of life.
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It will be a weekend
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It will be a weekend of healing, restoration,
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Of healing, restoration, and rejuvenation.
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And rejuvenation. so go to:
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So go to: joycemeyer.org,
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Joycemeyer.org, to register.
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To register. it's april 10-11
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It's april 10-11 in hershey, pennsylvania.
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>> joyce: you don't have
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>> joyce: you don't have to live in self-pity, you don't
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>> joyce: you don't have to live in self-pity, you don't have to live hating yourself
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To live in self-pity, you don't have to live hating yourself and despising yourself.
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Have to live hating yourself and despising yourself. you don't have to live
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And despising yourself. you don't have to live in regret, and you don't have
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You don't have to live in regret, and you don't have to live in dread, and you don't
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In regret, and you don't have to live in dread, and you don't have to live in fear.
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To live in dread, and you don't have to live in fear. god is living in you,
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Have to live in fear. god is living in you, and you can live the life that
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God is living in you, and you can live the life that jesus died to give you.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer. i've seen god's power
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer. i've seen god's power transform my own life,
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I've seen god's power transform my own life, and he will do it for you.
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>> joyce: tonight,
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>> joyce: tonight, i'm gonna talk about
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>> joyce: tonight, i'm gonna talk about the "healing of a woman's soul."
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I'm gonna talk about the "healing of a woman's soul." and you know, obviously men can
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The "healing of a woman's soul." and you know, obviously men can be wounded too, but this is
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And you know, obviously men can be wounded too, but this is a women's meeting.
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Be wounded too, but this is a women's meeting. and so, i'm sorry guys,
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A women's meeting. and so, i'm sorry guys, but you'll just have to listen
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And so, i'm sorry guys, but you'll just have to listen to how to heal a woman's soul.
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And it probably will help you
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And it probably will help you go home and help your wives
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And it probably will help you go home and help your wives have better lives.
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Go home and help your wives have better lives. how many of you want
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Have better lives. how many of you want your husbands to help
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How many of you want your husbands to help you have a better life, amen?
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Your husbands to help you have a better life, amen? alright.
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You have a better life, amen? alright. i've had a lot of practice.
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Alright. i've had a lot of practice. it's amazing how many people
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I've had a lot of practice. it's amazing how many people that even are christians and go
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It's amazing how many people that even are christians and go to church, i was one of them for
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That even are christians and go to church, i was one of them for a long time, who has no idea
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To church, i was one of them for a long time, who has no idea that god is interested in
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A long time, who has no idea that god is interested in anything other than just saving
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That god is interested in anything other than just saving them and getting them to heaven.
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Anything other than just saving them and getting them to heaven. and so, i lived as a broken
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Them and getting them to heaven. and so, i lived as a broken christian for a long, long,
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And so, i lived as a broken christian for a long, long, long, long time.
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Christian for a long, long, long, long time. and i think it's bad to be a
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Long, long time. and i think it's bad to be a pitiful sinner, but it's really
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And i think it's bad to be a pitiful sinner, but it's really bad to be a pitiful saint.
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Because we are god's
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Because we are god's advertisement to the world.
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Because we are god's advertisement to the world. we're his ambassadors, and he's
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Advertisement to the world. we're his ambassadors, and he's making an appeal to the world
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We're his ambassadors, and he's making an appeal to the world through us.
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Making an appeal to the world through us. and so, it's important for your
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Through us. and so, it's important for your sake and also for his that if
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And so, it's important for your sake and also for his that if you've never done it before,
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Sake and also for his that if you've never done it before, that you make a decision tonight
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You've never done it before, that you make a decision tonight that you're going to go all
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That you make a decision tonight that you're going to go all the way through with god, and
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That you're going to go all the way through with god, and you're going to be everything
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The way through with god, and you're going to be everything that you can be in him.
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You're going to be everything that you can be in him. and that you're not gonna
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That you can be in him. and that you're not gonna live full of pain, and secrets,
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And that you're not gonna live full of pain, and secrets, and regrets from the past.
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But you're gonna go all the
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But you're gonna go all the way through, and you are gonna
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But you're gonna go all the way through, and you are gonna be whole, and you are gonna
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Way through, and you are gonna be whole, and you are gonna be happy, and you are gonna
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Be whole, and you are gonna be happy, and you are gonna be strong, and you are
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Be happy, and you are gonna be strong, and you are gonna be confident, and you
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Be strong, and you are gonna be confident, and you are gonna hold your head up
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Gonna be confident, and you are gonna hold your head up high, and you're gonna make
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Are gonna hold your head up high, and you're gonna make the devil mad every single day
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High, and you're gonna make the devil mad every single day that you're on this planet.
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The devil mad every single day that you're on this planet. amen?
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That you're on this planet. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: psalm 147:3,
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>> joyce: psalm 147:3, "he heals the brokenhearted
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>> joyce: psalm 147:3, "he heals the brokenhearted and he binds up their wounds
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"he heals the brokenhearted and he binds up their wounds [curing their pain
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And he binds up their wounds [curing their pain and their sorrow]."
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[curing their pain and their sorrow]." isn't that beautiful?
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And their sorrow]." isn't that beautiful? "he heals the brokenhearted,
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Isn't that beautiful? "he heals the brokenhearted, he binds up their wounds
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"he heals the brokenhearted, he binds up their wounds [curing their pain
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He binds up their wounds [curing their pain and their sorrow]."
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[curing their pain and their sorrow]." now, your soul is often referred
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To as your heart or your spirit,
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To as your heart or your spirit, or even at times your mind.
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To as your heart or your spirit, or even at times your mind. and it's really kind of some
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Or even at times your mind. and it's really kind of some of all of that, but your soul
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And it's really kind of some of all of that, but your soul is not your spirit,
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Of all of that, but your soul is not your spirit, but it is the inner
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Is not your spirit, but it is the inner part of you.
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But it is the inner part of you. when you're born again, christ
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Part of you. when you're born again, christ comes to live in your spirit.
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When you're born again, christ comes to live in your spirit. and everything is just made good
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Comes to live in your spirit. and everything is just made good in there because he has to clean
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And everything is just made good in there because he has to clean it up and make it holy,
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In there because he has to clean it up and make it holy, or he couldn't live there.
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It up and make it holy, or he couldn't live there. so, we're all taken care
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Or he couldn't live there. so, we're all taken care of spiritually.
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So, we're all taken care of spiritually. that's why we can say and not be
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Of spiritually. that's why we can say and not be lying that we have things or we
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That's why we can say and not be lying that we have things or we are things before we actually
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Lying that we have things or we are things before we actually see them in reality.
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Are things before we actually see them in reality. like i can say, "i am the
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See them in reality. like i can say, "i am the righteousness of god in christ,"
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Like i can say, "i am the righteousness of god in christ," before i'm actually doing
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Righteousness of god in christ," before i'm actually doing everything right.
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Before i'm actually doing everything right. because i do have it, i'm just
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Everything right. because i do have it, i'm just not showing it all yet, amen?
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Because i do have it, i'm just not showing it all yet, amen? and boy, if you can ever get
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Not showing it all yet, amen? and boy, if you can ever get a hold of that.
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And boy, if you can ever get a hold of that. it's like the devil is a thief,
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A hold of that. it's like the devil is a thief, and he's right there
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It's like the devil is a thief, and he's right there ready to steal every
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And he's right there ready to steal every beautiful thing that god gives
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Ready to steal every beautiful thing that god gives us if we don't stand our ground
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Beautiful thing that god gives us if we don't stand our ground and hang on to it.
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Us if we don't stand our ground and hang on to it. so, some of the things i'm gonna
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And hang on to it. so, some of the things i'm gonna say tonight you may have
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So, some of the things i'm gonna say tonight you may have heard me say before,
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Say tonight you may have heard me say before, but before this night's over,
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Heard me say before, but before this night's over, by the grace
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But before this night's over, by the grace and the mercy of god,
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By the grace and the mercy of god, and it will take that,
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And the mercy of god, and it will take that, i'm gonna give you ten points
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And it will take that, i'm gonna give you ten points on how to have your soul
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I'm gonna give you ten points on how to have your soul completely healed.
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And if you follow these points,
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And if you follow these points, it may take some years, it may
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And if you follow these points, it may take some years, it may take some time, it may take some
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It may take some years, it may take some time, it may take some crying, it may take some going
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Take some time, it may take some crying, it may take some going through stuff, but you will come
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Crying, it may take some going through stuff, but you will come out on the other side a whole
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Through stuff, but you will come out on the other side a whole individual with no evidence that
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Out on the other side a whole individual with no evidence that you ever were that messed up
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Individual with no evidence that you ever were that messed up person that you used to be.
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You ever were that messed up person that you used to be. that'll be somebody that you
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Person that you used to be. that'll be somebody that you feel like you used to know,
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That'll be somebody that you feel like you used to know, but you're certainly not
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Feel like you used to know, but you're certainly not that anymore, amen?
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But you're certainly not that anymore, amen? i tell dave he probably
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That anymore, amen? i tell dave he probably feels like he's been married
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I tell dave he probably feels like he's been married to 20 different women
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Feels like he's been married to 20 different women in the 50 years
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To 20 different women in the 50 years we've been married because we
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In the 50 years we've been married because we just keep changing and changing
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We've been married because we just keep changing and changing and changing.
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Just keep changing and changing and changing. so, your soul is the inner part
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And changing. so, your soul is the inner part of you.
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So, your soul is the inner part of you. and it's a part that certainly
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Of you. and it's a part that certainly we can hide from people
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And it's a part that certainly we can hide from people out here.
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We can hide from people out here. sometimes, we even get
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Pretty good at hiding
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Pretty good at hiding it from ourselves.
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Pretty good at hiding it from ourselves. you know, i think one
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It from ourselves. you know, i think one of the greatest things that
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You know, i think one of the greatest things that we can do is know ourselves.
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Of the greatest things that we can do is know ourselves. i mean, really know yourself.
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We can do is know ourselves. i mean, really know yourself. and that takes a lifetime
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I mean, really know yourself. and that takes a lifetime to really know yourself
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And that takes a lifetime to really know yourself and to be honest with yourself.
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To really know yourself and to be honest with yourself. but certainly god knows us.
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And to be honest with yourself. but certainly god knows us. and so, it's very possible
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But certainly god knows us. and so, it's very possible to look all together on the
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And so, it's very possible to look all together on the outside, and yet be a complete
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To look all together on the outside, and yet be a complete total mess on the inside.
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Outside, and yet be a complete total mess on the inside. has anybody gotten good
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Total mess on the inside. has anybody gotten good at dressing it up, and taking
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Has anybody gotten good at dressing it up, and taking it to church, and putting
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At dressing it up, and taking it to church, and putting on your church face?
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It to church, and putting on your church face? but yet inside, you're thinking,
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On your church face? but yet inside, you're thinking, "i am falling apart, and why
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But yet inside, you're thinking, "i am falling apart, and why is this not working for me?"
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"i am falling apart, and why is this not working for me?" the condition of our soul is not
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Is this not working for me?" the condition of our soul is not only felt by us, but it's also
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The condition of our soul is not only felt by us, but it's also felt by all those that we are
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Only felt by us, but it's also felt by all those that we are in relationship with.
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Felt by all those that we are in relationship with. and to be honest, the biggest
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In relationship with. and to be honest, the biggest favor that you can do your
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And to be honest, the biggest favor that you can do your family is to be a healthy you.
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Favor that you can do your family is to be a healthy you. a healthy, whole you.
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Family is to be a healthy you. a healthy, whole you. where they don't have to wonder
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A healthy, whole you. where they don't have to wonder every day what version
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Where they don't have to wonder every day what version of you they're gonna get.
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Every day what version of you they're gonna get. come on.
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Of you they're gonna get. come on. you know, dave says, "i remember
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Come on. you know, dave says, "i remember i used to drive down the highway
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You know, dave says, "i remember i used to drive down the highway at night and think, 'i wonder
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I used to drive down the highway at night and think, 'i wonder what she'll be like tonight.'"
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At night and think, 'i wonder what she'll be like tonight.'" and i didn't know either until
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What she'll be like tonight.'" and i didn't know either until the devil told me.
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And i didn't know either until the devil told me. i didn't know until i got up and
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The devil told me. i didn't know until i got up and saw what my circumstances were
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I didn't know until i got up and saw what my circumstances were going to be that way.
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Saw what my circumstances were going to be that way. because if they were good and i
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Going to be that way. because if they were good and i was getting everything i wanted,
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Because if they were good and i was getting everything i wanted, then i might be happy.
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Was getting everything i wanted, then i might be happy. but i had no stability
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Then i might be happy. but i had no stability in my life.
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But i had no stability in my life. and there's nothing worse
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In my life. and there's nothing worse than being controlled by your
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And there's nothing worse than being controlled by your thoughts, and your feelings, and
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Than being controlled by your thoughts, and your feelings, and what people say or don't say,
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Thoughts, and your feelings, and what people say or don't say, or what people do or don't do,
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What people say or don't say, or what people do or don't do, or whether you get what you want
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Or what people do or don't do, or whether you get what you want or you don't get what you want.
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I want to be happy all the time,
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I want to be happy all the time, not just when my circumstances
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I want to be happy all the time, not just when my circumstances are telling me that it's okay
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Not just when my circumstances are telling me that it's okay to be happy.
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Are telling me that it's okay to be happy. >> [audience applauding]
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To be happy. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: if the soul
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: if the soul is wounded,
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>> joyce: if the soul is wounded, we often wound other people.
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Is wounded, we often wound other people. many times unintentionally,
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Many times we don't even
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Many times we don't even know that we're doing it.
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Many times we don't even know that we're doing it. but that's why we run into
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Know that we're doing it. but that's why we run into so many people in the world,
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But that's why we run into so many people in the world, and we think,
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So many people in the world, and we think, "what is your problem?"
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And we think, "what is your problem?" well, they're wounded
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"what is your problem?" well, they're wounded on the inside.
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Well, they're wounded on the inside. and to be honest, sometimes,
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On the inside. and to be honest, sometimes, instead of just wanting to get
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And to be honest, sometimes, instead of just wanting to get away from people like that,
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Instead of just wanting to get away from people like that, we might want to take a little
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Away from people like that, we might want to take a little more time to find out what's
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We might want to take a little more time to find out what's going on inside them.
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More time to find out what's going on inside them. because probably there's
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Going on inside them. because probably there's somebody that's bleeding on
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Because probably there's somebody that's bleeding on the inside and doesn't know how
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Somebody that's bleeding on the inside and doesn't know how to get the help that they need.
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The inside and doesn't know how to get the help that they need. so i think loosely, very
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To get the help that they need. so i think loosely, very loosely, we can say that our
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So i think loosely, very loosely, we can say that our soul is our personality.
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Loosely, we can say that our soul is our personality. it's the way we present
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Soul is our personality. it's the way we present ourselves.
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And so, god can heal our
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And so, god can heal our personality.
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And so, god can heal our personality. james 1:21, i love this
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Personality. james 1:21, i love this scripture, it says,
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James 1:21, i love this scripture, it says, "receive the word of god with
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Scripture, it says, "receive the word of god with meekness because it contains
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"receive the word of god with meekness because it contains the power to save your soul."
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Meekness because it contains the power to save your soul." it doesn't say to save you like
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The power to save your soul." it doesn't say to save you like so you can go to heaven.
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It doesn't say to save you like so you can go to heaven. it says the word of god
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So you can go to heaven. it says the word of god is the healing balm that we need
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It says the word of god is the healing balm that we need that will bring salvation and
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Is the healing balm that we need that will bring salvation and wholeness to this inner life,
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That will bring salvation and wholeness to this inner life, to my mind.
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Wholeness to this inner life, to my mind. i tell you what,
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To my mind. i tell you what, my mind has been saved.
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I tell you what, my mind has been saved. not just my spirit,
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My mind has been saved. not just my spirit, my mind has been saved.
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Not just my spirit, my mind has been saved. when the bible says to put
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My mind has been saved. when the bible says to put on the helmet of salvation
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When the bible says to put on the helmet of salvation in ephesians 6 as part of our
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On the helmet of salvation in ephesians 6 as part of our warfare with the enemy,
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In ephesians 6 as part of our warfare with the enemy, you know what that means?
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Warfare with the enemy, you know what that means? learn how to think like
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You know what that means? learn how to think like a person that's saved.
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Learn how to think like a person that's saved. don't keep thinking like
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A person that's saved. don't keep thinking like somebody who's not saved.
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Think like a person
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Think like a person that's saved.
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Think like a person that's saved. and then you don't have to
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That's saved. and then you don't have to believe every lie of the enemy.
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And then you don't have to believe every lie of the enemy. my feelings have been saved
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Believe every lie of the enemy. my feelings have been saved and are in the process
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My feelings have been saved and are in the process of being saved.
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And are in the process of being saved. but i'll tell you what,
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Of being saved. but i'll tell you what, i sure don't live by my feelings
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But i'll tell you what, i sure don't live by my feelings anymore, nothing like what
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I sure don't live by my feelings anymore, nothing like what i used to a long time ago.
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And even my will has been saved,
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And even my will has been saved, not just my spirit, but my mind,
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And even my will has been saved, not just my spirit, but my mind, my will, my emotions.
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Not just my spirit, but my mind, my will, my emotions. and i no longer have to do just
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My will, my emotions. and i no longer have to do just what i wanna do because
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And i no longer have to do just what i wanna do because i wanna do it.
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What i wanna do because i wanna do it. and i don't have to get angry
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I wanna do it. and i don't have to get angry anymore if i don't get what
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And i don't have to get angry anymore if i don't get what i want.
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But i can actually now want
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But i can actually now want what god wants more than i want
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But i can actually now want what god wants more than i want what i want in my life.
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What god wants more than i want what i want in my life. that is wholeness
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What i want in my life. that is wholeness and real salvation.
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That is wholeness and real salvation. now, in saying that,
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And real salvation. now, in saying that, let me say this.
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Now, in saying that, let me say this. it's been a long time coming.
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Let me say this. it's been a long time coming. forty years i've been
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It's been a long time coming. forty years i've been a pretty serious student
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Forty years i've been a pretty serious student of the word of god.
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A pretty serious student of the word of god. and i would say probably
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Of the word of god. and i would say probably 25 years ago, i started getting
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And i would say probably 25 years ago, i started getting some pretty major breakthrough.
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25 years ago, i started getting some pretty major breakthrough. but it took time.
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Some pretty major breakthrough. but it took time. i'm gonna tell you something,
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But it took time. i'm gonna tell you something, and i'm gonna be honest
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I'm gonna tell you something, and i'm gonna be honest with you.
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And i'm gonna be honest with you. what i say tonight is gonna
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With you. what i say tonight is gonna help you, i believe
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What i say tonight is gonna help you, i believe by the grace of god that
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Help you, i believe by the grace of god that it is going to help you.
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By the grace of god that it is going to help you. i pray that the words will be
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It is going to help you. i pray that the words will be so anointed that they absolutely
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I pray that the words will be so anointed that they absolutely have to help you.
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So anointed that they absolutely have to help you. but just what i say tonight
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Have to help you. but just what i say tonight is not gonna be the secret
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But just what i say tonight is not gonna be the secret key that's going to fix
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Is not gonna be the secret key that's going to fix everything in your life because
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Key that's going to fix everything in your life because here's the thing.
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Everything in your life because here's the thing. if you don't go home
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Here's the thing. if you don't go home and do what you hear--
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If you don't go home and do what you hear-- >> [audience cheering]
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And do what you hear-- >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: you know, jesus
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>> [audience cheering] >> joyce: you know, jesus washed the disciples' feet.
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>> joyce: you know, jesus washed the disciples' feet. and he said, "i've done this
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Washed the disciples' feet. and he said, "i've done this as an example to you."
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And then in john 13:17, he said,
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And then in john 13:17, he said, "blessed shall you be knowing
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And then in john 13:17, he said, "blessed shall you be knowing these things if you do them."
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"blessed shall you be knowing these things if you do them." if you do them.
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These things if you do them." if you do them. and you know, we say,
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If you do them. and you know, we say, "well, it's just so hard."
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Well, that's one of the first
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Well, that's one of the first things we need to stop saying.
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Well, that's one of the first things we need to stop saying. don't ever say that again,
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Things we need to stop saying. don't ever say that again, "it's just too hard."
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Don't ever say that again, "it's just too hard." because it may be hard,
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"it's just too hard." because it may be hard, but god is not gonna give
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Because it may be hard, but god is not gonna give us anything to do that is too
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But god is not gonna give us anything to do that is too hard for us to do.
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Us anything to do that is too hard for us to do. he is the god of the impossible.
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Hard for us to do. he is the god of the impossible. and what god shows us to do,
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He is the god of the impossible. and what god shows us to do, he gives us the grace and the
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And what god shows us to do, he gives us the grace and the anointing and the power to do.
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He gives us the grace and the anointing and the power to do. everybody say, "i can do it."
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Anointing and the power to do. everybody say, "i can do it." >> audience: i can do it.
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Everybody say, "i can do it." >> audience: i can do it. >> joyce: when the bible
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>> audience: i can do it. >> joyce: when the bible speaks about being saved,
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>> joyce: when the bible speaks about being saved, it's talking about
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Speaks about being saved, it's talking about being made whole.
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It's talking about being made whole. we're gonna skip some
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Being made whole. we're gonna skip some stuff already.
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We're gonna skip some stuff already. >> [audience laughing]
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Stuff already. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you see my pit here,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you see my pit here, don't you?
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>> joyce: you see my pit here, don't you? how many of you know
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Don't you? how many of you know about being in the pit?
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How many of you know about being in the pit? some of you probably still
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About being in the pit? some of you probably still have one somewhere.
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Some of you probably still have one somewhere. keep it around just case you
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Have one somewhere. keep it around just case you need to go in and visit
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Keep it around just case you need to go in and visit for a day or so.
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Need to go in and visit for a day or so. >> [audience laughing]
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For a day or so. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: our pit is where
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: our pit is where we go and feel sorry
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>> joyce: our pit is where we go and feel sorry for our self, and when we go
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We go and feel sorry for our self, and when we go and remember all the bad things
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For our self, and when we go and remember all the bad things that everybody's ever
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And remember all the bad things that everybody's ever done to us.
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That everybody's ever done to us. and anyway, we'll visit the pit
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Done to us. and anyway, we'll visit the pit in a little bit.
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And anyway, we'll visit the pit in a little bit. i don't want to get too far
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In a little bit. i don't want to get too far ahead of myself.
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I don't want to get too far ahead of myself. the pit ultimately refers to
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Ahead of myself. the pit ultimately refers to hell, but we can experience some
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The pit ultimately refers to hell, but we can experience some of hell right here on earth
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Hell, but we can experience some of hell right here on earth unless we choose healing.
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Psalm 40:2 and 3, wonderful
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Psalm 40:2 and 3, wonderful promise from god.
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Psalm 40:2 and 3, wonderful promise from god. "he drew me up out of a horrible
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Promise from god. "he drew me up out of a horrible pit [a pit of tumult and
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"he drew me up out of a horrible pit [a pit of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry
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Pit [a pit of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay (froth and slime),
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Of destruction], out of the miry clay (froth and slime), and he set my feet upon a rock,
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Clay (froth and slime), and he set my feet upon a rock, steadying my steps
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And he set my feet upon a rock, steadying my steps and established my goings.
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Steadying my steps and established my goings. and he has put a new song
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And established my goings. and he has put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise
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And he has put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our god.
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In my mouth, a song of praise to our god. many shall see and fear
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To our god. many shall see and fear (revere and worship) and put
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Many shall see and fear (revere and worship) and put their trust and confident
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(revere and worship) and put their trust and confident reliance in the lord."
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Their trust and confident reliance in the lord." do you see what's that saying?
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Reliance in the lord." do you see what's that saying? he said, "look, i was in a pit.
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He lifted me out of that pit.
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He lifted me out of that pit. he set my feet on a rock.
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He lifted me out of that pit. he set my feet on a rock. people saw it, and then they
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He set my feet on a rock. people saw it, and then they wanted to serve the lord."
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People saw it, and then they wanted to serve the lord." come on, people saw it, and then
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Wanted to serve the lord." come on, people saw it, and then they wanted to serve the lord.
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Come on, people saw it, and then they wanted to serve the lord. >> [audience applauding]
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They wanted to serve the lord. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: one of the best things
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: one of the best things you can do for yourself
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>> joyce: one of the best things you can do for yourself and for god, one of the greatest
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You can do for yourself and for god, one of the greatest ways that you can serve god,
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And for god, one of the greatest ways that you can serve god, is to let him heal your life,
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Ways that you can serve god, is to let him heal your life, and then be an example
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Is to let him heal your life, and then be an example to other people that
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And then be an example to other people that if god can do it for you,
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To other people that if god can do it for you, god can do it for them.
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If god can do it for you, god can do it for them. and if god does it for you,
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God can do it for them. and if god does it for you, god will do it for them.
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And if god does it for you, god will do it for them. i'm here to tell you tonight
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God will do it for them. i'm here to tell you tonight that you do not have
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I'm here to tell you tonight that you do not have to stay broken.
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That you do not have to stay broken. you do not have
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To stay broken. you do not have to stay miserable.
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You don't have to live
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You don't have to live in depression, you don't have
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You don't have to live in depression, you don't have to live in self-pity, you don't
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In depression, you don't have to live in self-pity, you don't have to live hating yourself
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To live in self-pity, you don't have to live hating yourself and despising yourself.
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Have to live hating yourself and despising yourself. you don't have to live
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And despising yourself. you don't have to live in regret, and you don't have
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You don't have to live in regret, and you don't have to live in dread, and you don't
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In regret, and you don't have to live in dread, and you don't have to live in fear.
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To live in dread, and you don't have to live in fear. god is living in you,
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Have to live in fear. god is living in you, and you can live the life that
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God is living in you, and you can live the life that jesus died to give you.
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And you can live the life that jesus died to give you. >> [audience cheering]
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>> joyce: and some of us are
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>> joyce: and some of us are gonna be your cheerleaders
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>> joyce: and some of us are gonna be your cheerleaders to cheer you on as you make
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Gonna be your cheerleaders to cheer you on as you make your journey.
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To cheer you on as you make your journey. now, joseph is probably
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Your journey. now, joseph is probably one of the best examples as
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Now, joseph is probably one of the best examples as the right way to respond
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One of the best examples as the right way to respond to unjust treatment.
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And i'm sure that he had some
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And i'm sure that he had some rough days that the bible
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And i'm sure that he had some rough days that the bible doesn't necessarily tell
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Rough days that the bible doesn't necessarily tell us all about.
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Doesn't necessarily tell us all about. but wow, what an example.
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Us all about. but wow, what an example. and what a great account
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But wow, what an example. and what a great account the bible gives us of somebody
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And what a great account the bible gives us of somebody who was so unjustly
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The bible gives us of somebody who was so unjustly and unfairly treated.
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Who was so unjustly and unfairly treated. and yet, he didn't park
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And unfairly treated. and yet, he didn't park at the point of his pain.
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And yet, he didn't park at the point of his pain. come on now.
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At the point of his pain. come on now. he went all the way through
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Come on now. he went all the way through from the pit to the palace.
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He went all the way through from the pit to the palace. and honey, that's what god's
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From the pit to the palace. and honey, that's what god's got in mind for you.
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And honey, that's what god's got in mind for you. you might be in a pit,
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Got in mind for you. you might be in a pit, but you don't have to stay there
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You might be in a pit, but you don't have to stay there 'cause he's gonna lift you
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But you don't have to stay there 'cause he's gonna lift you out of that pit and set
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'cause he's gonna lift you out of that pit and set your feet on a rock.
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So, just a few scriptures
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So, just a few scriptures here in genesis 37,
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So, just a few scriptures here in genesis 37, "and when they saw him--"
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Here in genesis 37, "and when they saw him--" they being his brother,
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"and when they saw him--" they being his brother, "far off, even before
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They being his brother, "far off, even before he came to them,
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"far off, even before he came to them, they conspired to kill him.
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He came to them, they conspired to kill him. they said to one another,
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They conspired to kill him. they said to one another, 'see, here comes this dreamer
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They said to one another, 'see, here comes this dreamer and the master of dreams.
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'see, here comes this dreamer and the master of dreams. so come on now, let's kill him
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And the master of dreams. so come on now, let's kill him and throw him into some,'"
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So come on now, let's kill him and throw him into some,'" what?
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And throw him into some,'" what? "'pit; then we will say
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What? "'pit; then we will say [to our father]
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"'pit; then we will say [to our father] some wild ferocious
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[to our father] some wild ferocious animal has devoured him;
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Some wild ferocious animal has devoured him; and we shall see what will
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Animal has devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.'
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And we shall see what will become of his dreams.' now reuben heard it and said,
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Become of his dreams.' now reuben heard it and said, 'no, let's don't kill him.'
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Now reuben heard it and said, 'no, let's don't kill him.' and he said, 'shed no blood,
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'no, let's don't kill him.' and he said, 'shed no blood, but cast him into this,' what?
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And he said, 'shed no blood, but cast him into this,' what? "'pit or well that is out here
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But cast him into this,' what? "'pit or well that is out here in the wilderness and lay
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"'pit or well that is out here in the wilderness and lay no hands on him.'
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In the wilderness and lay no hands on him.' he was trying to get joseph
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No hands on him.' he was trying to get joseph out of his hands in order
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He was trying to get joseph out of his hands in order to rescue him and deliver
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Out of his hands in order to rescue him and deliver him to his father.
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To rescue him and deliver him to his father. when joseph had come to his
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Him to his father. when joseph had come to his brothers, they stripped him
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When joseph had come to his brothers, they stripped him of his [distinctive] long
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Brothers, they stripped him of his [distinctive] long garment which he was wearing;
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Of his [distinctive] long garment which he was wearing; and they took him and they
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Garment which he was wearing; and they took him and they cast him into a--" what?
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And they took him and they cast him into a--" what? >> audience: pit.
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Cast him into a--" what? >> audience: pit. >> joyce: "which was empty
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>> audience: pit. >> joyce: "which was empty and there was no water in it."
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>> joyce: "which was empty and there was no water in it." but here's what i've got to say.
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And there was no water in it." but here's what i've got to say. joseph chose not to remain
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Where they left him.
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Where they left him. i don't know where somebody
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Where they left him. i don't know where somebody maybe has left you.
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I don't know where somebody maybe has left you. maybe somebody you loved
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Maybe has left you. maybe somebody you loved and trusted walked out on you,
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Maybe somebody you loved and trusted walked out on you, and you're sitting there now
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And trusted walked out on you, and you're sitting there now with a broken heart.
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And you're sitting there now with a broken heart. but you don't have to remain
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With a broken heart. but you don't have to remain where they left you.
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You can get up, you can shake
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You can get up, you can shake it off, and you can go on
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You can get up, you can shake it off, and you can go on and do great things for god.
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It off, and you can go on and do great things for god. joseph decided somewhere down
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And do great things for god. joseph decided somewhere down within him that he was gonna
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Joseph decided somewhere down within him that he was gonna keep a good attitude, and that
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Within him that he was gonna keep a good attitude, and that he was gonna trust god to do
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Keep a good attitude, and that he was gonna trust god to do something for him in his life.
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He was gonna trust god to do something for him in his life. well, let me tell you what
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Something for him in his life. well, let me tell you what living in a pit is like.
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Well, let me tell you what living in a pit is like. we sit in our pits.
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Living in a pit is like. we sit in our pits. for me, mine was my little
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We sit in our pits. for me, mine was my little office.
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For me, mine was my little office. before i had an office,
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Office. before i had an office, it was the bathroom.
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Before i had an office, it was the bathroom. i used to love to go
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It was the bathroom. i used to love to go in the bathroom and be pitiful.
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I used to love to go in the bathroom and be pitiful. do any of you ladies like
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In the bathroom and be pitiful. do any of you ladies like to go sit in the bathroom floor,
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Lay your head
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Lay your head on the toilet bowl,
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Lay your head on the toilet bowl, and just cry and be pitiful?
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On the toilet bowl, and just cry and be pitiful? come on, be honest.
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And just cry and be pitiful? come on, be honest. do you ever go to the bathroom
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Come on, be honest. do you ever go to the bathroom and cry?
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Do you ever go to the bathroom and cry? well, you know,
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And cry? well, you know, it took me a long time,
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Well, you know, it took me a long time, but god gave me a revelation
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It took me a long time, but god gave me a revelation on why women like to go
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But god gave me a revelation on why women like to go to the bathroom and cry.
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On why women like to go to the bathroom and cry. there's a big mirror in there.
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To the bathroom and cry. there's a big mirror in there. >> [audience laughing]
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There's a big mirror in there. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and after you
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and after you have sufficiently cried
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>> joyce: and after you have sufficiently cried long enough, and you just,
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Have sufficiently cried long enough, and you just, like, now feel as sorry for
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Long enough, and you just, like, now feel as sorry for yourself as you possibly can
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Like, now feel as sorry for yourself as you possibly can feel, i can remember i would
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Yourself as you possibly can feel, i can remember i would stand up really a mess now.
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Feel, i can remember i would stand up really a mess now. if i had any makeup on,
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Stand up really a mess now. if i had any makeup on, it was mascara's running,
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If i had any makeup on, it was mascara's running, my eyes are all red,
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It was mascara's running, my eyes are all red, i'm looking bad,
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My eyes are all red, i'm looking bad, the hair's messed up.
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I'm looking bad, the hair's messed up. and i go look at myself
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The hair's messed up. and i go look at myself in the mirror and go, "ahhh."
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And i go look at myself in the mirror and go, "ahhh." >> [joyce fake crying]
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In the mirror and go, "ahhh." >> [joyce fake crying] >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: i remember,
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>> joyce: i remember, one time, as a born-again,
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>> joyce: i remember, one time, as a born-again, spirit-filled, bible teacher,
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One time, as a born-again, spirit-filled, bible teacher, i was sitting
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Spirit-filled, bible teacher, i was sitting in the bathroom floor,
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I was sitting in the bathroom floor, seven months pregnant
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In the bathroom floor, seven months pregnant with my baby, who's now,
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Seven months pregnant with my baby, who's now, gonna be 37,
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With my baby, who's now, gonna be 37, head laying on the toilet bowl,
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Gonna be 37, head laying on the toilet bowl, feeling sorry for myself
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Head laying on the toilet bowl, feeling sorry for myself and one of the two times,
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Feeling sorry for myself and one of the two times, in my life, that i can ever
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And one of the two times, in my life, that i can ever remember anything
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In my life, that i can ever remember anything like this happening.
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Remember anything like this happening. i felt like, my spirit kinda
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Like this happening. i felt like, my spirit kinda lift out of my body and hover
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I felt like, my spirit kinda lift out of my body and hover above me and look down at me.
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Lift out of my body and hover above me and look down at me. and the lord said,
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Above me and look down at me. and the lord said, "don't you look ridiculous?
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And the lord said, "don't you look ridiculous? >> [audience laughing]
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"don't you look ridiculous? >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "do you just not
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "do you just not look ridiculous?"
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>> joyce: "do you just not look ridiculous?" and you know what?
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Look ridiculous?" and you know what? we just need to sometimes just
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And you know what? we just need to sometimes just knock it off.
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We just need to sometimes just knock it off. come on, i said we just need
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Knock it off. come on, i said we just need to knock it off, and we need
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Come on, i said we just need to knock it off, and we need to just get on with what god
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To knock it off, and we need to just get on with what god wants us to do.
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To just get on with what god wants us to do. so, in my pit--i wasn't this
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Wants us to do. so, in my pit--i wasn't this dressed up when i went into my
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So, in my pit--i wasn't this dressed up when i went into my pit, by the way.
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Dressed up when i went into my pit, by the way. >> [audience laughing]
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Pit, by the way. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: 'cause if you're
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: 'cause if you're gonna sit in your pit,
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>> joyce: 'cause if you're gonna sit in your pit, you certainly, don't wanna
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Gonna sit in your pit, you certainly, don't wanna look good while you're
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You certainly, don't wanna look good while you're in there.
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Look good while you're in there. >> [audience laughing]
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In there. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i would sit
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i would sit there and just hate people.
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>> joyce: and i would sit there and just hate people. >> [audience laughing]
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There and just hate people. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and you know, if you--
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and you know, if you-- if you live in a pit for
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>> joyce: and you know, if you-- if you live in a pit for a long time, you might as well
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If you live in a pit for a long time, you might as well decorate it and make
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A long time, you might as well decorate it and make it kind of nice.
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Decorate it and make it kind of nice. you know, so you've got
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It kind of nice. you know, so you've got something when you go in there.
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You know, so you've got something when you go in there. and so, you know, you can have
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Something when you go in there. and so, you know, you can have pictures in your pit of all
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And so, you know, you can have pictures in your pit of all the people that you hate,
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Pictures in your pit of all the people that you hate, and then it's like, "ugh, ughaa.
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The people that you hate, and then it's like, "ugh, ughaa. boy, i remember, i remember
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And then it's like, "ugh, ughaa. boy, i remember, i remember what you did to me.
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Boy, i remember, i remember what you did to me. and if you think i'm ever going
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What you did to me. and if you think i'm ever going to forgive you, i'm not going
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And if you think i'm ever going to forgive you, i'm not going to forgive you.
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To forgive you, i'm not going to forgive you. i hate you."
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To forgive you. i hate you." and then i could just feel
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I hate you." and then i could just feel so sorry for myself.
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And then i could just feel so sorry for myself. "dave plays golf, and he doesn't
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So sorry for myself. "dave plays golf, and he doesn't even understand what i'm going
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"dave plays golf, and he doesn't even understand what i'm going through.
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Even understand what i'm going through. and when i try to tell him,
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Through. and when i try to tell him, he just says, 'cast your care.'"
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And when i try to tell him, he just says, 'cast your care.'" >> [audience laughing]
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He just says, 'cast your care.'" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "'just cast
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "'just cast your care.'"
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>> joyce: "'just cast your care.'" >> [audience laughing]
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Your care.'" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and then, i had this
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and then, i had this book of remembrance.
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>> joyce: and then, i had this book of remembrance. i was so dumb, i actually
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Book of remembrance. i was so dumb, i actually remember one time getting out
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I was so dumb, i actually remember one time getting out a pad of paper, and writing down
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Remember one time getting out a pad of paper, and writing down on a piece of paper everything
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A pad of paper, and writing down on a piece of paper everything that i thought was wrong
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On a piece of paper everything that i thought was wrong with my husband.
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That i thought was wrong with my husband. >> [audience laughing]
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With my husband. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, the last list i made,
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>> joyce: well, the last list i made, i made one of everything that
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The last list i made, i made one of everything that i thought was right with
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I made one of everything that i thought was right with my husband.
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I thought was right with my husband. god has changed me, amen?
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My husband. god has changed me, amen? >> [audience applauding]
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God has changed me, amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: now, here's the thing.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: now, here's the thing. you know, we say, "oh, god,
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>> joyce: now, here's the thing. you know, we say, "oh, god, you gotta change me.
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You know, we say, "oh, god, you gotta change me. god, you gotta help me.
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You gotta change me. god, you gotta help me. god, you gotta do something,
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God, you gotta help me. god, you gotta do something, you gotta do something."
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God, you gotta do something, you gotta do something." remember what i said last night?
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You gotta do something." remember what i said last night? the first thing that jesus said
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Remember what i said last night? the first thing that jesus said to a lot of the people that he
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The first thing that jesus said to a lot of the people that he encountered was, "get up, make
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To a lot of the people that he encountered was, "get up, make up your bed, and go home."
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Encountered was, "get up, make up your bed, and go home." and what he meant was, "get up,
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Up your bed, and go home." and what he meant was, "get up, get some gumption, shake that
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And what he meant was, "get up, get some gumption, shake that junk off, decide you're not
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Get some gumption, shake that junk off, decide you're not gonna live like that anymore,
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Junk off, decide you're not gonna live like that anymore, and let's clean up the mess,
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Gonna live like that anymore, and let's clean up the mess, and leave no evidence that
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And let's clean up the mess, and leave no evidence that you were ever in that kind
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And leave no evidence that you were ever in that kind of a situation."
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Now, you know, different
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Now, you know, different people respond
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Now, you know, different people respond differently to you when you're
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People respond differently to you when you're in your pit.
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Differently to you when you're in your pit. and, we would like everybody
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In your pit. and, we would like everybody to feel for us, and give us
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And, we would like everybody to feel for us, and give us compassion, and help us but it
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To feel for us, and give us compassion, and help us but it doesn't always turn out
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Compassion, and help us but it doesn't always turn out that way.
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Doesn't always turn out that way. and, a lot of times, even from
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That way. and, a lot of times, even from christian people, it doesn't
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And, a lot of times, even from christian people, it doesn't turn out that way, so i came
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Christian people, it doesn't turn out that way, so i came across this and i thought
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Turn out that way, so i came across this and i thought you'd relate to it.
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Across this and i thought you'd relate to it. "a subjective person came
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You'd relate to it. "a subjective person came along when i was in my pit
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"a subjective person came along when i was in my pit and said, 'you know, i feel
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Along when i was in my pit and said, 'you know, i feel for you down there.'
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And said, 'you know, i feel for you down there.' they didn't do anything to help
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For you down there.' they didn't do anything to help me but they said they felt
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They didn't do anything to help me but they said they felt for me.
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Me but they said they felt for me. a religious man said, 'you know,
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For me. a religious man said, 'you know, only bad people fall into pits.
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A religious man said, 'you know, only bad people fall into pits. you must have some sin in your
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Only bad people fall into pits. you must have some sin in your life, somewhere.'
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You must have some sin in your life, somewhere.' a mathematician calculated
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Life, somewhere.' a mathematician calculated how i fell into the pit.
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A mathematician calculated how i fell into the pit. a news reporter wanted the
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How i fell into the pit. a news reporter wanted the exclusive story on my time
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A news reporter wanted the exclusive story on my time in the pit.
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Exclusive story on my time in the pit. a fundamentalist said,
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In the pit. a fundamentalist said, 'you know, you deserve
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A fundamentalist said, 'you know, you deserve that pit.'
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'you know, you deserve that pit.' a calvinist said, 'if you were
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That pit.' a calvinist said, 'if you were saved you'd never fallen
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A calvinist said, 'if you were saved you'd never fallen into the pit.'
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Saved you'd never fallen into the pit.' an armenian said,
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Into the pit.' an armenian said, 'you were saved and still fell
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An armenian said, 'you were saved and still fell into the pit.'
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'you were saved and still fell into the pit.' a charismatic said, 'no problem.
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Into the pit.' a charismatic said, 'no problem. just confess, "you're not in
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A charismatic said, 'no problem. just confess, "you're not in the pit.'""
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Just confess, "you're not in the pit.'"" >> [audience laughing]
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The pit.'"" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "a realist came along
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "a realist came along and said, 'now brother,
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>> joyce: "a realist came along and said, 'now brother, that is a pit.'"
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And said, 'now brother, that is a pit.'" >> [audience laughing]
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That is a pit.'" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "an irs worker asked
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "an irs worker asked if he was paying taxes
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>> joyce: "an irs worker asked if he was paying taxes on the pit."
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If he was paying taxes on the pit." >> [audience laughing]
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On the pit." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "the county
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "the county inspector wanted to know if he
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>> joyce: "the county inspector wanted to know if he had a permit for his pit.
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Inspector wanted to know if he had a permit for his pit. a self-pitying person came
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Had a permit for his pit. a self-pitying person came along and said, 'you have not
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A self-pitying person came along and said, 'you have not seen anything till you've seen
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Along and said, 'you have not seen anything till you've seen my pit.'"
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Seen anything till you've seen my pit.'" >> [audience laughing]
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My pit.'" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "an optimist said,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "an optimist said, 'things could be worse.'
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>> joyce: "an optimist said, 'things could be worse.' a pessimist said, 'things will
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'things could be worse.' a pessimist said, 'things will get worse.'
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A pessimist said, 'things will get worse.' but, jesus, seeing the man,
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Get worse.' but, jesus, seeing the man, reached down,
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But, jesus, seeing the man, reached down, took him by the hand,
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Reached down, took him by the hand, and lifted him out of his pit."
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Took him by the hand, and lifted him out of his pit." >> [audience cheering]
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And lifted him out of his pit." >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: amen!
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>> announcer: we are created
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>> announcer: we are created for community and acceptance.
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For community and acceptance. it's the way god made us.
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It's the way god made us. but what happens
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But what happens when we are rejected?
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>> joyce: well, rejection
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>> joyce: well, rejection is definitely painful.
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Is definitely painful. it's something we've all endured
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It's something we've all endured in one way or another.
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>> ginger: our experiences
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>> ginger: our experiences may be different,
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May be different, but the damage is very real.
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But the damage is very real. whether it comes from
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Whether it comes from a stranger, a friend,
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A stranger, a friend, or someone we love,
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Or someone we love, rejection leaves us feeling
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Rejection leaves us feeling unwanted and wounded.
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Unwanted and wounded. >> joyce: we both know how
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>> joyce: we both know how devastating rejection can be.
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Devastating rejection can be. the good news is healing
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The good news is healing is possible.
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Is possible. that's why i invited
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That's why i invited ginger to write
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Ginger to write a very important
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A very important book with me,
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Book with me, "healing the wounds
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"healing the wounds of rejection."
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Of rejection." i believe now is the time
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I believe now is the time to overcome those
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To overcome those wounds and embrace
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Wounds and embrace our true identity in christ.
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Our true identity in christ. >> announcer: we would
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>> announcer: we would like to send you a copy
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Like to send you a copy of "healing the wounds
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Of "healing the wounds of rejection."
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Of rejection." it's available to you
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It's available to you right now for your
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Right now for your gift of any amount.
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>> male: i still felt like
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>> male: i still felt like an outsider wherever i went.
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An outsider wherever i went. >> female 1: just not feeling
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>> female 1: just not feeling like i belong anywhere.
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Like i belong anywhere. >> female 2: it's satan's
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>> female 2: it's satan's lies to say that
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Lies to say that "you're not wanted."
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"you're not wanted." >> male: and it was through
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>> male: and it was through the word of god.
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The word of god. >> female 1: the more
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>> female 1: the more i read his word,
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I read his word, the closer
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The closer i became to him.
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I became to him. >> female 2: god says,
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>> female 2: god says, "i am adopted."
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"i am adopted." >> female 1: because i have
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>> female 1: because i have had been rejected in my past
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Had been rejected in my past that does not mean
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That does not mean that i have to continue
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That i have to continue living that way every day.
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Living that way every day. >> female 2: "i'm chosen,
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>> female 2: "i'm chosen, i'm accepted, i'm redeemed."
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I'm accepted, i'm redeemed." >> female 1: and he is
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>> female 1: and he is transforming me
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Transforming me into his son,
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Into his son, jesus' image, daily.
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Jesus' image, daily. >> male: and i should never
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>> male: and i should never have felt abandoned
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Have felt abandoned or rejected because
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Or rejected because he's been there.
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>> ginger: you may not
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>> ginger: you may not even realize the effects
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Even realize the effects of rejection on your life.
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Of rejection on your life. i know i didn't for a time.
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I know i didn't for a time. but you don't have
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But you don't have to remain stuck in the past
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To remain stuck in the past or let what others have
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Or let what others have done define your worth.
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Done define your worth. we want to share
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We want to share truths from god's word
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Truths from god's word that have helped us find
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That have helped us find strength and wholeness.
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Strength and wholeness. >> joyce: you can find freedom
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>> joyce: you can find freedom from the pain and move
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From the pain and move forward with confidence.
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Forward with confidence. >> announcer: "healing
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>> announcer: "healing the wounds of rejection"
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The wounds of rejection" is available to you for
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All proceeds will go directly to helping women
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Directly to helping women and girls find rescue,
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And girls find rescue, relief, and healing
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Relief, and healing in god's word through our
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Go directly to it, today. joyce and ginger's
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>> joyce: well, today i wanna
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>> joyce: well, today i wanna pray for people that have
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>> joyce: well, today i wanna pray for people that have wounded and broken hearts,
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Pray for people that have wounded and broken hearts, and those who are still stuck
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Wounded and broken hearts, and those who are still stuck in some past hurt that you've
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And those who are still stuck in some past hurt that you've had in your life.
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In some past hurt that you've had in your life. father, we come to you
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Had in your life. father, we come to you in jesus' name, and we know
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Father, we come to you in jesus' name, and we know that you have promised to heal
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In jesus' name, and we know that you have promised to heal our wounds and our bruises.
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That you have promised to heal our wounds and our bruises. you've promised us beauty
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Our wounds and our bruises. you've promised us beauty for ashes.
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You've promised us beauty for ashes. and i know that you will always
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For ashes. and i know that you will always do your part, but we need
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And i know that you will always do your part, but we need to give up the ashes.
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Do your part, but we need to give up the ashes. we need to let go
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To give up the ashes. we need to let go of the things that are behind.
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So, i pray for people today
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So, i pray for people today that are hurting in these areas,
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So, i pray for people today that are hurting in these areas, who've been hurt so deeply
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That are hurting in these areas, who've been hurt so deeply and have wounds that
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Who've been hurt so deeply and have wounds that only you can reach.
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And have wounds that only you can reach. i pray that you will reach
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Only you can reach. i pray that you will reach inside of their hearts today.
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I pray that you will reach inside of their hearts today. fill it with your love,
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Inside of their hearts today. fill it with your love, with your amazing, amazing love.
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Fill it with your love, with your amazing, amazing love. let them know they have
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With your amazing, amazing love. let them know they have tremendous value and worth
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Let them know they have tremendous value and worth and that you have a great
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Tremendous value and worth and that you have a great life planned for them.
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And that you have a great life planned for them. i thank you father,
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Life planned for them. i thank you father, for helping people get unstuck
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I thank you father, for helping people get unstuck from the past and really look
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For helping people get unstuck from the past and really look forward to the future.
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From the past and really look forward to the future. father, whatever resources
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Forward to the future. father, whatever resources they might need to help them
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Father, whatever resources they might need to help them in this area, i pray that you
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They might need to help them in this area, i pray that you would put the right
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In this area, i pray that you would put the right things in their lives,
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Would put the right things in their lives, the right scriptures,
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Things in their lives, the right scriptures, the right encouragement.
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The right scriptures, the right encouragement. and i'm thanking you,
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The right encouragement. and i'm thanking you, ahead of time for healing
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And i'm thanking you, ahead of time for healing and freedom in jesus' name.
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Ahead of time for healing and freedom in jesus' name. amen.
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And freedom in jesus' name. amen. well, god bless you.
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Amen. well, god bless you. you have a great rest
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Well, god bless you. you have a great rest of the day.
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Enjoyed today's program. we are so grateful
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To our joyce meyer ministries partners
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Who make this and all we do possible,
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And all we do possible, including sharing
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Including sharing god's word
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God's word and offering help
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To people in need all over the world.
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Joyce Meyer - Healing the Soul of a Woman (Part 1)

March 24, 2026 | 27:29

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