Joyce Meyer - I Will Not Fear

October 2, 2025 | 29:29

You can overcome perfectionism! Joyce shares how to let go of unreasonable expectations and enjoy more hope and freedom in your life.

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - I Will Not Fear | October 2, 2025

>> joyce: look at me and let
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>> joyce: look at me and let me tell you something.
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>> joyce: look at me and let me tell you something. you're always gonna
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Me tell you something. you're always gonna make mistakes.
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You're always gonna make mistakes. but you know what?
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Make mistakes. but you know what? if you really wanna get
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But you know what? if you really wanna get the upper hand on the enemy,
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If you really wanna get the upper hand on the enemy, don't spend one more day of your
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The upper hand on the enemy, don't spend one more day of your life feeling condemned about
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Don't spend one more day of your life feeling condemned about something you did yesterday.
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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: alright, now we're
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>> joyce: alright, now we're gonna talk about a few common
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>> joyce: alright, now we're gonna talk about a few common fears that people deal with,
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Gonna talk about a few common fears that people deal with, you ready?
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Fears that people deal with, you ready? i think this fear, right here,
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You ready? i think this fear, right here, is a big one.
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I think this fear, right here, is a big one. "i'm afraid i won't get what
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Is a big one. "i'm afraid i won't get what i want."
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"i'm afraid i won't get what i want." >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: "i prayed, but i got
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>> joyce: "i prayed, but i got a backup plan."
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>> joyce: "i prayed, but i got a backup plan." >> [audience laughing]
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A backup plan." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "and then i've got a
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "and then i've got a backup plan for my backup plan."
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>> joyce: "and then i've got a backup plan for my backup plan." >> [audience laughing]
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Backup plan for my backup plan." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "and then, because
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "and then, because i'm afraid that things might
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>> joyce: "and then, because i'm afraid that things might not turn out the way i want,
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I'm afraid that things might not turn out the way i want, i can even get really good at
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Not turn out the way i want, i can even get really good at manipulating circumstances
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I can even get really good at manipulating circumstances and people, trying to kinda make
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Manipulating circumstances and people, trying to kinda make sure that i get what i want,
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And people, trying to kinda make sure that i get what i want, just in case god doesn't see
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Sure that i get what i want, just in case god doesn't see it my way."
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Just in case god doesn't see it my way." >> [audience laughing]
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It my way." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on, is anybody
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on, is anybody home out there tonight?
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>> joyce: come on, is anybody home out there tonight? >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: that's what causes
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>> joyce: that's what causes us all the problems.
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>> joyce: that's what causes us all the problems. james 4:1-2 says,
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Us all the problems. james 4:1-2 says, "what leads to strife?"
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James 4:1-2 says, "what leads to strife?" what brings discord and feuds
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"what leads to strife?" what brings discord and feuds and fights?
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What brings discord and feuds and fights? and where does all
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And fights? and where does all the quarreling come from?
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And where does all the quarreling come from? and he said, "it arises from
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The quarreling come from? and he said, "it arises from your sensual desires that
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And he said, "it arises from your sensual desires that are always warring in your
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Your sensual desires that are always warring in your bodily members."
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Are always warring in your bodily members." he's saying all the turmoil in
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Bodily members." he's saying all the turmoil in our lives is from all the stuff
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He's saying all the turmoil in our lives is from all the stuff that we want.
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Our lives is from all the stuff that we want. james 4:2, "you are jealous and
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That we want. james 4:2, "you are jealous and you covet [what others have]
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James 4:2, "you are jealous and you covet [what others have] and your desires go unfulfilled;
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You covet [what others have] and your desires go unfulfilled; [so] you become a murderer.
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And your desires go unfulfilled; [so] you become a murderer. [because to hate is to murder
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[so] you become a murderer. [because to hate is to murder as far as your heart
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[because to hate is to murder as far as your heart is concerned.]"
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As far as your heart is concerned.]" and then he goes on
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Is concerned.]" and then he goes on to say, "you get angry, and you
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And then he goes on to say, "you get angry, and you don't get what you want,"
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To say, "you get angry, and you don't get what you want," and the beautiful answer is,
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Don't get what you want," and the beautiful answer is, "you have not because
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And the beautiful answer is, "you have not because you ask not."
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"you have not because you ask not." so, here's the plan:
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You ask not." so, here's the plan: ask god for what you want,
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So, here's the plan: ask god for what you want, and trust him to give you what
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Ask god for what you want, and trust him to give you what you need.
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And trust him to give you what you need. >> [audience applauding]
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You need. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: c'mon, ask god for
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: c'mon, ask god for what you want, and trust him
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>> joyce: c'mon, ask god for what you want, and trust him to give you what you need.
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What you want, and trust him to give you what you need. maybe i better just walk from
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To give you what you need. maybe i better just walk from person to person and say that.
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>> [audience laughing]
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how about a new
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how about a new way to pray?
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>> joyce: how about a new way to pray? "god, please don't ever give me
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Way to pray? "god, please don't ever give me anything that i ask you for,
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"god, please don't ever give me anything that i ask you for, if it's not gonna be the best
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Anything that i ask you for, if it's not gonna be the best thing for me and the best thing
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If it's not gonna be the best thing for me and the best thing for your kingdom."
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Thing for me and the best thing for your kingdom." >> [audience applauding]
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For your kingdom." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know why?
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know why? 'cause i'm well aware that i can
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>> joyce: you know why? 'cause i'm well aware that i can ask for stuff that's not gonna
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'cause i'm well aware that i can ask for stuff that's not gonna work out good for me, right?
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Ask for stuff that's not gonna work out good for me, right? and we're always gonna ask for
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Work out good for me, right? and we're always gonna ask for no trouble, no problems, nothing
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And we're always gonna ask for no trouble, no problems, nothing but promotion, and comfort,
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No trouble, no problems, nothing but promotion, and comfort, and everything.
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But promotion, and comfort, and everything. how 'bout a little bit of,
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And everything. how 'bout a little bit of, "lord, if this is your will."
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How 'bout a little bit of, "lord, if this is your will." alright, the second common
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"lord, if this is your will." alright, the second common fear that i think that we face
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Alright, the second common fear that i think that we face a lot is the fear of failure,
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Fear that i think that we face a lot is the fear of failure, the fear of imperfection.
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A lot is the fear of failure, the fear of imperfection. wow.
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Now, i tell you what, i mean,
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Now, i tell you what, i mean, we've all got somewhat
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Now, i tell you what, i mean, we've all got somewhat of a perfectionist in us,
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We've all got somewhat of a perfectionist in us, but there's some people who have
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Of a perfectionist in us, but there's some people who have it really bad.
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But there's some people who have it really bad. and it's really hard for people
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It really bad. and it's really hard for people like that to ever get happy,
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And it's really hard for people like that to ever get happy, because you can't be happy
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Like that to ever get happy, because you can't be happy if you can't be happy
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Because you can't be happy if you can't be happy with yourself.
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If you can't be happy with yourself. amen?
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With yourself. amen? you can't be happy if you can't
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Amen? you can't be happy if you can't be happy with yourself.
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You can't be happy if you can't be happy with yourself. and the only way you can ever
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Be happy with yourself. and the only way you can ever be happy with yourself is if you
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And the only way you can ever be happy with yourself is if you learn that you have and always
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Be happy with yourself is if you learn that you have and always will have some imperfections.
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Learn that you have and always will have some imperfections. look at me and let me tell
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Will have some imperfections. look at me and let me tell you something.
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Look at me and let me tell you something. you're always gonna
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Make mistakes.
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Make mistakes. but you know what?
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Make mistakes. but you know what? if you really wanna get
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But you know what? if you really wanna get the upper hand on the enemy,
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If you really wanna get the upper hand on the enemy, don't spend one more day of your
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The upper hand on the enemy, don't spend one more day of your life feeling condemned about
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Don't spend one more day of your life feeling condemned about something you did yesterday.
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Life feeling condemned about something you did yesterday. >> [audience applauding]
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Something you did yesterday. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: if you spent 5 minutes
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: if you spent 5 minutes here acting what the bible calls
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>> joyce: if you spent 5 minutes here acting what the bible calls unseemly--that means ugly.
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Here acting what the bible calls unseemly--that means ugly. if you spend 5 minutes here not
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Unseemly--that means ugly. if you spend 5 minutes here not behaving as you should behave,
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If you spend 5 minutes here not behaving as you should behave, not showing the fruit
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Behaving as you should behave, not showing the fruit of the spirit, to spend this
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Not showing the fruit of the spirit, to spend this next 5 minutes over here
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Of the spirit, to spend this next 5 minutes over here feeling guilty about it,
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Next 5 minutes over here feeling guilty about it, you wasted that 5 minutes
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Feeling guilty about it, you wasted that 5 minutes and now you're wasting
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You wasted that 5 minutes and now you're wasting this 5 minutes.
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And now you're wasting this 5 minutes. why don't you spend this 5
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This 5 minutes. why don't you spend this 5 receiving forgiveness from god,
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Why don't you spend this 5 receiving forgiveness from god, shaking the thing off,
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Receiving forgiveness from god, shaking the thing off, and going on?
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Shaking the thing off, and going on? >> [audience applauding]
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And going on? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: that's what makes
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: that's what makes the gospel good news, good news,
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>> joyce: that's what makes the gospel good news, good news, good news.
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The gospel good news, good news, good news. >> [audience applauding]
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Good news. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: not bad news,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: not bad news, good news.
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>> joyce: not bad news, good news. it's no wonder some people don't
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Good news. it's no wonder some people don't like going to church or they
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It's no wonder some people don't like going to church or they fall asleep in church.
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Like going to church or they fall asleep in church. i mean, if all you're gonna
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Fall asleep in church. i mean, if all you're gonna hear is how bad you are.
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I mean, if all you're gonna hear is how bad you are. "just a poor, miserable sinner.
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Wretched man that i am."
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Wretched man that i am." well, paul did say that,
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Wretched man that i am." well, paul did say that, "wretched man that i am,
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Well, paul did say that, "wretched man that i am, who will deliver me from this
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"wretched man that i am, who will deliver me from this body of death?
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Who will deliver me from this body of death? oh, thank god, he will through
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Body of death? oh, thank god, he will through jesus christ."
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Oh, thank god, he will through jesus christ." >> [audience applauding]
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Jesus christ." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: "so, therefore there
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: "so, therefore there is now no condemnation for those
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>> joyce: "so, therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in christ jesus."
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Is now no condemnation for those who are in christ jesus." >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: see, it's just so good
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>> joyce: see, it's just so good that it's hard to believe,
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>> joyce: see, it's just so good that it's hard to believe, isn't it?
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That it's hard to believe, isn't it? you will make mistakes.
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Isn't it? you will make mistakes. i remember when god said to me,
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You will make mistakes. i remember when god said to me, "why don't you give yourself
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I remember when god said to me, "why don't you give yourself permission to be a human being?"
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"why don't you give yourself permission to be a human being?" come on, you're not holy ghost
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Permission to be a human being?" come on, you're not holy ghost junior, and neither am i.
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Come on, you're not holy ghost junior, and neither am i. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: do you know that
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>> joyce: do you know that the bible says that god assigns
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>> joyce: do you know that the bible says that god assigns weakness to all of us?
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The bible says that god assigns weakness to all of us? you know why?
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Weakness to all of us? you know why? because that's the only way
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You know why? because that's the only way we're ever gonna lean on jesus.
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Let me tell you something, if
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Let me tell you something, if any one of us could do it all,
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Let me tell you something, if any one of us could do it all, you wouldn't be here tonight.
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As soon as you can be
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As soon as you can be comfortable being imperfect,
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As soon as you can be comfortable being imperfect, you'll be free from the fear
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Comfortable being imperfect, you'll be free from the fear of failure.
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You'll be free from the fear of failure. >> [audience applauding]
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Of failure. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on, how many
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on, how many perfectionists do we have
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>> joyce: come on, how many perfectionists do we have in the house?
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Perfectionists do we have in the house? >> [audience applauding]
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In the house? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: well, you need what
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: well, you need what i'm saying tonight.
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Come on, let's say it again.
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Come on, let's say it again. as soon as you can get
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Come on, let's say it again. as soon as you can get comfortable being imperfect,
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As soon as you can get comfortable being imperfect, you will be free from so
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Comfortable being imperfect, you will be free from so many things.
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>> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: now, some people might
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: now, some people might think, "well, you're just giving
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>> joyce: now, some people might think, "well, you're just giving people a license to sin."
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Think, "well, you're just giving people a license to sin." you're not looking for
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People a license to sin." you're not looking for an excuse to sin.
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You're not looking for an excuse to sin. you wouldn't have come here
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An excuse to sin. you wouldn't have come here tonight if that was the case.
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You wouldn't have come here tonight if that was the case. i don't have to talk to you like
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Tonight if that was the case. i don't have to talk to you like you're a bunch of little babies
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I don't have to talk to you like you're a bunch of little babies just waiting to, you know,
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You're a bunch of little babies just waiting to, you know, get in the cookie jar when
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Just waiting to, you know, get in the cookie jar when mama's back is turned.
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Get in the cookie jar when mama's back is turned. you wanna do what's right, and
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Mama's back is turned. you wanna do what's right, and me telling you that you don't
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You wanna do what's right, and me telling you that you don't have to suffer with the fear of
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Me telling you that you don't have to suffer with the fear of imperfection is not gonna make
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Have to suffer with the fear of imperfection is not gonna make you think that it's okay to do
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Imperfection is not gonna make you think that it's okay to do wrong things, because it's all
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You think that it's okay to do wrong things, because it's all about your heart's attitude.
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Wrong things, because it's all about your heart's attitude. matter of fact, i think the more
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About your heart's attitude. matter of fact, i think the more we know that god loves us and
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Matter of fact, i think the more we know that god loves us and the more we see his goodness,
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We know that god loves us and the more we see his goodness, the more we want to do what's
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The more we see his goodness, the more we want to do what's right, but we wanna do it
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The more we want to do what's right, but we wanna do it for the right reason.
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Right, but we wanna do it for the right reason. amen?
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For the right reason. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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Amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i get up every day
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i get up every day and i just--i do everything
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>> joyce: i get up every day and i just--i do everything i can to do what's right
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And i just--i do everything i can to do what's right because i love god,
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I can to do what's right because i love god, but the good news is, is when
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Because i love god, but the good news is, is when i mess up, i know that he did
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But the good news is, is when i mess up, i know that he did not stop loving me for 1 second.
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I mess up, i know that he did not stop loving me for 1 second. see, it's all about
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Not stop loving me for 1 second. see, it's all about relationship.
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See, it's all about relationship. jesus did not die so we could
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Relationship. jesus did not die so we could have a religion, not your brand,
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Jesus did not die so we could have a religion, not your brand, or mine, or anybody else's,
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Have a religion, not your brand, or mine, or anybody else's, but so we could all have
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Or mine, or anybody else's, but so we could all have a relationship with him.
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But so we could all have a relationship with him. >> [audience applauding]
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A relationship with him. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know what?
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know what? you've never failed until you
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>> joyce: you know what? you've never failed until you stop trying.
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You've never failed until you stop trying. you've never failed--i like what
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Stop trying. you've never failed--i like what john maxwell says,
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You've never failed--i like what john maxwell says, "you can fail forward."
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John maxwell says, "you can fail forward." >> [audience laughing]
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"you can fail forward." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you learn from your
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you learn from your mistakes and you fail forward.
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I like what god said to
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I like what god said to jeremiah, jeremiah 1:4-5,
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I like what god said to jeremiah, jeremiah 1:4-5, "before i formed you in
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Jeremiah, jeremiah 1:4-5, "before i formed you in the womb i knew you."
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"before i formed you in the womb i knew you." now, when god says,
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The womb i knew you." now, when god says, "i knew you," that's not like
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Now, when god says, "i knew you," that's not like a passing acquaintance.
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"i knew you," that's not like a passing acquaintance. "i knew you [and] i approved
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A passing acquaintance. "i knew you [and] i approved of you."
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"i knew you [and] i approved of you." come on, somebody's
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Of you." come on, somebody's gonna get happy now.
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Come on, somebody's gonna get happy now. "i knew you [and] i
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Gonna get happy now. "i knew you [and] i approved of you [as my chosen
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"i knew you [and] i approved of you [as my chosen instrument], before you were
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Approved of you [as my chosen instrument], before you were born i separated and set you
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Instrument], before you were born i separated and set you apart, consecrating you; [and]
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Born i separated and set you apart, consecrating you; [and] calling you to be a prophet
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Apart, consecrating you; [and] calling you to be a prophet to the nations."
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Calling you to be a prophet to the nations." "before i formed you
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To the nations." "before i formed you in the womb, i knew you
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"before i formed you in the womb, i knew you and i approved of you,"
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In the womb, i knew you and i approved of you," before jeremiah ever made
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And i approved of you," before jeremiah ever made one mistake, which he did
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Before jeremiah ever made one mistake, which he did make mistakes.
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One mistake, which he did make mistakes. you can't find one of these what
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Make mistakes. you can't find one of these what we call the great men and women
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You can't find one of these what we call the great men and women of the bible who didn't
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We call the great men and women of the bible who didn't make mistakes.
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Of the bible who didn't make mistakes. they all made mistakes.
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Make mistakes. they all made mistakes. well, i think that god likes
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They all made mistakes. well, i think that god likes people that has courage.
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Well, i think that god likes people that has courage. don't be timid, and fearful,
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People that has courage. don't be timid, and fearful, and cowardly, and always
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Don't be timid, and fearful, and cowardly, and always shrinking back.
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And cowardly, and always shrinking back. be bold in your prayers,
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Shrinking back. be bold in your prayers, not presumptuous.
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We don't ever approach god
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We don't ever approach god without reverential fear and
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We don't ever approach god without reverential fear and awe, but we need to come boldly
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Without reverential fear and awe, but we need to come boldly before the throne of grace.
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Awe, but we need to come boldly before the throne of grace. don't ever say to god, "if
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Before the throne of grace. don't ever say to god, "if you'll just--if you'll just do
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Don't ever say to god, "if you'll just--if you'll just do this one more thing."
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You'll just--if you'll just do this one more thing." >> [audience laughing]
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This one more thing." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "if you'll just
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "if you'll just forgive me."
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>> joyce: "if you'll just forgive me." i don't even like the word
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Forgive me." i don't even like the word "just," because you know what
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I don't even like the word "just," because you know what it means?
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"just," because you know what it means? barely enough to get by.
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It means? barely enough to get by. "well, god, if you'll just
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Barely enough to get by. "well, god, if you'll just help me."
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"well, god, if you'll just help me." no, "god, pour it on."
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Help me." no, "god, pour it on." >> [audience applauding]
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No, "god, pour it on." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: "pour it on.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: "pour it on. help me big time.
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>> joyce: "pour it on. help me big time. i don't deserve it, but just
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Help me big time. i don't deserve it, but just show yourself strong through
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I don't deserve it, but just show yourself strong through my weaknesses."
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Show yourself strong through my weaknesses." come on, peter and all
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My weaknesses." come on, peter and all the disciples were in the boat,
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Come on, peter and all the disciples were in the boat, and i don't think anybody had
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The disciples were in the boat, and i don't think anybody had a bigger mouth than peter did.
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That guy got himself in trouble
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That guy got himself in trouble every time he turned around.
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That guy got himself in trouble every time he turned around. i like peter because i think
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Every time he turned around. i like peter because i think peter and i must've been
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I like peter because i think peter and i must've been connected at the hip.
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Peter and i must've been connected at the hip. >> [audience laughing]
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Connected at the hip. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: any of you your
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: any of you your mouth's ever getting you
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>> joyce: any of you your mouth's ever getting you in trouble every time
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Mouth's ever getting you in trouble every time you turn around?
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In trouble every time you turn around? alright.
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You turn around? alright. but you know what?
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Alright. but you know what? i believe that god used peter
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But you know what? i believe that god used peter because he had a lot of courage.
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Peter was the only one that got
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Peter was the only one that got out of boat, but he was the only
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Peter was the only one that got out of boat, but he was the only one that walked on water.
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Out of boat, but he was the only one that walked on water. not for a long time, but at
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One that walked on water. not for a long time, but at least he walked on water.
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Not for a long time, but at least he walked on water. >> [audience laughing]
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Least he walked on water. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: he started to sink.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: he started to sink. well, some people would
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>> joyce: he started to sink. well, some people would only talk about,
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Well, some people would only talk about, "well, yeah, but he sank."
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Only talk about, "well, yeah, but he sank." "well, i don't wanna
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"well, yeah, but he sank." "well, i don't wanna talk about that."
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"well, i don't wanna talk about that." "but he walked on water."
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Talk about that." "but he walked on water." "well, yeah, but he sank."
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"but he walked on water." "well, yeah, but he sank." "but he walked on water."
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>> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: "yeah, but he sank."
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: "yeah, but he sank." "no, but he walked on water!"
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>> joyce: "yeah, but he sank." "no, but he walked on water!" >> [audience applauding]
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"no, but he walked on water!" >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i mean, you're always
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i mean, you're always gonna have the grouches in the
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>> joyce: i mean, you're always gonna have the grouches in the world that only wanna talk about
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Gonna have the grouches in the world that only wanna talk about when you sink, but jesus wants
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World that only wanna talk about when you sink, but jesus wants to talk to you about those few
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When you sink, but jesus wants to talk to you about those few moments in time when you
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To talk to you about those few moments in time when you walked on water.
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Moments in time when you walked on water. >> [audience applauding]
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Walked on water. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i've had my mess-ups
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i've had my mess-ups in my life, but i tell ya, i've
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>> joyce: i've had my mess-ups in my life, but i tell ya, i've had some victories too, boy.
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In my life, but i tell ya, i've had some victories too, boy. whoo!
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Had some victories too, boy. whoo! another time when fear comes
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Whoo! another time when fear comes against us--or a different type
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Another time when fear comes against us--or a different type of fear that you might not even
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Against us--or a different type of fear that you might not even tend to think about is the fear
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Of fear that you might not even tend to think about is the fear that we're not doing enough.
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Tend to think about is the fear that we're not doing enough. hmmm.
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That we're not doing enough. hmmm. i heard somebody go, "hmmm."
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Hmmm. i heard somebody go, "hmmm." >> [audience laughing]
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I heard somebody go, "hmmm." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: we took a survey
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: we took a survey of what people would like to ask
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>> joyce: we took a survey of what people would like to ask jesus if they could just sit
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Of what people would like to ask jesus if they could just sit down and have a conversation
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Jesus if they could just sit down and have a conversation with him, and you know what one
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Down and have a conversation with him, and you know what one of the number one things was?
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With him, and you know what one of the number one things was? "i would just like god to tell
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Of the number one things was? "i would just like god to tell me when i've done enough."
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"i would just like god to tell me when i've done enough." how many of you already
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Me when i've done enough." how many of you already know what i mean by that without
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How many of you already know what i mean by that without me even going into
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Know what i mean by that without me even going into a long dissertation?
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Me even going into a long dissertation? see, you know.
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A long dissertation? see, you know. because we just--we have this
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See, you know. because we just--we have this works-oriented mentality that
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Because we just--we have this works-oriented mentality that we just need to do some more,
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Works-oriented mentality that we just need to do some more, do so more, do some more.
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We just need to do some more, do so more, do some more. "did i read the bible enough?"
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Do so more, do some more. "did i read the bible enough?" "did i pray long enough?"
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"did i read the bible enough?" "did i pray long enough?" "did i do enough good works?"
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"did i pray long enough?" "did i do enough good works?" well, i'm about to set you free.
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"did i do enough good works?" well, i'm about to set you free. stop counting.
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Well, i'm about to set you free. stop counting. >> [audience applauding]
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Stop counting. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you'll get there.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you'll get there. stop counting.
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>> joyce: you'll get there. stop counting. "well, i pray 2 hours
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Stop counting. "well, i pray 2 hours every morning."
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"well, i pray 2 hours every morning." >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: "praise the lord."
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>> joyce: "praise the lord." >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: "well, sister joyce,
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>> joyce: "well, sister joyce, how long do you pray?"
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>> joyce: "well, sister joyce, how long do you pray?" i don't know, and even
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How long do you pray?" i don't know, and even if i did, i wouldn't tell you.
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I don't know, and even if i did, i wouldn't tell you. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: you know why?
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>> joyce: you know why? 'cause i don't gotta compare
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>> joyce: you know why? 'cause i don't gotta compare myself to you.
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'cause i don't gotta compare myself to you. >> [audience applauding]
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Myself to you. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we're free from
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we're free from that monster too.
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>> joyce: we're free from that monster too. i just pray 'til i'm done.
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That monster too. i just pray 'til i'm done. some days i never get done.
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I just pray 'til i'm done. some days i never get done. amen?
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Some days i never get done. amen? see, we may start out that way,
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Amen? see, we may start out that way, like a boat tied to the dock,
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See, we may start out that way, like a boat tied to the dock, everything is by some kind of
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Like a boat tied to the dock, everything is by some kind of rule and regulation.
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Everything is by some kind of rule and regulation. but sooner or later, god wants
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Rule and regulation. but sooner or later, god wants to cut you loose, and let you
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But sooner or later, god wants to cut you loose, and let you give yourself to the waves of
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To cut you loose, and let you give yourself to the waves of the ocean, and let
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Give yourself to the waves of the ocean, and let the holy spirit lead you,
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The ocean, and let the holy spirit lead you, and guide you,
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The holy spirit lead you, and guide you, and how long, and when,
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And guide you, and how long, and when, and where, and what, and why,
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And how long, and when, and where, and what, and why, and how.
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And where, and what, and why, and how. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: romans 8:15, "for
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>> joyce: romans 8:15, "for [the spirit which] you have now
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>> joyce: romans 8:15, "for [the spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of
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[the spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in
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Received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have
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Slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the spirit of adoption
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Bondage to fear, but you have received the spirit of adoption [the spirit producing sonship]
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Received the spirit of adoption [the spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry,
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[the spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, abba (father)!
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In [the bliss of] which we cry, abba (father)! father!"
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Abba (father)! father!" okay, john 6:28-29.
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Father!" okay, john 6:28-29. if nothing else has helped you
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Okay, john 6:28-29. if nothing else has helped you so far, maybe this one will.
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If nothing else has helped you so far, maybe this one will. "they then said, what are we
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So far, maybe this one will. "they then said, what are we to do?"
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"they then said, what are we to do?" now, i mean, this is like--this
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To do?" now, i mean, this is like--this is us right here.
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Now, i mean, this is like--this is us right here. "what are we to do, that we may
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Is us right here. "what are we to do, that we may be working the works of god?"
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"what are we to do, that we may be working the works of god?" "what are we to do?"
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Be working the works of god?" "what are we to do?" "god, what do you want
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"what are we to do?" "god, what do you want me to do?"
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"god, what do you want me to do?" come on, how many times have
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Me to do?" come on, how many times have you said that this week?
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"god, what do you want me to do?
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"god, what do you want me to do? what do you want me to do?"
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"god, what do you want me to do? what do you want me to do?" i think there's a little demon
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What do you want me to do?" i think there's a little demon that comes and sits on
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I think there's a little demon that comes and sits on our shoulder.
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That comes and sits on our shoulder. and we've each got one assigned
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Our shoulder. and we've each got one assigned to us, and he sits right here
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And we've each got one assigned to us, and he sits right here and he says, "well, what are
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To us, and he sits right here and he says, "well, what are you gonna do?
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And he says, "well, what are you gonna do? what are you gonna do?
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You gonna do? what are you gonna do? what are you gonna do?
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What are you gonna do? what are you gonna do? what are you gonna do?"
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What are you gonna do? what are you gonna do?" it's the only thing he knows.
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What are you gonna do?" it's the only thing he knows. "what are you gonna do?
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It's the only thing he knows. "what are you gonna do? what are you gonna do?"
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"what are you gonna do? what are you gonna do?" >> [audience laughing]
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What are you gonna do?" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and then we go have
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and then we go have lunch with somebody, hoping
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>> joyce: and then we go have lunch with somebody, hoping to get a little encouragement,
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Lunch with somebody, hoping to get a little encouragement, and they say, "so, i heard
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To get a little encouragement, and they say, "so, i heard about your problem.
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And they say, "so, i heard about your problem. what are you gonna do?"
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About your problem. what are you gonna do?" >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: and we don't know what
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>> joyce: and we don't know what we're gonna do, but lord,
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>> joyce: and we don't know what we're gonna do, but lord, we don't think we should say,
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We're gonna do, but lord, we don't think we should say, "i don't have a clue," so we try
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We don't think we should say, "i don't have a clue," so we try to come up with something.
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"[what are we to do to carry out
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"[what are we to do to carry out what god requires?]
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"[what are we to do to carry out what god requires?] jesus replied,
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What god requires?] jesus replied, this is the work (the service)
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Jesus replied, this is the work (the service) that god asks of you:
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This is the work (the service) that god asks of you: that you believe in the one whom
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That god asks of you: that you believe in the one whom he has sent [that you cleave to,
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That you believe in the one whom he has sent [that you cleave to, trust, rely on, and have faith
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He has sent [that you cleave to, trust, rely on, and have faith in his messenger]."
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Trust, rely on, and have faith in his messenger]." and we're all waiting, "and?"
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>> [audience laughing]
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on, you're like hanging on a cliff.
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>> joyce: come on, you're like hanging on a cliff. and?
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You're like hanging on a cliff. and? what else does he want us
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And? what else does he want us to do?
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What else does he want us to do? there's nothing else.
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To do? there's nothing else. >> [audience laughing]
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There's nothing else. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: believe.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: believe. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: believe.
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Now, part of believing involves
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Now, part of believing involves being obedient.
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Now, part of believing involves being obedient. when moses disobeyed god,
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Being obedient. when moses disobeyed god, god said, "you did not believe
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When moses disobeyed god, god said, "you did not believe me to honor me in front
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God said, "you did not believe me to honor me in front of the people."
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Me to honor me in front of the people." he didn't do what god told him
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Of the people." he didn't do what god told him to do, and god said,
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He didn't do what god told him to do, and god said, "you didn't believe me."
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To do, and god said, "you didn't believe me." when we really believe god and
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"you didn't believe me." when we really believe god and we trust him, the natural order
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When we really believe god and we trust him, the natural order of that is we want to do--now,
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We trust him, the natural order of that is we want to do--now, listen what i'm gonna say.
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Of that is we want to do--now, listen what i'm gonna say. we want to do what god gives us
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Listen what i'm gonna say. we want to do what god gives us to do.
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We want to do what god gives us to do. but if he doesn't give me
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To do. but if he doesn't give me anything to do, then i don't
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But if he doesn't give me anything to do, then i don't have to go make something up.
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Anything to do, then i don't have to go make something up. >> [audience applauding]
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Have to go make something up. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we believe.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we believe. we believe.
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>> joyce: we believe. we believe. we just believe.
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I don't--
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I don't-- you know, i don't know
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I don't-- you know, i don't know how everything's gonna
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You know, i don't know how everything's gonna turn out in the next--
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How everything's gonna turn out in the next-- i mean, it takes a while
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Turn out in the next-- i mean, it takes a while to recover from
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I mean, it takes a while to recover from the surgery i'm gonna
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To recover from the surgery i'm gonna have monday morning.
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The surgery i'm gonna have monday morning. now, you know, part of it's not
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Have monday morning. now, you know, part of it's not gonna be fun,
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Now, you know, part of it's not gonna be fun, but i'm gonna have fun.
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Gonna be fun, but i'm gonna have fun. i'm gonna have fun.
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But i'm gonna have fun. i'm gonna have fun. two of my kids
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I'm gonna have fun. two of my kids are staying all night
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Two of my kids are staying all night in the hospital with me,
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Are staying all night in the hospital with me, and we will laugh and laugh.
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In the hospital with me, and we will laugh and laugh. what time i'm not passed out,
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And we will laugh and laugh. what time i'm not passed out, which will be most of the time.
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What time i'm not passed out, which will be most of the time. >> [audience laughing]
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Which will be most of the time. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i'll just--
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i'll just-- i'm gonna be happy.
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>> joyce: and i'll just-- i'm gonna be happy. i mean, i'm gonna have this--
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I'm gonna be happy. i mean, i'm gonna have this-- you know, i'm gonna be happy.
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I mean, i'm gonna have this-- you know, i'm gonna be happy. you know what i mean?
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You know, i'm gonna be happy. you know what i mean? like, woohoo!
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You know what i mean? like, woohoo! happy!
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Like, woohoo! happy! and i won't even care
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Happy! and i won't even care if my hip is out to here.
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And i won't even care if my hip is out to here. not until i get home
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If my hip is out to here. not until i get home and look in the mirror,
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Not until i get home and look in the mirror, and then that'll
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And look in the mirror, and then that'll be another story.
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And then that'll be another story. come on, make the devil mad,
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Be another story. come on, make the devil mad, enjoy your life.
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Come on, make the devil mad, enjoy your life. did you hear me?
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Enjoy your life. did you hear me? >> [audience cheering]
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Did you hear me? >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: make the devil mad.
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>> [audience cheering] >> joyce: make the devil mad. enjoy your life.
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>> joyce: make the devil mad. enjoy your life. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: you see,
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>> joyce: you see, when you're free,
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>> joyce: you see, when you're free, you don't have to hide
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When you're free, you don't have to hide everything that you're
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You don't have to hide everything that you're going through.
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Everything that you're going through. "my goodness, what will people
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Going through. "my goodness, what will people think if i tell 'em i have
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"my goodness, what will people think if i tell 'em i have to have surgery and i had
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Think if i tell 'em i have to have surgery and i had a headache for 50 days?"
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To have surgery and i had a headache for 50 days?" well, you might think--
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A headache for 50 days?" well, you might think-- you might think
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Well, you might think-- you might think i'm a human being.
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You might think i'm a human being. i don't know.
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I'm a human being. i don't know. you might think,
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I don't know. you might think, "gosh, she must really know
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You might think, "gosh, she must really know what i'm going through.
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"gosh, she must really know what i'm going through. maybe she could help me,
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What i'm going through. maybe she could help me, after all."
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Maybe she could help me, after all." you know?
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After all." you know? "gosh, you have problems
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You know? "gosh, you have problems and you still have joy."
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"gosh, you have problems and you still have joy." whoo!
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And you still have joy." whoo! wow!
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Whoo! wow! "you've been married
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Wow! "you've been married to the same man for 50 years,
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"you've been married to the same man for 50 years, how'd you pull that off?"
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To the same man for 50 years, how'd you pull that off?" >> [audience applauding]
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How'd you pull that off?" >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: yeah, come on.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: yeah, come on. i have four grown
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>> joyce: yeah, come on. i have four grown children all serving god,
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I have four grown children all serving god, eleven grandchildren,
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Children all serving god, eleven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren.
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Eleven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren. hmm, that took some doing.
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Two great-grandchildren. hmm, that took some doing. >> [audience applauding]
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Hmm, that took some doing. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and they didn't
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and they didn't all come out with angel wings,
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>> joyce: and they didn't all come out with angel wings, let me tell you that.
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All come out with angel wings, let me tell you that. >> [audience laughing]
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Let me tell you that. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, we don't have
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, we don't have time to go there, but.
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>> joyce: well, we don't have time to go there, but. >> [audience laughing]
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Time to go there, but. >> [audience laughing] >> audience member: i wish
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>> [audience laughing] >> audience member: i wish we did.
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>> audience member: i wish we did. >> joyce: she says,
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We did. >> joyce: she says, "i wish we did."
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>> joyce: she says, "i wish we did." ooh, i wish we did.
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"i wish we did." ooh, i wish we did. >> [audience laughing]
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Ooh, i wish we did. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: whoo, yeah,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: whoo, yeah, well, we've had to go get
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>> joyce: whoo, yeah, well, we've had to go get one of our kids out of jail.
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Well, we've had to go get one of our kids out of jail. you know, i mean, i just--
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One of our kids out of jail. you know, i mean, i just-- [chuckling]
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You know, i mean, i just-- [chuckling] >> [audience laughing]
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[chuckling] >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and now,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and now, he's in charge
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>> joyce: and now, he's in charge of our world missions.
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He's in charge of our world missions. >> [audience cheering]
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Of our world missions. >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: come on.
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>> [audience cheering] >> joyce: come on. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: come on. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on. another one had such a hard
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>> joyce: come on. another one had such a hard time in school, i had to have
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Another one had such a hard time in school, i had to have a tutor right in front
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Time in school, i had to have a tutor right in front of his face just to get
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A tutor right in front of his face just to get him through high school.
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Of his face just to get him through high school. there was no talk of college.
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Him through high school. there was no talk of college. we didn't go there.
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There was no talk of college. we didn't go there. and he is now the ceo of all
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We didn't go there. and he is now the ceo of all of our stateside ministries
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And he is now the ceo of all of our stateside ministries and over all the media.
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Of our stateside ministries and over all the media. >> [audience cheering]
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And over all the media. >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: i'm talking,
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>> [audience cheering] >> joyce: i'm talking, this kid is over all this
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>> joyce: i'm talking, this kid is over all this television stuff
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This kid is over all this television stuff and all the conferences
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Television stuff and all the conferences and all this stuff that
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And all the conferences and all this stuff that we see here in the states, so.
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And all this stuff that we see here in the states, so. come on.
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We see here in the states, so. come on. just let god be god
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Come on. just let god be god in your life, okay?
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Just let god be god in your life, okay? >> [audience applauding]
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In your life, okay? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: life is real.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: life is real. it doesn't always feel
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>> joyce: life is real. it doesn't always feel good every single day,
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It doesn't always feel good every single day, but god loves you.
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Good every single day, but god loves you. "how much did i give?"
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But god loves you. "how much did i give?" "how good have i been?"
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"how much did i give?" "how good have i been?" "how many mistakes
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"how good have i been?" "how many mistakes have i made?"
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"how many mistakes have i made?" next fear that people deal
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Have i made?" next fear that people deal with that's quite crippling
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Next fear that people deal with that's quite crippling is the fear of man.
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Wow.
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Wow. "god is on my side.
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Wow. "god is on my side. what can man do to me?"
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"god is on my side. what can man do to me?" >> [audience applauding]
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What can man do to me?" >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: well, they can
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: well, they can not like you.
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You'll probably survive that.
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You'll probably survive that. they might talk about you in
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You'll probably survive that. they might talk about you in an unkind way, but hopefully,
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They might talk about you in an unkind way, but hopefully, nobody'll tell ya.
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An unkind way, but hopefully, nobody'll tell ya. >> [audience laughing]
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Nobody'll tell ya. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: although, they might.
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Acts 5:29, "then peter
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Acts 5:29, "then peter and the apostles replied, we
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Acts 5:29, "then peter and the apostles replied, we must obey god rather than men."
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And the apostles replied, we must obey god rather than men." come on, don't let
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Must obey god rather than men." come on, don't let people-pleasing steal your
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Come on, don't let people-pleasing steal your destiny.
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People-pleasing steal your destiny. >> [audience applauding]
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Destiny. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know, let me just
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know, let me just say as plain as i know how
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>> joyce: you know, let me just say as plain as i know how to say it.
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Say as plain as i know how to say it. if you have to give up
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To say it. if you have to give up everything that you feel that
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If you have to give up everything that you feel that you're supposed to do to keep
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Everything that you feel that you're supposed to do to keep somebody else happy, then that
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You're supposed to do to keep somebody else happy, then that person really doesn't care that
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Somebody else happy, then that person really doesn't care that much about you to start with.
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Person really doesn't care that much about you to start with. people who love you,
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Much about you to start with. people who love you, want you to be fulfilled.
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People who love you, want you to be fulfilled. they want you to follow
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Want you to be fulfilled. they want you to follow your heart.
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They want you to follow your heart. they don't wanna manipulate
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Your heart. they don't wanna manipulate you and control you for their
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They don't wanna manipulate you and control you for their own purposes.
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Paul said in galatians 1:10,
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Paul said in galatians 1:10, "now am i trying to win
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Paul said in galatians 1:10, "now am i trying to win the favor of men, or god?
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"now am i trying to win the favor of men, or god? do i seek to please men?
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The favor of men, or god? do i seek to please men? if i were still seeking
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Do i seek to please men? if i were still seeking popularity with men, i would not
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If i were still seeking popularity with men, i would not now be a bond servant of christ
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Popularity with men, i would not now be a bond servant of christ (the messiah)."
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Now be a bond servant of christ (the messiah)." what's he saying?
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(the messiah)." what's he saying? "if i were trying to be popular
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What's he saying? "if i were trying to be popular with people, i would not
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"if i were trying to be popular with people, i would not be an apostle."
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With people, i would not be an apostle." i love john 12:42-43, "yet [in
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Be an apostle." i love john 12:42-43, "yet [in spite of all this] many even of
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I love john 12:42-43, "yet [in spite of all this] many even of the leading men (the authorities
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Spite of all this] many even of the leading men (the authorities and the nobles) believed
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The leading men (the authorities and the nobles) believed and trusted in him.
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And the nobles) believed and trusted in him. but because of the pharisees
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And trusted in him. but because of the pharisees they did not confess it,
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But because of the pharisees they did not confess it, for fear that [if they should
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They did not confess it, for fear that [if they should acknowledge him] they would be
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For fear that [if they should acknowledge him] they would be put out of the synagogue."
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Acknowledge him] they would be put out of the synagogue." now watch this, "for they loved
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Put out of the synagogue." now watch this, "for they loved the approval and the praise and
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Now watch this, "for they loved the approval and the praise and the glory that comes from men
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The approval and the praise and the glory that comes from men [instead of and] more than
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The glory that comes from men [instead of and] more than the glory that comes from god.
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[instead of and] more than the glory that comes from god. [they valued their credit with
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The glory that comes from god. [they valued their credit with men more than their credit
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[they valued their credit with men more than their credit with god.]"
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Men more than their credit with god.]" are you more concerned
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With god.]" are you more concerned about your reputation here on
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Are you more concerned about your reputation here on earth or more concerned about
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About your reputation here on earth or more concerned about your reputation in heaven?
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Earth or more concerned about your reputation in heaven? >> [audience applauding]
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Your reputation in heaven? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we'll all stand
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we'll all stand before god and give
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>> joyce: we'll all stand before god and give an account of our lives.
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Before god and give an account of our lives. romans 14:12, "and every man,"
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An account of our lives. romans 14:12, "and every man," every man, "will give an account
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Romans 14:12, "and every man," every man, "will give an account of himself."
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Every man, "will give an account of himself." god's not gonna ask you about
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Of himself." god's not gonna ask you about anybody else.
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He's not gonna ask anybody else
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He's not gonna ask anybody else about you.
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He's not gonna ask anybody else about you. that's why it's important for
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About you. that's why it's important for you to know what you believe god
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That's why it's important for you to know what you believe god is asking you to do and to
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You to know what you believe god is asking you to do and to follow it with your whole heart.
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Is asking you to do and to follow it with your whole heart. don't miss what god has for you
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Follow it with your whole heart. don't miss what god has for you trying to keep somebody else
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Don't miss what god has for you trying to keep somebody else happy.
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Trying to keep somebody else happy. >> [audience applauding]
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>> female: i had this
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>> female: i had this best friend.
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Best friend. one summer, his uncle took
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One summer, his uncle took him on a camping trip.
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Him on a camping trip. somehow the boat tipped,
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Somehow the boat tipped, and ray fell out of the boat.
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And ray fell out of the boat. ray drowned that weekend.
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Ray drowned that weekend. from then on, "water did that.
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From then on, "water did that. water took my friend from me."
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Water took my friend from me." and then it became fear.
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>> ginger: fear affects
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>> ginger: fear affects all of us.
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All of us. so, what do we do when
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So, what do we do when we face fearful things?
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We face fearful things? how do we overcome that fear?
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How do we overcome that fear? well, i'm here to tell you
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Well, i'm here to tell you we can fight back and win
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We can fight back and win against fear by choosing
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Against fear by choosing to believe god's word
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To believe god's word and respond in faith.
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And respond in faith. that's why joyce has
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That's why joyce has written this book,
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Written this book, "power thoughts
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"power thoughts for overcoming fear."
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For overcoming fear." you can learn how to use right
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You can learn how to use right thinking so you can reject
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Thinking so you can reject fear and lean into the truth
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Fear and lean into the truth of god's word for you.
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>> announcer: today,
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>> announcer: today, we're excited to share
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A powerful book that leaves no room for fear.
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Leaves no room for fear. it's "power thoughts
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It's "power thoughts for overcoming fear."
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For overcoming fear." it's available to you
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>> joyce: i don't
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>> joyce: i don't believe that god wants
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Believe that god wants us to have fear
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Us to have fear of any kind.
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Of any kind. i believe he wants
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I believe he wants us to be bold,
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Us to be bold, courageous,
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Courageous, confident,
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Confident, and full of faith.
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And full of faith. >> [audience applauding]
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>> female: that would
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>> female: that would be my word
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Be my word of encouragement.
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Of encouragement. take that step.
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Take that step. it's not the easiest
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It's not the easiest thing to conquer any fear.
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Thing to conquer any fear. i wouldn't say
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I wouldn't say "it's simple,"
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"it's simple," but i know you
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But i know you can do it,
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Can do it, because i did.
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Because i did. >> announcer: "power thoughts
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>> announcer: "power thoughts for overcoming fear"
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For overcoming fear" is available to you
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Joycemeyer.org. and don't forget,
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And don't forget, when you give,
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When you give, you're not
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You're not just receiving
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Just receiving this life-changing
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This life-changing resource,
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Resource, you're also
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You're also helping us share
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Helping us share the love of christ
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The love of christ worldwide through
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Worldwide through our hand of hope
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Our hand of hope outreaches,
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Outreaches, like providing
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Like providing clean water.
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Clean water. >> ginger: if you
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>> ginger: if you don't face fear,
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Don't face fear, you can be sure
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You can be sure that the enemy
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That the enemy will continue to use
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Will continue to use it against you.
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It against you. so, equip yourself
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So, equip yourself with the right
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With the right way to conquer fear.
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Way to conquer fear. speak god's truth
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Speak god's truth into your life
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Into your life and watch what
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And watch what he does.
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He does. the choice is yours,
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The choice is yours, and you can do it.
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And you can do it. >> announcer: "power thoughts
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>> announcer: "power thoughts for overcoming fear,"
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For overcoming fear," available to you today.
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>> joyce: well, rejection
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>> joyce: well, rejection is definitely painful.
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Is definitely painful. it's something we've all
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It's something we've all endured in one way or another.
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Endured in one way or another. >> ginger: our experiences
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>> ginger: our experiences may be different,
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May be different, but the damage is very real.
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But the damage is very real. whether it comes from
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Whether it comes from a stranger, a friend,
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A stranger, a friend, or someone we love,
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Or someone we love, rejection leaves us feeling
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Rejection leaves us feeling unwanted and wounded.
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Unwanted and wounded. >> joyce: we both know how
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>> joyce: we both know how devastating rejection can be.
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Devastating rejection can be. the good news is
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The good news is healing is possible.
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Healing is possible. >> ginger: m-hmm.
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>> ginger: m-hmm. >> joyce: that's why i invited
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>> joyce: that's why i invited ginger to write
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Ginger to write a very important
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A very important book with me,
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Book with me, "healing the wounds
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"healing the wounds of rejection."
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Of rejection." i believe now is the time
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I believe now is the time to overcome those
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To overcome those wounds and embrace
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Wounds and embrace our true identity in christ.
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Our true identity in christ. >> ginger: you may not
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>> ginger: you may not even realize the effects
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Even realize the effects of rejection on your life.
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Of rejection on your life. i know i didn't for a time.
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I know i didn't for a time. but you don't have
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But you don't have to remain stuck
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To remain stuck in the past or let what
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In the past or let what others have done
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Others have done define your worth.
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Define your worth. >> joyce: in our book,
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>> joyce: in our book, we share the truths that
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We share the truths that have helped both of us,
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And the things that
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And the things that we went through.
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We went through. >> ginger: and together,
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>> ginger: and together, we can all move
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We can all move forward with strength
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Forward with strength and confidence.
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And confidence. >> announcer: "healing
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>> announcer: "healing the wounds of rejection"
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The wounds of rejection" by joyce meyer
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By joyce meyer and ginger stache,
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And ginger stache, request your copy today.
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>> announcer: we hope you
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>> announcer: we hope you enjoyed today's program.
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Enjoyed today's program. we are so grateful
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We are so grateful to our joyce meyer
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To our joyce meyer ministries partners
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Ministries partners who make this
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Who make this and all we do possible,
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And all we do possible, including sharing
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Including sharing god's word
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God's word and offering help
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And offering help to people in need
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To people in need all over the world.
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Joyce Meyer - I Will Not Fear

October 2, 2025 | 29:29

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