Joyce Meyer - Make The Most of Your Time (Part 2)

June 11, 2026 | 27:29

Bible teacher Joyce Meyer shares timeless scriptural principles to show us how we can embrace the best God has for us each and every day of our lives.

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - Make The Most of Your Time (Part 2) | June 11, 2026

>> joyce: you know, we only get
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>> joyce: you know, we only get one chance to go through life
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>> joyce: you know, we only get one chance to go through life and god gives each
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One chance to go through life and god gives each one of us gifts.
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And god gives each one of us gifts. they're all different.
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One of us gifts. they're all different. you're not expected to be like
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They're all different. you're not expected to be like anybody else, but you are
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You're not expected to be like anybody else, but you are expected to use what god
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Anybody else, but you are expected to use what god has given you.
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>> joyce: i do what i do
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>> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's power
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>> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's power transform my own life,
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Because i've seen god's power transform my own life, and he will do it for you.
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Transform my own life, and he will do it for you. the key to everything is found
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And he will do it for you. the key to everything is found in god's word.
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The key to everything is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer
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In god's word. i'm joyce meyer and i believe that god can
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I'm joyce meyer and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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>> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: well, thank you
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: well, thank you for joining me today
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>> joyce: well, thank you for joining me today on "enjoying everyday life."
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You know, i spent a lot
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You know, i spent a lot of years not enjoying my life
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You know, i spent a lot of years not enjoying my life and it's kind of a on purpose
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Of years not enjoying my life and it's kind of a on purpose thing for me now that i want
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And it's kind of a on purpose thing for me now that i want to make sure that i enjoy every
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Thing for me now that i want to make sure that i enjoy every bit of time that i have left.
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To make sure that i enjoy every bit of time that i have left. you know, there's an interesting
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Bit of time that i have left. you know, there's an interesting thing about time.
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You know, there's an interesting thing about time. none of us know exactly how
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Thing about time. none of us know exactly how many days we're going to get,
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But however many days we have,
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But however many days we have, each one has 24 hours in it.
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But however many days we have, each one has 24 hours in it. nobody gets more,
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Each one has 24 hours in it. nobody gets more, nobody gets less.
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Nobody gets more, nobody gets less. it's interesting to me how
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Nobody gets less. it's interesting to me how some people do so much
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It's interesting to me how some people do so much with their lives and other
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Some people do so much with their lives and other people just don't do hardly
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With their lives and other people just don't do hardly anything at all.
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People just don't do hardly anything at all. and i think it's really good,
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Anything at all. and i think it's really good, like at the end of each month,
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And i think it's really good, like at the end of each month, the end of the year,
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Like at the end of each month, the end of the year, i like to look at my calendar
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The end of the year, i like to look at my calendar at the end of the year and see
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I like to look at my calendar at the end of the year and see "what all did i accomplish
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At the end of the year and see "what all did i accomplish this year?"
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"what all did i accomplish this year?" you know, you can be busy
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This year?" you know, you can be busy and not be accomplishing
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You know, you can be busy and not be accomplishing anything.
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And that's probably one of our
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And that's probably one of our biggest challenges today
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And that's probably one of our biggest challenges today is there's so many things,
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Biggest challenges today is there's so many things, especially with social media
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Is there's so many things, especially with social media and your phone making noise
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Especially with social media and your phone making noise all the time.
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And your phone making noise all the time. there's so many things coming
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All the time. there's so many things coming at us that we can feel
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There's so many things coming at us that we can feel busy all day long and still
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At us that we can feel busy all day long and still at the end of the day not
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Busy all day long and still at the end of the day not have accomplished anything.
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At the end of the day not have accomplished anything. i just heard something
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Have accomplished anything. i just heard something recently that i like said,
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I just heard something recently that i like said, "'no' is a complete sentence."
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Recently that i like said, "'no' is a complete sentence." you don't have to explain why
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"'no' is a complete sentence." you don't have to explain why you say "no," just "no."
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You don't have to explain why you say "no," just "no." and we don't know how much
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You say "no," just "no." and we don't know how much time we have left before
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And we don't know how much time we have left before jesus comes back.
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Time we have left before jesus comes back. and we're not home here.
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Jesus comes back. and we're not home here. this is not our home.
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And we're not home here. this is not our home. and paul said we're like
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This is not our home. and paul said we're like foreigners and strangers
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And paul said we're like foreigners and strangers in an alien land.
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Foreigners and strangers in an alien land. and i don't know that a human
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Being can ever be 100% content
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Being can ever be 100% content here because this is not
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Being can ever be 100% content here because this is not really where you belong.
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Here because this is not really where you belong. there's a part of us that
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Really where you belong. there's a part of us that longs for our eternal
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There's a part of us that longs for our eternal home and we won't reach
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Longs for our eternal home and we won't reach that 100% satisfaction level
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Home and we won't reach that 100% satisfaction level until we get there.
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That 100% satisfaction level until we get there. and people tell us it's gonna
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Until we get there. and people tell us it's gonna be soon.
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And people tell us it's gonna be soon. of course, i've been hearing
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Be soon. of course, i've been hearing that for 50 years.
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Of course, i've been hearing that for 50 years. but things are gearing more
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That for 50 years. but things are gearing more and more toward that.
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But things are gearing more and more toward that. and we are seeing more
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And more toward that. and we are seeing more and more signs of the end times.
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And we are seeing more and more signs of the end times. and so just looking
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And more signs of the end times. and so just looking at it realistically,
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And so just looking at it realistically, jesus could come this afternoon,
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At it realistically, jesus could come this afternoon, he could not come for 100 years.
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Jesus could come this afternoon, he could not come for 100 years. but if we knew that
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He could not come for 100 years. but if we knew that jesus was coming back
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But if we knew that jesus was coming back tonight at 6 o'clock,
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Jesus was coming back tonight at 6 o'clock, what would you change?
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Tonight at 6 o'clock, what would you change? would you be quick to forgive
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What would you change? would you be quick to forgive all the people that you might
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Would you be quick to forgive all the people that you might have something against?
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All the people that you might have something against? if you're angry,
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Have something against? if you're angry, would you think,
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If you're angry, would you think, "maybe i'll get over that
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Would you think, "maybe i'll get over that and enjoy the rest of this day?"
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"maybe i'll get over that and enjoy the rest of this day?" there's so many things that
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And enjoy the rest of this day?" there's so many things that we waste time on that are
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There's so many things that we waste time on that are so foolish, like being jealous.
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We waste time on that are so foolish, like being jealous. being jealous of what somebody
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So foolish, like being jealous. being jealous of what somebody else has is not gonna
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Being jealous of what somebody else has is not gonna cause you to get it.
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Else has is not gonna cause you to get it. matter of fact, it could
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Cause you to get it. matter of fact, it could prevent you from getting it.
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Matter of fact, it could prevent you from getting it. because if we're gonna
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Prevent you from getting it. because if we're gonna be jealous of somebody else,
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Because if we're gonna be jealous of somebody else, god's probably not gonna
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Be jealous of somebody else, god's probably not gonna give us one of our own.
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God's probably not gonna give us one of our own. and so i wasted a lot of the
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Give us one of our own. and so i wasted a lot of the early years of my life being
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And so i wasted a lot of the early years of my life being angry because i grew
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Early years of my life being angry because i grew up in a very dysfunctional
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Angry because i grew up in a very dysfunctional household where my dad
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Up in a very dysfunctional household where my dad controlled everyone with anger.
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Household where my dad controlled everyone with anger. so i thought that was the only
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Controlled everyone with anger. so i thought that was the only way to get what you wanted.
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So i thought that was the only way to get what you wanted. if people won't give you what
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Way to get what you wanted. if people won't give you what you want, then you get angry
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If people won't give you what you want, then you get angry until they give in.
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You want, then you get angry until they give in. and i remember dave saying
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Until they give in. and i remember dave saying to me one time--i was angry,
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And i remember dave saying to me one time--i was angry, and he said, "wouldn't
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To me one time--i was angry, and he said, "wouldn't it be pitiful if jesus came
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And he said, "wouldn't it be pitiful if jesus came back today and your last day
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It be pitiful if jesus came back today and your last day on earth, you spent angry?"
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Back today and your last day on earth, you spent angry?" and he, of course, was right.
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On earth, you spent angry?" and he, of course, was right. and, you know, most of you,
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And he, of course, was right. and, you know, most of you, probably, maybe not all of you,
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And, you know, most of you, probably, maybe not all of you, but most of you have
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Probably, maybe not all of you, but most of you have heard the word, heard the word,
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But most of you have heard the word, heard the word, heard the word, heard the word,
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Heard the word, heard the word, heard the word, heard the word, heard the word.
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Heard the word, heard the word, heard the word. but i listened to a good
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Heard the word. but i listened to a good podcast over the weekend.
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But i listened to a good podcast over the weekend. the man was talking about how
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Podcast over the weekend. the man was talking about how many people hear the word,
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The man was talking about how many people hear the word, but they never do the word.
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Many people hear the word, but they never do the word. and see, that's the point.
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But they never do the word. and see, that's the point. it doesn't do one bit
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And see, that's the point. it doesn't do one bit of good if you hear it,
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It doesn't do one bit of good if you hear it, but don't do it.
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So, we need to ask
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So, we need to ask ourselves some questions,
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So, we need to ask ourselves some questions, i think, on a regular basis.
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Ourselves some questions, i think, on a regular basis. i think it's good to take
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I think, on a regular basis. i think it's good to take a personal inventory.
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I think it's good to take a personal inventory. "what have i accomplished
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A personal inventory. "what have i accomplished this week?
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"what have i accomplished this week? what have i accomplished
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This week? what have i accomplished this month?
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What have i accomplished this month? what have i accomplished
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This month? what have i accomplished so far in my life?"
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What have i accomplished so far in my life?" and that doesn't mean
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So far in my life?" and that doesn't mean that you have to be working
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And that doesn't mean that you have to be working every second.
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That you have to be working every second. part of what we need
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Every second. part of what we need to do is schedule good
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Part of what we need to do is schedule good rest time, time for fun.
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To do is schedule good rest time, time for fun. but it can't all be that.
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Rest time, time for fun. but it can't all be that. we have to be careful
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But it can't all be that. we have to be careful that we're not lazy.
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And i think our society
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And i think our society has become more
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And i think our society has become more and more lazy and mediocre
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Has become more and more lazy and mediocre and just whatever is fine.
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And more lazy and mediocre and just whatever is fine. don't press for excellence,
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And just whatever is fine. don't press for excellence, just do what you
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Don't press for excellence, just do what you have to to get by.
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Just do what you have to to get by. a friend of mine moved here
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Have to to get by. a friend of mine moved here from poland many, many, many
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A friend of mine moved here from poland many, many, many years ago, and she opened
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From poland many, many, many years ago, and she opened a tailoring shop at first,
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Years ago, and she opened a tailoring shop at first, and then it became a boutique.
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A tailoring shop at first, and then it became a boutique. and she's had it--
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And then it became a boutique. and she's had it-- i bought clothes from
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And she's had it-- i bought clothes from her for 45 years.
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I bought clothes from her for 45 years. and she said, "i can't believe
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Her for 45 years. and she said, "i can't believe how lazy people here are."
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And she said, "i can't believe how lazy people here are." she said, "you have so much
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How lazy people here are." she said, "you have so much opportunity and people just--"
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She said, "you have so much opportunity and people just--" she said, "it's even hard to get
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Opportunity and people just--" she said, "it's even hard to get people that want to work."
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She said, "it's even hard to get people that want to work." and she said, "then if you do,
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People that want to work." and she said, "then if you do, they just won't show up
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And she said, "then if you do, they just won't show up and won't call and tell you
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They just won't show up and won't call and tell you why they're not coming in."
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And won't call and tell you why they're not coming in." or she said it's just--
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Why they're not coming in." or she said it's just-- she just was like awed because
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Or she said it's just-- she just was like awed because she came from a country
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She just was like awed because she came from a country where people had to work
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She came from a country where people had to work if they wanted to survive.
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Where people had to work if they wanted to survive. and she was used to being
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If they wanted to survive. and she was used to being a little bit tougher.
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And she was used to being a little bit tougher. and i think that sometimes
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A little bit tougher. and i think that sometimes we need to toughen
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And i think that sometimes we need to toughen up just a little bit.
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We need to toughen up just a little bit. and i don't mean be tough
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Up just a little bit. and i don't mean be tough with people;
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And i don't mean be tough with people; we need to be gentle.
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But i mean, like,
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But i mean, like, with what we can put up with.
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But i mean, like, with what we can put up with. you know, where if just
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With what we can put up with. you know, where if just a little something goes wrong,
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You know, where if just a little something goes wrong, we don't start whining
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A little something goes wrong, we don't start whining and getting depressed
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We don't start whining and getting depressed and, you know,
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And getting depressed and, you know, all those kinds of things.
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And, you know, all those kinds of things. this morning i was
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Sitting in my recliner
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Sitting in my recliner and i have all my study stuff,
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Sitting in my recliner and i have all my study stuff, and i had my coffee
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And i have all my study stuff, and i had my coffee sitting there.
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And i had my coffee sitting there. thankfully, i only had about
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Sitting there. thankfully, i only had about that much left in the cup,
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Thankfully, i only had about that much left in the cup, and i accidentally
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That much left in the cup, and i accidentally caught the handle,
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And i accidentally caught the handle, threw it in the--
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Caught the handle, threw it in the-- beside me in the chair,
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Threw it in the-- beside me in the chair, and it went under my bottom.
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Beside me in the chair, and it went under my bottom. and so i'm sitting there
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And it went under my bottom. and so i'm sitting there in coffee.
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And so i'm sitting there in coffee. >> [audience chuckling]
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In coffee. >> [audience chuckling] >> joyce: and i said,
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>> [audience chuckling] >> joyce: and i said, "well, i guess i'll get
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>> joyce: and i said, "well, i guess i'll get up and clean that up."
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"well, i guess i'll get up and clean that up." >> [audience chuckling]
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Up and clean that up." >> [audience chuckling] >> joyce: and that's all i said.
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>> [audience chuckling] >> joyce: and that's all i said. and dave said, "that's a lot
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>> joyce: and that's all i said. and dave said, "that's a lot different than what you
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And dave said, "that's a lot different than what you would have said 30 years ago."
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Different than what you would have said 30 years ago." >> [audience laughing]
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Would have said 30 years ago." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and so,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and so, thank god we can change.
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>> joyce: and so, thank god we can change. but we can't change
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Thank god we can change. but we can't change and we can't grow if we don't
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But we can't change and we can't grow if we don't apply the word of god.
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And we can't grow if we don't apply the word of god. so, anytime that
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Apply the word of god. so, anytime that you hear the word,
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So, anytime that you hear the word, try to make sure that you take
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You hear the word, try to make sure that you take away at least one thing and that
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Try to make sure that you take away at least one thing and that you apply it to your life.
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Away at least one thing and that you apply it to your life. i think it would be impossible
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You apply it to your life. i think it would be impossible to sit here today and hear
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I think it would be impossible to sit here today and hear these two teachings
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To sit here today and hear these two teachings and not get something,
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These two teachings and not get something, not get convicted anywhere,
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And not get something, not get convicted anywhere, you know.
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Not get convicted anywhere, you know. i mean, i learn,
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You know. i mean, i learn, myself, when i teach.
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And so foundation scripture
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And so foundation scripture for these messages
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And so foundation scripture for these messages is ephesians 5:14-17.
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For these messages is ephesians 5:14-17. "therefore he says,
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Is ephesians 5:14-17. "therefore he says, awake, o sleeper,
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"therefore he says, awake, o sleeper, and arise from the dead,
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Awake, o sleeper, and arise from the dead, and christ shall shine
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And arise from the dead, and christ shall shine and (make day dawn) upon you
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And christ shall shine and (make day dawn) upon you and give you light."
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And (make day dawn) upon you and give you light." awake, o sleeper,
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And give you light." awake, o sleeper, and arise from the dead.
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Awake, o sleeper, and arise from the dead. "look carefully then
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And arise from the dead. "look carefully then how you walk."
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"look carefully then how you walk." now listen to something.
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How you walk." now listen to something. "look carefully then
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Now listen to something. "look carefully then how you walk."
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"look carefully then how you walk." he's saying, "be careful about
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How you walk." he's saying, "be careful about how you're living your life."
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He's saying, "be careful about how you're living your life." "live purposefully
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How you're living your life." "live purposefully and worthily and accurately,
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"live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise
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And worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and the witless,
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Not as the unwise and the witless, but as wise (sensible,
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And the witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people), making
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But as wise (sensible, intelligent people), making the very most of the time,
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Intelligent people), making the very most of the time, because the days are evil.
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The very most of the time, because the days are evil. therefore do not be vague
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Because the days are evil. therefore do not be vague and thoughtless and foolish,
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Therefore do not be vague and thoughtless and foolish, but understanding
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And thoughtless and foolish, but understanding and firmly grasping what
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But understanding and firmly grasping what the will of the lord is."
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And firmly grasping what the will of the lord is." now, you know, there's
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Words here that--
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Words here that-- something that helps me
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Words here that-- something that helps me to get more out of what
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Something that helps me to get more out of what i'm reading is, like, i would
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To get more out of what i'm reading is, like, i would take the words purposefully,
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I'm reading is, like, i would take the words purposefully, look it up in a dictionary,
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Take the words purposefully, look it up in a dictionary, see what it really means.
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Look it up in a dictionary, see what it really means. i highly recommend
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See what it really means. i highly recommend a webster's 1828 dictionary.
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I highly recommend a webster's 1828 dictionary. most of it has got
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A webster's 1828 dictionary. most of it has got the word of god in it.
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Most of it has got the word of god in it. and he had to learn 28 languages
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The word of god in it. and he had to learn 28 languages to write that dictionary.
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And he had to learn 28 languages to write that dictionary. webster did.
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What does it mean
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What does it mean to not be vague?
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What does it mean to not be vague? "what are you gonna do today?"
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To not be vague? "what are you gonna do today?" "well, i don't know.
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"what are you gonna do today?" "well, i don't know. i haven't really
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"well, i don't know. i haven't really thought about it yet."
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I haven't really thought about it yet." and i know what i'm gonna
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Thought about it yet." and i know what i'm gonna do every day before
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And i know what i'm gonna do every day before my feet hit the floor.
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"and thoughtless and foolish,
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"and thoughtless and foolish, but understand
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"and thoughtless and foolish, but understand and firmly grasp what
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But understand and firmly grasp what the will of the lord is."
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And firmly grasp what the will of the lord is." i don't know if you remember
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This or not, rose, but you
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This or not, rose, but you and i were shopping one time.
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This or not, rose, but you and i were shopping one time. this had been
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And i were shopping one time. this had been probably 50 years ago.
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This had been probably 50 years ago. and--see, i knew rose before
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Probably 50 years ago. and--see, i knew rose before i ever started the ministry.
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And--see, i knew rose before i ever started the ministry. we used to go to the lutheran
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I ever started the ministry. we used to go to the lutheran church together.
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We used to go to the lutheran church together. and when i go, i have a purpose.
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Church together. and when i go, i have a purpose. and so she was kind of,
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And when i go, i have a purpose. and so she was kind of, you know, lollygagging along,
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And so she was kind of, you know, lollygagging along, and i'm just like--
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You know, lollygagging along, and i'm just like-- and she said,
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And i'm just like-- and she said, "i finally figured you out.
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And she said, "i finally figured you out. you're a person of purpose."
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"i finally figured you out. you're a person of purpose." well, it's a good thing i am,
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You're a person of purpose." well, it's a good thing i am, or we wouldn't--
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Well, it's a good thing i am, or we wouldn't-- we wouldn't be here.
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Or we wouldn't-- we wouldn't be here. you can't be vague
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We wouldn't be here. you can't be vague and do something like this.
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You can't be vague and do something like this. and, you know,
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And do something like this. and, you know, we only get one chance
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And, you know, we only get one chance to go through life.
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We only get one chance to go through life. and god gives each
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To go through life. and god gives each one of us gifts.
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And god gives each one of us gifts. they're all different.
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One of us gifts. they're all different. you're not expected
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They're all different. you're not expected to be like anybody else,
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You're not expected to be like anybody else, but you are expected
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To be like anybody else, but you are expected to use what god has given you.
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But you are expected to use what god has given you. every person
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To use what god has given you. every person has a gift, a talent,
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Every person has a gift, a talent, an ability, something
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Has a gift, a talent, an ability, something they can do that not
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An ability, something they can do that not everybody else can do.
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They can do that not everybody else can do. nothing good happens
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Everybody else can do. nothing good happens accidentally.
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Nothing good happens accidentally. it's one of my favorite sayings.
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Accidentally. it's one of my favorite sayings. you have to plan.
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It's one of my favorite sayings. you have to plan. now if--
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You have to plan. now if-- because, see,
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Now if-- because, see, the opposite will happen.
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Because, see, the opposite will happen. if you're vague
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The opposite will happen. if you're vague and don't have a purpose
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If you're vague and don't have a purpose and stick to it,
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And don't have a purpose and stick to it, the devil can use you for
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And stick to it, the devil can use you for bad if you're unaware,
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The devil can use you for bad if you're unaware, just lollygagging along.
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Bad if you're unaware, just lollygagging along. but you could
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Just lollygagging along. but you could purpose every day.
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But you could purpose every day. "today i'm going
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Purpose every day. "today i'm going to compliment people."
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"today i'm going to compliment people." "today i'm going to encourage
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To compliment people." "today i'm going to encourage at least three people."
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"today i'm going to encourage at least three people." "today i'm gonna help
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At least three people." "today i'm gonna help somebody that's hurting."
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"today i'm gonna help somebody that's hurting." "today i'm gonna read the word
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Somebody that's hurting." "today i'm gonna read the word at least 30 minutes."
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"today i'm gonna read the word at least 30 minutes." think in the morning what you
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At least 30 minutes." think in the morning what you want to accomplish that day,
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Think in the morning what you want to accomplish that day, or maybe even the evening
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Want to accomplish that day, or maybe even the evening before or the day before.
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Or maybe even the evening before or the day before. think, "tomorrow i'm gonna
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Before or the day before. think, "tomorrow i'm gonna get up, gonna pray, gonna
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Think, "tomorrow i'm gonna get up, gonna pray, gonna spend 30 minutes in the word,
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Get up, gonna pray, gonna spend 30 minutes in the word, gonna have a little talk with
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Spend 30 minutes in the word, gonna have a little talk with myself, get ready to go out
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Gonna have a little talk with myself, get ready to go out and meet the world
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Myself, get ready to go out and meet the world and act like jesus."
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And meet the world and act like jesus." and i think sometimes we just
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And act like jesus." and i think sometimes we just think all that's just gonna
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And i think sometimes we just think all that's just gonna accidentally happen because
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Think all that's just gonna accidentally happen because we're christians, but it won't.
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Accidentally happen because we're christians, but it won't. you have to purpose to do what
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We're christians, but it won't. you have to purpose to do what god wants you to do.
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You have to purpose to do what god wants you to do. be a person of purpose.
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God wants you to do. be a person of purpose. like, one of my goals this
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Be a person of purpose. like, one of my goals this year is to get my whole
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Like, one of my goals this year is to get my whole house really organized.
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Now, it's not like real
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Now, it's not like real disorganized, but i have drawers
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Now, it's not like real disorganized, but i have drawers that could use some work.
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Disorganized, but i have drawers that could use some work. >> [audience laughing]
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That could use some work. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: we hide it all behind
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: we hide it all behind closed cabinets and drawers.
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I mean i have stuff
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I mean i have stuff i don't even know i have.
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I mean i have stuff i don't even know i have. and i've got some cabinets that
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I don't even know i have. and i've got some cabinets that are real high, and somebody,
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And i've got some cabinets that are real high, and somebody, i don't know who, but somebody
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Are real high, and somebody, i don't know who, but somebody has put stuff up
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I don't know who, but somebody has put stuff up on the top shelf,
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Has put stuff up on the top shelf, and they're real deep.
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On the top shelf, and they're real deep. i have no idea what's up there.
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And they're real deep. i have no idea what's up there. but i'm going to find out
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I have no idea what's up there. but i'm going to find out before the end of the year.
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But i'm going to find out before the end of the year. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: and you
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>> joyce: and you know how you do it?
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>> joyce: and you know how you do it? you do it a little
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Know how you do it? you do it a little bit at a time.
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You do it a little bit at a time. even if you just do
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Bit at a time. even if you just do one drawer this week.
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Even if you just do one drawer this week. see, if you keep at it,
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One drawer this week. see, if you keep at it, you just keep it up, and you
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See, if you keep at it, you just keep it up, and you keep it up, and you keep it up.
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You just keep it up, and you keep it up, and you keep it up. that is the best way to defeat
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Keep it up, and you keep it up. that is the best way to defeat the devil is just a little bit,
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That is the best way to defeat the devil is just a little bit, keep it up, keep it up,
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The devil is just a little bit, keep it up, keep it up, keep it up.
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Keep it up, keep it up, keep it up. we're bad at wanting instant
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Keep it up. we're bad at wanting instant success at everything.
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We're bad at wanting instant success at everything. and now maybe
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Success at everything. and now maybe by the time i get done,
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I'll have to start all over
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I'll have to start all over with the first drawer again,
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I'll have to start all over with the first drawer again, i don't know.
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With the first drawer again, i don't know. >> [audience laughing]
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I don't know. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but we could
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but we could maybe say, "i'm gonna allow
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>> joyce: but we could maybe say, "i'm gonna allow myself one junk drawer
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Maybe say, "i'm gonna allow myself one junk drawer in the house, and that's it."
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Myself one junk drawer in the house, and that's it." that's where everything
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In the house, and that's it." that's where everything goes that you don't know
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That's where everything goes that you don't know what to do with.
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Goes that you don't know what to do with. we need to regularly prune.
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What to do with. we need to regularly prune. god prunes us.
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We need to regularly prune. god prunes us. he cuts off the worthless
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God prunes us. he cuts off the worthless stuff, but we need to prune
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He cuts off the worthless stuff, but we need to prune our homes and our belongings.
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Stuff, but we need to prune our homes and our belongings. i mean, the bible says,
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Our homes and our belongings. i mean, the bible says, if you have two coats,
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I mean, the bible says, if you have two coats, give one away.
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If you have two coats, give one away. well, i've sadly got
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Give one away. well, i've sadly got more than two.
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Well, i've sadly got more than two. but i do give stuff
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More than two. but i do give stuff away on a regular basis.
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But i do give stuff away on a regular basis. and i think you need to look
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Away on a regular basis. and i think you need to look at what you're not using
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And i think you need to look at what you're not using and give it to somebody else.
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At what you're not using and give it to somebody else. if you don't know who to give
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And give it to somebody else. if you don't know who to give it to, take it to goodwill.
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If you don't know who to give it to, take it to goodwill. i've had a couple of people
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It to, take it to goodwill. i've had a couple of people tell me, because i was kind
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I've had a couple of people tell me, because i was kind of leery about, "do i want
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Tell me, because i was kind of leery about, "do i want to take stuff to goodwill?
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Of leery about, "do i want to take stuff to goodwill? what are they really doing?"
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To take stuff to goodwill? what are they really doing?" i've had a couple
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What are they really doing?" i've had a couple of people tell me.
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I've had a couple of people tell me. one girl said, "i wouldn't
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Of people tell me. one girl said, "i wouldn't have been able to dress
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One girl said, "i wouldn't have been able to dress for college if it wouldn't
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Have been able to dress for college if it wouldn't have been for goodwill."
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For college if it wouldn't have been for goodwill." and, i mean, there are
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Have been for goodwill." and, i mean, there are people that really
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And, i mean, there are people that really need things like that.
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People that really need things like that. and--
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Need things like that. and-- if we keep stuff and you
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And-- if we keep stuff and you haven't used it in two
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If we keep stuff and you haven't used it in two or three years, chances are
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Haven't used it in two or three years, chances are you're not going to.
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Or three years, chances are you're not going to. now, i will admit that
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You're not going to. now, i will admit that sometimes as soon as you
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Now, i will admit that sometimes as soon as you get rid of it, then you need it.
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Sometimes as soon as you get rid of it, then you need it. >> [audience laughing]
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Get rid of it, then you need it. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you can expect that.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you can expect that. but most of the time,
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>> joyce: you can expect that. but most of the time, if you did need it,
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But most of the time, if you did need it, you couldn't find it.
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If you did need it, you couldn't find it. "i know i've got one of those
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You couldn't find it. "i know i've got one of those here somewhere."
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"i know i've got one of those here somewhere." but you couldn't find it.
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Here somewhere." but you couldn't find it. so you could waste your time
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But you couldn't find it. so you could waste your time looking for something that you
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So you could waste your time looking for something that you don't remember where it's at,
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Looking for something that you don't remember where it's at, or probably cheaper,
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Don't remember where it's at, or probably cheaper, just go buy another one.
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Or probably cheaper, just go buy another one. so, anyway,
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Just go buy another one. so, anyway, i believe in regular pruning.
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So, anyway, i believe in regular pruning. make sure that you put
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I believe in regular pruning. make sure that you put your time into what you
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Make sure that you put your time into what you want to put it into.
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Your time into what you want to put it into. don't let circumstances
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Want to put it into. don't let circumstances and other people
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Don't let circumstances and other people control your time.
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And other people control your time. your time--
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Control your time. your time-- you see, once time is spent,
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Your time-- you see, once time is spent, you don't get it back.
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You see, once time is spent, you don't get it back. i heard myself say one time,
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You don't get it back. i heard myself say one time, "i spend so much
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I heard myself say one time, "i spend so much time doing that."
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"i spend so much time doing that." and i felt like the lord said,
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Time doing that." and i felt like the lord said, "yeah, you spend it,
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And i felt like the lord said, "yeah, you spend it, but you could invest it."
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"yeah, you spend it, but you could invest it." i mean, i'm sure all
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But you could invest it." i mean, i'm sure all of us are gonna waste
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I mean, i'm sure all of us are gonna waste a little bit of time.
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Of us are gonna waste a little bit of time. i'm not saying you gotta
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A little bit of time. i'm not saying you gotta have every second
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I'm not saying you gotta have every second of your life planned.
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Have every second of your life planned. but you need
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Of your life planned. but you need to be accomplishing things.
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Deuteronomy 30:19 says,
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Deuteronomy 30:19 says, "i set before you
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Deuteronomy 30:19 says, "i set before you life and death,
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"i set before you life and death, blessing and cursing;
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Life and death, blessing and cursing; choose life, that you
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Blessing and cursing; choose life, that you and your descendants may live."
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Choose life, that you and your descendants may live." ephesians 5:15.
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And your descendants may live." ephesians 5:15. i wanna read it to you again.
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Ephesians 5:15. i wanna read it to you again. "look carefully then
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I wanna read it to you again. "look carefully then how you walk.
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"look carefully then how you walk. live purposefully
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How you walk. live purposefully and worthily and accurately,
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Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise
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And worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and the witless, but as wise,
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Not as the unwise and the witless, but as wise, (sensible, intelligent people)."
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And the witless, but as wise, (sensible, intelligent people)." wow.
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(sensible, intelligent people)." wow. be careful means: to give
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Wow. be careful means: to give watchful attention to;
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Be careful means: to give watchful attention to; to supervise and to be
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Watchful attention to; to supervise and to be responsible for.
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To supervise and to be responsible for. are you supervising yourself
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Responsible for. are you supervising yourself or do you need somebody
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Are you supervising yourself or do you need somebody to do it for you?
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Or do you need somebody to do it for you? i remember my brother,
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To do it for you? i remember my brother, my darling brother,
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I remember my brother, my darling brother, is nine years younger than me.
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My darling brother, is nine years younger than me. and he had gotten on drugs
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Is nine years younger than me. and he had gotten on drugs in the vietnam war,
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And he had gotten on drugs in the vietnam war, and he was never really
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In the vietnam war, and he was never really able to get off of them.
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And he was never really able to get off of them. and he so wanted to do better.
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Able to get off of them. and he so wanted to do better. he just--
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And he so wanted to do better. he just-- and he would,
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He just-- and he would, as long as he had somebody
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And he would, as long as he had somebody standing over him telling
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As long as he had somebody standing over him telling him what to do.
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Standing over him telling him what to do. but as soon as he had to be
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Him what to do. but as soon as he had to be responsible for himself,
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But as soon as he had to be responsible for himself, it all went out the window.
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Responsible for himself, it all went out the window. you know, the bible tells
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It all went out the window. you know, the bible tells us to go look at the ant
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You know, the bible tells us to go look at the ant in proverbs 6.
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Us to go look at the ant in proverbs 6. i think it's 6:6 says,
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In proverbs 6. i think it's 6:6 says, "look at the ant.
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I think it's 6:6 says, "look at the ant. he has no overseer, no chief,
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"look at the ant. he has no overseer, no chief, yet he gathers in a time
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He has no overseer, no chief, yet he gathers in a time of plenty for times of lack."
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And i'm glad that, you know,
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And i'm glad that, you know, i mean, essentially
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And i'm glad that, you know, i mean, essentially god's my only boss,
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I mean, essentially god's my only boss, and if i wouldn't listen to him,
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God's my only boss, and if i wouldn't listen to him, i really wouldn't have any
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And if i wouldn't listen to him, i really wouldn't have any business having this job.
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I really wouldn't have any business having this job. now, obviously,
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Business having this job. now, obviously, there are other people
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Now, obviously, there are other people who speak into my life.
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There are other people who speak into my life. and, you know, if i tried
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Who speak into my life. and, you know, if i tried to do anything silly dave
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And, you know, if i tried to do anything silly dave or my kids would be right
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To do anything silly dave or my kids would be right in my face quickly
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Or my kids would be right in my face quickly telling me "no."
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In my face quickly telling me "no." and it's good to be accountable
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Telling me "no." and it's good to be accountable to other people because
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And it's good to be accountable to other people because sometimes we can get
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To other people because sometimes we can get blinded and be doing things
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Sometimes we can get blinded and be doing things that we shouldn't be doing,
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Blinded and be doing things that we shouldn't be doing, and we're just not totally
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That we shouldn't be doing, and we're just not totally aware of what we're doing.
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And we're just not totally aware of what we're doing. the devil loves to deceive us.
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Aware of what we're doing. the devil loves to deceive us. what in your lifestyle would
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The devil loves to deceive us. what in your lifestyle would jesus disapprove of?
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What in your lifestyle would jesus disapprove of? would he approve
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Jesus disapprove of? would he approve of the movies you go see?
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Would he approve of the movies you go see? would he approve
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Of the movies you go see? would he approve of the friends you have?
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Would he approve of the friends you have? would he approve
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Of the friends you have? would he approve of how you use your money?
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Would he approve of how you use your money? you know, really,
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Of how you use your money? you know, really, this is the way christians
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You know, really, this is the way christians are supposed to think.
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This is the way christians are supposed to think. we're supposed
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Are supposed to think. we're supposed to be living for god.
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We're supposed to be living for god. he's not our, like,
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To be living for god. he's not our, like, heavenly santa claus, that--
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He's not our, like, heavenly santa claus, that-- he's not living for us.
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Heavenly santa claus, that-- he's not living for us. we're supposed to live
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He's not living for us. we're supposed to live for him and do his will.
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We're supposed to live for him and do his will. do you have a specific purpose,
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For him and do his will. do you have a specific purpose, something you believe you are
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Do you have a specific purpose, something you believe you are to accomplish in your life?
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Something you believe you are to accomplish in your life? how many of you have some
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To accomplish in your life? how many of you have some things that you're serious
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How many of you have some things that you're serious about accomplishing this year?
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Things that you're serious about accomplishing this year? let me see.
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About accomplishing this year? let me see. everybody.
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Let me see. everybody. half of you.
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Everybody. half of you. nobody.
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Half of you. nobody. >> [audience laughing]
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Nobody. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and you know,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and you know, especially speaking
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>> joyce: and you know, especially speaking to our tv audience,
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Especially speaking to our tv audience, what do you--?
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To our tv audience, what do you--? have you purposed to accomplish
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What do you--? have you purposed to accomplish some certain things this year?
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Have you purposed to accomplish some certain things this year? even things in you that you
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Some certain things this year? even things in you that you know are not pleasing to god,
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Even things in you that you know are not pleasing to god, those are the things to study.
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Know are not pleasing to god, those are the things to study. i always tell people,
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Those are the things to study. i always tell people, if you've got a bad temper,
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I always tell people, if you've got a bad temper, listening to a teaching
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If you've got a bad temper, listening to a teaching on prosperity
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Listening to a teaching on prosperity is not gonna help you.
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On prosperity is not gonna help you. you need to listen
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Is not gonna help you. you need to listen to everything you can
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You need to listen to everything you can about anger and what it does
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To everything you can about anger and what it does for you and get to the root of,
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About anger and what it does for you and get to the root of, why are you angry?
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For you and get to the root of, why are you angry? and get those
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Why are you angry? and get those things taken care of.
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And get those things taken care of. i've been saved since
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Things taken care of. i've been saved since i was nine.
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I've been saved since i was nine. but i didn't really get
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I was nine. but i didn't really get a serious relationship with
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But i didn't really get a serious relationship with god until about 50 years ago.
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A serious relationship with god until about 50 years ago. and i'm serious about doing
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God until about 50 years ago. and i'm serious about doing what god wants me to do.
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And i'm serious about doing what god wants me to do. we really don't have
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What god wants me to do. we really don't have anything better to do.
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Because you know
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Because you know what our life is like?
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Because you know what our life is like? james says it's like
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What our life is like? james says it's like "a wisp of vapor."
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James says it's like "a wisp of vapor." it's like, "there went joyce."
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Truthfully,
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Truthfully, it goes by so fast.
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Truthfully, it goes by so fast. yesterday, dave and i had our
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It goes by so fast. yesterday, dave and i had our 59th wedding anniversary.
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Yesterday, dave and i had our 59th wedding anniversary. >> [audience applauding]
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59th wedding anniversary. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we looked like,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we looked like, we've been married 59 years!
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>> joyce: we looked like, we've been married 59 years! >> [audience laughing]
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We've been married 59 years! >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: dave said,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: dave said, "i've been with you
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>> joyce: dave said, "i've been with you most of my life."
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"i've been with you most of my life." fifty-nine years.
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Most of my life." fifty-nine years. there's 40 in our family now,
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Fifty-nine years. there's 40 in our family now, with kids and grandkids
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There's 40 in our family now, with kids and grandkids and great grandkids
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With kids and grandkids and great grandkids and still growing.
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And great grandkids and still growing. we started something, amen?
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And still growing. we started something, amen? we've done our part
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We started something, amen? we've done our part to be fruitful and multiply.
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We've done our part to be fruitful and multiply. >> [audience laughing]
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To be fruitful and multiply. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: are you living
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: are you living your life on purpose
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>> joyce: are you living your life on purpose each day working
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Your life on purpose each day working toward that purpose?
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Each day working toward that purpose? do you have a plan?
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Toward that purpose? do you have a plan? are you able to follow
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Do you have a plan? are you able to follow through with your plans?
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Are you able to follow through with your plans? or do you plan and then
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Through with your plans? or do you plan and then change your mind when
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Or do you plan and then change your mind when it gets a little uncomfortable
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Change your mind when it gets a little uncomfortable or it gets a little bit hard?
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It gets a little uncomfortable or it gets a little bit hard? how many days do you have
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Or it gets a little bit hard? how many days do you have in which you don't accomplish
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How many days do you have in which you don't accomplish what you set out to do?
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In which you don't accomplish what you set out to do? you get sidetracked.
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What you set out to do? you get sidetracked. are you leaving a legacy
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You get sidetracked. are you leaving a legacy see, that's important to me.
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Are you leaving a legacy see, that's important to me. when i'm gone, i want somebody
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See, that's important to me. when i'm gone, i want somebody to know i was here.
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When i'm gone, i want somebody to know i was here. i'd like somebody to miss me,
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To know i was here. i'd like somebody to miss me, or remember me.
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I'd like somebody to miss me, or remember me. and sadly, there are people
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Or remember me. and sadly, there are people that--
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And sadly, there are people that-- like when my dad died,
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That-- like when my dad died, i mean, there would have been
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Like when my dad died, i mean, there would have been no point in having a funeral,
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I mean, there would have been no point in having a funeral, 'cause there might have
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No point in having a funeral, 'cause there might have been three people there,
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'cause there might have been three people there, and they would have
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Been three people there, and they would have all been our family.
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And they would have all been our family. and my dad was born again
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All been our family. and my dad was born again when he was 83 and he died
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And my dad was born again when he was 83 and he died when he was 86, so--
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When he was 83 and he died when he was 86, so-- but he really
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When he was 86, so-- but he really wasted his life.
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But he really wasted his life. and when i think about it,
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Wasted his life. and when i think about it, i don't wanna be at the end
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And when i think about it, i don't wanna be at the end of my life and just have
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I don't wanna be at the end of my life and just have nothing but regrets.
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Of my life and just have nothing but regrets. "i wish i would've."
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Nothing but regrets. "i wish i would've." "i wish i wouldn't have."
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"i wish i would've." "i wish i wouldn't have." "i should've, i could've,
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"i wish i wouldn't have." "i should've, i could've, but i didn't."
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"i should've, i could've, but i didn't." and now is the time
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But i didn't." and now is the time that you have to think
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And now is the time that you have to think about those things.
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That you have to think about those things. you have to invest
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About those things. you have to invest now in eternity.
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You have to invest now in eternity. because the day is gonna
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Now in eternity. because the day is gonna come when we're gonna
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Because the day is gonna come when we're gonna stand before god and give
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Come when we're gonna stand before god and give an account of our lives.
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Not unto salvation if you're
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Not unto salvation if you're born again, but for the things
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Not unto salvation if you're born again, but for the things that we've done or not done
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Born again, but for the things that we've done or not done here on the earth.
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That we've done or not done here on the earth. and jesus said he's "coming
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Here on the earth. and jesus said he's "coming back with his wages
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And jesus said he's "coming back with his wages and rewards to give each
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Back with his wages and rewards to give each one according to what
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And rewards to give each one according to what they've done in their life."
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And i don't know about you,
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And i don't know about you, but i want to get
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And i don't know about you, but i want to get the best of everything.
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But i want to get the best of everything. >> [audience laughing]
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The best of everything. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i don't wanna hear,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i don't wanna hear, "sorry, you didn't sow any seed.
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>> joyce: i don't wanna hear, "sorry, you didn't sow any seed. so i have nothing to give you."
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>> announcer: as a society,
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>> announcer: as a society, we all wanna live
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We all wanna live our best life.
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Our best life. we desire freedom
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We desire freedom to live a life full of joy,
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To live a life full of joy, peace, and purpose.
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Peace, and purpose. but what does it look like
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But what does it look like when some of life's biggest
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When some of life's biggest battles keep us down?
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>> ginger: there are those
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>> ginger: there are those times that we feel like we are
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Times that we feel like we are just going through the motions
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Just going through the motions in life and barely getting by.
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In life and barely getting by. well, let me tell you,
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Well, let me tell you, that's not how god
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That's not how god wants us to live.
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Jesus paid too big a price
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Jesus paid too big a price for us to remain defeated.
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For us to remain defeated. and like joyce says,
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And like joyce says, "god wants to heal
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"god wants to heal you everywhere you hurt,"
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You everywhere you hurt," because he wants
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Because he wants you to enjoy the life
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You to enjoy the life he's given you.
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He's given you. he wants to make
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He wants to make you whole again.
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You whole again. and there is not one
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And there is not one area in your life that
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Area in your life that is beyond his reach.
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Is beyond his reach. we have to apply
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We have to apply god's word to the areas
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God's word to the areas we want to see changed.
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We want to see changed. and joyce wants to help
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And joyce wants to help you find healing, truth,
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You find healing, truth, and freedom,
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And freedom, in her book "finally free."
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In her book "finally free." inside, you'll read about
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Inside, you'll read about the areas that have likely
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The areas that have likely affected your life at some
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Affected your life at some point and how to experience
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Point and how to experience freedom from them.
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Freedom from them. isn't it time?
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Isn't it time? >> announcer: you can
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>> announcer: you can experience victory,
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Experience victory, healing, and freedom again.
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Healing, and freedom again. we'd also like
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We'd also like to include scripture
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To include scripture cards when you
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Cards when you receive joyce's book
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Receive joyce's book "finally free"
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"finally free" today for your
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Today for your gift of any amount.
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Gift of any amount. >> joyce: and we
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>> joyce: and we cannot enjoy
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Cannot enjoy our lives with
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Our lives with doubt and fear
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Doubt and fear and worry
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And worry and being offended
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And being offended and feeling guilty.
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And feeling guilty. we can only
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We can only enjoy our lives
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Enjoy our lives if we learn how
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If we learn how to believe the word
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To believe the word and live boldly
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And live boldly and say,
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And say, "these promises
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"these promises are for me.
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Are for me. they're not just
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They're not just for everybody else.
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For everybody else. they're for me."
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They're for me." >> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: just ask
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>> joyce: just ask and receive.
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And receive. >> ginger: are you
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>> ginger: are you eager to be free?
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Eager to be free? he is intimately
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He is intimately aware of your
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Aware of your thoughts,
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Thoughts, your feelings,
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Your feelings, pain and concerns.
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Pain and concerns. allow god's word
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Allow god's word to flood your
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To flood your heart and renew
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Heart and renew your mind as you
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Your mind as you read each chapter
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Read each chapter of this book.
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Of this book. freedom is possible.
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Freedom is possible. >> announcer: and today,
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>> announcer: and today, when you give...
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When you give... or more,
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Or more, we'll also include
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We'll also include "the secret
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"the secret power of speaking
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Power of speaking god's word."
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God's word." this book is helpful
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This book is helpful in understanding
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In understanding god's incredible
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God's incredible promises for you.
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Promises for you. remember,
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Remember, your gift allows
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Your gift allows us to continue
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Us to continue to share the love
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To share the love of christ through
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Of christ through all of our outreaches,
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All of our outreaches, such as clean,
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Such as clean, fresh water wells.
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Fresh water wells. don't wait, give us a call at...
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Don't wait, give us a call at... or visit us online at:
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Or visit us online at: joycemeyer.org.
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>> [♪♪]
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>> announcer: come discover
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>> announcer: come discover the beauty as god moves
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The beauty as god moves you toward a life transformed.
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You toward a life transformed. join us for
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Join us for the 2026 love life women's
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The 2026 love life women's conference with joyce
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Conference with joyce and her guests,
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And her guests, christine caine,
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Christine caine, lisa harper,
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Lisa harper, and worship with
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And worship with natalie grant
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Natalie grant and hope darst.
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And hope darst. october 22-24
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October 22-24 in tampa, florida.
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Register today
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Register today and save.
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And save. go to: joycemeyer.org/lovelife.
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>> ginger: there
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>> ginger: there is a place
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Is a place where sorrow
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Where sorrow meets hope.
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Meets hope. where suffering
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Where suffering finds relief.
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Finds relief. where hunger
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Where hunger is satisfied,
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Is satisfied, and thirst
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And thirst is washed away.
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Is washed away. a place where
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A place where the darkness
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The darkness of humanity
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Of humanity is illuminated
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Is illuminated by the light
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By the light of christ's love.
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Project grl.
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>> announcer: we hope you
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>> announcer: we hope you enjoyed today's program.
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Enjoyed today's program. we are so grateful
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We are so grateful to our joyce meyer
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To our joyce meyer ministries partners
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Ministries partners who make this
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Who make this and all we do possible,
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And all we do possible, including sharing
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Including sharing god's word
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God's word and offering help
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And offering help to people in need
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To people in need all over the world.
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Joyce Meyer - Make The Most of Your Time (Part 2)

June 11, 2026 | 27:29

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