Joyce Meyer - Jealousy, Envy, and Greed (Part 2)

December 8, 2025 | 29:29

Jealousy, envy, and greed can lead to significant issues in your life! Today, Joyce discusses some of the "minor" sins and what the Bible has to say about sin in general.

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - Jealousy, Envy, and Greed (Part 2) | December 8, 2025

>> joyce: yes,
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>> joyce: yes, there are things that's hard,
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>> joyce: yes, there are things that's hard, but i'll tell you what's
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There are things that's hard, but i'll tell you what's harder is disobeying god.
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But i'll tell you what's harder is disobeying god. disobeying god is always
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Harder is disobeying god. disobeying god is always harder than obeying god,
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Disobeying god is always harder than obeying god, even if what he asked you
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Harder than obeying god, even if what he asked you to do is a difficult thing.
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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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>> joyce: i wonder who, in here,
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>> joyce: i wonder who, in here, this morning, is jealous
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>> joyce: i wonder who, in here, this morning, is jealous of somebody else.
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This morning, is jealous of somebody else. maybe you sit out there,
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Of somebody else. maybe you sit out there, and you don't like one
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Maybe you sit out there, and you don't like one of the singers in the worship
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And you don't like one of the singers in the worship team and you think, "she ain't
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Of the singers in the worship team and you think, "she ain't got no business up there.
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Team and you think, "she ain't got no business up there. she couldn't sing her way
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Got no business up there. she couldn't sing her way out of a paper bag.
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She couldn't sing her way out of a paper bag. i've got a lot better
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Out of a paper bag. i've got a lot better voice than she does."
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I've got a lot better voice than she does." none of you?
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Voice than she does." none of you? okay, i must have the wrong
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None of you? okay, i must have the wrong church then.
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Okay, i must have the wrong church then. >> [audience laughing]
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Church then. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on, don't tell me jealousy's
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>> joyce: come on, don't tell me jealousy's not in the church, it is.
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Don't tell me jealousy's not in the church, it is. greed is a very serious offense.
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Not in the church, it is. greed is a very serious offense. ephesians 5:5-7.
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Greed is a very serious offense. ephesians 5:5-7. "for be sure of this: that
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Ephesians 5:5-7. "for be sure of this: that no person practicing
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"for be sure of this: that no person practicing sexual vice or impurity
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No person practicing sexual vice or impurity in thought or in life,
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Sexual vice or impurity in thought or in life, or one who is covetous--"
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In thought or in life, or one who is covetous--" that means jealous
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Or one who is covetous--" that means jealous "[who has a lustful desire
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That means jealous "[who has a lustful desire for the property of others
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"[who has a lustful desire for the property of others and is greedy for gain]--
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For the property of others and is greedy for gain]-- for he [in effect]
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And is greedy for gain]-- for he [in effect] is an idolater.
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For he [in effect] is an idolater. don't let him think he has any
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Is an idolater. don't let him think he has any inheritance in the kingdom
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Don't let him think he has any inheritance in the kingdom of christ and of god."
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Inheritance in the kingdom of christ and of god." now, i spent a little time
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Of christ and of god." now, i spent a little time on that last sentence
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Yesterday because we like
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Yesterday because we like to just slide right over
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Yesterday because we like to just slide right over those kind of things and just
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To just slide right over those kind of things and just not talk about 'em.
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Those kind of things and just not talk about 'em. and it's interesting,
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Not talk about 'em. and it's interesting, i looked at several commentaries
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And it's interesting, i looked at several commentaries and not one of them dealt
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I looked at several commentaries and not one of them dealt with that sentence.
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And not one of them dealt with that sentence. not one.
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With that sentence. not one. so, i finally found some
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Not one. so, i finally found some information that said,
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So, i finally found some information that said, you know, "this doesn't mean
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Information that said, you know, "this doesn't mean that if you're ever
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You know, "this doesn't mean that if you're ever jealous that you're
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That if you're ever jealous that you're not gonna go to heaven."
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But you see, when somebody
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But you see, when somebody has a sin that they're
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But you see, when somebody has a sin that they're purposely and consistently
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Has a sin that they're purposely and consistently doing and there's no repentance
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Purposely and consistently doing and there's no repentance and there's no making
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Doing and there's no repentance and there's no making any effort to change it,
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And there's no making any effort to change it, that's when we need
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Any effort to change it, that's when we need to really be careful.
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That's when we need to really be careful. now, you know,
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To really be careful. now, you know, maybe you believe once saved,
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Now, you know, maybe you believe once saved, always saved.
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Maybe you believe once saved, always saved. i haven't totally
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Always saved. i haven't totally made my mind up yet,
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I haven't totally made my mind up yet, so we won't get into that.
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Made my mind up yet, so we won't get into that. but i do believe that
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If a person is truly saved,
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If a person is truly saved, that you cannot purposely,
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If a person is truly saved, that you cannot purposely, consistently live in sin
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That you cannot purposely, consistently live in sin because you've got
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Consistently live in sin because you've got the nature of god in you
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Because you've got the nature of god in you and that's automatically
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The nature of god in you and that's automatically gonna rise up and fight
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And that's automatically gonna rise up and fight against those things.
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Gonna rise up and fight against those things. >> [audience applauding]
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Against those things. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: but part of what we
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: but part of what we do as teachers and preachers
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>> joyce: but part of what we do as teachers and preachers is just remind people.
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Paul said, "i never get tired
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Paul said, "i never get tired of telling you the same things
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Paul said, "i never get tired of telling you the same things over and over and over again."
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Of telling you the same things over and over and over again." and so, you know,
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Over and over and over again." and so, you know, what i'm telling you
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And so, you know, what i'm telling you today is not anything
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That you don't know,
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That you don't know, but it may very well
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That you don't know, but it may very well be something that you
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But it may very well be something that you haven't thought about
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Be something that you haven't thought about in a long, long time.
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Haven't thought about in a long, long time. and so, because you
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In a long, long time. and so, because you haven't thought about it,
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And so, because you haven't thought about it, it slipped in.
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Haven't thought about it, it slipped in. and so, i'm just a reminder,
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It slipped in. and so, i'm just a reminder, here now, to say, "oops,
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And so, i'm just a reminder, here now, to say, "oops, let's don't accept this one.
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Here now, to say, "oops, let's don't accept this one. let's watch out for this,"
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Let's don't accept this one. let's watch out for this," because satan has so many
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Let's watch out for this," because satan has so many ways of trying to trap us.
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I mean, the bible says,
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I mean, the bible says, "watch and pray."
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I mean, the bible says, "watch and pray." and let me tell you,
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"watch and pray." and let me tell you, that doesn't mean watch
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And let me tell you, that doesn't mean watch everybody else and pray
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That doesn't mean watch everybody else and pray for those terrible sinners.
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Everybody else and pray for those terrible sinners. it means "watch yourself"
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Because christ is coming soon.
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Because christ is coming soon. and we wanna stay ready
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Because christ is coming soon. and we wanna stay ready and not just suppose we're
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And we wanna stay ready and not just suppose we're gonna have time to get
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And not just suppose we're gonna have time to get ready when he comes.
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Gonna have time to get ready when he comes. i wonder how many things
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Ready when he comes. i wonder how many things in our life would change
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I wonder how many things in our life would change if we knew that jesus was
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In our life would change if we knew that jesus was coming back tomorrow
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If we knew that jesus was coming back tomorrow afternoon at three.
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Coming back tomorrow afternoon at three. >> [audience laughing]
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Afternoon at three. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: yeah.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: yeah. well, maybe we should
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>> joyce: yeah. well, maybe we should just change them anyway.
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Well, maybe we should just change them anyway. amen?
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Just change them anyway. amen? i think i'm having more
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Amen? i think i'm having more fun than you guys are.
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I think i'm having more fun than you guys are. i don't know.
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Fun than you guys are. i don't know. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: now, verse 6,
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>> joyce: now, verse 6, ephesians 5 says,
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>> joyce: now, verse 6, ephesians 5 says, "let no one delude and deceive
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Ephesians 5 says, "let no one delude and deceive you with empty excuses
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"let no one delude and deceive you with empty excuses and groundless arguments
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You with empty excuses and groundless arguments [for these sins]--"
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And groundless arguments [for these sins]--" we have to stop trying
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[for these sins]--" we have to stop trying to justify sin.
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To be honest, no matter
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To be honest, no matter how somebody treats you,
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To be honest, no matter how somebody treats you, that does not ever give
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How somebody treats you, that does not ever give you the right to treat them
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That does not ever give you the right to treat them the way they treat you,
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You the right to treat them the way they treat you, but the bible tells
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The way they treat you, but the bible tells us the exact opposite,
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But the bible tells us the exact opposite, to "treat people the way
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Us the exact opposite, to "treat people the way we want to be treated."
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To "treat people the way we want to be treated." and "god is good
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We want to be treated." and "god is good to the just and the unjust."
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Let's just say the bible--
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Let's just say the bible-- one of the commandments is,
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Let's just say the bible-- one of the commandments is, "you shall honor your
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One of the commandments is, "you shall honor your father and mother,
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"you shall honor your father and mother, the first one with a promise
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Father and mother, the first one with a promise that it may go well
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The first one with a promise that it may go well with you and you may
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That it may go well with you and you may live long in the earth."
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With you and you may live long in the earth." so, let's just say you
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Live long in the earth." so, let's just say you have elderly parents,
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So, let's just say you have elderly parents, and they weren't good
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Have elderly parents, and they weren't good to you at all growing up.
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And they weren't good to you at all growing up. matter of fact,
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To you at all growing up. matter of fact, maybe they abused you,
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Matter of fact, maybe they abused you, or you know,
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Maybe they abused you, or you know, did a lot of other things
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Or you know, did a lot of other things that really hurt you.
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Did a lot of other things that really hurt you. and so, now, they're older
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That really hurt you. and so, now, they're older and you just ignore
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And so, now, they're older and you just ignore 'em because after all,
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And you just ignore 'em because after all, "they don't deserve.
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'em because after all, "they don't deserve. they don't deserve.
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"they don't deserve. they don't deserve. they don't deserve."
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They don't deserve. they don't deserve." well, you know what?
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They don't deserve." well, you know what? that's one of those sins
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Well, you know what? that's one of those sins that we think are acceptable
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That's one of those sins that we think are acceptable because we justify it,
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That we think are acceptable because we justify it, but it's not.
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Because we justify it, but it's not. hmm.
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But it's not. hmm. my parents--
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Hmm. my parents-- my dad sexually abused me,
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My parents-- my dad sexually abused me, and my mother knew it
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My dad sexually abused me, and my mother knew it and didn't do anything about it.
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And my mother knew it and didn't do anything about it. so, she basically abandoned
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And didn't do anything about it. so, she basically abandoned me to it out of fear.
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So, she basically abandoned me to it out of fear. and let me tell you,
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Me to it out of fear. and let me tell you, i have spent my life dealing
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With stuff that he did to me.
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With stuff that he did to me. but when they got older,
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With stuff that he did to me. but when they got older, god asked me, one morning,
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But when they got older, god asked me, one morning, when i was praying, he said,
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God asked me, one morning, when i was praying, he said, "i want you to move your parents
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When i was praying, he said, "i want you to move your parents closer to where you live.
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"i want you to move your parents closer to where you live. buy them a little house,
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Closer to where you live. buy them a little house, put 'em in it and take care
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Buy them a little house, put 'em in it and take care of 'em until they die."
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Put 'em in it and take care of 'em until they die." well, i said,
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Of 'em until they die." well, i said, "i rebuke you, satan."
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Well, i said, "i rebuke you, satan." >> [audience laughing]
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"i rebuke you, satan." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, i did.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, i did. i thought "there is no way that
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>> joyce: i mean, i did. i thought "there is no way that god would ask me to do that.
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I thought "there is no way that god would ask me to do that. there is no way god would
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God would ask me to do that. there is no way god would ask me to do that."
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There is no way god would ask me to do that." and i really thought
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Ask me to do that." and i really thought it was the devil.
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And i really thought it was the devil. but you know,
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It was the devil. but you know, when something is god,
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But you know, when something is god, it'll come back around
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When something is god, it'll come back around another time and another
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It'll come back around another time and another time and another time.
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Another time and another time and another time. that's one of the ways you can
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Time and another time. that's one of the ways you can tell when you're hearing from
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That's one of the ways you can tell when you're hearing from god is something just stays.
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Tell when you're hearing from god is something just stays. it just stays.
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God is something just stays. it just stays. you think about it,
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It just stays. you think about it, then tomorrow you
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You think about it, then tomorrow you think about it again.
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Then tomorrow you think about it again. even if it's something
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Think about it again. even if it's something as little as call somebody,
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Even if it's something as little as call somebody, it'll be like they'll just
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As little as call somebody, it'll be like they'll just stay on your mind.
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It'll be like they'll just stay on your mind. and anyway,
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Stay on your mind. and anyway, it's a long story short,
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And anyway, it's a long story short, but we did obey god
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It's a long story short, but we did obey god and i think it was probably
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But we did obey god and i think it was probably one of the most powerful
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And i think it was probably one of the most powerful things against the kingdom
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One of the most powerful things against the kingdom of darkness that i ever did.
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There's nothing that defeats
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There's nothing that defeats the devil more than when
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There's nothing that defeats the devil more than when you're good to somebody
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The devil more than when you're good to somebody who has not been good to you.
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You're good to somebody who has not been good to you. >> [audience applauding]
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Who has not been good to you. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and the first
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and the first thing we say to that is,
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>> joyce: and the first thing we say to that is, "well, it's just so hard."
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Thing we say to that is, "well, it's just so hard." well, first of all,
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"well, it's just so hard." well, first of all, stop saying that because yes,
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Well, first of all, stop saying that because yes, there are things that's hard,
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But i'll tell you what's
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But i'll tell you what's harder is disobeying god.
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But i'll tell you what's harder is disobeying god. disobeying god is always
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Harder is disobeying god. disobeying god is always harder than obeying god
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Disobeying god is always harder than obeying god even if what he asks you
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Harder than obeying god even if what he asks you to do is a difficult thing.
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So, the last verse says--well,
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So, the last verse says--well, "let no one delude and deceive
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So, the last verse says--well, "let no one delude and deceive you with empty excuses
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"let no one delude and deceive you with empty excuses and groundless arguments
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You with empty excuses and groundless arguments [for these sins] for through
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And groundless arguments [for these sins] for through these the wrath of god comes
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[for these sins] for through these the wrath of god comes upon the sons of rebellion
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These the wrath of god comes upon the sons of rebellion and disobedience."
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Upon the sons of rebellion and disobedience." verse 7, "so do not associate
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And disobedience." verse 7, "so do not associate or be sharers with them."
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Verse 7, "so do not associate or be sharers with them." so, the bible tells us,
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Or be sharers with them." so, the bible tells us, for example--
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So, the bible tells us, for example-- and this is more believers
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For example-- and this is more believers than unbelievers,
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And this is more believers than unbelievers, that if there's an unbeliever--
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Than unbelievers, that if there's an unbeliever-- if there's a believer
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That if there's an unbeliever-- if there's a believer that is in sexual immorality
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If there's a believer that is in sexual immorality or is greedy, and then--
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That is in sexual immorality or is greedy, and then-- there's other lists
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Or is greedy, and then-- there's other lists in the bible that
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There's other lists in the bible that list other things,
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In the bible that list other things, but this is one scripture
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List other things, but this is one scripture i'm thinking about,
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But this is one scripture i'm thinking about, "don't even so much
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I'm thinking about, "don't even so much as eat a meal with 'em."
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Hmm.
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Hmm. now, you could eat
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Hmm. now, you could eat with a sinner that was
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Now, you could eat with a sinner that was like that in the hopes
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With a sinner that was like that in the hopes of maybe helping him.
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Like that in the hopes of maybe helping him. i always say, "you can
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Of maybe helping him. i always say, "you can be around sinners as long
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I always say, "you can be around sinners as long as you're affecting them
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Be around sinners as long as you're affecting them and they're not infecting you."
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As you're affecting them and they're not infecting you." we can't hide from all
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And they're not infecting you." we can't hide from all the sinners if we ever
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We can't hide from all the sinners if we ever wanna help them,
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The sinners if we ever wanna help them, but most of these things
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Wanna help them, but most of these things that paul says when he says,
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But most of these things that paul says when he says, "don't even so much
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That paul says when he says, "don't even so much as eat a meal with 'em,"
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"don't even so much as eat a meal with 'em," he is talking about believers,
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As eat a meal with 'em," he is talking about believers, brothers and sisters in christ.
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He is talking about believers, brothers and sisters in christ. you know why?
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Brothers and sisters in christ. you know why? something that i call
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You know why? something that i call "the law of transference"
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Something that i call "the law of transference" or the transference of spirits.
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"the law of transference" or the transference of spirits. in other words,
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Or the transference of spirits. in other words, i believe that whatever you're
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In other words, i believe that whatever you're around gets off on you.
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I believe that whatever you're around gets off on you. you become like
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Around gets off on you. you become like what you are around
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You become like what you are around if you're around it a lot.
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What you are around if you're around it a lot. so, if you wanna be generous,
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If you're around it a lot. so, if you wanna be generous, then you need to hang out
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So, if you wanna be generous, then you need to hang out with generous people.
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Then you need to hang out with generous people. if you wanna be peaceful,
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With generous people. if you wanna be peaceful, you need to hang out with
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If you wanna be peaceful, you need to hang out with peaceful people that quickly
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You need to hang out with peaceful people that quickly forgive and are merciful.
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Peaceful people that quickly forgive and are merciful. but if you wanna be a gossip,
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Forgive and are merciful. but if you wanna be a gossip, just sit at the lunch table
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But if you wanna be a gossip, just sit at the lunch table with everybody else
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Just sit at the lunch table with everybody else and gossip about everything
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With everybody else and gossip about everything you don't like at work.
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And gossip about everything you don't like at work. pretty soon it'll get
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You don't like at work. pretty soon it'll get off on you.
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Pretty soon it'll get off on you. so, because i'm out of time,
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Off on you. so, because i'm out of time, i'm going to say this,
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So, because i'm out of time, i'm going to say this, and i want you to remember this.
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I'm going to say this, and i want you to remember this. some of you could completely
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And i want you to remember this. some of you could completely change your life if you
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Some of you could completely change your life if you would just change who
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Change your life if you would just change who you hang out with.
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Would just change who you hang out with. >> [audience applauding]
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You hang out with. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you might say, "well,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you might say, "well, i'm not hanging out with it.
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>> joyce: you might say, "well, i'm not hanging out with it. i'm married to it."
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I'm not hanging out with it. i'm married to it." >> [audience laughing]
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I'm married to it." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, you can't
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, you can't just get away from that.
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>> joyce: well, you can't just get away from that. but you can make sure that
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Just get away from that. but you can make sure that you hang out with enough
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But you can make sure that you hang out with enough of the other right people that
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You hang out with enough of the other right people that it will kind of override that.
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Of the other right people that it will kind of override that. so, bottom line is this.
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It will kind of override that. so, bottom line is this. if you're in here today
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So, bottom line is this. if you're in here today and you're jealous of somebody
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If you're in here today and you're jealous of somebody else or you're envious,
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And you're jealous of somebody else or you're envious, you're letting it steal
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Else or you're envious, you're letting it steal your peace,
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You're letting it steal your peace, let's go back to "you have
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Your peace, let's go back to "you have not because you ask not."
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Let's go back to "you have not because you ask not." and go home with that
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Not because you ask not." and go home with that in mind, that from now on,
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And go home with that in mind, that from now on, instead of trying to make
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In mind, that from now on, instead of trying to make things happen yourself,
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Instead of trying to make things happen yourself, you're just gonna ask god.
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Things happen yourself, you're just gonna ask god. i wanna pray for you, okay?
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You're just gonna ask god. i wanna pray for you, okay? father, i pray for everybody
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I wanna pray for you, okay? father, i pray for everybody here, this morning,
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Father, i pray for everybody here, this morning, no matter what their need is.
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Here, this morning, no matter what their need is. if they're sick,
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No matter what their need is. if they're sick, we ask you to heal 'em.
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If they're sick, we ask you to heal 'em. if they have financial problems,
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We ask you to heal 'em. if they have financial problems, we ask you to provide.
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If they have financial problems, we ask you to provide. if they have strife
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We ask you to provide. if they have strife in their home, lord,
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If they have strife in their home, lord, i pray that you would show
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In their home, lord, i pray that you would show them how important it is to have
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I pray that you would show them how important it is to have peace and to do everything
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Them how important it is to have peace and to do everything they can to be a peacemaker.
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Peace and to do everything they can to be a peacemaker. and i pray for people that
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They can to be a peacemaker. and i pray for people that perhaps might be jealous
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And i pray for people that perhaps might be jealous of someone else or envious
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Perhaps might be jealous of someone else or envious or just discontent
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Of someone else or envious or just discontent because they want, they want,
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Or just discontent because they want, they want, they want.
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Because they want, they want, they want. and i pray that they would
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They want. and i pray that they would take this message to heart,
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And i pray that they would take this message to heart, take it home with them,
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Take this message to heart, take it home with them, pray about it more,
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Take it home with them, pray about it more, study it more.
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And i ask you to completely
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And i ask you to completely set all of us,
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And i ask you to completely set all of us, myself included,
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Set all of us, myself included, free from ever being jealous
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Myself included, free from ever being jealous of what anybody else has
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Free from ever being jealous of what anybody else has and to trust you to give
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Of what anybody else has and to trust you to give us what you want us to have.
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And to trust you to give us what you want us to have. i ask it in jesus' name, amen."
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Us what you want us to have. i ask it in jesus' name, amen." thank you, god bless you.
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>> [music]
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>> ginger: joyce, i had
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>> ginger: joyce, i had a situation, in my own life,
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A situation, in my own life, where i was shocked by
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Where i was shocked by something that someone did,
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Something that someone did, and i had instantly broken
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And i had instantly broken trust in someone that
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Trust in someone that i thought i was in good hands,
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So, today, in our candid
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So, today, in our candid conversation, i would love
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So, today, in our candid conversation, i would love to talk about broken trust,
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Conversation, i would love to talk about broken trust, and those things that
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To talk about broken trust, and those things that happen to all of us.
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And those things that happen to all of us. >> joyce: right.
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Happen to all of us. >> joyce: right. >> ginger: and yet, we don't
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>> joyce: right. >> ginger: and yet, we don't wanna stay in that place
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>> ginger: and yet, we don't wanna stay in that place of brokenness.
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Wanna stay in that place of brokenness. how do we move forward
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Of brokenness. how do we move forward and rebuild trust,
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How do we move forward and rebuild trust, maybe not in that person,
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And rebuild trust, maybe not in that person, but in our life in general,
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Maybe not in that person, but in our life in general, after something
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But in our life in general, after something like that happens?
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After something like that happens? >> joyce: well, i think,
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Like that happens? >> joyce: well, i think, one of the first things
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>> joyce: well, i think, one of the first things to realize is that god does
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One of the first things to realize is that god does not want you to go through
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To realize is that god does not want you to go through life not trusting anybody,
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Not want you to go through life not trusting anybody, but neither does he want you
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Life not trusting anybody, but neither does he want you to totally trust everybody
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But neither does he want you to totally trust everybody without any reservation.
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I love, in john chapter 2,
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I love, in john chapter 2, jesus said, he did not trust
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Jesus said, he did not trust himself to them, speaking
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Himself to them, speaking about his disciples, because
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About his disciples, because he knew the nature of all men.
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He knew the nature of all men. now, i find that so interesting.
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Now, i find that so interesting. he didn't say he didn't
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He didn't say he didn't trust them.
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Trust them. he said, he did not trust
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He said, he did not trust himself to them.
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Himself to them. so, in other words,
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So, in other words, i don't know--
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I don't know-- i don't know that it's wise
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I don't know that it's wise to trust anybody 100%.
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To trust anybody 100%. >> ginger: because
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>> ginger: because we're all human.
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We're all human. >> joyce: because we're
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>> joyce: because we're human beings, and we're going
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Human beings, and we're going to let each other down,
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To let each other down, we're going to disappoint
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We're going to disappoint one another.
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One another. and so, there is a trust that
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And so, there is a trust that belongs only to god.
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Belongs only to god. and to be honest,
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And to be honest, if we start trying to give
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If we start trying to give that to somebody else,
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That to somebody else, god may have to let their
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God may have to let their weakness show up,
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Weakness show up, just to teach you to keep
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Just to teach you to keep your trust in him.
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Your trust in him. also, one of the things
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Also, one of the things that proverbs talks
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That proverbs talks about all the time,
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About all the time, that we need to seek
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And the discerning of spirits
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And the discerning of spirits is actually one of the gifts
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And the discerning of spirits is actually one of the gifts of the spirit.
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Is actually one of the gifts of the spirit. and i've prayed a fair amount,
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Of the spirit. and i've prayed a fair amount, in my life, for discernment.
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And i've prayed a fair amount, in my life, for discernment. and i plan to continue
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In my life, for discernment. and i plan to continue to do so because you can't
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And i plan to continue to do so because you can't trust everybody, you know.
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To do so because you can't trust everybody, you know. there are people that just
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Trust everybody, you know. there are people that just aren't good people and even
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There are people that just aren't good people and even though they may look like
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Aren't good people and even though they may look like it on the outside, or things
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Though they may look like it on the outside, or things may go good in the beginning--
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It on the outside, or things may go good in the beginning-- there's just that fine
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May go good in the beginning-- there's just that fine balance between,
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There's just that fine balance between, you can't trust everybody,
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Balance between, you can't trust everybody, but you don't want to go around
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You can't trust everybody, but you don't want to go around not trusting anybody.
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But you don't want to go around not trusting anybody. >> ginger: right.
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Not trusting anybody. >> ginger: right. >> joyce: and so, that's why
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>> ginger: right. >> joyce: and so, that's why we need discernment to know.
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>> joyce: and so, that's why we need discernment to know. you know, sometimes
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We need discernment to know. you know, sometimes i'll just like, i'll get this--
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You know, sometimes i'll just like, i'll get this-- maybe, i meet somebody new,
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I'll just like, i'll get this-- maybe, i meet somebody new, and i like 'em,
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Maybe, i meet somebody new, and i like 'em, and we're becoming friends.
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And i like 'em, and we're becoming friends. and you know,
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And we're becoming friends. and you know, then i might just get
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And you know, then i might just get this little discernment,
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Then i might just get this little discernment, it kind of comes like
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This little discernment, it kind of comes like a little thing in your heart
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It kind of comes like a little thing in your heart that you're not quite
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A little thing in your heart that you're not quite sure what it is that,
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That you're not quite sure what it is that, you know, "yeah, you better--
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Sure what it is that, you know, "yeah, you better-- you better stop telling
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You know, "yeah, you better-- you better stop telling them so many things
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You better stop telling them so many things about your personal life."
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Them so many things about your personal life." you know, or mmm--like,
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About your personal life." you know, or mmm--like, i've had my kids tell me
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You know, or mmm--like, i've had my kids tell me sometimes, "you know,
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I've had my kids tell me sometimes, "you know, you really shouldn't talk about
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Sometimes, "you know, you really shouldn't talk about that in front of that person."
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You really shouldn't talk about that in front of that person." >> ginger: you learn to listen
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That in front of that person." >> ginger: you learn to listen to those little checks.
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>> ginger: you learn to listen to those little checks. >> joyce: and so,
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To those little checks. >> joyce: and so, you learn to listen
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>> joyce: and so, you learn to listen to those little checks.
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You learn to listen to those little checks. and the thing is,
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To those little checks. and the thing is, is i remember--
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And the thing is, is i remember-- from the way i grew up,
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Is i remember-- from the way i grew up, of course, i didn't
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From the way i grew up, of course, i didn't trust anybody,
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Of course, i didn't trust anybody, especially, not men.
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Trust anybody, especially, not men. and so, i had a very difficult
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Especially, not men. and so, i had a very difficult time trusting dave because
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And so, i had a very difficult time trusting dave because i just didn't really believe
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Time trusting dave because i just didn't really believe that anybody was gonna
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I just didn't really believe that anybody was gonna have my best interest
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That anybody was gonna have my best interest in heart--in mind.
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Have my best interest in heart--in mind. so, when you get married,
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In heart--in mind. so, when you get married, and you're supposed
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So, when you get married, and you're supposed to be submissive to this
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And you're supposed to be submissive to this man that you've married and,
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To be submissive to this man that you've married and, you know, you have a difference
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Man that you've married and, you know, you have a difference of opinion about a decision,
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You know, you have a difference of opinion about a decision, and it comes down
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Of opinion about a decision, and it comes down to a decision's gotta be made,
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And it comes down to a decision's gotta be made, you need to submit to the man.
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To a decision's gotta be made, you need to submit to the man. i remember saying to god,
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You need to submit to the man. i remember saying to god, "how can you expect
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I remember saying to god, "how can you expect me to trust him,
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"how can you expect me to trust him, after what happened to me?"
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Me to trust him, after what happened to me?" and i'll never forget it.
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After what happened to me?" and i'll never forget it. the lord said, "i'm not asking
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And i'll never forget it. the lord said, "i'm not asking you to trust him.
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The lord said, "i'm not asking you to trust him. i'm asking you to trust me,
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You to trust him. i'm asking you to trust me, with him."
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I'm asking you to trust me, with him." >> ginger: that's huge.
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With him." >> ginger: that's huge. >> joyce: yeah, so, we always
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>> ginger: that's huge. >> joyce: yeah, so, we always have to go back to god.
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>> joyce: yeah, so, we always have to go back to god. but be wise, and--
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Have to go back to god. but be wise, and-- you just--it's--
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But be wise, and-- you just--it's-- you're setting yourself up
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You just--it's-- you're setting yourself up for just pain and failure,
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You're setting yourself up for just pain and failure, if you get it in your head that,
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For just pain and failure, if you get it in your head that, "this person's never
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If you get it in your head that, "this person's never gonna hurt me."
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"this person's never gonna hurt me." >> ginger: right, yeah.
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Gonna hurt me." >> ginger: right, yeah. no matter who that person is.
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>> ginger: right, yeah. no matter who that person is. and in the situation that
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No matter who that person is. and in the situation that i was talking about,
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And in the situation that i was talking about, as we started this conversation,
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I was talking about, as we started this conversation, it was one where, it was
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As we started this conversation, it was one where, it was very clear, this was not
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It was one where, it was very clear, this was not a person that i should
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Very clear, this was not a person that i should continue a relationship with.
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A person that i should continue a relationship with. in other situations,
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Continue a relationship with. in other situations, it is someone close to us that
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In other situations, it is someone close to us that we need to heal that wound
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It is someone close to us that we need to heal that wound and continue a relationship.
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So, i think what you're saying
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So, i think what you're saying is so important that god is not
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Is so important that god is not asking us to always have perfect
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Asking us to always have perfect trust in everybody else,
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Trust in everybody else, but we can have that trust
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But we can have that trust in god alone.
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In god alone. >> joyce: right.
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>> joyce: right. we had--over the course,
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We had--over the course, of the years that we've had
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Of the years that we've had the ministry, we've had three
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The ministry, we've had three different employees steal
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Different employees steal money from the ministry.
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Money from the ministry. they happened
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They happened to be in a position where
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To be in a position where they had access to it.
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In all three cases, it was like,
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In all three cases, it was like, "you have got to be kidding."
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In all three cases, it was like, "you have got to be kidding." >> ginger: yeah, just the shock,
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"you have got to be kidding." >> ginger: yeah, just the shock, i'm sure.
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>> ginger: yeah, just the shock, i'm sure. >> joyce: i mean, it was like
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I'm sure. >> joyce: i mean, it was like the last person on earth
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>> joyce: i mean, it was like the last person on earth that you ever thought would
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The last person on earth that you ever thought would do something like that.
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That you ever thought would do something like that. and so, the first thought--
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Do something like that. and so, the first thought-- the first thing satan always
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And so, the first thought-- the first thing satan always puts in your head is,
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The first thing satan always puts in your head is, "you just can't trust anybody.
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Puts in your head is, "you just can't trust anybody. you really just can't
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"you just can't trust anybody. you really just can't trust anybody."
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You really just can't trust anybody." >> ginger: then, you build
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Trust anybody." >> ginger: then, you build up walls, and--
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>> ginger: then, you build up walls, and-- >> joyce: but as soon as that
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Up walls, and-- >> joyce: but as soon as that happens, now, i say, "no.
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>> joyce: but as soon as that happens, now, i say, "no. just because one person's
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Happens, now, i say, "no. just because one person's bad, that doesn't mean
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Just because one person's bad, that doesn't mean everybody's bad."
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Bad, that doesn't mean everybody's bad." and i refuse to live
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Everybody's bad." and i refuse to live my life being suspicious.
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And i refuse to live my life being suspicious. i wanna be wise,
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My life being suspicious. i wanna be wise, but i refuse to be suspicious
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I wanna be wise, but i refuse to be suspicious of everybody and expect
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But i refuse to be suspicious of everybody and expect them to do the wrong thing.
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Of everybody and expect them to do the wrong thing. so, it's really kind of,
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Them to do the wrong thing. so, it's really kind of, you gotta walk a little fine
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So, it's really kind of, you gotta walk a little fine line with what we're
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You gotta walk a little fine line with what we're talking about today.
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Line with what we're talking about today. and that's why i think that
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Talking about today. and that's why i think that discernment is so important.
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And that's why i think that discernment is so important. you--tell me what you think
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Discernment is so important. you--tell me what you think discernment is.
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>> ginger: discernment is,
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>> ginger: discernment is, i think, a gift.
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>> ginger: discernment is, i think, a gift. it's something that
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I think, a gift. it's something that some people have more
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It's something that some people have more natural--naturally than others,
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Some people have more natural--naturally than others, but it is something that
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Natural--naturally than others, but it is something that the holy spirit can equip
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But it is something that the holy spirit can equip all of us with, and it is that
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The holy spirit can equip all of us with, and it is that ability to sense almost
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All of us with, and it is that ability to sense almost between a and b.
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Ability to sense almost between a and b. it's like discerning,
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Between a and b. it's like discerning, "do i go this way or this way?"
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It's like discerning, "do i go this way or this way?" and some of these things
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"do i go this way or this way?" and some of these things god will reroute us and keep
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And some of these things god will reroute us and keep us going where we want.
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God will reroute us and keep us going where we want. but sometimes,
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Us going where we want. but sometimes, it is just a knowing of,
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But sometimes, it is just a knowing of, "this is not the right thing,"
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It is just a knowing of, "this is not the right thing," "this is not the right person,"
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"this is not the right thing," "this is not the right person," "this is not the right time,"
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"this is not the right person," "this is not the right time," whatever it maybe.
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"this is not the right time," whatever it maybe. >> joyce: it's kinda like
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Whatever it maybe. >> joyce: it's kinda like driving down the road
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>> joyce: it's kinda like driving down the road and the yellow light comes on.
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Driving down the road and the yellow light comes on. >> ginger: yes.
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And the yellow light comes on. >> ginger: yes. that's a great way
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>> ginger: yes. that's a great way to explain it.
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That's a great way to explain it. >> joyce: you know, a lot
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To explain it. >> joyce: you know, a lot of people will stop then,
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>> joyce: you know, a lot of people will stop then, which is what you're supposed
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Of people will stop then, which is what you're supposed to start doing, but a lot
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Which is what you're supposed to start doing, but a lot of people will try to...
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To start doing, but a lot of people will try to... >> ginger: hit the gas.
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Of people will try to... >> ginger: hit the gas. >> joyce: beat that
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>> ginger: hit the gas. >> joyce: beat that yellow light, get through
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>> joyce: beat that yellow light, get through before the red light comes.
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Yellow light, get through before the red light comes. and i wonder how many people
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Before the red light comes. and i wonder how many people have had wrecks, you know,
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And i wonder how many people have had wrecks, you know, because they didn't pay
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Have had wrecks, you know, because they didn't pay attention to the caution light.
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Because they didn't pay attention to the caution light. >> ginger: that's a great
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Attention to the caution light. >> ginger: that's a great description.
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>> ginger: that's a great description. and i've learned to really
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Description. and i've learned to really listen to that discernment
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And i've learned to really listen to that discernment in my life, because i can be
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Listen to that discernment in my life, because i can be very, very trusting naturally.
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In my life, because i can be very, very trusting naturally. and so, when i get that feeling,
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Very, very trusting naturally. and so, when i get that feeling, i really have to listen to that
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And so, when i get that feeling, i really have to listen to that because there's a reason
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I really have to listen to that because there's a reason that we have that.
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Because there's a reason that we have that. >> joyce: well, the thing
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That we have that. >> joyce: well, the thing that gets me in trouble,
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>> joyce: well, the thing that gets me in trouble, sometimes, is part of the gift
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That gets me in trouble, sometimes, is part of the gift that god has given me,
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Sometimes, is part of the gift that god has given me, is openness.
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That god has given me, is openness. you know, i mean, i just--
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Is openness. you know, i mean, i just-- i tell everything about myself.
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You know, i mean, i just-- i tell everything about myself. i tell everything about dave.
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I tell everything about myself. i tell everything about dave. dave always tells people,
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I tell everything about dave. dave always tells people, "if you're gonna
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Dave always tells people, "if you're gonna be joyce's friend, you better
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"if you're gonna be joyce's friend, you better get ready to be on tv because
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Be joyce's friend, you better get ready to be on tv because she's gonna talk about you."
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Get ready to be on tv because she's gonna talk about you." now, you know,
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She's gonna talk about you." now, you know, i won't if somebody
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Now, you know, i won't if somebody doesn't want me to.
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I won't if somebody doesn't want me to. i mean, i don't behave stupidly,
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Doesn't want me to. i mean, i don't behave stupidly, and just tell things that
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I mean, i don't behave stupidly, and just tell things that i shouldn't tell.
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And just tell things that i shouldn't tell. but i am very open.
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I shouldn't tell. but i am very open. i mean, i think, you can
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But i am very open. i mean, i think, you can probably say that one thing
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I mean, i think, you can probably say that one thing i'm not is phony.
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Probably say that one thing i'm not is phony. i mean...
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I'm not is phony. i mean... >> ginger: definitely.
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I mean... >> ginger: definitely. >> joyce: i pretty much tell
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>> ginger: definitely. >> joyce: i pretty much tell it the way it is.
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>> joyce: i pretty much tell it the way it is. and so, because i'm so open,
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It the way it is. and so, because i'm so open, sometimes, i will tell things
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And so, because i'm so open, sometimes, i will tell things around people about my own life
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Sometimes, i will tell things around people about my own life that maybe, it's not the wisest
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Around people about my own life that maybe, it's not the wisest person to be talking about,
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That maybe, it's not the wisest person to be talking about, in front of, like that.
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Person to be talking about, in front of, like that. so, i'm learning, and i've had
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In front of, like that. so, i'm learning, and i've had a couple of hard lessons,
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So, i'm learning, and i've had a couple of hard lessons, even recently, that there
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A couple of hard lessons, even recently, that there are a few things that you
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Even recently, that there are a few things that you need to just keep to yourself.
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Are a few things that you need to just keep to yourself. but i think that discernment--
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Need to just keep to yourself. but i think that discernment-- i think it just means,
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But i think that discernment-- i think it just means, be careful.
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I think it just means, be careful. and i wouldn't--
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Be careful. and i wouldn't-- i don't think it's fair
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And i wouldn't-- i don't think it's fair to anybody if you get
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I don't think it's fair to anybody if you get what you think is a caution,
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To anybody if you get what you think is a caution, i don't think it's fair to write
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What you think is a caution, i don't think it's fair to write them off just because
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I don't think it's fair to write them off just because of that feeling.
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Them off just because of that feeling. i think you need to wait
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Of that feeling. i think you need to wait a little bit.
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I think you need to wait a little bit. to me, it's saying,
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A little bit. to me, it's saying, "wait, watch, pray."
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To me, it's saying, "wait, watch, pray." you know, maybe there's
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"wait, watch, pray." you know, maybe there's something going on in that
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You know, maybe there's something going on in that person's life that you need
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Something going on in that person's life that you need to pray about, that could keep
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Person's life that you need to pray about, that could keep them from doing something
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To pray about, that could keep them from doing something more serious later on.
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Them from doing something more serious later on. and i think a lot of times,
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More serious later on. and i think a lot of times, too, we have different
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And i think a lot of times, too, we have different kinds of relationships.
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Too, we have different kinds of relationships. and some relationships
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Kinds of relationships. and some relationships are deeper than others.
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And some relationships are deeper than others. sometimes, you can--i mean,
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Are deeper than others. sometimes, you can--i mean, i know a couple of people
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Sometimes, you can--i mean, i know a couple of people that i honestly believe
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I know a couple of people that i honestly believe i could tell them anything,
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That i honestly believe i could tell them anything, and they would never repeat it,
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I could tell them anything, and they would never repeat it, and i would not even have
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And they would never repeat it, and i would not even have to say to them, "be sure
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And i would not even have to say to them, "be sure you don't tell anybody that."
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To say to them, "be sure you don't tell anybody that." but then, there's other people
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You don't tell anybody that." but then, there's other people that i feel like, if i tell them
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But then, there's other people that i feel like, if i tell them something private,
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That i feel like, if i tell them something private, i need to say, "i really don't
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Something private, i need to say, "i really don't want you to tell anybody that."
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I need to say, "i really don't want you to tell anybody that." and then, there's other
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Want you to tell anybody that." and then, there's other people that i pretty much
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And then, there's other people that i pretty much know, no matter what i say,
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People that i pretty much know, no matter what i say, they're going to talk
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Know, no matter what i say, they're going to talk and tell people.
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They're going to talk and tell people. so, you have to kind of find
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And tell people. so, you have to kind of find out where people are at.
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So, you have to kind of find out where people are at. and sometimes, that caution
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Out where people are at. and sometimes, that caution that you get is just a,
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And sometimes, that caution that you get is just a, "hang on, and know
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That you get is just a, "hang on, and know a little bit more about what
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"hang on, and know a little bit more about what you're dealing with here."
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A little bit more about what you're dealing with here." and i just--but i really--
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You're dealing with here." and i just--but i really-- i really hope and pray
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And i just--but i really-- i really hope and pray that people won't spend
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I really hope and pray that people won't spend their whole life cynical,
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That people won't spend their whole life cynical, distrusting people.
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Their whole life cynical, distrusting people. i don't think that's the way
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Distrusting people. i don't think that's the way god wants us to live.
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I don't think that's the way god wants us to live. >> ginger: yeah, and it's
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God wants us to live. >> ginger: yeah, and it's definitely not a recipe
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>> ginger: yeah, and it's definitely not a recipe for peace in our lives.
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Definitely not a recipe for peace in our lives. the type of joy that god
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For peace in our lives. the type of joy that god wants us to have.
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The type of joy that god wants us to have. >> joyce: and if trust has
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Wants us to have. >> joyce: and if trust has been broken, you know,
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>> joyce: and if trust has been broken, you know, you've had a bad example,
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Been broken, you know, you've had a bad example, you've had a bad situation,
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You've had a bad example, you've had a bad situation, especially if it was a long-term
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You've had a bad situation, especially if it was a long-term thing or, you know,
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Especially if it was a long-term thing or, you know, say a husband cheats on a wife,
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Thing or, you know, say a husband cheats on a wife, or something like that, it takes
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Say a husband cheats on a wife, or something like that, it takes time for that to be restored.
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Or something like that, it takes time for that to be restored. and let's just put it like this.
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Time for that to be restored. and let's just put it like this. take baby steps back in,
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And let's just put it like this. take baby steps back in, but make a decision that you're
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Take baby steps back in, but make a decision that you're not going to live your life--
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But make a decision that you're not going to live your life-- and i wanna say this firmly.
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Not going to live your life-- and i wanna say this firmly. do not live your life suspicious
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And i wanna say this firmly. do not live your life suspicious of everybody out there,
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Do not live your life suspicious of everybody out there, but pray for discernment.
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Of everybody out there, but pray for discernment. i mean, proverbs says
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But pray for discernment. i mean, proverbs says over, and over, and over,
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I mean, proverbs says over, and over, and over, that discernment
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Over, and over, and over, that discernment is so important.
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That discernment is so important. >> ginger: really helpful.
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Is so important. >> ginger: really helpful. thank you very much.
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>> ginger: really helpful. thank you very much. >> joyce: you're welcome.
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Thank you very much. >> joyce: you're welcome. >> ginger: good talk.
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>> joyce: you're welcome. >> ginger: good talk. >> joyce: thanks.
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>> joyce: boy, you know, in today's world,
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>> joyce: you know, i have such a passion
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For teaching god's word, and it's even better when
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Joyce Meyer - Jealousy, Envy, and Greed (Part 2)

December 8, 2025 | 29:29

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