Joyce Meyer - How Do Your Thoughts Affect The Rest Of Your Life? (Part 2)

February 11, 2026 | 27:29

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

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - 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,
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  • 'cause when you really get right down to it, most people's problem is they
  • 00:09:12.397 --> 00:09:13.798
  • 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.
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  • >> 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
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  • I could go get on the phone and call the hotel right now and they'd say, "yes, sir."
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  • And call the hotel right now and they'd say, "yes, sir." >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> joyce: i had one man tell me,
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  • >> joyce: i had one man tell me, he said, "i listened to you
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  • >> joyce: i had one man tell me, he said, "i listened to you on the radio for six months
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  • 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]
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  • Before i knew you were a woman." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and he said,
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and he said, "it's a good thing because
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  • >> 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."
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  • I would have never let a woman teach me anything." >> [audience laughing]
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  • A woman teach me anything." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: oh, i've had
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: oh, i've had some funny stuff.
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  • >> joyce: oh, i've had some funny stuff. i called a spa to get--
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  • Some funny stuff. i called a spa to get-- i wanted to get a facial.
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  • 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?"
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  • 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.
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  • >> 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.
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  • 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]
  • 00:10:26.971 --> 00:10:34.145
  • Or a mustache?" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i laughed so hard.
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i laughed so hard. i said, "i hate tell you this,
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  • >> 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.
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  • 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."
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  • 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
  • 00:10:45.557 --> 00:10:49.360
  • When that would have put me into depression and i would have had a miserable two weeks,
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  • 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
  • 00:10:56.801 --> 00:10:58.770
  • 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.
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  • 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,
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  • >> joyce: and so, some things, the things that you dislike
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  • >> joyce: and so, some things, the things that you dislike about yourself the most,
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  • 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.
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  • Are the very things that god's gonna use. listen to this.
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  • 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]
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  • Longer need to impress anybody. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen?
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  • When we can just relax.
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  • 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
  • 00:11:48.987 --> 00:11:50.088
  • But i came that you might have and enjoy your life and have it in abundance (to the full,
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  • 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.
  • 00:11:58.229 --> 00:11:59.764
  • And jesus said he came to bring it. so if we don't have it,
  • 00:11:59.831 --> 00:12:00.965
  • 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?
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  • 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
  • 00:12:25.623 --> 00:12:26.724
  • 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
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  • 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--
  • 00:12:29.761 --> 00:12:30.762
  • 'cause dave played golf every weekend and-- >> audience member:
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  • Every weekend and-- >> audience member: do the robot.
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  • >> audience member: do the robot. >> joyce: no!
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  • 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.
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  • 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."
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  • And i was in ministry and-- "i do all the work." come on,
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  • "i do all the work." come on, don't tell me you don't have
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  • Come on, don't tell me you don't have these thoughts.
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  • Don't tell me you don't have these thoughts. "nobody around here helps me.
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  • These thoughts. "nobody around here helps me. i do everything.
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  • "nobody around here helps me. i do everything. if it wasn't for me,
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  • I do everything. if it wasn't for me, the place would fall apart."
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  • If it wasn't for me, the place would fall apart." >> [audience laughing]
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  • The place would fall apart." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "everybody
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "everybody else just has fun,
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  • >> joyce: "everybody else just has fun, watch television and go play
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  • Else just has fun, watch television and go play games and go swimming.
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  • 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.
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  • Dave plays golf on the weekend and watches football on sunday. what kind of a life do i have?"
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  • And watches football on sunday. what kind of a life do i have?" >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> joyce: and god told
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  • >> joyce: and god told me something that was
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  • >> joyce: and god told me something that was life changing for me.
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  • 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
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  • 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.
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  • >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> joyce: "well, i don't like
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  • >> joyce: "well, i don't like the way they treat me."
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  • >> joyce: "well, i don't like the way they treat me." well, hang out with
  • 00:14:15.233 --> 00:14:17.302
  • The way they treat me." well, hang out with somebody else, or--
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  • 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.
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  • Through a whole bunch of 'em before the weekend is over. but so many people are
  • 00:14:29.948 --> 00:14:32.483
  • Before the weekend is over. but so many people are in unforgiveness, ugh.
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  • 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.
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  • 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
  • 00:15:23.568 --> 00:15:24.435
  • 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.
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  • 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,
  • 00:15:50.928 --> 00:15:53.631
  • 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.
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  • Heated disagreement, and an angry undercurrent. you know, that angry
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  • 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.
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  • "i should be the worship
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  • "i should be the worship leader, not them.
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  • "i should be the worship leader, not them. they couldn't sing their
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  • 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 ♪
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  • ♪ i surrender all ♪ ♪ i surrender all ♪ well--
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  • ♪ i surrender all ♪ well-- "preacher preaches too long,
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  • Well-- "preacher preaches too long, spends too much time
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  • "preacher preaches too long, spends too much time asking for money."
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  • 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,
  • 00:16:34.372 --> 00:16:38.042
  • That psalm 133 says, "where there's unity, there is where
  • 00:16:38.109 --> 00:16:39.977
  • "where there's unity, there is where the lord's blessing is."
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  • >> [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,
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  • >> 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
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  • 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
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  • Before i got up here. because i know that it blocks and hinders the anointing.
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  • Because i know that it blocks and hinders the anointing. and that's all i got.
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  • 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.
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  • 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--
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i don't do any-- i talk.
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  • >> 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?
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  • 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,
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  • 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
  • 00:17:38.136 --> 00:17:39.837
  • >> joyce: and you can't be full of bad attitudes and hateful
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  • >> joyce: and you can't be full of bad attitudes and hateful thoughts and carry
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  • Of bad attitudes and hateful thoughts and carry an anointing from god.
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  • 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,
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  • 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,
  • 00:18:12.170 --> 00:18:14.972
  • Or after church on sunday, you could spend some time, be honest with yourself,
  • 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:16.207
  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • When the israelites traveled
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  • When the israelites traveled through the wilderness--
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  • When the israelites traveled through the wilderness-- my gosh.
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  • Through the wilderness-- my gosh. they'd just been delivered
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  • My gosh. they'd just been delivered from slavery.
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  • They'd just been delivered from slavery. god had parted the red sea.
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  • From slavery. god had parted the red sea. he's raining down
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  • 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
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  • 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--
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  • And that was why it took 'em 40 years to get through the-- what was an 11-day trip.
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  • 40 years to get through the-- what was an 11-day trip. that's how long it would take
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  • 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.
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  • Of things like i'm talking to you about tonight. bad attitudes,
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  • To you about tonight. bad attitudes, being unthankful,
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  • Bad attitudes, being unthankful, blaming their problems
  • 00:19:28.846 --> 00:19:29.680
  • Being unthankful, blaming their problems on everybody else,
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  • 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.
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  • 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,
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  • I'd have to-- probably, my two things, if you wanna pray for me:
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  • Probably, my two things, if you wanna pray for me: i hurry and i'm impatient,
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  • If you wanna pray for me: i hurry and i'm impatient, and they're probably
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  • I hurry and i'm impatient, and they're probably connected so.
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  • And they're probably connected so. maybe, if everybody
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  • Connected so. maybe, if everybody prays for me,
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  • Maybe, if everybody prays for me, i'll get over it quicker.
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  • Prays for me, i'll get over it quicker. >> [audience laughing]
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  • I'll get over it quicker. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i've gotten better,
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i've gotten better, but still got a long ways to go.
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  • >> joyce: i've gotten better, but still got a long ways to go. i'm not impatient--
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  • But still got a long ways to go. i'm not impatient-- not about waiting on god.
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  • I'm not impatient-- not about waiting on god. but i get impatient with
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  • Not about waiting on god. but i get impatient with people who aren't moving
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  • But i get impatient with people who aren't moving as fast as i want 'em to.
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  • People who aren't moving as fast as i want 'em to. >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> joyce: enjoying your
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  • >> joyce: enjoying your life begins with a choice.
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  • >> joyce: enjoying your life begins with a choice. a choice i hope that
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  • Life begins with a choice. a choice i hope that you will make tonight.
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  • I love romans 8:28.
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  • I love romans 8:28. and i really
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  • I love romans 8:28. and i really actually believe it.
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  • And i really actually believe it. "all things work together
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  • Actually believe it. "all things work together for good to those who
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  • "all things work together for good to those who love god and are called
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  • For good to those who love god and are called according to his purpose."
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  • Love god and are called according to his purpose." we are not called to try
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  • To figure everything out.
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  • To figure everything out. we are called to believe.
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  • To figure everything out. we are called to believe. just believe.
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  • We are called to believe. just believe. >> [audience applauding]
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  • >> 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
  • 00:21:41.512 --> 00:21:44.548
  • Now listen, i don't know where you're at in your relationship with god,
  • 00:21:44.615 --> 00:21:46.517
  • 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
  • 00:23:06.764 --> 00:23:07.698
  • 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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  • Did not line up with god's word, and i started
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  • About these negative thoughts, and how harmful
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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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  • All of life's pressures? well, god's word has
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  • Well, god's word has much to say about it.
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  • Much to say about it. so, i thought we could
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  • So, i thought we could all get together with
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  • All get together with some of my friends
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  • Some of my friends and talk about it.
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  • >> announcer: join us
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  • >> announcer: join us for the enjoying
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  • For the enjoying everyday life
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  • Everyday life conference.
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  • Conference. a weekend
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  • A weekend of practical messages
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  • Of practical messages and heartfelt worship
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  • And heartfelt worship with joyce
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  • With joyce and her guests,
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  • And her guests, dr. henry cloud,
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  • Dr. henry cloud, nona jones,
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  • Nona jones, and worship with
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  • And worship with naomi raine,
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  • Naomi raine, april 10-11,
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  • April 10-11, in hershey, pennsylvania.
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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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  • >> announcer: register today.
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  • Register today. go to:
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  • Go to: joycemeyer.org.
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  • >>[♪♪]
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  • >> announcer: we hope you
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  • >> announcer: we hope you enjoyed today's program.
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  • Enjoyed today's program. we are so grateful
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  • We are so grateful to our joyce meyer
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  • To our joyce meyer ministries partners
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  • Ministries partners who make this
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  • Who make this and all we do possible,
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  • And all we do possible, including sharing
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  • Including sharing god's word
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  • God's word and offering help
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  • And offering help to people in need
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  • To people in need all over the world.
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