Joyce Meyer - Interrupted by God (Part 2)

August 29, 2025 | S E | 29:29

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - Interrupted by God (Part 2) | August 29, 2025

>> joyce: how many of you are
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>> joyce: how many of you are someplace in life right now
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>> joyce: how many of you are someplace in life right now that just doesn't make
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Someplace in life right now that just doesn't make any sense to you at all?
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That just doesn't make any sense to you at all? [laughing]
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Any sense to you at all? [laughing] better than half
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[laughing] better than half of the people in here.
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Better than half of the people in here. well, you know,
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Of the people in here. well, you know, you live life forward,
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Well, you know, you live life forward, but you understand
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You live life forward, but you understand it backwards.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer,
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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>> ginger: hi, everyone.
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>> ginger: hi, everyone. just before we start
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Just before we start today's teaching from joyce,
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Today's teaching from joyce, i want to remind you ladies
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I want to remind you ladies to sign up for the 2025
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To sign up for the 2025 love life women's conference.
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Love life women's conference. joyce will be there with
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Joyce will be there with inspiring messages,
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Inspiring messages, along with special guests
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Cece winans, lisa terkeurst,
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Cece winans, lisa terkeurst, and pat barrett.
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And pat barrett. you are going to learn
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You are going to learn what it means to be fully his.
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What it means to be fully his. it's september 18th-20th
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It's september 18th-20th in san antonio, texas.
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Grab your friends, call your
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Grab your friends, call your mom and your daughters,
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Mom and your daughters, make it a special event
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Make it a special event for you and your girls.
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For you and your girls. you'll be taking time for
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You'll be taking time for yourselves and laying aside
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Yourselves and laying aside the cares of this world,
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The cares of this world, to focus on the one who
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To focus on the one who focuses on you every day.
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Focuses on you every day. use the information
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Use the information on your screen
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On your screen to register and don't
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To register and don't miss this great event.
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>> joyce: not everything that
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>> joyce: not everything that god asks us to do is convenient
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>> joyce: not everything that god asks us to do is convenient but everything god asks
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God asks us to do is convenient but everything god asks us to do he does give
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But everything god asks us to do he does give us the grace to do it.
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Us to do he does give us the grace to do it. >> [audience applauding]
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Us the grace to do it. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i always say that
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i always say that god gives you the grace
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>> joyce: i always say that god gives you the grace for the place.
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God gives you the grace for the place. so, let's talk about joseph
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For the place. so, let's talk about joseph for a minute because i find
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So, let's talk about joseph for a minute because i find this to be very interesting.
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For a minute because i find this to be very interesting. how many of you are someplace
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This to be very interesting. how many of you are someplace in life right now that just
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How many of you are someplace in life right now that just doesn't make any sense
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In life right now that just doesn't make any sense to you at all?
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Doesn't make any sense to you at all? better than half
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To you at all? better than half of the people in here.
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Better than half of the people in here. well, you know, you live life
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Of the people in here. well, you know, you live life forward, but you understand
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Well, you know, you live life forward, but you understand it backwards.
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Forward, but you understand it backwards. when you're going through stuff,
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It backwards. when you're going through stuff, you just don't get it.
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When you're going through stuff, you just don't get it. but later on you can look back.
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You just don't get it. but later on you can look back. so many of the things that were
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But later on you can look back. so many of the things that were so hard for me, i look back now
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So many of the things that were so hard for me, i look back now and i realize how god had
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So hard for me, i look back now and i realize how god had to let that happen.
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And i realize how god had to let that happen. you know, sometimes god will
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To let that happen. you know, sometimes god will even use people's weaknesses
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You know, sometimes god will even use people's weaknesses to help us grow spiritually.
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Even use people's weaknesses to help us grow spiritually. how can we ever learn to love
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The unlovely if everybody
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The unlovely if everybody we're around is nice to us?
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The unlovely if everybody we're around is nice to us? that's not unconditional love.
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We're around is nice to us? that's not unconditional love. don't expect every day of your
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That's not unconditional love. don't expect every day of your life to be perfect.
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Don't expect every day of your life to be perfect. now i'm not saying you gotta
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Life to be perfect. now i'm not saying you gotta go around and believe
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Now i'm not saying you gotta go around and believe for trouble all the time,
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Go around and believe for trouble all the time, but don't be shocked when
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For trouble all the time, but don't be shocked when things are inconvenient.
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So, joseph went from living
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So, joseph went from living a nice little life, he was
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So, joseph went from living a nice little life, he was the youngest, daddy's favorite,
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A nice little life, he was the youngest, daddy's favorite, you know the babies are
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The youngest, daddy's favorite, you know the babies are always the favorite.
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You know the babies are always the favorite. he went from that to slavery,
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Always the favorite. he went from that to slavery, to prison, to being put
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He went from that to slavery, to prison, to being put in a position to save a nation.
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To prison, to being put in a position to save a nation. you notice, he had to leave
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In a position to save a nation. you notice, he had to leave comfort, go into misery,
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You notice, he had to leave comfort, go into misery, to be in a position where
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Comfort, go into misery, to be in a position where he could save a nation.
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To be in a position where he could save a nation. come on, let's do it again.
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He went from comfort,
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He went from comfort, to unjust, unfair treatment,
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He went from comfort, to unjust, unfair treatment, very uncomfortable,
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To unjust, unfair treatment, very uncomfortable, he had to go through
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Very uncomfortable, he had to go through that stage to grow him
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He had to go through that stage to grow him up enough to get him
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He could save a nation.
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He could save a nation. >> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: when god called
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First of all, i was not doing
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First of all, i was not doing anything special.
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First of all, i was not doing anything special. i was making my bed.
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Anything special. i was making my bed. and i had three teenagers
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I was making my bed. and i had three teenagers at the time and basically,
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And i had three teenagers at the time and basically, was just trying to survive
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At the time and basically, was just trying to survive life, you know.
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Was just trying to survive life, you know. i loved god and we went
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Life, you know. i loved god and we went to church every week
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I loved god and we went to church every week and--but i didn't act like
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To church every week and--but i didn't act like much of a christian.
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And--but i didn't act like much of a christian. i mean, i was very immature,
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Much of a christian. i mean, i was very immature, always mad and upset
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I mean, i was very immature, always mad and upset about somethin'.
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Always mad and upset about somethin'. and, i would've been your
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About somethin'. and, i would've been your least likely candidate probably
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And, i would've been your least likely candidate probably to be called to preach.
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Least likely candidate probably to be called to preach. but, god knows things about us,
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To be called to preach. but, god knows things about us, he not only sees where we're at,
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But, god knows things about us, he not only sees where we're at, but he sees where we will be.
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He not only sees where we're at, but he sees where we will be. >> [audience applauding]
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But he sees where we will be. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and you know, let
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and you know, let me just throw in here that
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>> joyce: and you know, let me just throw in here that we need to be willing to look
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Me just throw in here that we need to be willing to look at more people that way.
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Not just look at where they're
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Not just look at where they're at right now, but what their
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Not just look at where they're at right now, but what their potential is if somebody will
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At right now, but what their potential is if somebody will love them unconditionally,
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Potential is if somebody will love them unconditionally, pray for them, and stick with
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Love them unconditionally, pray for them, and stick with them through some stuff.
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Pray for them, and stick with them through some stuff. >> [audience applauding]
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Them through some stuff. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen?
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen? you know, dave was dating three
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>> joyce: amen? you know, dave was dating three girls when he met me and
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You know, dave was dating three girls when he met me and he was praying for a wife.
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Girls when he met me and he was praying for a wife. i always say, "dave definitely
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He was praying for a wife. i always say, "dave definitely believed that faith without
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I always say, "dave definitely believed that faith without works is dead," so...
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Believed that faith without works is dead," so... >> [audience laughing]
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Works is dead," so... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: he was believing
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: he was believing for a wife but he was dating
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>> joyce: he was believing for a wife but he was dating everything that moved and so...
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For a wife but he was dating everything that moved and so... >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: when he met me, we had
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>> joyce: when he met me, we had five dates and got married.
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>> joyce: when he met me, we had five dates and got married. i don't recommend it, but...
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Five dates and got married. i don't recommend it, but... >> [audience laughing]
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I don't recommend it, but... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i always say that
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i always say that he had to marry me before
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>> joyce: i always say that he had to marry me before he found out what he was
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He had to marry me before he found out what he was really getting or we'd have
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He found out what he was really getting or we'd have never worked, so.
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Really getting or we'd have never worked, so. i mean, i was hard
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Never worked, so. i mean, i was hard to deal with.
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I mean, i was hard to deal with. i'd been abused and divorced
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To deal with. i'd been abused and divorced and didn't trust anybody.
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I'd been abused and divorced and didn't trust anybody. i mean, i can actually tell you
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And didn't trust anybody. i mean, i can actually tell you when i married dave i could
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I mean, i can actually tell you when i married dave i could never remember ever being
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When i married dave i could never remember ever being really happy in my life,
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Never remember ever being really happy in my life, or ever feeling safe.
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And so, i just had a lot
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And so, i just had a lot of wounds and a lot of hurts.
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And so, i just had a lot of wounds and a lot of hurts. and man, if he would've done
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Of wounds and a lot of hurts. and man, if he would've done things like so many
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And man, if he would've done things like so many people do today,
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Things like so many people do today, if you're uncomfortable,
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People do today, if you're uncomfortable, it's inconvenient,
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If you're uncomfortable, it's inconvenient, you're incompatible--
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Who is compatible?
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Who is compatible? i mean--
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Who is compatible? i mean-- >> [audience laughing]
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I mean-- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, who marries
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, who marries somebody and says, "oh, i just
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>> joyce: i mean, who marries somebody and says, "oh, i just like everything you do,"
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Somebody and says, "oh, i just like everything you do," you know?
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Like everything you do," you know? and, i mean, that's just
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You know? and, i mean, that's just fantasy.
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And, i mean, that's just fantasy. and so, you know, you get along
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Fantasy. and so, you know, you get along because you choose to get along.
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Decide that you don't have
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Decide that you don't have to have your way all the time,
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To have your way all the time, and that you're gonna do what
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And that you're gonna do what god wants you to do,
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And so, if dave would've been
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And so, if dave would've been more concerned about his comfort
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And so, if dave would've been more concerned about his comfort than doing what he felt like god
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More concerned about his comfort than doing what he felt like god wanted him to do, i probably
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Than doing what he felt like god wanted him to do, i probably wouldn't be here today
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Wanted him to do, i probably wouldn't be here today doing what i'm doing.
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Wouldn't be here today doing what i'm doing. because, somebody had to not
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Doing what i'm doing. because, somebody had to not just tell me about jesus,
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Because, somebody had to not just tell me about jesus, somebody had to be jesus
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Just tell me about jesus, somebody had to be jesus in my life.
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Somebody had to be jesus in my life. and, i'll tell you, i didn't
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In my life. and, i'll tell you, i didn't change overnight.
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And, i'll tell you, i didn't change overnight. it took some time.
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Change overnight. it took some time. and, so many things--when
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It took some time. and, so many things--when god called me into ministry,
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And, so many things--when god called me into ministry, there were so many hard
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God called me into ministry, there were so many hard things that i went through.
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There were so many hard things that i went through. i mean, we lost all
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Things that i went through. i mean, we lost all of our friends.
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I mean, we lost all of our friends. we got asked to leave
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Of our friends. we got asked to leave our church.
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We got asked to leave our church. we had to find different schools
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Our church. we had to find different schools for our kids because they went
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We had to find different schools for our kids because they went to school at church.
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For our kids because they went to school at church. and people that i loved
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To school at church. and people that i loved and trusted turned against me,
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And people that i loved and trusted turned against me, and talked about me.
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And trusted turned against me, and talked about me. and man, i didn't
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And talked about me. and man, i didn't understand all that.
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And man, i didn't understand all that. i was just trying to be a good
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Understand all that. i was just trying to be a good girl and do what i felt like
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I was just trying to be a good girl and do what i felt like god wanted me to do you.
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Girl and do what i felt like god wanted me to do you. you ever feel like that?
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God wanted me to do you. you ever feel like that? "well, i'm just trying
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You ever feel like that? "well, i'm just trying to do what i think is right
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"well, i'm just trying to do what i think is right and i feel like all hell's
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To do what i think is right and i feel like all hell's broken loose on me."
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And i feel like all hell's broken loose on me." come on.
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Broken loose on me." come on. do you ever feel that way?
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Come on. do you ever feel that way? it's like--
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Do you ever feel that way? it's like-- >> [audience applauding]
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It's like-- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: well see, we expect
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: well see, we expect that if we do what's right
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>> joyce: well see, we expect that if we do what's right that we should get rewarded
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That if we do what's right that we should get rewarded right away.
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That we should get rewarded right away. but that doesn't always
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Right away. but that doesn't always happen that way.
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But that doesn't always happen that way. those who diligently seek god
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Happen that way. those who diligently seek god will receive a reward
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Those who diligently seek god will receive a reward in due time, in due time.
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Will receive a reward in due time, in due time. well, now i look back,
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In due time, in due time. well, now i look back, i didn't understand--
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Well, now i look back, i didn't understand-- oh man, i did not understand.
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I didn't understand-- oh man, i did not understand. i mean, family members
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Oh man, i did not understand. i mean, family members turned against us.
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I mean, family members turned against us. it was a tough time.
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Turned against us. it was a tough time. i tell dave sometimes i don't
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It was a tough time. i tell dave sometimes i don't really even--other than
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I tell dave sometimes i don't really even--other than the grace of god, i don't know
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Really even--other than the grace of god, i don't know how i even had the ability
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The grace of god, i don't know how i even had the ability to keep saying, "yes,"
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How i even had the ability to keep saying, "yes," to god with everything
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To keep saying, "yes," to god with everything that i was losing.
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To god with everything that i was losing. you have to understand back when
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That i was losing. you have to understand back when i started doing this, i mean,
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You have to understand back when i started doing this, i mean, women in ministry were
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I started doing this, i mean, women in ministry were just like, very unpopular.
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Women in ministry were just like, very unpopular. there just wasn't
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Just like, very unpopular. there just wasn't that many people.
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There just wasn't that many people. but, i look back now, and i was
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That many people. but, i look back now, and i was so dependent on people
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But, i look back now, and i was so dependent on people and what they thought of me.
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And i got my worth and
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And i got my worth and my significance from people.
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And i got my worth and my significance from people. and i'm telling you what,
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My significance from people. and i'm telling you what, god had to kick every prop
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And i'm telling you what, god had to kick every prop out from under me and teach
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God had to kick every prop out from under me and teach me how to get rooted
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Out from under me and teach me how to get rooted and grounded in him.
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Me how to get rooted and grounded in him. >> [audience applauding]
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And grounded in him. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, maybe you're some
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, maybe you're some place right now, where you
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>> joyce: so, maybe you're some place right now, where you don't--it's not convenient,
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It's not comfortable,
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It's not comfortable, you don't wanna be there.
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It's not comfortable, you don't wanna be there. well, let me make a new
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You don't wanna be there. well, let me make a new suggestion to you, instead
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Well, let me make a new suggestion to you, instead of begging god to get you
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Suggestion to you, instead of begging god to get you out of there, why don't you
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Of begging god to get you out of there, why don't you just say, "god, when you're
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Out of there, why don't you just say, "god, when you're ready to move me to another
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Just say, "god, when you're ready to move me to another place, i trust that you will,
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Ready to move me to another place, i trust that you will, but in the meantime,
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Place, i trust that you will, but in the meantime, teach me whatever it is i need
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But in the meantime, teach me whatever it is i need to learn while i'm here
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Teach me whatever it is i need to learn while i'm here and use me for your glory
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To learn while i'm here and use me for your glory while i'm in this place"?
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And use me for your glory while i'm in this place"? >> [audience applauding]
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While i'm in this place"? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know how much
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know how much more you would enjoy?
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>> joyce: you know how much more you would enjoy? you can enjoy being
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More you would enjoy? you can enjoy being in hard places if you have
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You can enjoy being in hard places if you have the right attitude.
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In hard places if you have the right attitude. how many of you need to hear
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>> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: all right.
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>> joyce: all right. 'cause i'll quit if you
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'cause i'll quit if you don't want to hear it.
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Don't want to hear it. well, probably i won't, but.
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Well, probably i won't, but. >> [audience laughing]
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Has gone through all this stuff
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Has gone through all this stuff and it's been really hard.
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Has gone through all this stuff and it's been really hard. he's in prison for 13 years for
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And it's been really hard. he's in prison for 13 years for something that he did not do.
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He's in prison for 13 years for something that he did not do. he helped the baker and the
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Something that he did not do. he helped the baker and the butler get out of prison,
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He helped the baker and the butler get out of prison, asked them to remember him,
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Butler get out of prison, asked them to remember him, they, of course, they forgot
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Asked them to remember him, they, of course, they forgot all about him.
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They, of course, they forgot all about him. he stayed in prison.
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All about him. he stayed in prison. but, you know, when god has
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He stayed in prison. but, you know, when god has a plan for your life no matter
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But, you know, when god has a plan for your life no matter what people don't do for you,
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A plan for your life no matter what people don't do for you, come on now, when god
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What people don't do for you, come on now, when god is ready to make a move,
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Come on now, when god is ready to make a move, nobody will stop him.
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Is ready to make a move, nobody will stop him. >> [audience applauding]
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Nobody will stop him. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and listen, part
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and listen, part of satan's plan is to get
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>> joyce: and listen, part of satan's plan is to get us all messed up with
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Of satan's plan is to get us all messed up with bitterness and unforgiveness.
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Us all messed up with bitterness and unforgiveness. so he arranges for people
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Bitterness and unforgiveness. so he arranges for people to hurt us, hoping we'll get all
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So he arranges for people to hurt us, hoping we'll get all messed up inside, so then
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To hurt us, hoping we'll get all messed up inside, so then we never end up getting what
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Messed up inside, so then we never end up getting what god wants us to have because
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We never end up getting what god wants us to have because now we're out of sorts with god.
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But, if you can just continue
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But, if you can just continue doing what god tells you to do,
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But, if you can just continue doing what god tells you to do, when your time--listen to me,
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Doing what god tells you to do, when your time--listen to me, when your time for promotion
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When your time--listen to me, when your time for promotion comes, no man on earth
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When your time for promotion comes, no man on earth and no devil in hell can
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Comes, no man on earth and no devil in hell can keep you from what god
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And no devil in hell can keep you from what god has for you.
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Keep you from what god has for you. >> [audience applauding]
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>> [music]
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>> ginger: if you are a young
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>> ginger: if you are a young mother or a mother of young
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Mother or a mother of young children, you may not
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Children, you may not necessarily be a young person,
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Necessarily be a young person, but there is nothing better
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But there is nothing better than to sit down with someone
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Than to sit down with someone who's been there,
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Who's been there, to get encouraged,
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To get encouraged, and to learn lessons
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From what they've learned.
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From what they've learned. so in our candid conversation
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So in our candid conversation today, we're sitting down
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Today, we're sitting down with joyce and we're giving
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With joyce and we're giving encouragement to those moms.
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Encouragement to those moms. >> joyce: well, i have four
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>> joyce: well, i have four children, and of course
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Children, and of course now they're very far away
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Now they're very far away from being young children.
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From being young children. my baby is now 41,
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My baby is now 41, and my oldest son is 56.
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And my oldest son is 56. so, if you can do any kind
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So, if you can do any kind of math, that kind of tells
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Of math, that kind of tells you a little bit about
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You a little bit about how old i am.
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How old i am. but i look back and i was
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But i look back and i was such a mess emotionally,
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Such a mess emotionally, mentally.
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Mentally. i mean, my daughter and i have
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I mean, my daughter and i have talked about it, and she said,
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Talked about it, and she said, "you know, with the way
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"you know, with the way you were raised and what
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You were raised and what had happened to you,"
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Had happened to you," she said, "it is amazing what
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She said, "it is amazing what a good mother you were."
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A good mother you were." and i was.
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And i was. i mean, i was a good mother.
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I mean, i was a good mother. and i know a lot of women
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And i know a lot of women that are pregnant,
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That are pregnant, they're afraid that they're
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They're afraid that they're not gonna be good moms.
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Not gonna be good moms. and, you know, i believe that
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And, you know, i believe that god just--if he gives you
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God just--if he gives you a child, he gives you that
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A child, he gives you that ability to be a good mother.
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Ability to be a good mother. now, i look back and there's
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Now, i look back and there's things that i really wish
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Things that i really wish i would've done differently.
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I would've done differently. i never was much
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I never was much to play with my kids.
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To play with my kids. i was more the responsible.
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I was more the responsible. i took good care of them.
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I took good care of them. i made sure that their
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I made sure that their clothes were right
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Clothes were right and their food was good.
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And their food was good. and i made sure they had toys,
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And i made sure they had toys, but nobody really played with
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But nobody really played with me when i was growing up,
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Me when i was growing up, and there was not
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And there was not much fun in my house.
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Much fun in my house. matter of fact, i remember
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Matter of fact, i remember when i was growing up getting
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When i was growing up getting in trouble for laughing.
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In trouble for laughing. so i didn't place
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So i didn't place a lot of value on fun.
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A lot of value on fun. i didn't read to my children.
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I didn't read to my children. nobody ever read to me.
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Nobody ever read to me. and i didn't even
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And i didn't even know to do that.
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Know to do that. and i would, i wish with all
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And i would, i wish with all my heart i would've read
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My heart i would've read to them, because a couple
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To them, because a couple of ‘em just really don't have
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Of ‘em just really don't have any love for reading at all.
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Any love for reading at all. they have a difficult
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They have a difficult time doing it.
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Time doing it. and i think you can teach your
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And i think you can teach your children to love to read
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Children to love to read by reading to them.
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By reading to them. but for the moms that are
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But for the moms that are struggling right now,
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Struggling right now, and you know, you can struggle
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And you know, you can struggle if you have one child
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If you have one child or if you have several.
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I mean, you almost always
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I mean, you almost always have a child that you love
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Have a child that you love but you don't like.
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But you don't like. >> ginger: at least in some
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>> ginger: at least in some phase of their life, yeah.
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Phase of their life, yeah. >> joyce: yeah, i mean,
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>> joyce: yeah, i mean, it's like my oldest son
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It's like my oldest son was very--he had to be in
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Was very--he had to be in control of everything.
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Control of everything. and i mean, that's even when
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And i mean, that's even when he was in his playpen.
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He was in his playpen. i mean, it was like i felt
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I mean, it was like i felt like he was...
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Like he was... >> ginger: started out that way.
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>> ginger: started out that way. >> joyce: never happy with me,
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>> joyce: never happy with me, no matter what i did.
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No matter what i did. and i didn't know what
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And i didn't know what in the world was wrong.
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In the world was wrong. and of course, now i realize
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And of course, now i realize he just had a strong
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He just had a strong type “a” personality,
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Type “a” personality, and we just had a lot
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And we just had a lot of friction because
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Of friction because to be honest, we were
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Both the same way.
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Both the same way. so we were fighting with
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So we were fighting with each other all the time.
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Each other all the time. but now he runs
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But now he runs our world missions.
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Our world missions. and so you will make it.
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And so you will make it. i want to encourage you,
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I want to encourage you, no matter what kind of a day
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No matter what kind of a day you're having today,
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You're having today, you will make it.
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You will make it. don't try to do it,
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Don't try to do it, on your own--pray.
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On your own--pray. ask god to help you.
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Ask god to help you. i mean, if you can only manage
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I mean, if you can only manage three minutes or five minutes
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Three minutes or five minutes with the lord in the morning
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With the lord in the morning before your kids get up,
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Before your kids get up, don't just try
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Don't just try to make it on your own.
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To make it on your own. but pray that god
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But pray that god will help you.
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Will help you. and one of the things that
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And one of the things that i do remember doing that
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I do remember doing that i think was right, and i wanna
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I think was right, and i wanna encourage people in is,
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Encourage people in is, is when i was wrong, if i lost
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Is when i was wrong, if i lost my temper and i yelled
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My temper and i yelled at my kids or whatever.
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At my kids or whatever. when i was wrong, i would
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When i was wrong, i would go back and tell them,
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Go back and tell them, "mommy was wrong.
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"mommy was wrong. i shouldn't have done that."
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I shouldn't have done that." and i think that gives your
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And i think that gives your children respect for you,
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Children respect for you, if you admit your mistakes
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If you admit your mistakes to them.
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To them. >> ginger: it teaches them
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>> ginger: it teaches them so much.
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So much. >> joyce: but your kids grow
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>> joyce: but your kids grow up and they grow up a lot
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Up and they grow up a lot faster than you think
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Faster than you think they do, and...
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They do, and... >> ginger: i never used
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>> ginger: i never used to believe that.
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To believe that. >> joyce: i know.
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>> joyce: i know. >> ginger: when your kids
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>> ginger: when your kids are little, you think, "oh, no,
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Are little, you think, "oh, no, it's not going quickly."
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It's not going quickly." and yet now with the same
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And yet now with the same hindsight that you're talking
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Hindsight that you're talking about, it really does,
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About, it really does, it flies by.
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It flies by. >> joyce: and it amazes me that
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>> joyce: and it amazes me that some people get so, i mean,
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Some people get so, i mean, really have problems
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Really have problems when all their kids leave,
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When all their kids leave, and they have what they call,
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And they have what they call, the empty nest syndrome.
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The empty nest syndrome. you know, i just didn't
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You know, i just didn't have that problem.
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Have that problem. i mean, i loved my kids,
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I mean, i loved my kids, but it's another season
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But it's another season in your life.
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In your life. it's a god thing.
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It's a god thing. it's meant to be that way.
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It's meant to be that way. and if you have a two-year-old
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And if you have a two-year-old right now, that's a season.
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Right now, that's a season. when they start to school,
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When they start to school, that's another season.
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That's another season. you know, things don't
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You know, things don't stay the same.
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Stay the same. things will change.
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Things will change. and god never puts more
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And god never puts more on you than what you can bear,
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On you than what you can bear, but with every temptation,
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But with every temptation, he also provides the way out.
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He also provides the way out. and i just really wanna
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And i just really wanna encourage these moms
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Encourage these moms that they're probably
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That they're probably doing a lot better than what
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Doing a lot better than what they may think they are, and...
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They may think they are, and... >> ginger: that's a big point.
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>> ginger: that's a big point. >> joyce: yeah.
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>> joyce: yeah. >> ginger: because we do often
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>> ginger: because we do often look back at the day and only
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Look back at the day and only see the mistakes.
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See the mistakes. we don't always see the things
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We don't always see the things that god was helping
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That god was helping us to do right.
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Us to do right. and i think it is such
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And i think it is such a refreshing thing for young
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A refreshing thing for young moms to listen to moms
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Moms to listen to moms who now have adult children
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Who now have adult children who say they turned out okay.
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Who say they turned out okay. you know, it wasn't everything
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You know, it wasn't everything that i was afraid of.
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That i was afraid of. things--god took care
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Things--god took care of things i couldn't.
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Of things i couldn't. it's very reassuring.
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It's very reassuring. >> joyce: i marvel all the time
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>> joyce: i marvel all the time because my one daughter,
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Because my one daughter, my oldest daughter, laura,
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My oldest daughter, laura, that girl was so disorganized
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That girl was so disorganized and so messy and forgetful
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And so messy and forgetful and she hated school
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And she hated school and she just...
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And she just... i couldn't wait to get
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I couldn't wait to get her out of school.
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Her out of school. i mean, she despised it.
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I mean, she despised it. she didn't get very good grades,
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She didn't get very good grades, and she wasn't very popular.
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And she wasn't very popular. and i mean, it was just
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And i mean, it was just on and on and on.
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On and on and on. and i mean, i actually wondered
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And i mean, i actually wondered what was gonna happen
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What was gonna happen to the girl when she got
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To the girl when she got away from home on her own,
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Away from home on her own, because she just--was so messy.
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Because she just--was so messy. and now, she of course,
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And now, she of course, is in her 50s, and she is like
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Is in her 50s, and she is like my a number one helper.
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My a number one helper. i don't know what in the world
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I don't know what in the world i would do without her.
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I would do without her. she does so many things
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She does so many things for me and is extremely
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For me and is extremely organized.
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Organized. and so the things that
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And so the things that you think, "my gosh,
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You think, "my gosh, this kid's never gonna change."
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This kid's never gonna change." i can tell you that
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I can tell you that they will change.
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>> ginger: yeah.
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>> ginger: yeah. what would you say to a mom
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What would you say to a mom right now, who is dealing
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Right now, who is dealing with her own issues?
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With her own issues? you know, you were still
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You know, you were still going through that healing
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Going through that healing process when you had
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Process when you had your children.
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Your children. so we all have things in our
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So we all have things in our own life, but we also have
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Own life, but we also have these other lives that we're
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These other lives that we're responsible for.
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Responsible for. what would you say to those
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What would you say to those moms, to encourage them in,
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Moms, to encourage them in, as they're growing,
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As they're growing, god honors what they're doing.
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God honors what they're doing. >> joyce: yeah, i mean,
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>> joyce: yeah, i mean, god knows where you're at.
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God knows where you're at. he understands where you're at.
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And when i started
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And when i started teaching the word,
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Teaching the word, i didn't know anything.
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I didn't know anything. i mean, i had to study
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I mean, i had to study really hard.
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Really hard. and i would always study things
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And i would always study things i was having problems with.
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I was having problems with. like if i was having problems
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Like if i was having problems with being patient, i would
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With being patient, i would study on patience.
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Study on patience. and then i would teach
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And then i would teach that to my little home
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That to my little home bible study that i had.
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Bible study that i had. and i worked my whole day
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And i worked my whole day around trying to have that
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Around trying to have that time with god when my kids
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Time with god when my kids took their naps.
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Took their naps. and so, any mother who really
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And so, any mother who really wants to spend time with god,
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Wants to spend time with god, you can find a way to do it,
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You can find a way to do it, if you really want to.
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If you really want to. and one of the things that
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And one of the things that i tell people is you'll pay
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I tell people is you'll pay a babysitter to go out
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A babysitter to go out to a movie.
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To a movie. so how about paying
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So how about paying a babysitter once in a while,
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A babysitter once in a while, just to have half a day
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Just to have half a day to spend with the lord?
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To spend with the lord? >> ginger: yeah.
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>> ginger: yeah. >> joyce: and you can't--
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>> joyce: and you can't-- yeah, we've all got problems.
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Yeah, we've all got problems. we've all got issues.
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We've all got issues. and some people are trying
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And some people are trying to raise kids, and they've
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To raise kids, and they've maybe got some big issues
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Maybe got some big issues in their life.
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In their life. and god's willing to heal you.
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And god's willing to heal you. he's the god of restoration.
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He's the god of restoration. but you gotta spend time
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But you gotta spend time with him, hear from him,
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With him, hear from him, study his word,
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Study his word, know what it says.
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Know what it says. and a lot of people think,
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And a lot of people think, "well, i just don't
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"well, i just don't have time to do that.
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Have time to do that. i can't do that because
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I can't do that because i've got these kids.
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I've got these kids. i don't have time to get done
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I don't have time to get done what i'm doing now."
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What i'm doing now." but if you want to do it,
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But if you want to do it, god will show you a way
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God will show you a way that you can do it.
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That you can do it. and it is important.
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And it is important. ginger, when i started
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Ginger, when i started the ministry, i had three
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The ministry, i had three teenagers and a baby.
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Teenagers and a baby. and so, i don't like to hear
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And so, i don't like to hear that, "i can't do anything
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That, "i can't do anything because i've got kids."
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Because i've got kids." i mean, if you want to, you can
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I mean, if you want to, you can do anything that you want to.
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Do anything that you want to. “i can do all things through
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“i can do all things through christ...who is my strength.”
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Christ...who is my strength.” and if god asks you to do
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And if god asks you to do something, he will make a way.
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Something, he will make a way. he'll provide.
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He'll provide. he'll give you the grace
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He'll give you the grace to do it, and he'll provide
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To do it, and he'll provide what you need to do it.
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What you need to do it. and you know, moms,
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And you know, moms, when you make mistakes,
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When you make mistakes, it's not the end of the world.
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It's not the end of the world. now, there are parents who
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Now, there are parents who really are really bad, bad, bad
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Really are really bad, bad, bad parents, and they cause
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Parents, and they cause big problems with their kids.
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Big problems with their kids. but most of those people
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But most of those people probably aren't watching
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Probably aren't watching me right now.
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Me right now. and even then, i believe that
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And even then, i believe that god can correct anything
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God can correct anything that needs to be corrected.
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That needs to be corrected. but just, you know, single moms,
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But just, you know, single moms, i think about them and,
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I think about them and, you know, not maybe they're
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You know, not maybe they're having to work a couple
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Having to work a couple of jobs and it's hard
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Of jobs and it's hard and they're exhausted
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And they're exhausted and you know, all i can tell
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And you know, all i can tell you is this too will pass.
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You is this too will pass. it will come to an end.
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It will come to an end. your kids will grow up,
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Your kids will grow up, and they will leave home,
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And they will leave home, and they will be okay.
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And they will be okay. and i know that a lot
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And i know that a lot of people think, you know,
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Of people think, you know, “well, that just can't happen,"
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“well, that just can't happen," but all things
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But all things are possible with god.
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Are possible with god. >> ginger: i think sometimes
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>> ginger: i think sometimes too, as parents,
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Too, as parents, especially as moms, we feel
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Especially as moms, we feel guilty if we do something
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Guilty if we do something to take care of ourselves.
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To take care of ourselves. if we do what you say,
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If we do what you say, and we're spending that time
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And we're spending that time in the word, but there's
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In the word, but there's nothing better that we can
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Nothing better that we can give our children than
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Give our children than for us to be healthy
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For us to be healthy and close to the lord.
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And close to the lord. >> joyce: right.
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>> joyce: right. that's very important.
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That's very important. but then to do other just
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But then to do other just practical things for yourself.
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Practical things for yourself. you know, if just getting
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You know, if just getting a pedicure once every two weeks
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A pedicure once every two weeks would really help you then—
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Would really help you then— >> ginger: and make you
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>> ginger: and make you a better mom.
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A better mom. >> joyce: yeah, fine, you know,
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>> joyce: yeah, fine, you know, you need to do some
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You need to do some things for yourself.
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Things for yourself. if you don't ever do anything
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If you don't ever do anything for yourself, you end up
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For yourself, you end up just feeling used.
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Just feeling used. you end up just feeling like,
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You end up just feeling like, everybody that comes near you
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Everybody that comes near you wants something, and that
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Wants something, and that there's nothing left of you
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There's nothing left of you to give to them.
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To give to them. and you're not being selfish
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And you're not being selfish if you do things for yourself.
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If you do things for yourself. you're not being selfish
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You're not being selfish if you get a babysitter
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If you get a babysitter once in a while and just
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Once in a while and just go take an afternoon
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Go take an afternoon and walk in the park.
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And walk in the park. whatever you need,
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Whatever you need, whatever will help you,
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Whatever will help you, there's nothing wrong
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There's nothing wrong with doing that.
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With doing that. and i know some people,
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And i know some people, they don't have the money
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They don't have the money to get a babysitter.
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To get a babysitter. trade off with somebody.
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Trade off with somebody. you know, find somebody
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You know, find somebody else that's got kids and...
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Else that's got kids and... >> ginger: let's help
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>> ginger: let's help each other.
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Each other. >> joyce: you know, help ‘em
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>> joyce: you know, help ‘em and trade with each other.
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And trade with each other. i just keep wanting
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I just keep wanting to ask you this question.
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To ask you this question. you know, i'm always the one
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You know, i'm always the one that's got all the problems
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That's got all the problems here on the show.
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Here on the show. and so, what--can you think
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And so, what--can you think of something that you did
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Of something that you did wrong with your kids when
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Wrong with your kids when they were growing up,
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They were growing up, but everything still
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But everything still turned out okay?
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Turned out okay? >> ginger: well, so many things.
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>> ginger: well, so many things. i mean, i think the biggest
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I mean, i think the biggest thing for me was, i—and
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Thing for me was, i—and nobody knows how to be a mom,
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Nobody knows how to be a mom, but i really had no idea
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But i really had no idea how to be a mom.
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How to be a mom. i felt very confident in my
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I felt very confident in my life, in every other area.
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Life, in every other area. but i thought, "i don't have
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But i thought, "i don't have the motherhood gene.
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The motherhood gene. i am not gonna know
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I am not gonna know how to do this."
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How to do this." and so, really, all those
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And so, really, all those mistakes that i did make
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Mistakes that i did make as i was trying to figure
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As i was trying to figure out work-life balance,
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Out work-life balance, and how to be the kind
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And how to be the kind of mom that i wanted to be,
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Of mom that i wanted to be, and to lead them to the lord,
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And to lead them to the lord, and all these different things,
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And all these different things, god just took care
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God just took care of systematically.
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Of systematically. >> joyce: and you have
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>> joyce: and you have two great girls.
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Two great girls. >> ginger: oh, they're--
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>> ginger: oh, they're-- they're wonderful.
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They're wonderful. they're the joy of my life.
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They're the joy of my life. and their families
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And their families and our families
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And our families we're--we have our issues.
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We're--we have our issues. we all do.
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We all do. everybody has their issues.
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Everybody has their issues. but we're close.
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But we're close. we love to be together.
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We love to be together. and it really is god
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And it really is god answering diligent prayer.
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Answering diligent prayer. and i think if nothing else,
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And i think if nothing else, what i did right was really,
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What i did right was really, really pray for our kids,
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Really pray for our kids, for their spouses-to-be,
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For their spouses-to-be, before we knew who they were,
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Before we knew who they were, for their children-to-be,
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For their children-to-be, long before they had any.
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Long before they had any. all of those things,
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All of those things, because i knew i wasn't gonna
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Because i knew i wasn't gonna do everything perfectly.
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Do everything perfectly. i wanted to give them into
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I wanted to give them into god's hands over and over.
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God's hands over and over. so i am very grateful
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So i am very grateful that i did that.
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That i did that. >> joyce: that's really
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>> joyce: that's really a good point.
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A good point. you know, pray for your
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You know, pray for your children, and you'd be surprised
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Children, and you'd be surprised if you pray for them,
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If you pray for them, god can overcome a lot
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God can overcome a lot of mistakes that you make.
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Of mistakes that you make. and once again,
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And once again, god is the god of restoration
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God is the god of restoration and the god of healing.
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And the god of healing. and even if you make some
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And even if you make some mistakes, you admit it, don't...
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Mistakes, you admit it, don't... maybe the last thing
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Maybe the last thing i'd like to say is,
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I'd like to say is, don't let the devil push you
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Don't let the devil push you into that area of trying
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Into that area of trying to be a perfect parent.
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To be a perfect parent. if you're a perfectionist
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If you're a perfectionist and you're trying
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And you're trying to be a perfect parent,
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To be a perfect parent, you're gonna end up being
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You're gonna end up being a worse parent, than if you
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A worse parent, than if you would just lighten up
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Would just lighten up a little bit, and just
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A little bit, and just take it one day at a time.
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Take it one day at a time. there is--the only thing
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There is--the only thing perfect is jesus.
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Perfect is jesus. and we're not gonna manifest
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And we're not gonna manifest perfection until we're out
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Perfection until we're out of these bodies and we get
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Of these bodies and we get with him.
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With him. and so don't put so much
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And so don't put so much pressure on yourself.
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Pressure on yourself. and when you do make mistakes,
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And when you do make mistakes, god is big enough to cover them.
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God is big enough to cover them. he's big enough to take
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He's big enough to take care of it.
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Care of it. don't make a mistake and then
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Don't make a mistake and then spend another two weeks
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Spend another two weeks feeling guilty about the mistake
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Feeling guilty about the mistake you made, because that's
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You made, because that's just gonna weaken you
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Just gonna weaken you to make more mistakes.
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To make more mistakes. and all i can tell you is,
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And all i can tell you is, i've been through this
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I've been through this over and over.
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Over and over. i've watched my kids
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I've watched my kids go through it.
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Go through it. i have 12 grandchildren now,
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I have 12 grandchildren now, and two great-grandchildren,
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And two great-grandchildren, and another one on the way.
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And another one on the way. and so, it just all
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And so, it just all turned out fine.
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Turned out fine. and, i mean, i was...you
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And, i mean, i was...you couldn't have been
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Couldn't have been a bigger mess than me.
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A bigger mess than me. and so, if god could
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And so, if god could do that with me,
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Do that with me, he can do it with anybody.
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He can do it with anybody. >> ginger: yeah.
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>> ginger: yeah. you're gonna make it.
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You're gonna make it. you're gonna make it.
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You're gonna make it. >> joyce: you're gonna make it.
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>> joyce: you're gonna make it. >> ginger: thank you, joyce.
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>> ginger: thank you, joyce. >> joyce: you're welcome.
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>> [music]
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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
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That's when we're willing to change.
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Willing 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, i ask
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More of him in my life, i ask him to show me what's missing.
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Him to show me what's missing. this gives me a chance to focus
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This gives me a chance to focus on him and all of the amazing
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On him 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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Joyce Meyer - Interrupted by God (Part 2)

August 29, 2025 | S E | 29:29

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