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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - How Do Your Thoughts Affect The Rest Of Your Life? (Part 2) | February 11, 2026
- >> joyce: like i said earlier,
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- >> joyce: like i said earlier, we all believe something,
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- >> joyce: like i said earlier, we all believe something, so why not make
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- We all believe something, so why not make it something good?
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- So why not make it something good? amen?
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- >> joyce: i'm joyce meyer,
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- >> joyce: i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can
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- >> joyce: i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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- >> joyce: so, the first thing
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- >> joyce: so, the first thing that i would like you to start
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- >> joyce: so, the first thing that i would like you to start paying attention to is just
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- That i would like you to start paying attention to is just negative and positive.
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- Paying attention to is just negative and positive. are you saying,
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- Negative and positive. are you saying, "it'll never work,"
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- Are you saying, "it'll never work," or, "all things are
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- "it'll never work," or, "all things are possible with god"?
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- Or, "all things are possible with god"? >> [audience applauding]
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- >> joyce: are you saying,
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- >> joyce: are you saying, "i'll never have a new car,
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- >> joyce: are you saying, "i'll never have a new car, i'll always be driving
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- "i'll never have a new car, i'll always be driving a used car."
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- I'll always be driving a used car." or are you saying,
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- A used car." or are you saying, "the time will come when i will
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- Or are you saying, "the time will come when i will pay cash for a new car"?
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- "the time will come when i will pay cash for a new car"? >> [audience laughing]
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- Pay cash for a new car"? >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i started saying--
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i started saying-- dave and i did, long, long,
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- >> joyce: i started saying-- dave and i did, long, long, long time ago,
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- Dave and i did, long, long, long time ago, "we have no debt,"
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- Long time ago, "we have no debt," and we have no debt.
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- "we have no debt," and we have no debt. our ministry's never
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- And we have no debt. our ministry's never had any debt.
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- Our ministry's never had any debt. we've paid in cash
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- Had any debt. we've paid in cash for everything that
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- We've paid in cash for everything that we've done by the grace of god.
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- For everything that we've done by the grace of god. >> [audience applauding]
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- >> joyce: but that doesn't
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- >> joyce: but that doesn't just happen accidentally.
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- >> joyce: but that doesn't just happen accidentally. you release your faith.
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- Just happen accidentally. you release your faith. i took so many offerings
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- You release your faith. i took so many offerings for our building, i thought
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- I took so many offerings for our building, i thought i would just scream if i ever
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- For our building, i thought i would just scream if i ever had to take another offering.
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- I would just scream if i ever had to take another offering. you know, what we do is not
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- Had to take another offering. you know, what we do is not as easy as you think it is.
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- You know, what we do is not as easy as you think it is. people give you a little
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- As easy as you think it is. people give you a little funny look when you
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- People give you a little funny look when you start talking about money.
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- Funny look when you start talking about money. >> [audience laughing]
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- Start talking about money. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i don't know
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i don't know why people get upset.
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- I am so glad somebody
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- I am so glad somebody taught me to give.
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- I am so glad somebody taught me to give. that's one of the best
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- Taught me to give. that's one of the best things that i've ever
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- That's one of the best things that i've ever been taught is how to give.
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- Things that i've ever been taught is how to give. and, you know,
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- Been taught is how to give. and, you know, everywhere you go,
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- And, you know, everywhere you go, they want money.
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- Everywhere you go, they want money. if you eat in a restaurant,
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- They want money. if you eat in a restaurant, they're gonna want money.
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- If you eat in a restaurant, they're gonna want money. if you go to a movie,
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- They're gonna want money. if you go to a movie, they're gonna want some money.
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- If you go to a movie, they're gonna want some money. if you go and get some gas,
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- They're gonna want some money. if you go and get some gas, they're gonna want some money.
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- If you go and get some gas, they're gonna want some money. church is the only place
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- They're gonna want some money. church is the only place where people get mad
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- Church is the only place where people get mad when you want money.
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- Where people get mad when you want money. >> [audience laughing]
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- >> joyce: come on.
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- >> joyce: come on. i'm just having
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- >> joyce: come on. i'm just having some fun with you.
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- I'm just having some fun with you. >> [audience applauding]
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- >> joyce: so, negative thinking.
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- >> joyce: so, negative thinking. don't think about
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- >> joyce: so, negative thinking. don't think about what you don't have.
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- Don't think about what you don't have. think about what you do have.
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- What you don't have. think about what you do have. >> [audience applauding]
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- Think about what you do have. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we have
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- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we have a conference coming up,
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- >> joyce: we have a conference coming up, and the last time
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- A conference coming up, and the last time we had this conference
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- And the last time we had this conference in the exact same place,
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- We had this conference in the exact same place, we had about 16,000 people.
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- In the exact same place, we had about 16,000 people. well, this time it looks
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- We had about 16,000 people. well, this time it looks like we're gonna have
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- Well, this time it looks like we're gonna have somewhere between 10 and 12.
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- Like we're gonna have somewhere between 10 and 12. so i was not liking that.
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- Somewhere between 10 and 12. so i was not liking that. i was, you know, not at god,
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- So i was not liking that. i was, you know, not at god, but just trying to figure
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- I was, you know, not at god, but just trying to figure out at the office why
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- But just trying to figure out at the office why is the attendance low?
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- Out at the office why is the attendance low? and, i mean, god just got
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- Is the attendance low? and, i mean, god just got right in the middle
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- And, i mean, god just got right in the middle of me and he said,
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- Right in the middle of me and he said, "how many people do you
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- Of me and he said, "how many people do you think ever even have
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- "how many people do you think ever even have 10,000 people at a conference?
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- Think ever even have 10,000 people at a conference? you could try being
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- 10,000 people at a conference? you could try being thankful for them."
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- You could try being thankful for them." are you understanding me?
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- Thankful for them." are you understanding me? don't think about
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- Are you understanding me? don't think about what you don't have.
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- Don't think about what you don't have. think about what you do have.
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- What you don't have. think about what you do have. i was unhappy with
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- Think about what you do have. i was unhappy with dave at one time.
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- I was unhappy with dave at one time. it only happened once in life.
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- Dave at one time. it only happened once in life. >> [audience laughing]
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- It only happened once in life. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i was praying
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i was praying for him to change in all
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- >> joyce: and i was praying for him to change in all these different areas.
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- For him to change in all these different areas. lord, was i dumb.
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- These different areas. lord, was i dumb. >> [audience laughing]
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- Lord, was i dumb. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and so god
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and so god challenged me to write
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- >> joyce: and so god challenged me to write everything that i didn't like
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- Challenged me to write everything that i didn't like about him on a piece of paper.
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- Everything that i didn't like about him on a piece of paper. and there was
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- About him on a piece of paper. and there was a few things there.
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- And there was a few things there. then he said, "now write
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- A few things there. then he said, "now write down everything you do like."
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- Then he said, "now write down everything you do like." and see, if you think about it,
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- Down everything you do like." and see, if you think about it, if you're unhappy with
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- And see, if you think about it, if you're unhappy with the person you're married to,
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- If you're unhappy with the person you're married to, probably part of your
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- The person you're married to, probably part of your unhappiness is because
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- Probably part of your unhappiness is because all you think about
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- Unhappiness is because all you think about is what's wrong with them.
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- All you think about is what's wrong with them. there's a lot of lonely women
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- Is what's wrong with them. there's a lot of lonely women that'll take him off your hands
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- There's a lot of lonely women that'll take him off your hands if you don't want him.
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- That'll take him off your hands if you don't want him. >> [audience laughing]
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- >> joyce: "i hate my job."
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- >> joyce: "i hate my job." well, you know what?
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- >> joyce: "i hate my job." well, you know what? i bet somebody that's out
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- Well, you know what? i bet somebody that's out of work would like to have it.
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- John 10:10--
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- John 10:10-- we call our television program
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- John 10:10-- we call our television program "enjoying everyday life."
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- We call our television program "enjoying everyday life." and it comes from
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- "enjoying everyday life." and it comes from this scripture,
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- And it comes from this scripture, john 10:10.
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- This scripture, john 10:10. "the thief comes only in order
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- John 10:10. "the thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy.
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- "the thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. but i came that you may
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- To steal and kill and destroy. but i came that you may have and enjoy your life--"
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- But i came that you may have and enjoy your life--" have and enjoy your life.
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- Have and enjoy your life--" have and enjoy your life. have and enjoy your life.
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- Have and enjoy your life. have and enjoy your life. >> [audience applauding]
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- Have and enjoy your life. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: that's the amplified
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- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: that's the amplified translation which i like.
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- >> joyce: that's the amplified translation which i like. "have and enjoy your life,
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- Translation which i like. "have and enjoy your life, and have it in abundance
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- "have and enjoy your life, and have it in abundance (to the full,
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- And have it in abundance (to the full, until it overflows)."
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- (to the full, until it overflows)." well, my life has been this.
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- It's been studying and hiding
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- It's been studying and hiding away and writing books,
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- It's been studying and hiding away and writing books, and being on platforms,
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- Away and writing books, and being on platforms, and then having to look
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- And being on platforms, and then having to look at ugly things people
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- And then having to look at ugly things people say about you online.
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- At ugly things people say about you online. and not everybody,
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- Say about you online. and not everybody, most people are
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- And not everybody, most people are very loving and kind,
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- Most people are very loving and kind, but boy--
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- Very loving and kind, but boy-- there's a picture
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- But boy-- there's a picture of my supposed house online.
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- There's a picture of my supposed house online. [chuckles]
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- Of my supposed house online. [chuckles] well, it's just too ridiculous
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- [chuckles] well, it's just too ridiculous to even talk about.
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- Well, it's just too ridiculous to even talk about. it looks like a 50 story castle.
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- To even talk about. it looks like a 50 story castle. i wouldn't even want that
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- It looks like a 50 story castle. i wouldn't even want that if somebody gave it to me.
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- I wouldn't even want that if somebody gave it to me. then there's another picture
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- If somebody gave it to me. then there's another picture of another house i supposedly
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- Then there's another picture of another house i supposedly own and it's got all these
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- Of another house i supposedly own and it's got all these crazy lines and i can't--
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- Own and it's got all these crazy lines and i can't-- man, i gotta have things
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- Crazy lines and i can't-- man, i gotta have things straight and even.
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- Man, i gotta have things straight and even. >> [audience laughing]
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- Straight and even. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i don't like that
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i don't like that asymmetrical stuff.
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- >> joyce: i don't like that asymmetrical stuff. but you see, i didn't--
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- Asymmetrical stuff. but you see, i didn't-- i never got to be a kid.
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- But you see, i didn't-- i never got to be a kid. i started out life as an adult
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- I never got to be a kid. i started out life as an adult because all i ever
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- I started out life as an adult because all i ever remember is the abuse.
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- I'm almost finished with
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- I'm almost finished with my autobiography
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- I'm almost finished with my autobiography and it'll be coming
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- My autobiography and it'll be coming out next fall.
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- And it'll be coming out next fall. so--
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- Out next fall. so-- >> [audience applauding]
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- So-- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and so,
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- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and so, i was doing life.
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- >> joyce: and so, i was doing life. i was making it through life.
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- I was doing life. i was making it through life. i was surviving each day,
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- I was making it through life. i was surviving each day, but i wasn't enjoying my life.
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- I was surviving each day, but i wasn't enjoying my life. i was working hard at this,
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- But i wasn't enjoying my life. i was working hard at this, but was i enjoying it?
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- Sometimes you can just
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- Sometimes you can just get in a pattern of, i'm just--
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- Sometimes you can just get in a pattern of, i'm just-- i'm doing it,
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- Get in a pattern of, i'm just-- i'm doing it, i'm responsible and i'm gonna
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- I'm doing it, i'm responsible and i'm gonna be there and i'm gonna
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- I'm responsible and i'm gonna be there and i'm gonna do it and do it and do it,
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- Be there and i'm gonna do it and do it and do it, 'cause that's what
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- Do it and do it and do it, 'cause that's what god wants me to do.
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- 'cause that's what god wants me to do. and you know,
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- God wants me to do. and you know, i just made a decision,
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- And you know, i just made a decision, i'm gonna enjoy this.
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- I just made a decision, i'm gonna enjoy this. and see, you can make
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- I'm gonna enjoy this. and see, you can make a decision tonight.
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- And see, you can make a decision tonight. this could be one of the best
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- A decision tonight. this could be one of the best nights of your life.
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- This could be one of the best nights of your life. you could decide,
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- Nights of your life. you could decide, i am not gonna be a negative
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- You could decide, i am not gonna be a negative person anymore.
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- I am not gonna be a negative person anymore. >> [audience applauding]
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- Person anymore. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i am just not
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- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i am just not gonna be negative.
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- >> joyce: i am just not gonna be negative. you know why?
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- Gonna be negative. you know why? when you're negative,
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- You know why? when you're negative, you make yourself unhappy.
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- When you're negative, you make yourself unhappy. be happy.
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- You make yourself unhappy. be happy. believe.
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- Be happy. believe. you're gonna believe something,
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- Believe. you're gonna believe something, so why not believe
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- You're gonna believe something, so why not believe for something good?
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- So why not believe for something good? i thought the other day,
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- For something good? i thought the other day, "you know what?
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- I thought the other day, "you know what? i need to believe
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- "you know what? i need to believe for more miracles."
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- I need to believe for more miracles." and sometimes we go a long
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- For more miracles." and sometimes we go a long time and we don't see one.
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- And sometimes we go a long time and we don't see one. and so we think,
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- Time and we don't see one. and so we think, "well, you know."
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- And so we think, "well, you know." but i'm gonna start believing
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- "well, you know." but i'm gonna start believing for more miracles.
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- But i'm gonna start believing for more miracles. and i believe that if we believe
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- For more miracles. and i believe that if we believe for more things like that,
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- And i believe that if we believe for more things like that, we will see more
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- For more things like that, we will see more things like that.
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- We will see more things like that. amen?
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- Things like that. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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- >> joyce: believe the best
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- >> joyce: believe the best of other people.
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- >> joyce: believe the best of other people. that has helped me so much.
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- Of other people. that has helped me so much. love always believes
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- That has helped me so much. love always believes the best of everyone.
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- Love always believes the best of everyone. why are we so suspicious?
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- The best of everyone. why are we so suspicious? yeah, it's true.
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- Why are we so suspicious? yeah, it's true. there's some people
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- Yeah, it's true. there's some people you can't trust.
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- There's some people you can't trust. but don't blame
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- You can't trust. but don't blame everybody for it.
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- But don't blame everybody for it. amen?
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- Everybody for it. amen? so i really--
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- Amen? so i really-- i went on a mission,
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- So i really-- i went on a mission, probably been 25 years ago now,
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- I went on a mission, probably been 25 years ago now, to learn how to enjoy my life.
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- Probably been 25 years ago now, to learn how to enjoy my life. and i didn't really even
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- To learn how to enjoy my life. and i didn't really even know how to because,
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- And i didn't really even know how to because, you know, every adult should
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- Know how to because, you know, every adult should have a healthy child in 'em.
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- You know, every adult should have a healthy child in 'em. so you know how to be
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- Have a healthy child in 'em. so you know how to be lighthearted and, you know,
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- So you know how to be lighthearted and, you know, not goofy, but lighthearted.
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- Lighthearted and, you know, not goofy, but lighthearted. and you can laugh at yourself.
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- Not goofy, but lighthearted. and you can laugh at yourself. and you don't feel like you
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- And you can laugh at yourself. and you don't feel like you have to have everybody's
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- And you don't feel like you have to have everybody's approval in the whole world.
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- Have to have everybody's approval in the whole world. you don't feel like you have
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- Approval in the whole world. you don't feel like you have to compare yourself to everybody
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- You don't feel like you have to compare yourself to everybody and compete with them.
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- To compare yourself to everybody and compete with them. you're free to just
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- And compete with them. you're free to just be who you are and like it.
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- You're free to just be who you are and like it. and that's big.
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- Be who you are and like it. and that's big. 'cause when you really
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- And that's big. 'cause when you really get right down to it,
- 00:09:11.630 --> 00:09:12.330
- 'cause when you really get right down to it, most people's problem is they
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- Get right down to it, most people's problem is they just don't like themselves,
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- Most people's problem is they just don't like themselves, and don't even know it.
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- Just don't like themselves, and don't even know it. don't even know
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- And don't even know it. don't even know that's the problem.
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- Don't even know that's the problem. and i didn't like myself.
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- That's the problem. and i didn't like myself. i didn't like my voice.
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- And i didn't like myself. i didn't like my voice. so what does god do?
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- I didn't like my voice. so what does god do? he blasts it all over
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- So what does god do? he blasts it all over the entire universe.
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- He blasts it all over the entire universe. >> [audience laughing]
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- The entire universe. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i didn't
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i didn't like my voice.
- 00:09:36.087 --> 00:09:36.655
- >> joyce: and i didn't like my voice. i could go get on the phone
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- Like my voice. i could go get on the phone and call the hotel right now
- 00:09:37.756 --> 00:09:38.690
- I could go get on the phone and call the hotel right now and they'd say, "yes, sir."
- 00:09:38.757 --> 00:09:39.557
- And call the hotel right now and they'd say, "yes, sir." >> [audience laughing]
- 00:09:39.624 --> 00:09:41.926
- >> joyce: i had one man tell me,
- 00:09:46.097 --> 00:09:47.232
- >> joyce: i had one man tell me, he said, "i listened to you
- 00:09:47.298 --> 00:09:48.099
- >> joyce: i had one man tell me, he said, "i listened to you on the radio for six months
- 00:09:48.166 --> 00:09:49.034
- He said, "i listened to you on the radio for six months before i knew you were a woman."
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- On the radio for six months before i knew you were a woman." >> [audience laughing]
- 00:09:50.368 --> 00:09:52.237
- Before i knew you were a woman." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and he said,
- 00:09:52.303 --> 00:09:53.038
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and he said, "it's a good thing because
- 00:09:53.104 --> 00:09:53.805
- >> joyce: and he said, "it's a good thing because i would have never let
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- "it's a good thing because i would have never let a woman teach me anything."
- 00:09:54.873 --> 00:09:56.307
- I would have never let a woman teach me anything." >> [audience laughing]
- 00:09:56.374 --> 00:09:59.711
- A woman teach me anything." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: oh, i've had
- 00:09:59.778 --> 00:10:00.512
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: oh, i've had some funny stuff.
- 00:10:00.578 --> 00:10:01.279
- >> joyce: oh, i've had some funny stuff. i called a spa to get--
- 00:10:01.346 --> 00:10:04.916
- Some funny stuff. i called a spa to get-- i wanted to get a facial.
- 00:10:04.983 --> 00:10:07.419
- I called a spa to get-- i wanted to get a facial. and the lady says, "well,
- 00:10:07.485 --> 00:10:09.020
- I wanted to get a facial. and the lady says, "well, do you have any facial hair?"
- 00:10:09.087 --> 00:10:10.121
- And the lady says, "well, do you have any facial hair?" >> [audience laughing]
- 00:10:10.188 --> 00:10:12.257
- Do you have any facial hair?" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well,
- 00:10:12.323 --> 00:10:13.291
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, i wasn't tracking with her.
- 00:10:13.358 --> 00:10:14.893
- >> joyce: well, i wasn't tracking with her. and so i thought,
- 00:10:14.959 --> 00:10:16.695
- I wasn't tracking with her. and so i thought, i'm thinking about this little
- 00:10:16.761 --> 00:10:17.529
- And so i thought, i'm thinking about this little peach fuzz we all have.
- 00:10:17.595 --> 00:10:20.198
- I'm thinking about this little peach fuzz we all have. and i remember even going,
- 00:10:20.265 --> 00:10:21.933
- Peach fuzz we all have. and i remember even going, "well, yeah, you know, i got a--
- 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:23.268
- And i remember even going, "well, yeah, you know, i got a-- got a little."
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- "well, yeah, you know, i got a-- got a little." and she said, "no, i mean,
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- Got a little." and she said, "no, i mean, do you have a beard
- 00:10:25.437 --> 00:10:26.304
- And she said, "no, i mean, do you have a beard or a mustache?"
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- Do you have a beard or a mustache?" >> [audience laughing]
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- Or a mustache?" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i laughed so hard.
- 00:10:34.212 --> 00:10:35.413
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i laughed so hard. i said, "i hate tell you this,
- 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:36.548
- >> joyce: and i laughed so hard. i said, "i hate tell you this, but i'm a woman, not a man."
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- I said, "i hate tell you this, but i'm a woman, not a man." and she said, "oh my gosh,
- 00:10:37.749 --> 00:10:38.650
- But i'm a woman, not a man." and she said, "oh my gosh, i'm so sorry.
- 00:10:38.717 --> 00:10:39.284
- And she said, "oh my gosh, i'm so sorry. i'm so sorry.
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- I'm so sorry. i'm so sorry. i'm so sorry.
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- I'm so sorry. i'm so sorry. so sorry."
- 00:10:40.685 --> 00:10:41.252
- I'm so sorry. so sorry." >> [audience laughing]
- 00:10:41.319 --> 00:10:42.320
- So sorry." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, you know what?
- 00:10:42.387 --> 00:10:43.288
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, you know what? there would have been a day
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- >> joyce: well, you know what? there would have been a day when that would have put
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- There would have been a day when that would have put me into depression and i would
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- When that would have put me into depression and i would have had a miserable two weeks,
- 00:10:49.427 --> 00:10:51.629
- Me into depression and i would have had a miserable two weeks, made everybody else
- 00:10:51.696 --> 00:10:52.297
- Have had a miserable two weeks, made everybody else around me miserable.
- 00:10:52.363 --> 00:10:53.932
- But because god had changed
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- But because god had changed me by now and i knew who
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- But because god had changed me by now and i knew who i was in christ and i knew that
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- Me by now and i knew who i was in christ and i knew that he created me with his own hand,
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- I was in christ and i knew that he created me with his own hand, intricately and purposefully.
- 00:11:04.642 --> 00:11:06.778
- He created me with his own hand, intricately and purposefully. i was not in the wrong line
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- Intricately and purposefully. i was not in the wrong line when he gave out voices.
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- I was not in the wrong line when he gave out voices. he gave me mine because
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- When he gave out voices. he gave me mine because it commands attention.
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- He gave me mine because it commands attention. >> [audience applauding]
- 00:11:13.017 --> 00:11:17.422
- >> joyce: and so, some things,
- 00:11:21.292 --> 00:11:22.127
- >> joyce: and so, some things, the things that you dislike
- 00:11:22.193 --> 00:11:23.228
- >> joyce: and so, some things, the things that you dislike about yourself the most,
- 00:11:23.294 --> 00:11:24.395
- The things that you dislike about yourself the most, are the very things
- 00:11:24.462 --> 00:11:25.063
- About yourself the most, are the very things that god's gonna use.
- 00:11:25.130 --> 00:11:30.435
- Are the very things that god's gonna use. listen to this.
- 00:11:30.502 --> 00:11:31.102
- That god's gonna use. listen to this. you're never free until you no
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- Listen to this. you're never free until you no longer need to impress anybody.
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- You're never free until you no longer need to impress anybody. >> [audience applauding]
- 00:11:36.875 --> 00:11:39.744
- Longer need to impress anybody. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen?
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- When we can just relax.
- 00:11:42.280 --> 00:11:45.617
- When we can just relax. "the thief comes only to kill,
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- When we can just relax. "the thief comes only to kill, steal, and destroy.
- 00:11:46.918 --> 00:11:47.652
- "the thief comes only to kill, steal, and destroy. but i came that you might have
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- Steal, and destroy. but i came that you might have and enjoy your life and have
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- But i came that you might have and enjoy your life and have it in abundance (to the full,
- 00:11:50.155 --> 00:11:51.422
- And enjoy your life and have it in abundance (to the full, until it overflows)."
- 00:11:51.489 --> 00:11:55.760
- Well, we all want a good life.
- 00:11:55.827 --> 00:11:57.495
- Well, we all want a good life. and jesus said
- 00:11:57.562 --> 00:11:58.163
- Well, we all want a good life. and jesus said he came to bring it.
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- And jesus said he came to bring it. so if we don't have it,
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- He came to bring it. so if we don't have it, are we letting
- 00:12:01.032 --> 00:12:01.633
- So if we don't have it, are we letting the thief steal it?
- 00:12:01.699 --> 00:12:04.068
- Are we letting the thief steal it? and if so, how is he doing it?
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- The thief steal it? and if so, how is he doing it? through our thoughts.
- 00:12:06.938 --> 00:12:08.940
- And if so, how is he doing it? through our thoughts. he injects life-stealing
- 00:12:09.007 --> 00:12:11.176
- Through our thoughts. he injects life-stealing thoughts into our mind.
- 00:12:11.242 --> 00:12:14.045
- What is a life-stealing thought?
- 00:12:14.512 --> 00:12:16.414
- What is a life-stealing thought? self pity.
- 00:12:16.481 --> 00:12:19.250
- What is a life-stealing thought? self pity. there's no pit so deep
- 00:12:19.317 --> 00:12:21.452
- Self pity. there's no pit so deep as a self pity pit.
- 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:25.557
- And i used to feel
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- And i used to feel so sorry for myself.
- 00:12:26.791 --> 00:12:27.358
- And i used to feel so sorry for myself. i'd feel sorry for myself
- 00:12:27.425 --> 00:12:28.526
- So sorry for myself. i'd feel sorry for myself 'cause dave played golf
- 00:12:28.593 --> 00:12:29.694
- I'd feel sorry for myself 'cause dave played golf every weekend and--
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- 'cause dave played golf every weekend and-- >> audience member:
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- Every weekend and-- >> audience member: do the robot.
- 00:12:32.197 --> 00:12:33.565
- >> audience member: do the robot. >> joyce: no!
- 00:12:33.631 --> 00:12:34.232
- Do the robot. >> joyce: no! >> [audience laughing]
- 00:12:34.299 --> 00:12:36.568
- >> joyce: no! >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i cannot take
- 00:12:36.634 --> 00:12:37.502
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i cannot take the time to do that stupid
- 00:12:37.569 --> 00:12:38.837
- >> joyce: i cannot take the time to do that stupid robot everywhere i go.
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- The time to do that stupid robot everywhere i go. be nice;
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- Robot everywhere i go. be nice; the weekend's not over.
- 00:12:43.508 --> 00:12:44.342
- Be nice; the weekend's not over. >> [audience laughing]
- 00:12:44.409 --> 00:12:48.046
- The weekend's not over. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and oh, i would just
- 00:12:48.112 --> 00:12:49.647
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and oh, i would just feel so sorry for myself.
- 00:12:49.714 --> 00:12:51.983
- >> joyce: and oh, i would just feel so sorry for myself. and i was in ministry and--
- 00:12:52.050 --> 00:12:56.955
- Feel so sorry for myself. and i was in ministry and-- "i do all the work."
- 00:12:57.021 --> 00:12:57.956
- And i was in ministry and-- "i do all the work." come on,
- 00:12:58.022 --> 00:12:59.657
- "i do all the work." come on, don't tell me you don't have
- 00:12:59.724 --> 00:13:00.558
- Come on, don't tell me you don't have these thoughts.
- 00:13:00.625 --> 00:13:02.360
- Don't tell me you don't have these thoughts. "nobody around here helps me.
- 00:13:02.427 --> 00:13:03.628
- These thoughts. "nobody around here helps me. i do everything.
- 00:13:03.695 --> 00:13:05.630
- "nobody around here helps me. i do everything. if it wasn't for me,
- 00:13:05.697 --> 00:13:06.631
- I do everything. if it wasn't for me, the place would fall apart."
- 00:13:06.698 --> 00:13:07.565
- If it wasn't for me, the place would fall apart." >> [audience laughing]
- 00:13:07.632 --> 00:13:11.102
- The place would fall apart." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "everybody
- 00:13:11.169 --> 00:13:11.736
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "everybody else just has fun,
- 00:13:11.803 --> 00:13:13.204
- >> joyce: "everybody else just has fun, watch television and go play
- 00:13:13.271 --> 00:13:14.372
- Else just has fun, watch television and go play games and go swimming.
- 00:13:14.439 --> 00:13:15.707
- Watch television and go play games and go swimming. dave plays golf on the weekend
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- Games and go swimming. dave plays golf on the weekend and watches football on sunday.
- 00:13:17.008 --> 00:13:18.142
- Dave plays golf on the weekend and watches football on sunday. what kind of a life do i have?"
- 00:13:18.209 --> 00:13:19.978
- And watches football on sunday. what kind of a life do i have?" >> [audience laughing]
- 00:13:20.044 --> 00:13:23.481
- >> joyce: and god told
- 00:13:24.048 --> 00:13:24.716
- >> joyce: and god told me something that was
- 00:13:24.782 --> 00:13:26.150
- >> joyce: and god told me something that was life changing for me.
- 00:13:26.217 --> 00:13:28.519
- Me something that was life changing for me. i mean really, truly
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- Life changing for me. i mean really, truly life changing.
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- I mean really, truly life changing. he said, "joyce,
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- Life changing. he said, "joyce, you can be pitiful
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- He said, "joyce, you can be pitiful or you can be powerful,
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- You can be pitiful or you can be powerful, but you can't be both."
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- Or you can be powerful, but you can't be both." >> [audience applauding]
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- But you can't be both." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so maybe you need
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- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so maybe you need to make a choice tonight.
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- >> joyce: so maybe you need to make a choice tonight. are you gonna be pitiful
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- To make a choice tonight. are you gonna be pitiful or are you gonna be powerful?
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- Are you gonna be pitiful or are you gonna be powerful? you have to let go of the pity.
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- Or are you gonna be powerful? you have to let go of the pity. that's stinkin' thinkin'.
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- You have to let go of the pity. that's stinkin' thinkin'. anger.
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- That's stinkin' thinkin'. anger. whoever it is you're mad at,
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- Anger. whoever it is you're mad at, they don't care.
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- Whoever it is you're mad at, they don't care. >> [audience laughing]
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- They don't care. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: they don't--
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: they don't-- they're probably out
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- >> joyce: they don't-- they're probably out having a good time.
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- They're probably out having a good time. don't even know you're
- 00:14:03.655 --> 00:14:04.255
- Having a good time. don't even know you're mad and wouldn't care
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- Don't even know you're mad and wouldn't care if they did know.
- 00:14:04.956 --> 00:14:06.291
- >> [audience laughing]
- 00:14:06.958 --> 00:14:09.761
- >> joyce: "well, i don't like
- 00:14:12.096 --> 00:14:12.897
- >> joyce: "well, i don't like the way they treat me."
- 00:14:12.964 --> 00:14:15.166
- >> joyce: "well, i don't like the way they treat me." well, hang out with
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- The way they treat me." well, hang out with somebody else, or--
- 00:14:17.368 --> 00:14:19.804
- Well, hang out with somebody else, or-- but don't ever stop
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- Somebody else, or-- but don't ever stop praying for 'em.
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- But don't ever stop praying for 'em. there's so many bad
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- Praying for 'em. there's so many bad attitudes that we can have
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- There's so many bad attitudes that we can have and hopefully we'll get
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- Attitudes that we can have and hopefully we'll get through a whole bunch of 'em
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- And hopefully we'll get through a whole bunch of 'em before the weekend is over.
- 00:14:28.713 --> 00:14:29.881
- Through a whole bunch of 'em before the weekend is over. but so many people are
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- Before the weekend is over. but so many people are in unforgiveness, ugh.
- 00:14:32.550 --> 00:14:38.056
- That's the single biggest
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- That's the single biggest problem the church has,
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- That's the single biggest problem the church has, by the way.
- 00:14:40.124 --> 00:14:41.960
- Unforgiveness among people
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- Unforgiveness among people who call themselves christians.
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- I'm pretty sure about
- 00:14:51.002 --> 00:14:52.236
- I'm pretty sure about this percentage,
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- I'm pretty sure about this percentage, but i think about
- 00:14:54.405 --> 00:14:55.039
- This percentage, but i think about 70 to 80% of all christians
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- But i think about 70 to 80% of all christians are mad at somebody.
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- If i was just preaching on that
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- If i was just preaching on that tonight and ask at the end,
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- If i was just preaching on that tonight and ask at the end, "if you're mad at somebody
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- Tonight and ask at the end, "if you're mad at somebody you need to forgive,
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- "if you're mad at somebody you need to forgive, would you stand up?"
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- You need to forgive, would you stand up?" most people would
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- Would you stand up?" most people would be on their feet.
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- Most people would be on their feet. and that's--
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- You cannot enjoy
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- You cannot enjoy your life and have that.
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- You cannot enjoy your life and have that. the bible says,
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- Your life and have that. the bible says, "don't even let the sun
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- The bible says, "don't even let the sun go down on your anger."
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- "don't even let the sun go down on your anger." don't even let the sun
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- Go down on your anger." don't even let the sun go down in your anger.
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- Don't even let the sun go down in your anger. so, i'm always glad,
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- If i get mad,
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- If i get mad, i hope it's in the morning,
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- If i get mad, i hope it's in the morning, not late at night.
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- I hope it's in the morning, not late at night. >> [audience laughing]
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- Not late at night. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: because
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- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: because if it's late at night,
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- >> joyce: because if it's late at night, i don't have long
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- If it's late at night, i don't have long to get over it.
- 00:15:34.345 --> 00:15:35.246
- I don't have long to get over it. >> [audience laughing]
- 00:15:35.313 --> 00:15:40.018
- >> joyce: the bible warns us
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- >> joyce: the bible warns us about something called strife.
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- >> joyce: the bible warns us about something called strife. and it's bickering, arguing,
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- About something called strife. and it's bickering, arguing, heated disagreement,
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- And it's bickering, arguing, heated disagreement, and an angry undercurrent.
- 00:15:54.766 --> 00:15:57.635
- Heated disagreement, and an angry undercurrent. you know, that angry
- 00:15:57.702 --> 00:15:58.336
- And an angry undercurrent. you know, that angry undercurrent's
- 00:15:58.403 --> 00:15:59.003
- You know, that angry undercurrent's in a lot of churches.
- 00:15:59.070 --> 00:16:04.642
- "i should be the worship
- 00:16:04.709 --> 00:16:06.310
- "i should be the worship leader, not them.
- 00:16:06.377 --> 00:16:07.011
- "i should be the worship leader, not them. they couldn't sing their
- 00:16:07.078 --> 00:16:08.146
- Leader, not them. they couldn't sing their way out of a bucket."
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- They couldn't sing their way out of a bucket." ♪ i surrender all ♪
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- Way out of a bucket." ♪ i surrender all ♪ ♪ i surrender all ♪
- 00:16:12.683 --> 00:16:16.521
- ♪ i surrender all ♪ ♪ i surrender all ♪ well--
- 00:16:16.587 --> 00:16:20.758
- ♪ i surrender all ♪ well-- "preacher preaches too long,
- 00:16:20.825 --> 00:16:21.726
- Well-- "preacher preaches too long, spends too much time
- 00:16:21.793 --> 00:16:22.593
- "preacher preaches too long, spends too much time asking for money."
- 00:16:22.660 --> 00:16:25.496
- Spends too much time asking for money." angry undercurrent.
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- And do you know
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- And do you know that psalm 133 says,
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- And do you know that psalm 133 says, "where there's unity,
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- That psalm 133 says, "where there's unity, there is where
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- "where there's unity, there is where the lord's blessing is."
- 00:16:40.044 --> 00:16:42.680
- >> [audience applauding]
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- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i would not--
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- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i would not-- i can promise you,
- 00:16:50.088 --> 00:16:51.322
- >> joyce: and i would not-- i can promise you, i would not get in this
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- I can promise you, i would not get in this pulpit and preach if i was
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- I would not get in this pulpit and preach if i was angry at my husband.
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- Pulpit and preach if i was angry at my husband. i don't care how much
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- Angry at my husband. i don't care how much humble pie i had to eat,
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- I don't care how much humble pie i had to eat, we would have peace
- 00:17:04.168 --> 00:17:04.902
- Humble pie i had to eat, we would have peace before i got up here.
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- We would have peace before i got up here. because i know that it blocks
- 00:17:07.805 --> 00:17:09.907
- Before i got up here. because i know that it blocks and hinders the anointing.
- 00:17:09.974 --> 00:17:12.076
- Because i know that it blocks and hinders the anointing. and that's all i got.
- 00:17:12.143 --> 00:17:13.211
- And hinders the anointing. and that's all i got. i don't sing,
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- And that's all i got. i don't sing, i don't play an instrument.
- 00:17:13.911 --> 00:17:14.879
- I don't sing, i don't play an instrument. >> [audience laughing]
- 00:17:14.946 --> 00:17:17.115
- I don't play an instrument. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i don't do any--
- 00:17:17.181 --> 00:17:18.049
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i don't do any-- i talk.
- 00:17:18.116 --> 00:17:20.284
- >> joyce: i don't do any-- i talk. and if it's not anointed,
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- I talk. and if it's not anointed, people are not gonna listen.
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- And if it's not anointed, people are not gonna listen. amen?
- 00:17:24.288 --> 00:17:24.856
- People are not gonna listen. amen? and it's not gonna--
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- Amen? and it's not gonna-- see, it's not the words
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- And it's not gonna-- see, it's not the words that i'm saying,
- 00:17:28.626 --> 00:17:29.894
- See, it's not the words that i'm saying, it's the anointing that pushes
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- That i'm saying, it's the anointing that pushes them through into--
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- It's the anointing that pushes them through into-- >> [audience applauding]
- 00:17:34.365 --> 00:17:37.168
- >> joyce: and you can't be full
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- >> joyce: and you can't be full of bad attitudes and hateful
- 00:17:39.904 --> 00:17:41.272
- >> joyce: and you can't be full of bad attitudes and hateful thoughts and carry
- 00:17:41.339 --> 00:17:42.173
- Of bad attitudes and hateful thoughts and carry an anointing from god.
- 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:45.109
- Thoughts and carry an anointing from god. it just doesn't happen.
- 00:17:45.176 --> 00:17:47.512
- An anointing from god. it just doesn't happen. and you know,
- 00:17:47.578 --> 00:17:48.212
- It just doesn't happen. and you know, if you're not serious about god,
- 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:49.347
- And you know, if you're not serious about god, you don't care much about this
- 00:17:49.413 --> 00:17:50.214
- If you're not serious about god, you don't care much about this message, but if you are,
- 00:17:50.281 --> 00:17:52.416
- You don't care much about this message, but if you are, i'm giving you a few tools
- 00:17:52.483 --> 00:17:54.085
- Message, but if you are, i'm giving you a few tools tonight that you can use to get
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- I'm giving you a few tools tonight that you can use to get some things started at least.
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- Tonight that you can use to get some things started at least. maybe, on monday,
- 00:18:03.394 --> 00:18:08.032
- You can spend some time--
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- You can spend some time-- or after church on sunday,
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- You can spend some time-- or after church on sunday, you could spend some time,
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- Or after church on sunday, you could spend some time, be honest with yourself,
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- You could spend some time, be honest with yourself, write down some
- 00:18:16.274 --> 00:18:17.341
- Be honest with yourself, write down some of your bad attitudes.
- 00:18:17.408 --> 00:18:20.144
- Write down some of your bad attitudes. write 'em down and look
- 00:18:20.211 --> 00:18:20.878
- Of your bad attitudes. write 'em down and look at 'em and don't blame
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- Write 'em down and look at 'em and don't blame 'em on anybody else.
- 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:25.449
- At 'em and don't blame 'em on anybody else. you know,
- 00:18:25.516 --> 00:18:25.983
- 'em on anybody else. you know, as long as we blame our
- 00:18:26.050 --> 00:18:26.851
- You know, as long as we blame our problems on somebody else,
- 00:18:26.918 --> 00:18:27.818
- As long as we blame our problems on somebody else, we will never be free.
- 00:18:27.885 --> 00:18:30.688
- When the israelites traveled
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- When the israelites traveled through the wilderness--
- 00:18:34.025 --> 00:18:36.060
- When the israelites traveled through the wilderness-- my gosh.
- 00:18:36.127 --> 00:18:36.694
- Through the wilderness-- my gosh. they'd just been delivered
- 00:18:36.761 --> 00:18:37.495
- My gosh. they'd just been delivered from slavery.
- 00:18:37.562 --> 00:18:41.966
- They'd just been delivered from slavery. god had parted the red sea.
- 00:18:42.033 --> 00:18:46.370
- From slavery. god had parted the red sea. he's raining down
- 00:18:46.437 --> 00:18:47.205
- God had parted the red sea. he's raining down their food from heaven.
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- He's raining down their food from heaven. it didn't take long,
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- Their food from heaven. it didn't take long, and they, "we hate this manna."
- 00:18:51.042 --> 00:18:54.412
- It didn't take long, and they, "we hate this manna." they were thirsty.
- 00:18:54.478 --> 00:18:55.079
- And they, "we hate this manna." they were thirsty. he brought water out of a rock.
- 00:18:55.146 --> 00:18:57.515
- They were thirsty. he brought water out of a rock. and yet all they did was
- 00:18:57.582 --> 00:18:59.217
- He brought water out of a rock. and yet all they did was complain and murmur
- 00:18:59.283 --> 00:19:02.353
- And yet all they did was complain and murmur and blame god and moses
- 00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:04.522
- Complain and murmur and blame god and moses for their problems.
- 00:19:04.589 --> 00:19:06.390
- And that was why it took 'em
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- And that was why it took 'em 40 years to get through the--
- 00:19:09.694 --> 00:19:11.996
- And that was why it took 'em 40 years to get through the-- what was an 11-day trip.
- 00:19:12.063 --> 00:19:15.666
- 40 years to get through the-- what was an 11-day trip. that's how long it would take
- 00:19:15.733 --> 00:19:16.968
- What was an 11-day trip. that's how long it would take to go straight across, 11 days.
- 00:19:17.034 --> 00:19:18.970
- That's how long it would take to go straight across, 11 days. but they wandered around out
- 00:19:19.036 --> 00:19:20.137
- To go straight across, 11 days. but they wandered around out there for 40 years just because
- 00:19:20.204 --> 00:19:24.242
- But they wandered around out there for 40 years just because of things like i'm talking
- 00:19:24.308 --> 00:19:25.309
- There for 40 years just because of things like i'm talking to you about tonight.
- 00:19:25.376 --> 00:19:26.377
- Of things like i'm talking to you about tonight. bad attitudes,
- 00:19:26.444 --> 00:19:27.345
- To you about tonight. bad attitudes, being unthankful,
- 00:19:27.411 --> 00:19:28.779
- Bad attitudes, being unthankful, blaming their problems
- 00:19:28.846 --> 00:19:29.680
- Being unthankful, blaming their problems on everybody else,
- 00:19:29.747 --> 00:19:32.750
- Blaming their problems on everybody else, being impatient.
- 00:19:32.817 --> 00:19:35.920
- On everybody else, being impatient. nobody's impatient, are you?
- 00:19:35.987 --> 00:19:38.356
- Being impatient. nobody's impatient, are you? >> [audience laughing]
- 00:19:38.422 --> 00:19:39.457
- Nobody's impatient, are you? >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, i had to put
- 00:19:39.523 --> 00:19:40.491
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, i had to put my hand up on that one
- 00:19:40.558 --> 00:19:41.359
- >> joyce: well, i had to put my hand up on that one because i still am.
- 00:19:41.425 --> 00:19:43.294
- My hand up on that one because i still am. still dealing with it,
- 00:19:43.361 --> 00:19:44.362
- Because i still am. still dealing with it, still praying about it.
- 00:19:44.428 --> 00:19:47.164
- Still dealing with it, still praying about it. i'd have to--
- 00:19:47.231 --> 00:19:48.933
- Still praying about it. i'd have to-- probably, my two things,
- 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:50.001
- I'd have to-- probably, my two things, if you wanna pray for me:
- 00:19:50.067 --> 00:19:51.235
- Probably, my two things, if you wanna pray for me: i hurry and i'm impatient,
- 00:19:51.302 --> 00:19:53.137
- If you wanna pray for me: i hurry and i'm impatient, and they're probably
- 00:19:53.204 --> 00:19:53.771
- I hurry and i'm impatient, and they're probably connected so.
- 00:19:53.838 --> 00:19:55.740
- And they're probably connected so. maybe, if everybody
- 00:19:55.806 --> 00:19:56.540
- Connected so. maybe, if everybody prays for me,
- 00:19:56.607 --> 00:19:57.208
- Maybe, if everybody prays for me, i'll get over it quicker.
- 00:19:57.275 --> 00:19:59.644
- Prays for me, i'll get over it quicker. >> [audience laughing]
- 00:19:59.710 --> 00:20:00.645
- I'll get over it quicker. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i've gotten better,
- 00:20:00.711 --> 00:20:03.114
- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i've gotten better, but still got a long ways to go.
- 00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:07.652
- >> joyce: i've gotten better, but still got a long ways to go. i'm not impatient--
- 00:20:07.718 --> 00:20:09.754
- But still got a long ways to go. i'm not impatient-- not about waiting on god.
- 00:20:09.820 --> 00:20:10.855
- I'm not impatient-- not about waiting on god. but i get impatient with
- 00:20:10.921 --> 00:20:11.622
- Not about waiting on god. but i get impatient with people who aren't moving
- 00:20:11.689 --> 00:20:14.625
- But i get impatient with people who aren't moving as fast as i want 'em to.
- 00:20:14.692 --> 00:20:15.760
- People who aren't moving as fast as i want 'em to. >> [audience laughing]
- 00:20:15.826 --> 00:20:18.629
- >> joyce: enjoying your
- 00:20:24.135 --> 00:20:24.735
- >> joyce: enjoying your life begins with a choice.
- 00:20:24.802 --> 00:20:26.003
- >> joyce: enjoying your life begins with a choice. a choice i hope that
- 00:20:26.070 --> 00:20:27.305
- Life begins with a choice. a choice i hope that you will make tonight.
- 00:20:27.371 --> 00:20:33.077
- I love romans 8:28.
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- I love romans 8:28. and i really
- 00:20:35.813 --> 00:20:36.547
- I love romans 8:28. and i really actually believe it.
- 00:20:36.614 --> 00:20:38.949
- And i really actually believe it. "all things work together
- 00:20:39.016 --> 00:20:41.485
- Actually believe it. "all things work together for good to those who
- 00:20:41.552 --> 00:20:43.654
- "all things work together for good to those who love god and are called
- 00:20:43.721 --> 00:20:44.855
- For good to those who love god and are called according to his purpose."
- 00:20:44.922 --> 00:20:46.357
- Love god and are called according to his purpose." we are not called to try
- 00:20:46.424 --> 00:20:47.825
- To figure everything out.
- 00:20:47.892 --> 00:20:49.460
- To figure everything out. we are called to believe.
- 00:20:49.527 --> 00:20:54.098
- To figure everything out. we are called to believe. just believe.
- 00:20:54.165 --> 00:20:55.266
- We are called to believe. just believe. >> [audience applauding]
- 00:20:55.333 --> 00:20:59.737
- >> joyce: you know, nothing
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- >> joyce: you know, nothing good happens accidentally.
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- You have to choose good.
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- You have to choose good. deuteronomy 30:19 says,
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- You have to choose good. deuteronomy 30:19 says, "i call heaven and earth
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- Deuteronomy 30:19 says, "i call heaven and earth to witness this day against
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- "i call heaven and earth to witness this day against you that i have set before
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- To witness this day against you that i have set before you life and death,
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- You that i have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curses;
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- You life and death, the blessing and the curses; therefore choose life, that you
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- The blessing and the curses; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live."
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- Therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live." it's kind of like
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- And your descendants may live." it's kind of like a multiple choice question
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- It's kind of like a multiple choice question and it gives you the answer.
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- A multiple choice question and it gives you the answer. "i put two things before you.
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- And it gives you the answer. "i put two things before you. now this is the one that
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- "i put two things before you. now this is the one that you'll choose if you're smart."
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- Now this is the one that you'll choose if you're smart." amen?
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- You'll choose if you're smart." amen? like i said earlier,
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- Amen? like i said earlier, we all believe something,
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- Like i said earlier, we all believe something, so why not make
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- We all believe something, so why not make it something good?
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- So why not make it something good? amen?
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- It something good? amen? now listen, i don't know
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- Amen? now listen, i don't know where you're at in your
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- Now listen, i don't know where you're at in your relationship with god,
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- Where you're at in your relationship with god, but i don't wanna leave
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- Relationship with god, but i don't wanna leave without giving people
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- But i don't wanna leave without giving people an opportunity.
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- Without giving people an opportunity. if you've never received christ,
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- An opportunity. if you've never received christ, you've never admitted
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- If you've never received christ, you've never admitted you're a sinner,
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- You've never admitted you're a sinner, and asked jesus to forgive you
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- You're a sinner, and asked jesus to forgive you and come into your life,
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- And asked jesus to forgive you and come into your life, and you give your life to him,
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- And come into your life, and you give your life to him, if you've never done that,
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- And you give your life to him, if you've never done that, i wanna pray a prayer with you.
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- If you've never done that, i wanna pray a prayer with you. or if you--
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- I wanna pray a prayer with you. or if you-- if you're just one of those
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- Or if you-- if you're just one of those kinda ho-hum, so-so, you know,
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- If you're just one of those kinda ho-hum, so-so, you know, maybe you want enough
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- Kinda ho-hum, so-so, you know, maybe you want enough of jesus to stay out of hell,
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- Maybe you want enough of jesus to stay out of hell, but not enough
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- Of jesus to stay out of hell, but not enough to walk in victory.
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- But not enough to walk in victory. i just want to pray with you.
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- To walk in victory. i just want to pray with you. if you're in either one
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- I just want to pray with you. if you're in either one of those categories,
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- If you're in either one of those categories, you need to get serious
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- Of those categories, you need to get serious or you need--
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- You need to get serious or you need-- or you have never
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- Or you need-- or you have never received christ,
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- Or you have never received christ, raise your hand
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- Received christ, raise your hand and we're gonna pray.
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- Father, thank you for
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- Father, thank you for the people that you've
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- Father, thank you for the people that you've touched and are touching.
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- The people that you've touched and are touching. i thank you lord for those
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- Touched and are touching. i thank you lord for those that are raising their hands
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- I thank you lord for those that are raising their hands that wanna receive you
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- That are raising their hands that wanna receive you and those that wanna make
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- That wanna receive you and those that wanna make a deeper commitment to you.
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- And those that wanna make a deeper commitment to you. i pray as they release their
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- A deeper commitment to you. i pray as they release their life to you that a burden
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- I pray as they release their life to you that a burden will lift off of them.
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- Life to you that a burden will lift off of them. and father, i pray that
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- Will lift off of them. and father, i pray that everybody here tonight will
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- And father, i pray that everybody here tonight will work with you to change
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- Everybody here tonight will work with you to change their attitudes to be more
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- Work with you to change their attitudes to be more like you and help me in areas
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- Their attitudes to be more like you and help me in areas where i need help.
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- Like you and help me in areas where i need help. we love you, and we need you,
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- Where i need help. we love you, and we need you, and i bless everybody
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- We love you, and we need you, and i bless everybody under the sound
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- And i bless everybody under the sound of my voice in jesus' name,
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- Under the sound of my voice in jesus' name, be blessed.
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- Of my voice in jesus' name, be blessed. amen.
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- >> [cabinet closing]
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- >> [cabinet closing] >> [refrigerator door
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- >> [refrigerator door opening and closing]
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- Opening and closing] >> announcer: as your day
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- >> announcer: as your day begins, your thoughts
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- Begins, your thoughts throughout the day matter.
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- Throughout the day matter. >> [cereal pouring]
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- >> [cereal pouring] >> announcer: and if
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- >> announcer: and if they are negative,
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- They are negative, it could be very--um...
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- It could be very--um... >> [milk plopping]
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- >> [milk plopping] >> announcer: shall we say,
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- >> announcer: shall we say, risky?
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- Risky? but this is exactly what our
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- But this is exactly what our thought life can look like
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- Thought life can look like when it's full of negativity;
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- When it's full of negativity; the nice heaping bowl of trash.
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- >> joyce: you know, it's very
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- >> joyce: you know, it's very important to have a healthy
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- Important to have a healthy spirit, soul, and body.
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- Spirit, soul, and body. believe me,
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- Believe me, i know from experience.
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- I know from experience. early on, my thoughts
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- Early on, my thoughts did not line up with
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- Did not line up with god's word, and i started
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- God's word, and i started to believe the wrong things.
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- To believe the wrong things. it took me a while to learn
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- It took me a while to learn about these negative
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- About these negative thoughts, and how harmful
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- Thoughts, and how harmful they were to me.
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- They were to me. god showed me that there are
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- God showed me that there are thoughts to reject, and healthy
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- Thoughts to reject, and healthy thoughts to embrace.
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- And that's exactly what
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- And that's exactly what i will show you in my book,
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- I will show you in my book, “power thoughts
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- “power thoughts for your health.”
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- For your health.” although we don't always have
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- Although we don't always have the power to change every
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- The power to change every unpleasant circumstance
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- Unpleasant circumstance in our lives, we do have
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- In our lives, we do have the power to change our
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- The power to change our outlook through god's word.
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- Outlook through god's word. >> announcer: joyce's book
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- >> joyce: boy, you know,
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- >> joyce: boy, you know, in today's world,
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- In today's world, there are many stressors,
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- Much to say about it. so, i thought we could
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- So, i thought we could all get together with
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- All get together with some of my friends
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- Some of my friends and talk about it.
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- >> announcer: join us
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- >> announcer: join us for the enjoying
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- For the enjoying everyday life
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- Everyday life conference.
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- Conference. a weekend
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- A weekend of practical messages
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- Of practical messages and heartfelt worship
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- And heartfelt worship with joyce
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- With joyce and her guests,
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- And her guests, dr. henry cloud,
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- Dr. henry cloud, nona jones,
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- Nona jones, and worship with
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- In hershey, pennsylvania. >> joyce: you know,
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- >> joyce: you know, i have such a passion
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- I have such a passion for teaching god's word,
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- For teaching god's word, and it's even better when
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- And it's even better when we all get together
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- We all get together under one roof.
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- Under one roof. so, i really hope
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- So, i really hope to see you there.
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- >> announcer:
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- >>[♪♪]
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- >> announcer: we hope you
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- >> announcer: we hope you enjoyed today's program.
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- Enjoyed today's program. we are so grateful
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- We are so grateful to our joyce meyer
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- To our joyce meyer ministries partners
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- Ministries partners who make this
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- And all we do possible, including sharing
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- Including sharing god's word
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