Joyce Meyer - How Our Thoughts and Words Affect Our Health

June 1, 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 Our Thoughts and Words Affect Our Health | June 1, 2026

>> joyce: once you can see this
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>> joyce: once you can see this principle and understand it,
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>> joyce: once you can see this principle and understand it, the bible says, "do unto
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Principle and understand it, the bible says, "do unto others as you would have
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The bible says, "do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
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Others as you would have them do unto you." so, you can change.
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Them do unto you." so, you can change. there's a lot of things in your
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So, you can change. there's a lot of things in your life you can change,
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There's a lot of things in your life you can change, just by learning how to sow
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Life you can change, just by learning how to sow the right kinds of seeds.
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>> joyce: i do what
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>> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's
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>> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's power transform my own life,
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I do because i've seen god's power transform my own life, and he will do it for you.
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Power transform my own life, and he will do it for you. the key to everything
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And he will do it for you. the key to everything is found in god's word.
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The key to everything is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer,
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Is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal
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I'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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>> joyce: all right.
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>> joyce: all right. i've been talking about the
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>> joyce: all right. i've been talking about the power of thoughts and words.
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I've been talking about the power of thoughts and words. and i mean, the bible tells
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Power of thoughts and words. and i mean, the bible tells us that we will never experience
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And i mean, the bible tells us that we will never experience what jesus died to give us,
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Us that we will never experience what jesus died to give us, unless our mind is completely
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What jesus died to give us, unless our mind is completely renewed by the word, romans 12.
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Unless our mind is completely renewed by the word, romans 12. and boy, that was such an eye
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Renewed by the word, romans 12. and boy, that was such an eye opener to me when i first
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And boy, that was such an eye opener to me when i first started studying the bible.
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Because i had no idea that--
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Because i had no idea that-- i had no idea that my thoughts
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Because i had no idea that-- i had no idea that my thoughts or my words affected
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I had no idea that my thoughts or my words affected anything in my life.
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Or my words affected anything in my life. i mean, i went to church
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Anything in my life. i mean, i went to church for years and i was never
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I mean, i went to church for years and i was never taught that.
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For years and i was never taught that. and because of being
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Taught that. and because of being on television, we have
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And because of being on television, we have a lot of people from a lot
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On television, we have a lot of people from a lot of different denominations
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That come to our conferences.
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That come to our conferences. and so, i always try to remember
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That come to our conferences. and so, i always try to remember that not everybody knows
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And so, i always try to remember that not everybody knows what some of us know.
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That not everybody knows what some of us know. that there may be people here
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What some of us know. that there may be people here this afternoon that have never
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That there may be people here this afternoon that have never heard anything like that.
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This afternoon that have never heard anything like that. you don't--you had no idea
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Heard anything like that. you don't--you had no idea that negative thoughts can
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You don't--you had no idea that negative thoughts can produce a negative effect
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That negative thoughts can produce a negative effect in your life.
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Whereas positive thoughts
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Whereas positive thoughts can produce a positive, or you
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Whereas positive thoughts can produce a positive, or you don't think you can do anything
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Can produce a positive, or you don't think you can do anything about your thoughts.
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Don't think you can do anything about your thoughts. you just think whatever falls
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About your thoughts. you just think whatever falls in your head, and you don't
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You just think whatever falls in your head, and you don't realize that you can not think
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In your head, and you don't realize that you can not think something if you don't want to.
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Realize that you can not think something if you don't want to. and you can choose to think
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Something if you don't want to. and you can choose to think something that will benefit you.
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And you can choose to think something that will benefit you. and i certainly had no idea that
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Something that will benefit you. and i certainly had no idea that my words affected anything.
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And i certainly had no idea that my words affected anything. i just said whatever i felt
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My words affected anything. i just said whatever i felt like saying, to whoever
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I just said whatever i felt like saying, to whoever i felt like saying it,
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Like saying, to whoever i felt like saying it, whenever i felt like saying it.
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I felt like saying it, whenever i felt like saying it. and--but proverbs 18:21 says,
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Whenever i felt like saying it. and--but proverbs 18:21 says, "the power of life and death
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And--but proverbs 18:21 says, "the power of life and death is in the tongue."
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"the power of life and death is in the tongue." i mean it's--just that
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Is in the tongue." i mean it's--just that one scripture.
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I mean it's--just that one scripture. when we speak to people, we're
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Actually hearing what we say,
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Actually hearing what we say, as well as speaking to them.
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Actually hearing what we say, as well as speaking to them. and the bible literally
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As well as speaking to them. and the bible literally says--i mean, doesn't put
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And the bible literally says--i mean, doesn't put it in these words,
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Says--i mean, doesn't put it in these words, but we eat our own words.
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It in these words, but we eat our own words. that the power of life
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But we eat our own words. that the power of life and death is in the tongue,
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That the power of life and death is in the tongue, and that we have to deal
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And death is in the tongue, and that we have to deal with the affects in our own
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And that we have to deal with the affects in our own life of those words.
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With the affects in our own life of those words. so, i was a very negative
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Life of those words. so, i was a very negative person, because i grew
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So, i was a very negative person, because i grew up in a very negative
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Person, because i grew up in a very negative atmosphere, and i was actually
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Up in a very negative atmosphere, and i was actually taught to be negative.
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Atmosphere, and i was actually taught to be negative. i mean, my father taught me:
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Taught to be negative. i mean, my father taught me: "doesn't do any good to--
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I mean, my father taught me: "doesn't do any good to-- don't trust anybody,
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"doesn't do any good to-- don't trust anybody, everybody's gonna hurt you,
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Don't trust anybody, everybody's gonna hurt you, don't expect anything good
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Everybody's gonna hurt you, don't expect anything good because life is just, you know,
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Don't expect anything good because life is just, you know, blankety-blank-blank,
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Because life is just, you know, blankety-blank-blank, and it's not--"
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Blankety-blank-blank, and it's not--" and so, i just had a very
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And it's not--" and so, i just had a very negative attitude.
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And so, i just had a very negative attitude. anybody else here grow up,
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Negative attitude. anybody else here grow up, with just like, you know,
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Anybody else here grow up, with just like, you know, your surroundings were all
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With just like, you know, your surroundings were all negative, and so that just
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Your surroundings were all negative, and so that just became normal for you.
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Negative, and so that just became normal for you. and it takes a while--
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Became normal for you. and it takes a while-- change is wonderful,
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And it takes a while-- change is wonderful, but it takes a while.
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Change is wonderful, but it takes a while. you don't just say,
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But it takes a while. you don't just say, "i'm gonna change,"
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You don't just say, "i'm gonna change," and then change.
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"i'm gonna change," and then change. you do have to work with
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And then change. you do have to work with the holy spirit.
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You do have to work with the holy spirit. i'm so grateful
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The holy spirit. i'm so grateful for the holy spirit.
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Jesus said, "i'm gonna
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Jesus said, "i'm gonna send you a comforter."
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Jesus said, "i'm gonna send you a comforter." and also, the holy spirit
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Send you a comforter." and also, the holy spirit is an encourager.
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And also, the holy spirit is an encourager. and boy, we all need comfort.
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Is an encourager. and boy, we all need comfort. and we all need encouragement,
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And boy, we all need comfort. and we all need encouragement, don't we?
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And we all need encouragement, don't we? and jesus said,
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Don't we? and jesus said, "you're going to be better off
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And jesus said, "you're going to be better off when i leave, because i'm gonna
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"you're going to be better off when i leave, because i'm gonna send the holy spirit."
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When i leave, because i'm gonna send the holy spirit." well, how can we be better off
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Than to have jesus?
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Than to have jesus? because he was in a human body,
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Than to have jesus? because he was in a human body, could only be one place
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Because he was in a human body, could only be one place at a time like we can.
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Could only be one place at a time like we can. but the holy spirit, literally--
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At a time like we can. but the holy spirit, literally-- i can be up here speaking,
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But the holy spirit, literally-- i can be up here speaking, and the holy spirit could
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I can be up here speaking, and the holy spirit could be speaking something different
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And the holy spirit could be speaking something different to different ones of you.
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Be speaking something different to different ones of you. same words coming out
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To different ones of you. same words coming out of my mouth, but they--he can
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Same words coming out of my mouth, but they--he can deal with each one of you
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Of my mouth, but they--he can deal with each one of you based on what you need.
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Deal with each one of you based on what you need. and i want you to understand
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Based on what you need. and i want you to understand that the holy spirit
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And i want you to understand that the holy spirit is ministering to each person
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That the holy spirit is ministering to each person here personally, something
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Is ministering to each person here personally, something that you need to hear.
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Now, let me ask you a question:
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Now, let me ask you a question: how many of you would--
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Now, let me ask you a question: how many of you would-- you need to feel better
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How many of you would-- you need to feel better physically than what you do?
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You need to feel better physically than what you do? okay.
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Physically than what you do? okay. well, i think most of us have
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Okay. well, i think most of us have an issue with that, and a large
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Well, i think most of us have an issue with that, and a large majority of it is just caused
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An issue with that, and a large majority of it is just caused by the stress that we deal
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Majority of it is just caused by the stress that we deal with in life today.
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By the stress that we deal with in life today. and i can tell you the stress
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With in life today. and i can tell you the stress is not gonna go away.
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And i can tell you the stress is not gonna go away. so, we have to change how
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Is not gonna go away. so, we have to change how we--life's not gonna change,
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So, we have to change how we--life's not gonna change, if it does, it's only gonna
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We--life's not gonna change, if it does, it's only gonna get worse.
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If it does, it's only gonna get worse. and i'm not being negative,
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Get worse. and i'm not being negative, that's just...i mean,
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Things are gonna get worse
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Things are gonna get worse before jesus comes back.
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Things are gonna get worse before jesus comes back. and i used to think, you know,
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Before jesus comes back. and i used to think, you know, "if my life would just change."
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And i used to think, you know, "if my life would just change." well, i finally figured out
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"if my life would just change." well, i finally figured out i was the one that
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Well, i finally figured out i was the one that had to change.
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I was the one that had to change. so, get that right now, you're
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Had to change. so, get that right now, you're the one that has to change.
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So, get that right now, you're the one that has to change. your life is not gonna
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The one that has to change. your life is not gonna be a nice little life where
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Your life is not gonna be a nice little life where there's never anything
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Be a nice little life where there's never anything for you to worry about,
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There's never anything for you to worry about, and there's no stress.
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For you to worry about, and there's no stress. we have to learn how to deal
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And there's no stress. we have to learn how to deal with life differently.
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We have to learn how to deal with life differently. and what i wanna teach
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With life differently. and what i wanna teach this afternoon is,
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And what i wanna teach this afternoon is, how our thoughts and our
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This afternoon is, how our thoughts and our words affect our health.
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How our thoughts and our words affect our health. and i wanna say first,
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Words affect our health. and i wanna say first, before i do this,
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And i wanna say first, before i do this, i am not in any way, shape,
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Before i do this, i am not in any way, shape, or form, saying that everybody
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I am not in any way, shape, or form, saying that everybody who is sick, it's your own fault
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Or form, saying that everybody who is sick, it's your own fault because of the way you talk
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Who is sick, it's your own fault because of the way you talk and the way you think.
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Because of the way you talk and the way you think. there's sin in the world.
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And the way you think. there's sin in the world. there's pressure in the world.
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There's sin in the world. there's pressure in the world. there's--i do believe that
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There's pressure in the world. there's--i do believe that all sickness is caused by sin,
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There's--i do believe that all sickness is caused by sin, but it is not necessarily
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All sickness is caused by sin, but it is not necessarily our personal sin.
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But it is not necessarily our personal sin. it's just i--when i read
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Our personal sin. it's just i--when i read about the way things were
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It's just i--when i read about the way things were in the garden, and in the early
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About the way things were in the garden, and in the early days when people lived
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In the garden, and in the early days when people lived to be 980 and 950, and i mean,
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Days when people lived to be 980 and 950, and i mean, it took the devil a long time
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To be 980 and 950, and i mean, it took the devil a long time to teach us how to die.
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It took the devil a long time to teach us how to die. >> [audience laughing]
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To teach us how to die. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and it really
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and it really amazed me when
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>> joyce: and it really amazed me when i put this together,
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Amazed me when i put this together, how many scriptures talk about
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I put this together, how many scriptures talk about how different things got into
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How many scriptures talk about how different things got into their bones and caused them
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How different things got into their bones and caused them to be weak and even caused
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Their bones and caused them to be weak and even caused their eyes to grow dim.
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To be weak and even caused their eyes to grow dim. and it has a lot to do--
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Their eyes to grow dim. and it has a lot to do-- especially the way people think,
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And it has a lot to do-- especially the way people think, and the way they talk.
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One of the most
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One of the most powerful principles in the word
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One of the most powerful principles in the word is that we reap what we sow,
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Powerful principles in the word is that we reap what we sow, "as long as the earth remains,
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Is that we reap what we sow, "as long as the earth remains, there will be seed time
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"as long as the earth remains, there will be seed time and harvest."
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There will be seed time and harvest." so, every harvest that we have
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And harvest." so, every harvest that we have in our life is because of some
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So, every harvest that we have in our life is because of some seed that has been sown.
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In our life is because of some seed that has been sown. for example, the bible says
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Seed that has been sown. for example, the bible says the way you judge other people,
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For example, the bible says the way you judge other people, is the way you will be judged.
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The way you judge other people, is the way you will be judged. if you sow mercy,
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Is the way you will be judged. if you sow mercy, you'll reap mercy.
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If you sow mercy, you'll reap mercy. the bible teaches us a lot
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You'll reap mercy. the bible teaches us a lot about sowing and reaping
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The bible teaches us a lot about sowing and reaping concerning finances.
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About sowing and reaping concerning finances. "give, and is shall be given
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Concerning finances. "give, and is shall be given unto you; good measure,
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"give, and is shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together,
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Unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, shall men
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Pressed down, shaken together, and running over, shall men give back into your bosom."
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And running over, shall men give back into your bosom." god does not need your money.
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But it's interesting to me that,
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But it's interesting to me that, god could pay for the things
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But it's interesting to me that, god could pay for the things that he wants to do in the earth
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God could pay for the things that he wants to do in the earth any way that he wants to,
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That he wants to do in the earth any way that he wants to, but he wants us all
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Any way that he wants to, but he wants us all to be involved.
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But he wants us all to be involved. you know, god could raise
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To be involved. you know, god could raise up one billionaire whose life
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You know, god could raise up one billionaire whose life was changed by my teaching,
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Up one billionaire whose life was changed by my teaching, and he could give me just
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Was changed by my teaching, and he could give me just a couple of oil wells,
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And he could give me just a couple of oil wells, and i'd never have to receive
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A couple of oil wells, and i'd never have to receive another offering never, ever.
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And i'd never have to receive another offering never, ever. but god doesn't do it that way,
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Another offering never, ever. but god doesn't do it that way, because he wants us to sow,
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But god doesn't do it that way, because he wants us to sow, so we can reap.
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Because he wants us to sow, so we can reap. and you reap according
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So we can reap. and you reap according to how you sow.
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And you reap according to how you sow. the attitude you sow with,
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To how you sow. the attitude you sow with, the amount you give out
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The attitude you sow with, the amount you give out of what you have, and this whole
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The amount you give out of what you have, and this whole principle of sowing and reaping
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Of what you have, and this whole principle of sowing and reaping is all throughout the bible.
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Principle of sowing and reaping is all throughout the bible. and i love it.
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Is all throughout the bible. and i love it. and i'll tell you one
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And i love it. and i'll tell you one of the reasons why i love it,
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And i'll tell you one of the reasons why i love it, and this may sound strange
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Of the reasons why i love it, and this may sound strange at first, i feel like it gives
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And this may sound strange at first, i feel like it gives me a little measure of control
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At first, i feel like it gives me a little measure of control over how my life turns out.
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Me a little measure of control over how my life turns out. not that i'm a control freak,
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Over how my life turns out. not that i'm a control freak, i don't mean that,
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Not that i'm a control freak, i don't mean that, but i hate to think that
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I don't mean that, but i hate to think that there's nothing i can do about
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But i hate to think that there's nothing i can do about the way my life goes.
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There's nothing i can do about the way my life goes. and so, this gives
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The way my life goes. and so, this gives me an opportunity.
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And so, this gives me an opportunity. boy, if i sow good seeds,
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Me an opportunity. boy, if i sow good seeds, then i've got a promise that
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Boy, if i sow good seeds, then i've got a promise that i'm gonna reap a good harvest
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Then i've got a promise that i'm gonna reap a good harvest in my life.
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I'm gonna reap a good harvest in my life. you know,
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In my life. you know, if i want more friends,
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You know, if i want more friends, then i need to be friendlier.
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If i want more friends, then i need to be friendlier. if i wanna have more love,
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Then i need to be friendlier. if i wanna have more love, then i need to give more
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If i wanna have more love, then i need to give more love away.
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Once you can see this
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Once you can see this principle and understand it,
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Once you can see this principle and understand it, the bible says,
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Principle and understand it, the bible says, "do unto others as you would
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The bible says, "do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
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"do unto others as you would have them do unto you." so, you can change.
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Have them do unto you." so, you can change. there's a lot of things in your
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Life you can change just
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Life you can change just by learning how to sow
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Life you can change just by learning how to sow the right kinds of seeds.
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By learning how to sow the right kinds of seeds. and every thought is a seed.
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The right kinds of seeds. and every thought is a seed. i want you to get that,
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And every thought is a seed. i want you to get that, every thought is a seed.
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I want you to get that, every thought is a seed. we think about 6,000 thoughts
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Every thought is a seed. we think about 6,000 thoughts a day, and if 5,900 of them are
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We think about 6,000 thoughts a day, and if 5,900 of them are negative, it's not too hard
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A day, and if 5,900 of them are negative, it's not too hard to tell why you would have
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Negative, it's not too hard to tell why you would have a lousy life.
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To tell why you would have a lousy life. i was so negative when i started
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A lousy life. i was so negative when i started learning the word of god.
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I was so negative when i started learning the word of god. and i mean, god has changed me,
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Learning the word of god. and i mean, god has changed me, and i cannot stand negativity.
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And i mean, god has changed me, and i cannot stand negativity. and i'll tell you if he could
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And i cannot stand negativity. and i'll tell you if he could change me, there's nobody
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And i'll tell you if he could change me, there's nobody in here that he can't change,
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Change me, there's nobody in here that he can't change, because i mean, i was negative.
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In here that he can't change, because i mean, i was negative. >> [audience applauding]
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Because i mean, i was negative. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: my attitude was,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: my attitude was, if you don't expect
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>> joyce: my attitude was, if you don't expect anything good to happen,
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If you don't expect anything good to happen, then you won't be disappointed
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Anything good to happen, then you won't be disappointed when it don't.
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Then you won't be disappointed when it don't. and i've come all the way
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When it don't. and i've come all the way from that, every morning
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And i've come all the way from that, every morning in my prayers i say,
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From that, every morning in my prayers i say, "i am expecting something
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In my prayers i say, "i am expecting something good to happen to me today.
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"i am expecting something good to happen to me today. i'm expecting good news."
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Good to happen to me today. i'm expecting good news." >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: galatians 6:7 says,
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>> joyce: galatians 6:7 says, "be not deceived; god is not
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>> joyce: galatians 6:7 says, "be not deceived; god is not mocked: for whatsoever
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"be not deceived; god is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
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Mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."
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If you sow exercise,
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If you sow exercise, you're gonna reap muscles.
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If you sow exercise, you're gonna reap muscles. if you so stretching,
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You're gonna reap muscles. if you so stretching, you're gonna reap flexibility.
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If you so stretching, you're gonna reap flexibility. if you sow mercy,
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You're gonna reap flexibility. if you sow mercy, you're gonna reap mercy.
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If you sow mercy, you're gonna reap mercy. if you sow junk food into
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You're gonna reap mercy. if you sow junk food into your body all the time,
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If you sow junk food into your body all the time, you're gonna reap feeling lousy.
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Your body all the time, you're gonna reap feeling lousy. >> audience member: amen!
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You're gonna reap feeling lousy. >> audience member: amen! >> joyce: if you sow overeating,
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>> audience member: amen! >> joyce: if you sow overeating, you're gonna be fluffier
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>> joyce: if you sow overeating, you're gonna be fluffier than you wanna be.
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You're gonna be fluffier than you wanna be. >> [audience laughing]
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Than you wanna be. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: it's not your thyroid.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: it's not your thyroid. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: it's not your thyroid. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: it's not your
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: it's not your metabolism, it's your mouth.
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>> joyce: it's not your metabolism, it's your mouth. >> [audience laughing]
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Metabolism, it's your mouth. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, i know some
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, i know some people do have a physical
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>> joyce: now, i know some people do have a physical problem or, you know,
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People do have a physical problem or, you know, you might be having to take
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Problem or, you know, you might be having to take some kind of medicine
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You might be having to take some kind of medicine that's made you gain
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Some kind of medicine that's made you gain a lot of weight.
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That's made you gain a lot of weight. but i'm just talking about
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A lot of weight. but i'm just talking about really and truly,
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But i'm just talking about really and truly, i don't wanna make anybody
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Really and truly, i don't wanna make anybody mad when i say this,
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I don't wanna make anybody mad when i say this, but if you don't wanna
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Mad when i say this, but if you don't wanna be overweight,
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But if you don't wanna be overweight, then don't overeat.
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Just that simple,
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Just that simple, and everybody's different.
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Just that simple, and everybody's different. to be honest, i can't eat
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And everybody's different. to be honest, i can't eat a really whole lot and stay
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The size that i am.
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The size that i am. and i had to make a decision
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The size that i am. and i had to make a decision about which i wanted,
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And i had to make a decision about which i wanted, and i want to be able to keep
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About which i wanted, and i want to be able to keep wearing my clothes.
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And i want to be able to keep wearing my clothes. and so, i just have
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Wearing my clothes. and so, i just have to discipline myself
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And so, i just have to discipline myself on a regular basis.
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To discipline myself on a regular basis. is it fun?
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On a regular basis. is it fun? no.
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Is it fun? no. what would i love to do today
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No. what would i love to do today when i leave?
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What would i love to do today when i leave? oh, i don't know,
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When i leave? oh, i don't know, get the biggest dessert
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Oh, i don't know, get the biggest dessert i could find and eat it.
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Get the biggest dessert i could find and eat it. and it would probably make
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I could find and eat it. and it would probably make me sick, but i would enjoy
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And it would probably make me sick, but i would enjoy it going down.
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Me sick, but i would enjoy it going down. >> [audience laughing]
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It going down. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: if you sow judgment,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: if you sow judgment, you're gonna reap judgment.
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>> joyce: if you sow judgment, you're gonna reap judgment. if you give,
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You're gonna reap judgment. if you give, you're gonna receive.
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Matthew 7:1 and 2,
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Matthew 7:1 and 2, "do not judge and criticize
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Matthew 7:1 and 2, "do not judge and criticize and condemn others--"
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"do not judge and criticize and condemn others--" now, pay attention
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And condemn others--" now, pay attention to those words.
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Now, pay attention to those words. "do not judge and criticize
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To those words. "do not judge and criticize and condemn."
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"do not judge and criticize and condemn." "do not judge and criticize
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And condemn." "do not judge and criticize and condemn, so that you may
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"do not judge and criticize and condemn, so that you may not be judged and criticized
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And condemn, so that you may not be judged and criticized and condemned yourself."
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Not be judged and criticized and condemned yourself." when somebody criticizes you,
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And condemned yourself." when somebody criticizes you, are they sowing,
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When somebody criticizes you, are they sowing, or are you reaping?
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Are they sowing, or are you reaping? "for just as you judge and
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Or are you reaping? "for just as you judge and criticize and condemn others,
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"for just as you judge and criticize and condemn others, you will be judged and
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Criticize and condemn others, you will be judged and criticized and condemned,
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You will be judged and criticized and condemned, and in accordance with
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Criticized and condemned, and in accordance with the measure you [use to]
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And in accordance with the measure you [use to] deal out to others, it will
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The measure you [use to] deal out to others, it will be dealt out to you again."
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Deal out to others, it will be dealt out to you again." matthew 5:7, "blessed (happy
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Be dealt out to you again." matthew 5:7, "blessed (happy to be envied, and spiritually
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Matthew 5:7, "blessed (happy to be envied, and spiritually prosperous--with life-joy
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To be envied, and spiritually prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in god's favor
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Prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in god's favor and salvation, regardless
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And satisfaction in god's favor and salvation, regardless of your outward conditions)
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And salvation, regardless of your outward conditions) are the merciful, for they
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I mean, there's just so many
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I mean, there's just so many scriptures that back up this
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What goes in our thoughts
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What goes in our thoughts and heart attitude,
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What goes in our thoughts and heart attitude, shows up in our bodies.
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And heart attitude, shows up in our bodies. now, remember i'm not saying--
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Shows up in our bodies. now, remember i'm not saying-- i'm not saying that everybody
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Now, remember i'm not saying-- i'm not saying that everybody who's got something physically
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I'm not saying that everybody who's got something physically wrong with you--i mean,
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Who's got something physically wrong with you--i mean, i hurt my back last week,
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Wrong with you--i mean, i hurt my back last week, and my back's been bothering
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I hurt my back last week, and my back's been bothering me all weekend.
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I'm icing in between sessions.
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I'm icing in between sessions. and, you know, i don't know
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I'm icing in between sessions. and, you know, i don't know of anything i did to--except
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And, you know, i don't know of anything i did to--except i got on the treadmill
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Of anything i did to--except i got on the treadmill and stayed on it too long.
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I got on the treadmill and stayed on it too long. and of course,
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And stayed on it too long. and of course, dave tried to tell me.
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And of course, dave tried to tell me. >> [audience laughing]
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Dave tried to tell me. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know, "just do a quarter mile
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>> joyce: you know, "just do a quarter mile to start."
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"just do a quarter mile to start." i'm like, "that's useless."
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To start." i'm like, "that's useless." so, i get on it and i do almost
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I'm like, "that's useless." so, i get on it and i do almost two miles, and then
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So, i get on it and i do almost two miles, and then my back hurts.
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Two miles, and then my back hurts. well, you know, that was just
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My back hurts. well, you know, that was just a case of stupid.
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Well, you know, that was just a case of stupid. >> [audience laughing]
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A case of stupid. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and--but i'm a little
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and--but i'm a little bit like that.
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>> joyce: and--but i'm a little bit like that. it's like, "i can do this."
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Bit like that. it's like, "i can do this." it's paid off in some ways
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It's like, "i can do this." it's paid off in some ways in my life.
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It's paid off in some ways in my life. that's one of the reasons
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In my life. that's one of the reasons why i'm still here, but it does
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That's one of the reasons why i'm still here, but it does occasionally get me in trouble.
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Why i'm still here, but it does occasionally get me in trouble. and, you know, dave didn't
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Occasionally get me in trouble. and, you know, dave didn't feel great yesterday.
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And, you know, dave didn't feel great yesterday. god raised him up and that
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Feel great yesterday. god raised him up and that was good.
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God raised him up and that was good. and when i went home last night,
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Was good. and when i went home last night, he was watching sports.
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And when i went home last night, he was watching sports. so, i'm not sure how bad
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He was watching sports. so, i'm not sure how bad he felt, or if he just wanted
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So, i'm not sure how bad he felt, or if he just wanted to watch the ballgame, but--
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He felt, or if he just wanted to watch the ballgame, but-- >> [audience laughing]
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To watch the ballgame, but-- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: no, he did feel bad,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: no, he did feel bad, i could see it on his face,
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>> joyce: no, he did feel bad, i could see it on his face, but he did get over it not
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I could see it on his face, but he did get over it not too long after i left.
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But he did get over it not too long after i left. >> [audience laughing]
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Too long after i left. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but i don't think
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but i don't think dave did anything that caused
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>> joyce: but i don't think dave did anything that caused him to feel bad.
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Dave did anything that caused him to feel bad. so please, please, i don't
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Him to feel bad. so please, please, i don't wanna condemn anybody.
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So please, please, i don't wanna condemn anybody. i'm not saying that everything
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Wanna condemn anybody. i'm not saying that everything that's wrong--but i want you
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I'm not saying that everything that's wrong--but i want you to be open to realizing that
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That's wrong--but i want you to be open to realizing that what you think and what you
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To be open to realizing that what you think and what you say does affect you.
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Now, i give you a great example:
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Now, i give you a great example: dave has just always been
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Now, i give you a great example: dave has just always been healthier than me.
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Dave has just always been healthier than me. i've had a lot of different
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Healthier than me. i've had a lot of different issues with my body.
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I've had a lot of different issues with my body. i've had both hips replaced,
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Issues with my body. i've had both hips replaced, i had breast cancer,
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I've had both hips replaced, i had breast cancer, i could go on and on.
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I had breast cancer, i could go on and on. but i had a hysterectomy,
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I could go on and on. but i had a hysterectomy, threw me into the change
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But i had a hysterectomy, threw me into the change of life, because i had cancer,
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Threw me into the change of life, because i had cancer, i couldn't take any hormones.
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Of life, because i had cancer, i couldn't take any hormones. so, i had a terrible time going
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I couldn't take any hormones. so, i had a terrible time going through the change of life,
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So, i had a terrible time going through the change of life, just awful.
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Through the change of life, just awful. and preaching the whole time,
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Ministering to other people.
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Ministering to other people. here again, god didn't always
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Ministering to other people. here again, god didn't always deliver me, but he did keep me,
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Here again, god didn't always deliver me, but he did keep me, he made me able.
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Deliver me, but he did keep me, he made me able. like dave asked me this morning,
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He made me able. like dave asked me this morning, "did your back hurt while
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Like dave asked me this morning, "did your back hurt while you were preaching?"
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"did your back hurt while you were preaching?" and i said, "no, but it started
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You were preaching?" and i said, "no, but it started the minute i got down
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And i said, "no, but it started the minute i got down the steps."
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The minute i got down the steps." it's amazing how god will always
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The steps." it's amazing how god will always protect me, when i'm up here.
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It's amazing how god will always protect me, when i'm up here. >> [audience applauding]
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Protect me, when i'm up here. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i thank god
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i thank god for that.
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>> joyce: and i thank god for that. but, dave has always been
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For that. but, dave has always been healthier than me.
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But, dave has always been healthier than me. but, i started out being
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Healthier than me. but, i started out being sexually abused by my dad,
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But, i started out being sexually abused by my dad, that lasted about 15 years,
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Sexually abused by my dad, that lasted about 15 years, and it was--it was awful.
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That lasted about 15 years, and it was--it was awful. i don't have time to go into
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And it was--it was awful. i don't have time to go into the details, but it was just
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I don't have time to go into the details, but it was just a regular weekly occurrence.
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The details, but it was just a regular weekly occurrence. and so, i just started
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A regular weekly occurrence. and so, i just started out in stress.
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And so, i just started out in stress. by the time i was 18,
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Out in stress. by the time i was 18, it was already showing up
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By the time i was 18, it was already showing up in my body.
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It was already showing up in my body. stress will make you sick.
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In my body. stress will make you sick. i don't care how christian
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Stress will make you sick. i don't care how christian you are, stress will make
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I don't care how christian you are, stress will make you sick.
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You are, stress will make you sick. amen?
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You sick. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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Amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and we all know
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and we all know that we live in a world today
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>> joyce: and we all know that we live in a world today that is just pressure, pressure,
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That we live in a world today that is just pressure, pressure, stress, stress.
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That is just pressure, pressure, stress, stress. i mean, road rage--you know,
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Stress, stress. i mean, road rage--you know, just even the way that you have
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I mean, road rage--you know, just even the way that you have to be concerned when you
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Just even the way that you have to be concerned when you go out in public now,
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To be concerned when you go out in public now, i mean, that kind of stuff
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Go out in public now, i mean, that kind of stuff wasn't--that didn't exist.
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I mean, that kind of stuff wasn't--that didn't exist. when dave was a boy, he said
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Wasn't--that didn't exist. when dave was a boy, he said he remembers when the first
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When dave was a boy, he said he remembers when the first paper boy was robbed,
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He remembers when the first paper boy was robbed, and what a terrible,
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Paper boy was robbed, and what a terrible, shocking thing that was.
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And what a terrible, shocking thing that was. well, if chewing gum was
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Shocking thing that was. well, if chewing gum was the worst thing that you
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Well, if chewing gum was the worst thing that you got in trouble for in school
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The worst thing that you got in trouble for in school 50 years ago, things have
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Got in trouble for in school 50 years ago, things have changed dramatically.
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50 years ago, things have changed dramatically. amen?
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Changed dramatically. amen? and so--but dave has always
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Amen? and so--but dave has always been easygoing.
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And so--but dave has always been easygoing. i've been more...
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Been easygoing. i've been more... >> [audience laughing]
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I've been more... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: he's always--cast his
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: he's always--cast his care about everything.
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>> joyce: he's always--cast his care about everything. that's his answer to everything,
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Care about everything. that's his answer to everything, "cast your care,"
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That's his answer to everything, "cast your care," and i know he's right,
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"cast your care," and i know he's right, but, i'm gonna fix it.
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And i know he's right, but, i'm gonna fix it. >> [audience laughing]
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But, i'm gonna fix it. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, i'm not so much
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, i'm not so much like that anymore,
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>> joyce: now, i'm not so much like that anymore, i've changed a lot.
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Like that anymore, i've changed a lot. but there was a lot of years
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I've changed a lot. but there was a lot of years where i was like that.
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But there was a lot of years where i was like that. i was more tense.
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Where i was like that. i was more tense. he slept better than me,
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I was more tense. he slept better than me, you know, on and on.
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He slept better than me, you know, on and on. so, i can clearly see how
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You know, on and on. so, i can clearly see how dis-ease will bring disease.
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>> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: no wonder jesus said.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: no wonder jesus said. "come unto me, all ye that
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>> joyce: no wonder jesus said. "come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden
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"come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden and overburdened,
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Labor and are heavy laden and overburdened, and i will give you rest.
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And overburdened, and i will give you rest. [i will ease, relieve and
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And i will give you rest. [i will ease, relieve and refresh your soul.]
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[i will ease, relieve and refresh your soul.] take my yoke upon you and learn
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Refresh your soul.] take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for i am humble,
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Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for i am humble, gentle (meek) and lowly.
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Of me, for i am humble, gentle (meek) and lowly. i am not harsh, hard, sharp,
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Gentle (meek) and lowly. i am not harsh, hard, sharp, and pressing)."
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I am not harsh, hard, sharp, and pressing)." so, i think it's safe
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To say that jesus
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To say that jesus was pretty easygoing.
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To say that jesus was pretty easygoing. i can't imagine him hurrying.
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Was pretty easygoing. i can't imagine him hurrying. can you imagine jesus hurrying?
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I can't imagine him hurrying. can you imagine jesus hurrying? i read a really good book
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Can you imagine jesus hurrying? i read a really good book recently and i know if i read
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I read a really good book recently and i know if i read a book, you're gonna call
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Recently and i know if i read a book, you're gonna call the office and say,
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A book, you're gonna call the office and say, what was the name of that book?
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The office and say, what was the name of that book? so, it was called, um...
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It was a book about
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It was a book about not hurrying.
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It was a book about not hurrying. >> [audience laughing]
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Not hurrying. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i can't remember
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i can't remember the name of it,
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>> joyce: i can't remember the name of it, john mark comer wrote it.
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The name of it, john mark comer wrote it. so, don't call the office,
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John mark comer wrote it. so, don't call the office, either write it down,
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So, don't call the office, either write it down, or don't call me.
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Either write it down, or don't call me. john mark comer, "the ruthless
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Or don't call me. john mark comer, "the ruthless elimination of hurry."
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John mark comer, "the ruthless elimination of hurry." it was a really good book.
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Elimination of hurry." it was a really good book. and one of the things that
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It was a really good book. and one of the things that he said, well, probably one
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And one of the things that he said, well, probably one of the main things was that,
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He said, well, probably one of the main things was that, "you cannot be in a hurry
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Of the main things was that, "you cannot be in a hurry and walk in love."
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And that's my thing.
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And that's my thing. that's my prayer.
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And that's my thing. that's my prayer. that's my goal.
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That's my prayer. that's my goal. i really want more than
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That's my goal. i really want more than anything, to walk in love
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I really want more than anything, to walk in love at all times with all people.
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Anything, to walk in love at all times with all people. that's like--
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>> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: that's just it for me,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: that's just it for me, that's what i want.
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>> joyce: that's just it for me, that's what i want. i want to be a mature christian,
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That's what i want. i want to be a mature christian, but i really wanna love people,
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I want to be a mature christian, but i really wanna love people, because they need it so bad,
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But i really wanna love people, because they need it so bad, so bad.
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Because they need it so bad, so bad. and if you're in a hurry
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So bad. and if you're in a hurry all the time, not only does
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And if you're in a hurry all the time, not only does it put a lot of stress on you,
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All the time, not only does it put a lot of stress on you, but you miss the things that
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It put a lot of stress on you, but you miss the things that god could use you for.
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But you miss the things that god could use you for. you don't even notice
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God could use you for. you don't even notice 'em or see 'em.
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You don't even notice 'em or see 'em. somebody can be hurting right
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'em or see 'em. somebody can be hurting right around you; you don't even
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Somebody can be hurting right around you; you don't even pay any attention to it cause
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Around you; you don't even pay any attention to it cause you're in such a big hurry.
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And so, if you wanna relieve
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And so, if you wanna relieve some of the stress in your life,
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And so, if you wanna relieve some of the stress in your life, just slow down.
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Some of the stress in your life, just slow down. if you're taking notes,
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Just slow down. if you're taking notes, write down "slow down."
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If you're taking notes, write down "slow down." and maybe you should make
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Write down "slow down." and maybe you should make four or five, six, 10, 20 signs
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And maybe you should make four or five, six, 10, 20 signs and put 'em all around
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Four or five, six, 10, 20 signs and put 'em all around your house, "slow down,
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And put 'em all around your house, "slow down, slow down, slow down,
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Your house, "slow down, slow down, slow down, slow down, slow down."
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Slow down, slow down, slow down, slow down." amen?
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Slow down, slow down." amen? my family teases me,
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Amen? my family teases me, although it's really not funny,
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My family teases me, although it's really not funny, it's just part of my--
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Although it's really not funny, it's just part of my-- shows how i am.
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It's just part of my-- shows how i am. i'm always ready for the next
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Shows how i am. i'm always ready for the next thing while this thing
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I'm always ready for the next thing while this thing is happening.
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Thing while this thing is happening. and so, when i'm half the way
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Is happening. and so, when i'm half the way home from wherever we're
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And so, when i'm half the way home from wherever we're coming home from,
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Home from wherever we're coming home from, i get my door keys out.
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Coming home from, i get my door keys out. i'm ready to open that door
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I get my door keys out. i'm ready to open that door when i get there.
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I'm ready to open that door when i get there. and my daughter takes
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When i get there. and my daughter takes me a lot of places and she says,
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And my daughter takes me a lot of places and she says, "mother, would you please wait
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Me a lot of places and she says, "mother, would you please wait until i park the car before
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"mother, would you please wait until i park the car before you open the door and try
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Until i park the car before you open the door and try to get out of it?"
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You open the door and try to get out of it?" >> [audience laughing]
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To get out of it?" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i don't know
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i don't know why i do that, but i've got
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>> joyce: and i don't know why i do that, but i've got my hand on that door handle.
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Why i do that, but i've got my hand on that door handle. i mean, let me tell you
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My hand on that door handle. i mean, let me tell you something, i may be nothing
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I mean, let me tell you something, i may be nothing else but i'm ready.
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Something, i may be nothing else but i'm ready. >> [audience laughing]
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Else but i'm ready. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: one time i wasn't
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: one time i wasn't paying any attention, and,
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>> joyce: one time i wasn't paying any attention, and, you know, we rent cars
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Paying any attention, and, you know, we rent cars here and there, and we get--
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You know, we rent cars here and there, and we get-- we rent a lot of white cars.
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Here and there, and we get-- we rent a lot of white cars. and the car they drive me
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We rent a lot of white cars. and the car they drive me in at home is a white car.
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And the car they drive me in at home is a white car. and so, one day i came out
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In at home is a white car. and so, one day i came out of a restaurant in st. louis,
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And so, one day i came out of a restaurant in st. louis, and there was a white car there,
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Of a restaurant in st. louis, and there was a white car there, and i got in it.
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And there was a white car there, and i got in it. >> [audience laughing]
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And i got in it. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, guess what?
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, guess what? i got in the car with somebody
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>> joyce: well, guess what? i got in the car with somebody who knew me...
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I got in the car with somebody who knew me... >> [audience laughing]
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Who knew me... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: from television,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: from television, freaked her out!
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>> joyce: from television, freaked her out! >> [audience laughing]
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Freaked her out! >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: she's like, "aaah!"
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: she's like, "aaah!" >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: she's like, "aaah!" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: so, you know,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: so, you know, i do some stuff.
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>> joyce: so, you know, i do some stuff. and i wish i had dave's
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I do some stuff. and i wish i had dave's personality, but i don't.
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And i wish i had dave's personality, but i don't. i just don't, and a--
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Personality, but i don't. i just don't, and a-- >> audience member: we love you!
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I just don't, and a-- >> audience member: we love you! >> joyce: thank you.
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>> audience member: we love you! >> joyce: thank you. see, god makes me more
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>> joyce: thank you. see, god makes me more like all of you, so you
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See, god makes me more like all of you, so you can relate to me, you know.
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Like all of you, so you can relate to me, you know. >> [audience laughing]
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>> announcer: taking time
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>> announcer: taking time to read and study god's word
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Greater freedom in christ. >> joyce: if we come to the word
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>> joyce: if we come to the word and we hear it, we love it,
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And we hear it, we love it, we receive it, we obey it,
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We receive it, we obey it, our lives are gonna be amazing.
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Our lives are gonna be amazing. that doesn't mean they'll
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That doesn't mean they'll be completely trouble free.
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Be completely trouble free. but i'll tell you one thing.
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But i'll tell you one thing. i'd rather have a big problem
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I'd rather have a big problem and have jesus in it to help
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And have jesus in it to help me than to have a little
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Me than to have a little problem and be by myself
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Problem and be by myself trying to solve it.
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Trying to solve it. >> [audience applauding]
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>> ginger: how many trips
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>> ginger: how many trips have you been on now?
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>> ginger: how many trips have you been on now? >> anna: this is my third
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Have you been on now? >> anna: this is my third trip with hand of hope.
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>> anna: this is my third trip with hand of hope. >> ginger: and, what was
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Trip with hand of hope. >> ginger: and, what was the main reason that you
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>> ginger: and, what was the main reason that you did want to do this?
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The main reason that you did want to do this? you said you wanted to travel,
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Did want to do this? you said you wanted to travel, to help people.
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You said you wanted to travel, to help people. >> anna: yes.
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To help people. >> anna: yes. it's a total different work
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>> anna: yes. it's a total different work as a doctor here than back
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It's a total different work as a doctor here than back in my home country.
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As a doctor here than back in my home country. but, it's really, i feel like
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In my home country. but, it's really, i feel like i really wanted to do that
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But, it's really, i feel like i really wanted to do that to just help people in poor
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I really wanted to do that to just help people in poor countries who cannot have
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To just help people in poor countries who cannot have access to medical care.
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Countries who cannot have access to medical care. i do that because i love jesus
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Access to medical care. i do that because i love jesus and i hope that the patients
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I do that because i love jesus and i hope that the patients feel that.
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And i hope that the patients feel that. sometimes we just pray
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Feel that. sometimes we just pray right at the investigation
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Sometimes we just pray right at the investigation table with them.
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Right at the investigation table with them. so, just to make them know
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Table with them. so, just to make them know that jesus is the doctor
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So, just to make them know that jesus is the doctor all above us.
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>> [music]
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Joyce Meyer - How Our Thoughts and Words Affect Our Health

June 1, 2026 | 27:29

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