Joyce Meyer - Interrupted by God (Part 1)

August 28, 2025 | S25 E68 | 29:29

God has great opportunities lined up for you! Be encouraged to follow His lead anytime, even when it doesn't seem to make sense.

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - Interrupted by God (Part 1) | August 28, 2025

>> joyce: the test of faith--
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>> joyce: the test of faith-- we don't get what we want
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>> joyce: the test of faith-- we don't get what we want the moment that we want it.
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We don't get what we want the moment that we want it. god leads us the long hard way
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The moment that we want it. god leads us the long hard way because many times were not
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God leads us the long hard way because many times were not ready for the thing that god's
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Because many times were not ready for the thing that god's got ready for us.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer. i've seen god's power
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer. i've seen god's power transform my own life,
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I've seen god's power transform my own life, and he will do it for you.
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>> joyce: this morning,
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>> joyce: this morning, i wanna talk to you about
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>> joyce: this morning, i wanna talk to you about being interrupted by god.
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Yes, well we can kinda see
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Yes, well we can kinda see that everybody needs that right?
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Yes, well we can kinda see that everybody needs that right? >> [audience laughing]
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That everybody needs that right? >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know, most of us
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know, most of us have some kind of a plan for
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>> joyce: you know, most of us have some kind of a plan for the day.
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Have some kind of a plan for the day. i mean, i know there are people
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The day. i mean, i know there are people who just kind of fly by the seat
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I mean, i know there are people who just kind of fly by the seat of their pants and they never
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Who just kind of fly by the seat of their pants and they never know what they're going to do,
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Of their pants and they never know what they're going to do, but you know, most of us have
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Know what they're going to do, but you know, most of us have some kind of a plan.
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But you know, most of us have some kind of a plan. and, how about if we start
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Some kind of a plan. and, how about if we start the day by lifting our plan
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And, how about if we start the day by lifting our plan up to god and saying, "now
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The day by lifting our plan up to god and saying, "now this is what i have planned,
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Up to god and saying, "now this is what i have planned, but i just want you to know,
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This is what i have planned, but i just want you to know, i'm available for you.
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But i just want you to know, i'm available for you. and if at any time you need to
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I'm available for you. and if at any time you need to interrupt my plan because you
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And if at any time you need to interrupt my plan because you need me to do something else,
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Interrupt my plan because you need me to do something else, then please help me hear you and
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Need me to do something else, then please help me hear you and be quick to obey."
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Then please help me hear you and be quick to obey." how many of you think that
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Be quick to obey." how many of you think that sounds good?
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How many of you think that sounds good? >> [audience applauding]
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Sounds good? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know, i always say
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know, i always say that if you want to be used by
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>> joyce: you know, i always say that if you want to be used by god, you don't need ability, you
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That if you want to be used by god, you don't need ability, you just need availability.
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God, you don't need ability, you just need availability. you'd be amazed how many people
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Just need availability. you'd be amazed how many people think they can't do anything for
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You'd be amazed how many people think they can't do anything for god because they can't find any
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Think they can't do anything for god because they can't find any special talent they have.
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God because they can't find any special talent they have. but, god can give you the talent
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Special talent they have. but, god can give you the talent to do whatever he wants you to
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But, god can give you the talent to do whatever he wants you to do, if you're just available.
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Interrupted by god.
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Interrupted by god. god rarely asks us to do
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Interrupted by god. god rarely asks us to do anything when it's convenient.
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God rarely asks us to do anything when it's convenient. actually, when he calls, he
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Anything when it's convenient. actually, when he calls, he seems to not care too much at
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Actually, when he calls, he seems to not care too much at all about what we're doing.
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Seems to not care too much at all about what we're doing. because, whatever we're doing is
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All about what we're doing. because, whatever we're doing is not as important as what god
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Because, whatever we're doing is not as important as what god wants us to do.
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Not as important as what god wants us to do. i'm gonna say that one
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Wants us to do. i'm gonna say that one more time.
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I'm gonna say that one more time. whatever we're doing
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More time. whatever we're doing is not nearly as important
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Whatever we're doing is not nearly as important as what god wants us to do.
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Is not nearly as important as what god wants us to do. amen?
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As what god wants us to do. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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Amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, paul told timothy
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, paul told timothy to preach the gospel in season
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>> joyce: so, paul told timothy to preach the gospel in season or out, whether it was
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To preach the gospel in season or out, whether it was convenient or inconvenient.
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But, there's a little somethin'
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But, there's a little somethin' else i want you to see about
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But, there's a little somethin' else i want you to see about 2 timothy 4:2, because i think
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Else i want you to see about 2 timothy 4:2, because i think in some instances we've gotten
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2 timothy 4:2, because i think in some instances we've gotten a little bit off-track and if we
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In some instances we've gotten a little bit off-track and if we go to church and we hear
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A little bit off-track and if we go to church and we hear anything other than somethin'
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Go to church and we hear anything other than somethin' that just makes us feel good,
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Anything other than somethin' that just makes us feel good, then we don't like the sermon.
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That just makes us feel good, then we don't like the sermon. well, paul told timothy, "preach
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Then we don't like the sermon. well, paul told timothy, "preach the word; be ready in season and
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Well, paul told timothy, "preach the word; be ready in season and out; reprove--" which means
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The word; be ready in season and out; reprove--" which means correct, "rebuke--" which means
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Out; reprove--" which means correct, "rebuke--" which means correct a little bit harder,
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Correct, "rebuke--" which means correct a little bit harder, "and exhort--" which means to
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Correct a little bit harder, "and exhort--" which means to edify and make people feel good
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"and exhort--" which means to edify and make people feel good about themselves.
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But, i tell ya, if you go to a
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But, i tell ya, if you go to a church where your behavior is
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But, i tell ya, if you go to a church where your behavior is never confronted, and where you
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Church where your behavior is never confronted, and where you can always just be really
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Never confronted, and where you can always just be really comfortable.
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Can always just be really comfortable. i think sometimes--
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Comfortable. i think sometimes-- well, i kind of enjoy making
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I think sometimes-- well, i kind of enjoy making people squirm in their seats
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Well, i kind of enjoy making people squirm in their seats a little bit, it's kinda...
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People squirm in their seats a little bit, it's kinda... you can kind of tell when you're
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A little bit, it's kinda... you can kind of tell when you're saying something that people
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You can kind of tell when you're saying something that people would really rather not hear.
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Saying something that people would really rather not hear. but you know, it's the stuff
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Would really rather not hear. but you know, it's the stuff that we would rather not hear
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But you know, it's the stuff that we would rather not hear that we need to hear.
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That we would rather not hear that we need to hear. and you know, most people who
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That we need to hear. and you know, most people who teach or preach they love it
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And you know, most people who teach or preach they love it when people say, "amen," or
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Teach or preach they love it when people say, "amen," or they're shaking their heads.
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When people say, "amen," or they're shaking their heads. and, dave always tells me don't
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They're shaking their heads. and, dave always tells me don't be so concerned about everybody
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And, dave always tells me don't be so concerned about everybody clapping and saying amen about
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Be so concerned about everybody clapping and saying amen about everything you say, they clap
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Clapping and saying amen about everything you say, they clap for the stuff they already know
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Everything you say, they clap for the stuff they already know and agree with,
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For the stuff they already know and agree with, when they're quiet...
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And agree with, when they're quiet... >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: come on.
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>> joyce: come on. when they're quiet, you're
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>> joyce: come on. when they're quiet, you're saying something that's kind of
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When they're quiet, you're saying something that's kind of like, "uh oh.
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Saying something that's kind of like, "uh oh. am i understanding this right?"
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Like, "uh oh. am i understanding this right?" you know, a lot of times when
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Am i understanding this right?" you know, a lot of times when god begins to deal with us about
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You know, a lot of times when god begins to deal with us about something that is going to be a
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God begins to deal with us about something that is going to be a little bit uncomfortable for us,
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Something that is going to be a little bit uncomfortable for us, we tell god, "oh, no.
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Little bit uncomfortable for us, we tell god, "oh, no. not that.
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We tell god, "oh, no. not that. i'm not ready for that yet."
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Not that. i'm not ready for that yet." but, whatever god wants to deal
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I'm not ready for that yet." but, whatever god wants to deal with us about, there's an
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But, whatever god wants to deal with us about, there's an anointing at that time for god
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To deal with us about that
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To deal with us about that thing.
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To deal with us about that thing. and, many times we want to wait
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Thing. and, many times we want to wait for our own timing, and then
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And, many times we want to wait for our own timing, and then things can be really, really,
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For our own timing, and then things can be really, really, really difficult.
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Things can be really, really, really difficult. you know, after we are born
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Really difficult. you know, after we are born again, our number one job is to
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You know, after we are born again, our number one job is to grow up.
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Again, our number one job is to grow up. amen?
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Grow up. amen? and we need more mature
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Amen? and we need more mature christians.
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And we need more mature christians. and, mature christians are
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Christians. and, mature christians are stable, they're not up and down
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And, mature christians are stable, they're not up and down and all over the place based on
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Stable, they're not up and down and all over the place based on what their circumstances are
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And all over the place based on what their circumstances are doing.
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What their circumstances are doing. and, mature christians are very
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Doing. and, mature christians are very prompt about obeying god,
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And, mature christians are very prompt about obeying god, because they know that god is
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Prompt about obeying god, because they know that god is smarter than they are and that
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Because they know that god is smarter than they are and that his way is always best.
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Smarter than they are and that his way is always best. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: well, felix was a man
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>> joyce: well, felix was a man who'd been hearing about the
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Who'd been hearing about the gospel and hearing about paul
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Gospel and hearing about paul in particular and he wanted
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In particular and he wanted to learn more.
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To learn more. and so in acts 24:25 it says,
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And so in acts 24:25 it says, "and as he reasoned--" paul went
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"and as he reasoned--" paul went to him and he says, "and he
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To him and he says, "and he reasoned with him about
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Reasoned with him about righteousness," which i guess
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Righteousness," which i guess challenged felix's behavior,
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Challenged felix's behavior, "and about self-control and he
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"and about self-control and he tried to talk to him about the
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Tried to talk to him about the upcoming judgment."
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You see, i think we need to be
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You see, i think we need to be reminded more often that the day
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Reminded more often that the day will come for everyone of us,
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Will come for everyone of us, not some of us, every one of us
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Not some of us, every one of us when we will stand before god
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When we will stand before god and give an account of our life.
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And give an account of our life. the day will come for everyone
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The day will come for everyone of us.
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Of us. and, i think we need to think
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And, i think we need to think about that sometimes, when we
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About that sometimes, when we will stand before god and give
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Now obviously, if we are true
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Believers in jesus christ, this
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Believers in jesus christ, this judgment is not going to be
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Believers in jesus christ, this judgment is not going to be about whether or not we're going
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Judgment is not going to be about whether or not we're going to get into heaven, but i think
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About whether or not we're going to get into heaven, but i think for christians, it's important
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To get into heaven, but i think for christians, it's important what we do with our time.
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For christians, it's important what we do with our time. i think it's important how we
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What we do with our time. i think it's important how we treat people.
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I think it's important how we treat people. how many of you think that how
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Treat people. how many of you think that how you treat people is important
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How many of you think that how you treat people is important to god?
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You treat people is important to god? >> [audience applauding]
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To god? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: can i tell you
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: can i tell you something?
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>> joyce: can i tell you something? i think it's the most important
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Something? i think it's the most important thing to god.
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I think it's the most important thing to god. i think the way we treat other
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Thing to god. i think the way we treat other people, especially people who
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I think the way we treat other people, especially people who can't do anything for us,
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People, especially people who can't do anything for us, especially people who can't do
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Can't do anything for us, especially people who can't do anything for us, i think it says
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Especially people who can't do anything for us, i think it says more about our character than
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Anything for us, i think it says more about our character than probably anything else.
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More about our character than probably anything else. we need to get about the
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Probably anything else. we need to get about the business of loving one another
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We need to get about the business of loving one another and not just talking about
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Business of loving one another and not just talking about loving one another.
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And not just talking about loving one another. amen?
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Loving one another. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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Amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, i guess in a way,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, i guess in a way, today is a little bit about
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>> joyce: so, i guess in a way, today is a little bit about calling all of us to a higher
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Today is a little bit about calling all of us to a higher level of obedience.
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Calling all of us to a higher level of obedience. and, obedience really is always
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Level of obedience. and, obedience really is always a sacrifice.
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And, obedience really is always a sacrifice. it's some kind of sacrifice.
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A sacrifice. it's some kind of sacrifice. if god asks me to do something
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It's some kind of sacrifice. if god asks me to do something for somebody it's going to take
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If god asks me to do something for somebody it's going to take some of my time.
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For somebody it's going to take some of my time. it's going to take some of my
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Some of my time. it's going to take some of my money.
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It's going to take some of my money. it's going to take some of my
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Money. it's going to take some of my effort.
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It's going to take some of my effort. if i want to grow tomatoes,
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Effort. if i want to grow tomatoes, which i don't, but if i did...
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If i want to grow tomatoes, which i don't, but if i did... >> [audience laughing]
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Which i don't, but if i did... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i had a package
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i had a package of tomato seeds,
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>> joyce: and i had a package of tomato seeds, i could not ever have a garden
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Of tomato seeds, i could not ever have a garden full of tomatoes unless
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I could not ever have a garden full of tomatoes unless i sacrificed my seed.
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Full of tomatoes unless i sacrificed my seed. and so, seed of course,
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I sacrificed my seed. and so, seed of course, can be money.
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And so, seed of course, can be money. it can be time, but i believe
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Can be money. it can be time, but i believe that every act of obedience
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It can be time, but i believe that every act of obedience or disobedience is a seed that
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That every act of obedience or disobedience is a seed that we sow that will bring a harvest
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Or disobedience is a seed that we sow that will bring a harvest in our life.
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We sow that will bring a harvest in our life. it will either bring a harvest
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In our life. it will either bring a harvest that we really like or it will
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It will either bring a harvest that we really like or it will bring a harvest that we
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That we really like or it will bring a harvest that we don't like.
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Bring a harvest that we don't like. the word convenient--and let me
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Don't like. the word convenient--and let me just say that i think in our
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The word convenient--and let me just say that i think in our society, we're pretty addicted
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Just say that i think in our society, we're pretty addicted to convenience and comfort.
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Society, we're pretty addicted to convenience and comfort. most of us, you know, we
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To convenience and comfort. most of us, you know, we just--we're just not always
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Most of us, you know, we just--we're just not always very tough.
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Just--we're just not always very tough. you know, you go to some
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Very tough. you know, you go to some of these other places like third
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You know, you go to some of these other places like third world countries or developing
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Of these other places like third world countries or developing countries, and i mean,
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World countries or developing countries, and i mean, the things that they don't have.
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Countries, and i mean, the things that they don't have. and, many of them are happier
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The things that they don't have. and, many of them are happier than we are with all the stuff
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And, many of them are happier than we are with all the stuff that we've got.
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Than we are with all the stuff that we've got. matter of fact, one of the
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That we've got. matter of fact, one of the things we complain about is all
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Matter of fact, one of the things we complain about is all the stuff we have that we have
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Things we complain about is all the stuff we have that we have to take care of.
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The stuff we have that we have to take care of. >> [audience laughing]
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To take care of. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: so, we need
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: so, we need to get ready to obey god
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>> joyce: so, we need to get ready to obey god quickly and do whatever
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To get ready to obey god quickly and do whatever it is he wants us to do.
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In ecclesiastes 11:4, it says,
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In ecclesiastes 11:4, it says, "he who observes the wind will
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In ecclesiastes 11:4, it says, "he who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the
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"he who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap."
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Not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap." and, really what that is
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Clouds will not reap." and, really what that is basically saying is if you--when
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God asks you to do something, if
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God asks you to do something, if you won't do it unless all of
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God asks you to do something, if you won't do it unless all of your circumstances are perfect,
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You won't do it unless all of your circumstances are perfect, then you'll never end up sowing
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Your circumstances are perfect, then you'll never end up sowing and if you don't sow, you'll
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Then you'll never end up sowing and if you don't sow, you'll never end up reaping.
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And if you don't sow, you'll never end up reaping. so, we need to get the
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Never end up reaping. so, we need to get the understanding that god purposely
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So, we need to get the understanding that god purposely puts us in positions very often
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Understanding that god purposely puts us in positions very often in life, where we won't like it,
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Puts us in positions very often in life, where we won't like it, and it's not convenient, and
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In life, where we won't like it, and it's not convenient, and it's not comfortable.
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And it's not convenient, and it's not comfortable. and, even though we do not
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It's not comfortable. and, even though we do not understand the purpose, there is
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And, even though we do not understand the purpose, there is a purpose for what god is doing
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Understand the purpose, there is a purpose for what god is doing and it's usually got something
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A purpose for what god is doing and it's usually got something to do with our spiritual growth.
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And it's usually got something to do with our spiritual growth. now, i'll tell you a story.
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To do with our spiritual growth. now, i'll tell you a story. there was a great preacher
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Now, i'll tell you a story. there was a great preacher around the turn of the century
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There was a great preacher around the turn of the century called billy sunday.
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Around the turn of the century called billy sunday. anybody ever hear of billy
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Called billy sunday. anybody ever hear of billy sunday?
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Anybody ever hear of billy sunday? okay.
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Sunday? okay. he was like the billy graham
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Okay. he was like the billy graham of that day.
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And, he had been a professional
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And, he had been a professional baseball player, and he heard
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And, he had been a professional baseball player, and he heard the gospel, got saved, and felt
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Baseball player, and he heard the gospel, got saved, and felt called to be an evangelist.
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And so, he just became a great,
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And so, he just became a great, great, great man of god.
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And so, he just became a great, great, great man of god. now, leaving that there for
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Great, great man of god. now, leaving that there for a minute, there was a local
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Now, leaving that there for a minute, there was a local pastor--pastor of a local church
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A minute, there was a local pastor--pastor of a local church in chicago, which is where billy
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Pastor--pastor of a local church in chicago, which is where billy sunday was also from.
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In chicago, which is where billy sunday was also from. and, one night he woke up in the
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Sunday was also from. and, one night he woke up in the middle of the night and felt
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And, one night he woke up in the middle of the night and felt like god was telling him to go
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Middle of the night and felt like god was telling him to go down to the chicago train
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Like god was telling him to go down to the chicago train station and preach in the middle
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Down to the chicago train station and preach in the middle of the night.
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Station and preach in the middle of the night. well, he thought, "well, that's
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Of the night. well, he thought, "well, that's silly," and rolled over and went
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Well, he thought, "well, that's silly," and rolled over and went back to sleep.
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Silly," and rolled over and went back to sleep. and, it wasn't very long and
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Back to sleep. and, it wasn't very long and same thing happened again, and
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And, it wasn't very long and same thing happened again, and he thought, "well, that's
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Same thing happened again, and he thought, "well, that's ridiculous.
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He thought, "well, that's ridiculous. what sense does that make?"
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Ridiculous. what sense does that make?" rolled over and went back
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What sense does that make?" rolled over and went back to sleep.
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Rolled over and went back to sleep. in a few minutes, woke up still
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To sleep. in a few minutes, woke up still felt the same thing.
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I wonder how many times god
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I wonder how many times god gives us an opportunity to do
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Gives us an opportunity to do something but because we think
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Something but because we think it's silly...
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It's silly... >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: or, it doesn't make
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Any sense,
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We just kinda blow
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It off and don't do it.
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Well, i guess the man was mature
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Enough to finally realize it was
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God talking to him.
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And, although it didn't make any
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Sense at all, he gets up in the
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Middle of the night,
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Gets dressed,
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Gets dressed, goes down
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Goes down to the train station,
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To the train station, and he ends up actually
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And he ends up actually one level below where the trains
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One level below where the trains were running.
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Were running. and, there was nobody down
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A gospel message, just a plain
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A gospel message, just a plain basic gospel message.
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A gospel message, just a plain basic gospel message. as far as he knew he was not
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Basic gospel message. as far as he knew he was not preaching to anybody, didn't see
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As far as he knew he was not preaching to anybody, didn't see anybody, didn't hear anybody.
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Preaching to anybody, didn't see anybody, didn't hear anybody. went back home, went to bed,
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Anybody, didn't hear anybody. went back home, went to bed, never had any idea why he was
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Went back home, went to bed, never had any idea why he was there or what was going on.
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Never had any idea why he was there or what was going on. well, years later he went to a
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There or what was going on. well, years later he went to a billy sunday meeting, and billy
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Well, years later he went to a billy sunday meeting, and billy told how he was saved.
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Billy sunday meeting, and billy told how he was saved. he said, "yeah, one night, in
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Told how he was saved. he said, "yeah, one night, in the middle of the night, i was
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He said, "yeah, one night, in the middle of the night, i was at the chicago train station and
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The middle of the night, i was at the chicago train station and i heard somebody preaching.
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At the chicago train station and i heard somebody preaching. i couldn't see him but i heard
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I heard somebody preaching. i couldn't see him but i heard him preaching the gospel.
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I couldn't see him but i heard him preaching the gospel. and that's when i received
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Him preaching the gospel. and that's when i received christ and god called
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And that's when i received christ and god called me to be an evangelist."
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Christ and god called me to be an evangelist." >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: so, i want you to
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>> joyce: so, i want you to remember that when you're out
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>> joyce: so, i want you to remember that when you're out and about, you are the hands
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Remember that when you're out and about, you are the hands and feet of jesus.
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And about, you are the hands and feet of jesus. and, i can tell you the work
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And feet of jesus. and, i can tell you the work that needs to be done in the
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And, i can tell you the work that needs to be done in the world is not gonna be done
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That needs to be done in the world is not gonna be done by handful of preachers
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On a platform.
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On a platform. we have to train you up, that
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On a platform. we have to train you up, that you go out and do the work
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We have to train you up, that you go out and do the work of the ministry.
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You go out and do the work of the ministry. >> [audience applauding]
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Of the ministry. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and so, i'd like you
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and so, i'd like you to really just make a decision
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>> joyce: and so, i'd like you to really just make a decision today that you're gonna agree
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To really just make a decision today that you're gonna agree with god to be promptly obedient
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Today that you're gonna agree with god to be promptly obedient to what he tells you.
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With god to be promptly obedient to what he tells you. and, i'm not suggesting just
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To what he tells you. and, i'm not suggesting just doing stupid things without
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And, i'm not suggesting just doing stupid things without checking it out.
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Doing stupid things without checking it out. or you know, if something sounds
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Checking it out. or you know, if something sounds really weird then i would pray
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Or you know, if something sounds really weird then i would pray about it more than once.
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But, always remember just
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But, always remember just because it doesn't make any
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Because it doesn't make any sense to you, doesn't mean that
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Sense to you, doesn't mean that it's not god.
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Just because it doesn't make any
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Just because it doesn't make any sense to you, doesn't mean that
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Sense to you, doesn't mean that it's not god.
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Understanding to what we sense
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Understanding to what we sense in our heart that god wants, but
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Understanding to what we sense in our heart that god wants, but god's thoughts are above our
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In our heart that god wants, but god's thoughts are above our thoughts and his ways are above
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God's thoughts are above our thoughts and his ways are above our ways.
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I remember a time when i was
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I remember a time when i was going to lunch with a friend,
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I remember a time when i was going to lunch with a friend, and i had another friend that
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Going to lunch with a friend, and i had another friend that i went to lunch with a lot,
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And i had another friend that i went to lunch with a lot, her and i actually spent a lot
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I went to lunch with a lot, her and i actually spent a lot of time together.
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Her and i actually spent a lot of time together. and now, i'm going to lunch with
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Of time together. and now, i'm going to lunch with this other person, but i kept
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And now, i'm going to lunch with this other person, but i kept feeling like i should invite
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This other person, but i kept feeling like i should invite this other friend to go.
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Feeling like i should invite this other friend to go. and, in one way, i really kind
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This other friend to go. and, in one way, i really kind of wanted to spend some private
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And, in one way, i really kind of wanted to spend some private time with his other friend, but
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Of wanted to spend some private time with his other friend, but because i really felt like it
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Time with his other friend, but because i really felt like it was god, i thought, "okay."
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Because i really felt like it was god, i thought, "okay." so, i called her and i
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Was god, i thought, "okay." so, i called her and i asked--her name was joan,
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So, i called her and i asked--her name was joan, i said, "joan would you like
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Asked--her name was joan, i said, "joan would you like to go to lunch with me
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I said, "joan would you like to go to lunch with me and so and so today?"
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To go to lunch with me and so and so today?" she said, "oh, i would love to.
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And so and so today?" she said, "oh, i would love to. i appreciate you asking, but i'm
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She said, "oh, i would love to. i appreciate you asking, but i'm spending the day with my mom."
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Well, i was younger believer
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Well, i was younger believer then, and so that kind of
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Well, i was younger believer then, and so that kind of confused me and i said to god,
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Then, and so that kind of confused me and i said to god, well, you know, "i thought
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Confused me and i said to god, well, you know, "i thought you--i felt so sure that you
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Well, you know, "i thought you--i felt so sure that you told me to ask her to lunch."
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You--i felt so sure that you told me to ask her to lunch." he said, "i did.
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Told me to ask her to lunch." he said, "i did. i didn't tell ya she'd go,
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He said, "i did. i didn't tell ya she'd go, i just told you to ask her."
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I didn't tell ya she'd go, i just told you to ask her." >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: come on, is anybody
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>> joyce: come on, is anybody ready to start obeying god even
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>> joyce: come on, is anybody ready to start obeying god even if it doesn't really make a lot
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Ready to start obeying god even if it doesn't really make a lot of sense to you?
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If it doesn't really make a lot of sense to you? >> [audience applauding]
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Of sense to you? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: see, i believe that
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: see, i believe that life can and should be and will
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Be a real adventure if we really
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Be a real adventure if we really everyday say to god,
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Be a real adventure if we really everyday say to god, "i'm available for you,
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Everyday say to god, "i'm available for you, whatever you want."
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"i'm available for you, whatever you want." it could be smiling at someone.
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Whatever you want." it could be smiling at someone. it could be telling somebody
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It could be smiling at someone. it could be telling somebody that the color they've got on
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It could be telling somebody that the color they've got on looks good on them.
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That the color they've got on looks good on them. i don't think we realize how
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Looks good on them. i don't think we realize how many people out in the world are
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I don't think we realize how many people out in the world are desperate just to believe that
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Many people out in the world are desperate just to believe that somebody sees them.
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Desperate just to believe that somebody sees them. so, we're going to obey god
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Somebody sees them. so, we're going to obey god whether it's convenient or
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So, we're going to obey god whether it's convenient or whether it's inconvenient.
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Whether it's convenient or whether it's inconvenient. now, let's look at a few people
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Whether it's inconvenient. now, let's look at a few people that god called at very
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Now, let's look at a few people that god called at very inconvenient times and see how
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That god called at very inconvenient times and see how they responded.
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Inconvenient times and see how they responded. oh, and by the way, do you know
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They responded. oh, and by the way, do you know that as far as i can tell every
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Oh, and by the way, do you know that as far as i can tell every person that jesus healed he was
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That as far as i can tell every person that jesus healed he was on his way to do something else?
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Person that jesus healed he was on his way to do something else? come on, i want you
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On his way to do something else? come on, i want you to understand that.
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He was headed to jerusalem and
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He was headed to jerusalem and blind bartimaeus cried out,
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He was headed to jerusalem and blind bartimaeus cried out, "jesus thou son of david,
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Blind bartimaeus cried out, "jesus thou son of david, help me."
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"jesus thou son of david, help me." and, the bible says--
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Help me." and, the bible says-- the amplified bible says,
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And, the bible says-- the amplified bible says, "and jesus stood still."
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The amplified bible says, "and jesus stood still." don't you love that?
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"and jesus stood still." don't you love that? he's going somewhere,
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Don't you love that? he's going somewhere, and he stood still.
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He's going somewhere, and he stood still. i wonder how many times we're
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And he stood still. i wonder how many times we're in a rush to get somewhere
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I wonder how many times we're in a rush to get somewhere that's really not even all that
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In a rush to get somewhere that's really not even all that important, and we pass
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That's really not even all that important, and we pass by the man lying on the side
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Important, and we pass by the man lying on the side of the road bleeding because
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By the man lying on the side of the road bleeding because we've got our plan, and we don't
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Of the road bleeding because we've got our plan, and we don't want to be inconvenienced?
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Wonder how many more people we
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Wonder how many more people we could help if we were willing to
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Wonder how many more people we could help if we were willing to make a little bit of a sacrifice
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Could help if we were willing to make a little bit of a sacrifice to do it?
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Matthew 4:18-22,
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Matthew 4:18-22, "while walking by the sea
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"while walking by the sea of galilee, jesus saw
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Of galilee, jesus saw two brothers, simon (who is
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Two brothers, simon (who is called peter) and andrew his
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Called peter) and andrew his brother, casting a net into the
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Brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
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Sea, for they were fishermen. and he said to them,
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And he said to them, 'follow me, and i will make
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'follow me, and i will make you fishers of men.'
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You fishers of men.' immediately they left their
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Immediately they left their nets and followed him."
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Nets and followed him." now, you know, we read this
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Think that much about it,
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Think that much about it, but if you really stop and think
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Think that much about it, but if you really stop and think about this, how amazing is that?
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But if you really stop and think about this, how amazing is that? they didn't--i guess, didn't
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About this, how amazing is that? they didn't--i guess, didn't know who jesus was.
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They didn't--i guess, didn't know who jesus was. maybe they'd heard about him,
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Know who jesus was. maybe they'd heard about him, maybe they hadn't heard about
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Maybe they'd heard about him, maybe they hadn't heard about him, and, i don't know, maybe we
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Maybe they hadn't heard about him, and, i don't know, maybe we could say well, "there must
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Him, and, i don't know, maybe we could say well, "there must have been something really
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Could say well, "there must have been something really special about jesus that people
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Have been something really special about jesus that people would do that."
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Special about jesus that people would do that." but, whatever the case is,
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Would do that." but, whatever the case is, they had a plan.
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But, whatever the case is, they had a plan. these people were businessmen.
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They had fishing businesses.
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They had fishing businesses. if we go on and read verse 21
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They had fishing businesses. if we go on and read verse 21 says, "and going on from there
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If we go on and read verse 21 says, "and going on from there he saw two other brothers, james
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Says, "and going on from there he saw two other brothers, james the son of zebedee and john his
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He saw two other brothers, james the son of zebedee and john his brother, in the boat with
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The son of zebedee and john his brother, in the boat with zebedee their father, mending
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Brother, in the boat with zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.
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Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. and immediately they left the
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Their nets, and he called them. and immediately they left the boat and their father and
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And immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him."
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Boat and their father and followed him." they just walked off from
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Followed him." they just walked off from everything like when god called
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They just walked off from everything like when god called abram to leave everything that
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Everything like when god called abram to leave everything that he knew and was comfortable with
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Abram to leave everything that he knew and was comfortable with and "go to a place that
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He knew and was comfortable with and "go to a place that i will show you."
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And "go to a place that i will show you." he wouldn't even tell him where
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I will show you." he wouldn't even tell him where he was--where he was going to
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He wouldn't even tell him where he was--where he was going to send him.
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He was--where he was going to send him. and, if we get around to it,
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Send him. and, if we get around to it, you'll see--i mean, abraham
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And, if we get around to it, you'll see--i mean, abraham basically just wandered around
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You'll see--i mean, abraham basically just wandered around for years and years.
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And, you know, pitch a tent one
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And, you know, pitch a tent one place, and then pretty soon god
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And, you know, pitch a tent one place, and then pretty soon god tell him to move and he'd pitch
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Place, and then pretty soon god tell him to move and he'd pitch a tent somewhere else, and god
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Tell him to move and he'd pitch a tent somewhere else, and god would tell him to move.
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A tent somewhere else, and god would tell him to move. and, you know, he's doing all
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Would tell him to move. and, you know, he's doing all this stuff because god had told
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And, you know, he's doing all this stuff because god had told him "if you'll do this,
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This stuff because god had told him "if you'll do this, i'll bless you and i'll make
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Him "if you'll do this, i'll bless you and i'll make you a blessing."
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I'll bless you and i'll make you a blessing." well, how many of us are willing
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You a blessing." well, how many of us are willing to wait for years?
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Well, how many of us are willing to wait for years? >> [audience applauding]
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To wait for years? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: the test of faith,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: the test of faith, we don't get what we want
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>> joyce: the test of faith, we don't get what we want the moment that we want it.
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We don't get what we want the moment that we want it. god leads us the long hard way
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The moment that we want it. god leads us the long hard way because many times were not
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God leads us the long hard way because many times were not ready for the thing that
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Because many times were not ready for the thing that god's got ready for us.
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Ready for the thing that god's got ready for us. god may have something really
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God's got ready for us. god may have something really major for you to do but maybe
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God may have something really major for you to do but maybe you're not spiritually mature
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Major for you to do but maybe you're not spiritually mature enough yet to handle it, so god
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You're not spiritually mature enough yet to handle it, so god has to take you a couple of
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Enough yet to handle it, so god has to take you a couple of trips in the wilderness.
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Has to take you a couple of trips in the wilderness. come on, 'cause we don't
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Trips in the wilderness. come on, 'cause we don't grow up in our good times,
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Come on, 'cause we don't grow up in our good times, we grow up in hard times.
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Grow up in our good times, we grow up in hard times. >> [audience applauding]
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We grow up in hard times. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: that's when we do our
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: that's when we do our growin', when it's inconvenient,
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>> joyce: that's when we do our growin', when it's inconvenient, when it's uncomfortable, when
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Growin', when it's inconvenient, when it's uncomfortable, when people are not treating us nice
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When it's uncomfortable, when people are not treating us nice and we love them anyway.
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People are not treating us nice and we love them anyway. when they keep hurting us over
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And we love them anyway. when they keep hurting us over and over, and because god said
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When they keep hurting us over and over, and because god said to, we forgive them, even though
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And over, and because god said to, we forgive them, even though we don't think it's right or
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To, we forgive them, even though we don't think it's right or fair and it doesn't feel good.
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We don't think it's right or fair and it doesn't feel good. we need to start doing things
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Fair and it doesn't feel good. we need to start doing things just because god said to do it
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We need to start doing things just because god said to do it and we don't have to know why
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Just because god said to do it and we don't have to know why or when we're gonna
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And we don't have to know why or when we're gonna get a breakthrough.
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Or when we're gonna get a breakthrough. >> [audience applauding]
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Get a breakthrough. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: now, something
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: now, something i noticed about these disciples
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>> joyce: now, something i noticed about these disciples is how different they
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I noticed about these disciples is how different they behave than when somebody
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Is how different they behave than when somebody comes for a job interview,
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Behave than when somebody comes for a job interview, say, like, at our ministry.
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Comes for a job interview, say, like, at our ministry. now, you know, people
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Say, like, at our ministry. now, you know, people think when they come
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Now, you know, people think when they come to work for a ministry,
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Think when they come to work for a ministry, they see it like they're
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To work for a ministry, they see it like they're gonna get to work for god.
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They see it like they're gonna get to work for god. and that's true.
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Gonna get to work for god. and that's true. and so, to me,
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And that's true. and so, to me, it's a great privilege
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And so, to me, it's a great privilege to be able to work
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It's a great privilege to be able to work at a ministry and put your
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To be able to work at a ministry and put your skills into something
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At a ministry and put your skills into something that's actually doing
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Skills into something that's actually doing somebody some good.
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That's actually doing somebody some good. but, you know,
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Somebody some good. but, you know, some of the questions that
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But, you know, some of the questions that we get asked in interviews--
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Some of the questions that we get asked in interviews-- i didn't hear any
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We get asked in interviews-- i didn't hear any of these disciples--
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I didn't hear any of these disciples-- didn't ask, "well, what about
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Of these disciples-- didn't ask, "well, what about the salary package?"
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Didn't ask, "well, what about the salary package?" >> [audience laughing]
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The salary package?" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "can you tell me
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "can you tell me about the benefits?
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>> joyce: "can you tell me about the benefits? am i gonna get retirement?
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About the benefits? am i gonna get retirement? am i gonna get insurance?
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Am i gonna get retirement? am i gonna get insurance? how much vacation
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Am i gonna get insurance? how much vacation am i gonna get?
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How much vacation am i gonna get? well, jesus, if i do what
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Am i gonna get? well, jesus, if i do what you're asking, how long
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Well, jesus, if i do what you're asking, how long are we gonna be gone?
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You're asking, how long are we gonna be gone? and what is my job description?
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Are we gonna be gone? and what is my job description? what exactly is it that you're
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And what is my job description? what exactly is it that you're gonna be expecting me to do?
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What exactly is it that you're gonna be expecting me to do? and what will my title be?"
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Gonna be expecting me to do? and what will my title be?" i remember one man
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And what will my title be?" i remember one man coming for an interview,
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I remember one man coming for an interview, and one of his first
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Coming for an interview, and one of his first questions is,
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And one of his first questions is, "what is my title gonna be?"
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Questions is, "what is my title gonna be?" and i thought right then,
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"what is my title gonna be?" and i thought right then, "you're not the guy
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And i thought right then, "you're not the guy for the job."
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"you're not the guy for the job." >> [audience laughing]
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For the job." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: because if we're
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: because if we're more concerned about our
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>> joyce: because if we're more concerned about our title than anything else,
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More concerned about our title than anything else, then that tells you that
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Title than anything else, then that tells you that you're hiring a problem.
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Then that tells you that you're hiring a problem. >> [audience applauding]
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You're hiring a problem. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you're hiring somebody
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you're hiring somebody that you're gonna have
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>> joyce: you're hiring somebody that you're gonna have to keep propped up all the time
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That you're gonna have to keep propped up all the time because they're insecure.
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To keep propped up all the time because they're insecure. "by the way, jesus, are we gonna
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Because they're insecure. "by the way, jesus, are we gonna stay in nice hotels,
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"by the way, jesus, are we gonna stay in nice hotels, and will there be a starbucks
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Stay in nice hotels, and will there be a starbucks close by?"
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And will there be a starbucks close by?" >> [audience laughing]
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Close by?" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: amen.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: amen. my son just--
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>> joyce: amen. my son just-- get back next wednesday
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My son just-- get back next wednesday from a mission's trip,
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Get back next wednesday from a mission's trip, and in two weeks he was
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From a mission's trip, and in two weeks he was gonna be on 17 airplanes.
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And in two weeks he was gonna be on 17 airplanes. he texted me, he said,
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Gonna be on 17 airplanes. he texted me, he said, "well, we slept
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He texted me, he said, "well, we slept in the village last night.
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"well, we slept in the village last night. that was a lot of fun."
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In the village last night. that was a lot of fun." you know, not everything
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That was a lot of fun." you know, not everything that god asks us to do
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You know, not everything that god asks us to do is convenient, but everything
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That god asks us to do is convenient, but everything god asks us to do,
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Is convenient, but everything god asks us to do, he does give us the grace
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God asks us to do, he does give us the grace to do it.
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He does give us the grace to do it. >> [audience applauding]
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>> announcer: we're all
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>> announcer: we're all searching for something more:
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Searching for something more: something more meaningful,
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Something more meaningful, something more significant,
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Something more significant, something deeper.
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Something deeper. believing is important,
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Believing is important, but truly knowing
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But truly knowing is a journey beyond belief.
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Is a journey beyond belief. if our heart is convinced,
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If our heart is convinced, that's when we're willing
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That's when we're willing to change.
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To change. and truly knowing god
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And truly knowing god changes everything.
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>> ginger: you know,
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>> ginger: you know, god knows us better
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God knows us better than we know ourselves,
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Than we know ourselves, and he desires a close,
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And he desires a close, personal relationship
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Personal relationship with each of us.
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With each of us. when i desperately want
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When i desperately want more of him in my life,
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More of him in my life, i ask him to show
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I ask him to show me what's missing.
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Me what's missing. this gives me a chance
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This gives me a chance to focus on him
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To focus on him and all of the amazing
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And all of the amazing things that he does,
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Things that he does, giving me a better
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Giving me a better understanding of who he is,
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Understanding of who he is, his unconditional love,
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His unconditional love, and his character.
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And his character. discover the beauty
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Discover the beauty of god's unconditional love
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Of god's unconditional love with joyce's book "knowing god."
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With joyce's book "knowing god." in it, she shares biblical
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In it, she shares biblical truths that literally
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Truths that literally changed her life.
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And you'll just
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And you'll just also love how
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Also love how beautiful it is,
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Beautiful it is, with pages that
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With pages that feature scripture
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Feature scripture and practical
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And practical wisdom and insight
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Wisdom and insight to god's nature
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To god's nature and just
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And just transforming your
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Transforming your life through
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Life through his word.
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>> announcer: transform
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>> announcer: transform your life
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Your life and deepen your
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And deepen your relationship with god
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Relationship with god using the learning from
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Using the learning from experience package.
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Experience package. this offer comes
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This offer comes with joyce's book
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With joyce's book "knowing god"
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"knowing god" and the "my journey
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And the "my journey with god journal--"
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With god journal--" a specially designed
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A specially designed notebook for reflecting
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Notebook for reflecting on your spiritual journey
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On your spiritual journey and meditating on god's word.
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And meditating on god's word. these are available
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These are available for a gift of...
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Or more. call us at...
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Joycemeyer.org, or use the qr code
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Or use the qr code on your screen
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On your screen to request your copies.
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>> ginger: knowing god--
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>> ginger: knowing god-- well, it changes everything.
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Well, it changes everything. explore the heart of god,
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Explore the heart of god, grow spiritually,
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Grow spiritually, and connect with
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And connect with him on a new, exciting
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Him on a new, exciting level when you contact
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Level when you contact us today to receive
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Us today to receive joyce's book "knowing god."
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Joyce's book "knowing god." your financial gift also
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Your financial gift also helps joyce meyer ministries
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Helps joyce meyer ministries meet physical and spiritual
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Meet physical and spiritual needs all around the world.
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Needs all around the world. together, we're making
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Together, we're making a difference in numerous
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A difference in numerous lives as we share christ
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Lives as we share christ and love people.
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>> announcer: let god make
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>> announcer: let god make a difference in your
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A difference in your life today and elevate
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Life today and elevate your relationship
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Your relationship with him when you
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With him when you request the learning
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Request the learning from experience
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From experience package for
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Package for a gift of...
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A gift of... or more.
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Or more. call us at...
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Call us at... go online to:
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Go online to: joycemeyer.org,
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Joycemeyer.org, or use the qr code
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Or use the qr code on your screen.
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>> announcer: it's your
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>> announcer: it's your opportunity to unplug
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Opportunity to unplug and discover what
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And discover what it means to be fully his.
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It means to be fully his. >> joyce: and we need to know
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>> joyce: and we need to know who our real enemy is,
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Who our real enemy is, and by the way,
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And by the way, if you're really full-on
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If you're really full-on walking with god,
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Walking with god, you don't have to be afraid
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You don't have to be afraid of the devil at all.
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Of the devil at all. >> [audience cheering]
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>> [audience cheering] >> announcer: come together
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>> announcer: come together with thousands who are
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With thousands who are ready to worship,
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Ready to worship, learn, laugh,
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Learn, laugh, and lean in.
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And lean in. >> cece: god calls
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>> cece: god calls us to holiness
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Us to holiness because he loves us.
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Because he loves us. y'all, it's beautiful.
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Y'all, it's beautiful. >> announcer: and go home,
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>> announcer: and go home, equipped for all
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Equipped for all of life's battles.
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Of life's battles. >> lysa: he's not trying
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>> lysa: he's not trying to hide from us.
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To hide from us. he's waiting to be seen by us.
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He's waiting to be seen by us. >> announcer: join us for
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>> announcer: join us for the 2025 love life
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The 2025 love life women's conference.
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Women's conference. with joyce meyer,
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With joyce meyer, cece winans,
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Cece winans, lysa terkeurst,
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Lysa terkeurst, and pat barrett.
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Register today
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Register today for the 2025 love life
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For the 2025 love life women's conference.
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Women's conference. go to joycemeyer.org/wc25.
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>> joyce: well, i believe that
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>> joyce: well, i believe that god wants us to feel healthy,
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>> joyce: well, i believe that god wants us to feel healthy, to be strong,
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God wants us to feel healthy, to be strong, and to just feel good,
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To be strong, and to just feel good, so we have energy.
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And to just feel good, so we have energy. and today i'm gonna pray
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So we have energy. and today i'm gonna pray for people who are sick,
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And today i'm gonna pray for people who are sick, to be healed,
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For people who are sick, to be healed, and i wanna read you
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To be healed, and i wanna read you a testimony.
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And i wanna read you a testimony. "i love all your articles joyce,
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A testimony. "i love all your articles joyce, every piece of mail and email
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"i love all your articles joyce, every piece of mail and email i receive from your ministry.
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Every piece of mail and email i receive from your ministry. i also love to watch
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I receive from your ministry. i also love to watch the "enjoying everyday life,"
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I also love to watch the "enjoying everyday life," program,"
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The "enjoying everyday life," program," wrote carolyn, from texas.
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Program," wrote carolyn, from texas. "i was watching
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Wrote carolyn, from texas. "i was watching the program one day,
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"i was watching the program one day, and you said a prayer for anyone
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Who had pain in their body.
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Who had pain in their body. i had excruciating knee pain,
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Who had pain in their body. i had excruciating knee pain, so i sat down and put my own
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I had excruciating knee pain, so i sat down and put my own hands on my knees while
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So i sat down and put my own hands on my knees while you prayed,
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Hands on my knees while you prayed, and repeated the prayer
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You prayed, and repeated the prayer with you.
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And repeated the prayer with you. my knees were
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With you. my knees were immediately healed.
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My knees were immediately healed. thank you, jesus.
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Immediately healed. thank you, jesus. i walk, run, and i'm so joyful
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Thank you, jesus. i walk, run, and i'm so joyful and thankful.
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I walk, run, and i'm so joyful and thankful. i love the lord for the healing
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And thankful. i love the lord for the healing name of jesus.
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I love the lord for the healing name of jesus. i truly enjoy watching
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Name of jesus. i truly enjoy watching your program."
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I truly enjoy watching your program." i wanted to share with you that
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Your program." i wanted to share with you that god is in the healing business,
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I wanted to share with you that god is in the healing business, and so, i'm gonna pray
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God is in the healing business, and so, i'm gonna pray for you right now.
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And so, i'm gonna pray for you right now. father, we pray in jesus' name,
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For you right now. father, we pray in jesus' name, that we would always keep in
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Father, we pray in jesus' name, that we would always keep in mind that jesus is our healer,
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That we would always keep in mind that jesus is our healer, he may heal us in many
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Mind that jesus is our healer, he may heal us in many different ways,
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He may heal us in many different ways, he might do it through some
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Different ways, he might do it through some kind of medical technology,
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He might do it through some kind of medical technology, or some kind of medication,
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Kind of medical technology, or some kind of medication, or he may touch us
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Or some kind of medication, or he may touch us supernaturally and heal us
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Or he may touch us supernaturally and heal us without any kind
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Supernaturally and heal us without any kind of human intervention,
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Without any kind of human intervention, but all i know is you want
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Of human intervention, but all i know is you want us to feel good,
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But all i know is you want us to feel good, you want us to be at our best,
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Us to feel good, you want us to be at our best, energetic and full of zeal
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You want us to be at our best, energetic and full of zeal in everything that we do.
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Energetic and full of zeal in everything that we do. and so, i pray for everyone
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In everything that we do. and so, i pray for everyone who's sick in their body,
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And so, i pray for everyone who's sick in their body, or everyone who has
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Who's sick in their body, or everyone who has pain in their body,
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Or everyone who has pain in their body, and i just speak over you,
00:26:22.826 --> 00:26:23.994
Pain in their body, and i just speak over you, the name of jesus, and i say,
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And i just speak over you, the name of jesus, and i say, in that name be healed.
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The name of jesus, and i say, in that name be healed. father, thank you for giving
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In that name be healed. father, thank you for giving people any direction
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Father, thank you for giving people any direction they may need,
00:26:33.804 --> 00:26:35.205
People any direction they may need, if they're doing something
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They may need, if they're doing something that is hurting them,
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If they're doing something that is hurting them, and they don't even realize it,
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That is hurting them, and they don't even realize it, please open their eyes to it,
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And they don't even realize it, please open their eyes to it, and if there's any direction
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Please open their eyes to it, and if there's any direction you want them to take,
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And if there's any direction you want them to take, show them what to do.
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You want them to take, show them what to do. thank you father,
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Show them what to do. thank you father, in jesus' name, amen.
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Thank you father, in jesus' name, amen. all right, i believe you're
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In jesus' name, amen. all right, i believe you're going to feel better,
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All right, i believe you're going to feel better, every day you get better
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Going to feel better, every day you get better and better, in every way.
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Every day you get better and better, in every way. we care about you,
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And better, in every way. we care about you, we love you,
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We care about you, we love you, and we want god's best
00:26:54.925 --> 00:26:56.460
We love you, and we want god's best for you.
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>> [♪♪]
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>> announcer: we hope you
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>> announcer: we hope you enjoyed today's program.
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Enjoyed today's program. we are so grateful
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We are so grateful to our joyce meyer
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To our joyce meyer ministries partners
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Ministries partners who make this
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Who make this and all we do possible,
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And all we do possible, including sharing
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Including sharing god's word
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God's word and offering help
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And offering help to people in need
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To people in need all over the world.
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Joyce Meyer - Interrupted by God (Part 1)

August 28, 2025 | S25 E68 | 29:29

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