Joyce Meyer - The Most Important Things I Have Learned in My Life (Part 3)

December 4, 2025 | 29:29

Experience is a priceless teacher. Today, Joyce shares how every trial builds strength, deepens faith, and prepares you for God’s next chapter in your life.

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - The Most Important Things I Have Learned in My Life (Part 3) | December 4, 2025

>> joyce: fear is one
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>> joyce: fear is one of the first things that will
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>> joyce: fear is one of the first things that will come against you when
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Of the first things that will come against you when you try to make progress
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Come against you when you try to make progress in any area of your life.
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You try to make progress in any area of your life. fear that people won't like you.
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In any area of your life. fear that people won't like you. fear they'll talk about you.
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Fear that people won't like you. fear they'll talk about you. fear that you'll fail.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer. i've seen god's power
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer. i've seen god's power transform my own life,
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I've seen god's power transform my own life, and he will do it for you.
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>> joyce: well, thank you
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>> 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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For joining me today on "enjoying everyday life." and for those of you who
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On "enjoying everyday life." and for those of you who watch the program often,
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And for those of you who watch the program often, i hope and pray that you
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Watch the program often, i hope and pray that you do find that you're enjoying
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I hope and pray that you do find that you're enjoying your life much more
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Do find that you're enjoying your life much more because of the word
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Your life much more because of the word that you're receiving.
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Because of the word that you're receiving. i started yesterday doing
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That you're receiving. i started yesterday doing a teaching called "things
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I started yesterday doing a teaching called "things i've learned in my life."
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A teaching called "things i've learned in my life." and, you know, the longer
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I've learned in my life." and, you know, the longer you live, the more you learn.
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And, you know, the longer you live, the more you learn. and sometimes, it amazes
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You live, the more you learn. and sometimes, it amazes me what all god has taught
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And sometimes, it amazes me what all god has taught me and how different i am over
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Me what all god has taught me and how different i am over the 50 years that i've been
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Me and how different i am over the 50 years that i've been walking closely with him.
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The 50 years that i've been walking closely with him. and i think the last thing
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Walking closely with him. and i think the last thing i talked to you about yesterday
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And i think the last thing i talked to you about yesterday was to always stay free
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I talked to you about yesterday was to always stay free from unforgiveness.
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Was to always stay free from unforgiveness. and i'll just read you one
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From unforgiveness. and i'll just read you one scripture that shows you
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And i'll just read you one scripture that shows you how important that is.
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Scripture that shows you how important that is. mark 11:24-26: "for this reason
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How important that is. mark 11:24-26: "for this reason i'm telling you, whatever
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Mark 11:24-26: "for this reason i'm telling you, whatever things you ask for in prayer
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I'm telling you, whatever things you ask for in prayer [in accordance with god's will],
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Things you ask for in prayer [in accordance with god's will], believe [with confident trust]
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[in accordance with god's will], believe [with confident trust] that you have received them,
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Believe [with confident trust] that you have received them, and they will be given you.”
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That you have received them, and they will be given you.” believe you've received them,
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And they will be given you.” believe you've received them, and you will get them.
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Believe you've received them, and you will get them. however, it doesn't say
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And you will get them. however, it doesn't say when you'll get them.
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However, it doesn't say when you'll get them. and so, faith and patience
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When you'll get them. and so, faith and patience work together.
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And so, faith and patience work together. the bible says that
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Work together. the bible says that we receive from god
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The bible says that we receive from god through faith and patience.
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We receive from god through faith and patience. there's--
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Through faith and patience. there's-- very rarely do we pray
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There's-- very rarely do we pray about something
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Very rarely do we pray about something and get it immediately.
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About something and get it immediately. there's usually a little
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And get it immediately. there's usually a little waiting time at least.
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There's usually a little waiting time at least. and sometimes,
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Waiting time at least. and sometimes, there's a long waiting time.
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And sometimes, there's a long waiting time. and it's in that waiting time
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There's a long waiting time. and it's in that waiting time that our faith is tested
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And it's in that waiting time that our faith is tested and proven and stretched
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That our faith is tested and proven and stretched to enlarge our capacity
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And proven and stretched to enlarge our capacity for greater things that god
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To enlarge our capacity for greater things that god wants to do in and through us.
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For greater things that god wants to do in and through us. "whenever you stand praying,
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Wants to do in and through us. "whenever you stand praying, if you have anything
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"whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone--"
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If you have anything against anyone--" now, c'mon, i want you
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Against anyone--" now, c'mon, i want you to think about it a little bit.
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Now, c'mon, i want you to think about it a little bit. ‘cause, you know, sometimes
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To think about it a little bit. ‘cause, you know, sometimes we can get things,
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‘cause, you know, sometimes we can get things, little hangnails in our
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We can get things, little hangnails in our heart towards somebody,
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Little hangnails in our heart towards somebody, and we just, kind of just--
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Heart towards somebody, and we just, kind of just-- it's just been there,
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And we just, kind of just-- it's just been there, and we just put up with it,
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It's just been there, and we just put up with it, and we don't think it's that
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And we just put up with it, and we don't think it's that big of a problem.
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And we don't think it's that big of a problem. well, today, for your sake,
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Big of a problem. well, today, for your sake, forgive anybody that you
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Well, today, for your sake, forgive anybody that you have anything against.
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Forgive anybody that you have anything against. "leave it and let it go."
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Have anything against. "leave it and let it go." the amplified bible says,
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"leave it and let it go." the amplified bible says, "drop it."
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The amplified bible says, "drop it." i love that.
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"drop it." i love that. "so that your father who
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I love that. "so that your father who is in heaven will also forgive
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"so that your father who is in heaven will also forgive your transgressions
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Is in heaven will also forgive your transgressions and wrongdoings [against
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Your transgressions and wrongdoings [against him and others].
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And wrongdoings [against him and others]. [but if you do not forgive,
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Him and others]. [but if you do not forgive, neither will your father
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[but if you do not forgive, neither will your father in heaven forgive
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Neither will your father in heaven forgive your transgressions."]
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Well, that one scripture
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Well, that one scripture should be enough to move
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Well, that one scripture should be enough to move us to forgive anybody that
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Should be enough to move us to forgive anybody that we've got anything against.
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Us to forgive anybody that we've got anything against. always remember that
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We've got anything against. always remember that hurting people hurt people.
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Always remember that hurting people hurt people. sometimes people are
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Hurting people hurt people. sometimes people are insensitive, and they say things
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Sometimes people are insensitive, and they say things that hurt us, but we don't know
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Insensitive, and they say things that hurt us, but we don't know what they're going through,
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That hurt us, but we don't know what they're going through, themselves, that day.
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What they're going through, themselves, that day. we wanna always be merciful
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Themselves, that day. we wanna always be merciful toward people.
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We wanna always be merciful toward people. i've learned that loving people,
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Toward people. i've learned that loving people, helping them, encouraging them,
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I've learned that loving people, helping them, encouraging them, and being merciful toward
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Helping them, encouraging them, and being merciful toward them are some of the most
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And being merciful toward them are some of the most important things that
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Them are some of the most important things that we need to do.
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Important things that we need to do. and we always need to help
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We need to do. and we always need to help those who are in need.
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And we always need to help those who are in need. don't ask yourself whether
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Those who are in need. don't ask yourself whether they deserve it or not, because
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Don't ask yourself whether they deserve it or not, because god helps us all the time
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They deserve it or not, because god helps us all the time and we rarely deserve it.
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God helps us all the time and we rarely deserve it. so, we need to be willing
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And we rarely deserve it. so, we need to be willing to help people just because
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So, we need to be willing to help people just because they're in need, not because
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To help people just because they're in need, not because they deserve it or don't
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They're in need, not because they deserve it or don't deserve it.
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Jesus said, "if you've done
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Jesus said, "if you've done it for the least of these
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Jesus said, "if you've done it for the least of these my brethren, you have
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It for the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me."
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My brethren, you have done it unto me." i love that in matthew 25,
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Done it unto me." i love that in matthew 25, "if you've not done it unto
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The least of these
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The least of these my brethren, then you've
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The least of these my brethren, then you've not done it unto me."
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My brethren, then you've not done it unto me." so, he obviously takes how
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Not done it unto me." so, he obviously takes how we treat other people
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So, he obviously takes how we treat other people very personally.
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We treat other people very personally. "if you've done it unto
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Very personally. "if you've done it unto the least of these."
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"if you've done it unto the least of these." the amplified bible says,
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The least of these." the amplified bible says, "in the estimation of men."
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The amplified bible says, "in the estimation of men." god doesn't see anyone
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"in the estimation of men." god doesn't see anyone as the least of these.
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God doesn't see anyone as the least of these. but people sometimes
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As the least of these. but people sometimes do look at different people
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But people sometimes do look at different people and think that--not quite
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Do look at different people and think that--not quite as good as someone else.
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And think that--not quite as good as someone else. be generous.
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I tell you, generous people
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I tell you, generous people are happy, happy people.
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I tell you, generous people are happy, happy people. don't be greedy and stingy.
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Are happy, happy people. don't be greedy and stingy. you know, greed
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Don't be greedy and stingy. you know, greed is a terrible thing.
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You know, greed is a terrible thing. greed always says--has one
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Is a terrible thing. greed always says--has one thing to say, and that's "more."
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Greed always says--has one thing to say, and that's "more." "i want more, i want more,
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Thing to say, and that's "more." "i want more, i want more, i want more."
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"i want more, i want more, i want more." a greedy person never gets
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I want more." a greedy person never gets really happy and satisfied
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A greedy person never gets really happy and satisfied with what they have.
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Really happy and satisfied with what they have. they always want more.
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With what they have. they always want more. and most of the time they're
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They always want more. and most of the time they're not doing anything with
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And most of the time they're not doing anything with the more, except wasting
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Not doing anything with the more, except wasting it on themselves.
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God tells us not to be selfish.
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God tells us not to be selfish. i believe the only way
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God tells us not to be selfish. i believe the only way to fight greed is to be
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I believe the only way to fight greed is to be extremely generous.
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To fight greed is to be extremely generous. don't do the least you can do.
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Extremely generous. don't do the least you can do. do the most that you can do.
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Don't do the least you can do. do the most that you can do. help people you know.
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Do the most that you can do. help people you know. help people you don't know.
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Be a blessing.
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Be a blessing. in acts it says that
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Be a blessing. in acts it says that "it is more blessed to give
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In acts it says that "it is more blessed to give than to receive."
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"it is more blessed to give than to receive." or it makes one happier
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Than to receive." or it makes one happier to give than to receive.
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Maybe you're generous,
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Maybe you're generous, a little bit.
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Maybe you're generous, a little bit. well, let's step it up
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A little bit. well, let's step it up to a new level.
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Let's all determine that
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Let's all determine that the rest of this year we're
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Let's all determine that the rest of this year we're gonna do as much as we can
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The rest of this year we're gonna do as much as we can for other people.
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When you have a large heart
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When you have a large heart and an open hand, you will have
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And an open hand, you will have a large life and god's hand
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A large life and god's hand will be open to you.
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Will be open to you. i'm gonna read that again.
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I'm gonna read that again. that's just something god
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That's just something god gave me, and i wrote it down.
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Gave me, and i wrote it down. when you have a large heart
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When you have a large heart and an open hand, you will have
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And an open hand, you will have a large life and god's hand
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A large life and god's hand will always be open to you.
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A blessing than from
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Being blessed.
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Being blessed. i've also learned by experience
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Being blessed. i've also learned by experience that self-pity is one
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I've also learned by experience that self-pity is one of the biggest ways
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That self-pity is one of the biggest ways to waste your time.
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Of the biggest ways to waste your time. i spent so many years,
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To waste your time. i spent so many years, wasted so many years,
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I spent so many years, wasted so many years, feeling sorry for myself.
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Wasted so many years, feeling sorry for myself. i felt sorry for myself
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Feeling sorry for myself. i felt sorry for myself when i didn't get my way.
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I felt sorry for myself when i didn't get my way. i felt sorry for myself if dave
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When i didn't get my way. i felt sorry for myself if dave watched football and i didn't
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I felt sorry for myself if dave watched football and i didn't have anything to do.
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Watched football and i didn't have anything to do. i felt sorry for myself when
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Have anything to do. i felt sorry for myself when the kids were laughing
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I felt sorry for myself when the kids were laughing and playing, and i had
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The kids were laughing and playing, and i had to work and cook
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And playing, and i had to work and cook and clean up the dishes.
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To work and cook and clean up the dishes. i was always feeling
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And clean up the dishes. i was always feeling sorry for myself.
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I was always feeling sorry for myself. and it was rooted, i think,
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Sorry for myself. and it was rooted, i think, in the fact that i'd been abused
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And it was rooted, i think, in the fact that i'd been abused sexually by my father.
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In the fact that i'd been abused sexually by my father. and so, i felt something
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Sexually by my father. and so, i felt something was owed me and due me.
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And so, i felt something was owed me and due me. but most of the time i was
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Was owed me and due me. but most of the time i was trying to get payback from
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But most of the time i was trying to get payback from somebody who had nothing
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Trying to get payback from somebody who had nothing to do with my pain.
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Somebody who had nothing to do with my pain. and so, if you're feeling sorry
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To do with my pain. and so, if you're feeling sorry for yourself, even right now,
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And so, if you're feeling sorry for yourself, even right now, just stop it.
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For yourself, even right now, just stop it. think of all the ways
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Just stop it. think of all the ways that you're blessed.
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Think of all the ways that you're blessed. get a notebook and start
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That you're blessed. get a notebook and start writing them down.
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Get a notebook and start writing them down. can you walk?
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Writing them down. can you walk? can you hear?
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Can you walk? can you hear? can you see?
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Can you hear? can you see? do you have an automobile?
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Can you see? do you have an automobile? you know, a lot of people
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Do you have an automobile? you know, a lot of people take the bus to work,
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You know, a lot of people take the bus to work, some even walk.
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Take the bus to work, some even walk. so, you're blessed
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Some even walk. so, you're blessed if you have an automobile.
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So, you're blessed if you have an automobile. do you have food to eat?
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If you have an automobile. do you have food to eat? do you have a bed to sleep in?
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Do you have food to eat? do you have a bed to sleep in? some people don't.
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Do you have a bed to sleep in? some people don't. please start thinking
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Some people don't. please start thinking about what you do have,
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Please start thinking about what you do have, not what you don't have.
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About what you do have, not what you don't have. think about the things
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Not what you don't have. think about the things that the people
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Think about the things that the people in your life do for you.
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That the people in your life do for you. don't think about all
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In your life do for you. don't think about all the time what they--
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Don't think about all the time what they-- you wish they would do,
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The time what they-- you wish they would do, that they don't do.
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You wish they would do, that they don't do. you know, a lot of times we're
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That they don't do. you know, a lot of times we're expecting somebody to do
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You know, a lot of times we're expecting somebody to do something, and they don't
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Expecting somebody to do something, and they don't even know we're expecting it.
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Something, and they don't even know we're expecting it. so, they're not the ones
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Even know we're expecting it. so, they're not the ones making us happy.
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So, they're not the ones making us happy. it's our own expectations
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Making us happy. it's our own expectations that are making us unhappy.
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It's our own expectations that are making us unhappy. god told me finally,
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That are making us unhappy. god told me finally, "you can be pitiful,
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God told me finally, "you can be pitiful, or you can be powerful,
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"you can be pitiful, or you can be powerful, but you can't be both."
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Or you can be powerful, but you can't be both." and if i was gonna spend
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But you can't be both." and if i was gonna spend my life preaching the word
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And if i was gonna spend my life preaching the word of god, i wanted it be done
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My life preaching the word of god, i wanted it be done with power so it would
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Of god, i wanted it be done with power so it would really affect people.
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With power so it would really affect people. and so, i learned that i had
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Really affect people. and so, i learned that i had to give up that self-pity.
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And so, i learned that i had to give up that self-pity. i couldn't be pitiful at home
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To give up that self-pity. i couldn't be pitiful at home all the time trying to get
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I couldn't be pitiful at home all the time trying to get everybody to feel sorry for
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All the time trying to get everybody to feel sorry for me and then get in the pulpit
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Everybody to feel sorry for me and then get in the pulpit and carry a strong
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Me and then get in the pulpit and carry a strong anointing from god.
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And carry a strong anointing from god. i had to learn to take
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Anointing from god. i had to learn to take responsibility for my bad
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I had to learn to take responsibility for my bad behavior and not blame
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Responsibility for my bad behavior and not blame others or make excuses.
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Behavior and not blame others or make excuses. i know that's one sentence
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Others or make excuses. i know that's one sentence i've written down here,
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I know that's one sentence i've written down here, but, oh, was that a big
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I've written down here, but, oh, was that a big life change for me.
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But, oh, was that a big life change for me. let me say it again.
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Life change for me. let me say it again. take responsibility
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Let me say it again. take responsibility for your bad behavior.
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Take responsibility for your bad behavior. if you come home from
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For your bad behavior. if you come home from work and you're grouchy
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If you come home from work and you're grouchy and hard to get along with,
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Work and you're grouchy and hard to get along with, don't just say,
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And hard to get along with, don't just say, "i had a bad day at the office."
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Don't just say, "i had a bad day at the office." you know, you could have
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"i had a bad day at the office." you know, you could have a bad day at the office
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You know, you could have a bad day at the office and still come home
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A bad day at the office and still come home and be nice to your family.
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And still come home and be nice to your family. you could, if you would.
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And be nice to your family. you could, if you would. but we use so many
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You could, if you would. but we use so many things as excuses.
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But we use so many things as excuses. "well, i didn't feel good
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Things as excuses. "well, i didn't feel good today," on and on and on.
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"well, i didn't feel good today," on and on and on. what we need to do is take
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Today," on and on and on. what we need to do is take responsibility for the way
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What we need to do is take responsibility for the way we behave and say,
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Responsibility for the way we behave and say, "i shouldn't have acted
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We behave and say, "i shouldn't have acted like that and i'm sorry."
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Even do that with your children.
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Even do that with your children. your children will respect
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Even do that with your children. your children will respect you if you will humble yourself
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Your children will respect you if you will humble yourself enough to apologize to them
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You if you will humble yourself enough to apologize to them when you've maybe yelled
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Enough to apologize to them when you've maybe yelled at them just because
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When you've maybe yelled at them just because you're frustrated.
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At them just because you're frustrated. i've learned that you can't
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You're frustrated. i've learned that you can't be selfish and happy.
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And believe me, i tried it.
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And believe me, i tried it. i tried just living for myself
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And believe me, i tried it. i tried just living for myself and couldn't figure out
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I tried just living for myself and couldn't figure out why i wasn't happy.
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And couldn't figure out why i wasn't happy. and god finally just told me,
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Why i wasn't happy. and god finally just told me, "you're not happy because
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And god finally just told me, "you're not happy because you're selfish."
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"you're not happy because you're selfish." ooh, well, that hurt.
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You're selfish." ooh, well, that hurt. i wanted people
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Ooh, well, that hurt. i wanted people to do things for me.
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I wanted people to do things for me. i didn't wanna have to be the
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To do things for me. i didn't wanna have to be the one always doing the giving.
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I didn't wanna have to be the one always doing the giving. believe me, if you do what
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One always doing the giving. believe me, if you do what you do because you love god,
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Believe me, if you do what you do because you love god, he will always take care of you.
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You do because you love god, he will always take care of you. we have to die to self,
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He will always take care of you. we have to die to self, and doing so hurts.
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We have to die to self, and doing so hurts. in other words, we have
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And doing so hurts. in other words, we have to die to our own desires
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In other words, we have to die to our own desires many times to do what
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To die to our own desires many times to do what somebody else wants to do.
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Many times to do what somebody else wants to do. i learned to love myself.
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Somebody else wants to do. i learned to love myself. ooh, that was big.
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I learned to love myself. ooh, that was big. because i did not have a good
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Ooh, that was big. because i did not have a good relationship with myself.
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Because i did not have a good relationship with myself. and i would venture to say
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Relationship with myself. and i would venture to say that a large number of people
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And i would venture to say that a large number of people watching me, right now, you
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That a large number of people watching me, right now, you don't have a good relationship
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Watching me, right now, you don't have a good relationship with yourself either.
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Don't have a good relationship with yourself either. and you know, it's unpleasant
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With yourself either. and you know, it's unpleasant to spend the day with
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And you know, it's unpleasant to spend the day with somebody you don't like.
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To spend the day with somebody you don't like. well, think about what it's like
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Somebody you don't like. well, think about what it's like if you don't like yourself.
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Well, think about what it's like if you don't like yourself. you never get away from
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If you don't like yourself. you never get away from yourself, not for one moment.
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You never get away from yourself, not for one moment. and god is never gonna help
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Yourself, not for one moment. and god is never gonna help you be anybody else but you.
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And god is never gonna help you be anybody else but you. you know, this self-hatred
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You be anybody else but you. you know, this self-hatred or self-rejection can come
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You know, this self-hatred or self-rejection can come from things that we've
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Or self-rejection can come from things that we've done wrong, that we've never
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From things that we've done wrong, that we've never received forgiveness for.
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Done wrong, that we've never received forgiveness for. i didn't feel good about myself
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Received forgiveness for. i didn't feel good about myself because of what my father
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I didn't feel good about myself because of what my father had done to me.
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Because of what my father had done to me. and the devil had convinced
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Had done to me. and the devil had convinced me there must be something
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And the devil had convinced me there must be something wrong with me for him
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Me there must be something wrong with me for him to want to do that.
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Wrong with me for him to want to do that. and that wasn't true.
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To want to do that. and that wasn't true. he had the problem;
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And that wasn't true. he had the problem; i didn't have the problem.
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But so many people who've
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But so many people who've been mistreated have a poor
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But so many people who've been mistreated have a poor self-image and they don't
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Been mistreated have a poor self-image and they don't like themselves.
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Self-image and they don't like themselves. the bible says that
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Like themselves. the bible says that "you are to love the lord
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The bible says that "you are to love the lord your god with all your heart,
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"you are to love the lord your god with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.
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Your god with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. and you are to love your
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Soul, mind, and strength. and you are to love your neighbor as you love yourself."
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And you are to love your neighbor as you love yourself." now, i think we usually
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Take that like, “come on,
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Take that like, “come on, you love yourself.
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Take that like, “come on, you love yourself. you need to treat your neighbor
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You love yourself. you need to treat your neighbor the way you treat yourself.”
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You need to treat your neighbor the way you treat yourself.” but i can't give away
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The way you treat yourself.” but i can't give away what i don't have.
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But i can't give away what i don't have. so, if i'm trying to love other
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What i don't have. so, if i'm trying to love other people and i don't love myself,
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So, if i'm trying to love other people and i don't love myself, it's just not gonna work.
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And i did that for a long time.
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And i did that for a long time. i would hear messages in church
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And i did that for a long time. i would hear messages in church about loving other people
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I would hear messages in church about loving other people and being kind and forgiving
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About loving other people and being kind and forgiving and not being selfish.
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And being kind and forgiving and not being selfish. and i would go home,
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And not being selfish. and i would go home, and i wanted to do it,
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And i would go home, and i wanted to do it, but i just couldn't
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Seem to do it.
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Seem to do it. but over the years, god
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Seem to do it. but over the years, god taught me, "you can't give away
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But over the years, god taught me, "you can't give away what you don't have in you."
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Taught me, "you can't give away what you don't have in you." and i didn't love myself.
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What you don't have in you." and i didn't love myself. i didn't like myself.
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And i didn't love myself. i didn't like myself. and so, i had to learn
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I didn't like myself. and so, i had to learn to receive the love of god.
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And so, i had to learn to receive the love of god. when i say, “love yourself,”
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To receive the love of god. when i say, “love yourself,” i don't mean be in love
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When i say, “love yourself,” i don't mean be in love with yourself.
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I don't mean be in love with yourself. i mean receive the love that
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With yourself. i mean receive the love that god gives you and love the you
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I mean receive the love that god gives you and love the you that god created you to be.
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God gives you and love the you that god created you to be. i don't like everything i do,
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That god created you to be. i don't like everything i do, but i do like myself.
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I don't like everything i do, but i do like myself. and it's made a big
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But i do like myself. and it's made a big difference in my life.
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And it's made a big difference in my life. for a long time,
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Difference in my life. for a long time, i didn't like my voice.
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For a long time, i didn't like my voice. i didn't like my personality.
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I didn't like my voice. i didn't like my personality. i didn't like my body size.
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I didn't like my personality. i didn't like my body size. i didn't like this, that,
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I didn't like my body size. i didn't like this, that, and something else.
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I didn't like this, that, and something else. but none of my disliking it,
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And something else. but none of my disliking it, changed it.
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But none of my disliking it, changed it. only god can change things.
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Changed it. only god can change things. and we have to start
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Only god can change things. and we have to start by receiving his love.
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His love is the beginning
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His love is the beginning of all healing.
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His love is the beginning of all healing. i learned to celebrate
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Of all healing. i learned to celebrate my progress instead of being
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I learned to celebrate my progress instead of being angry with myself about
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My progress instead of being angry with myself about how far i still had to go.
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Angry with myself about how far i still had to go. do you ever celebrate your
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How far i still had to go. do you ever celebrate your victories, even little ones?
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Do you ever celebrate your victories, even little ones? i had a little victory
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Victories, even little ones? i had a little victory here today.
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I had a little victory here today. i had to wait quite a while,
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Here today. i had to wait quite a while, while they adjusted some lights.
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I had to wait quite a while, while they adjusted some lights. and my natural nature's
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While they adjusted some lights. and my natural nature's a little impatient.
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And my natural nature's a little impatient. but we don't have to act
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A little impatient. but we don't have to act according to our natural nature.
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But we don't have to act according to our natural nature. we can act according
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To the supernatural help
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To the supernatural help that god gives us.
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To the supernatural help that god gives us. painful and unjust things--
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That god gives us. painful and unjust things-- i believe with all my heart
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Painful and unjust things-- i believe with all my heart what i'm getting ready to say.
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I believe with all my heart what i'm getting ready to say. it's romans 8:28.
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What i'm getting ready to say. it's romans 8:28. "all things work together for
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It's romans 8:28. "all things work together for good to those who love god
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"all things work together for good to those who love god and are called according
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Good to those who love god and are called according to his purpose."
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And are called according to his purpose." and i really,
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To his purpose." and i really, really believe that.
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Because i've seen god take
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Because i've seen god take some things and work them
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Because i've seen god take some things and work them out for good, that the thing
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Some things and work them out for good, that the thing wasn't good, but god
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Out for good, that the thing wasn't good, but god worked it out for good.
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Wasn't good, but god worked it out for good. and he can do that
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Worked it out for good. and he can do that because he's god.
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And he can do that because he's god. and all things are
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Because he's god. and all things are possible with god.
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And all things are possible with god. believe that the pain
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Possible with god. believe that the pain or the discomfort you're
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Believe that the pain or the discomfort you're going through right now
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Or the discomfort you're going through right now can work out for your good.
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Going through right now can work out for your good. the first thing to pray when
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Can work out for your good. the first thing to pray when you're having trouble is,
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The first thing to pray when you're having trouble is, "god, help me do this right.”
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You're having trouble is, "god, help me do this right.” one man i know,
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"god, help me do this right.” one man i know, his wife died with cancer.
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One man i know, his wife died with cancer. and of course, he was a pastor
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His wife died with cancer. and of course, he was a pastor and his whole church had
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And of course, he was a pastor and his whole church had been praying for her.
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And his whole church had been praying for her. and it didn't make any sense
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Been praying for her. and it didn't make any sense to him or any of them
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And it didn't make any sense to him or any of them that she died.
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To him or any of them that she died. she was a beautiful
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That she died. she was a beautiful young woman, full of god.
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She was a beautiful young woman, full of god. but the fact was, she did die.
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Young woman, full of god. but the fact was, she did die. and he said the very first
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But the fact was, she did die. and he said the very first thing he said to god is,
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And he said the very first thing he said to god is, "god, please help
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Thing he said to god is, "god, please help me do this right."
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"god, please help me do this right." in other words, he wanted
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Me do this right." in other words, he wanted to model what he preached.
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In other words, he wanted to model what he preached. he wanted to keep a good
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To model what he preached. he wanted to keep a good attitude, not get mad at god,
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He wanted to keep a good attitude, not get mad at god, not get confused, not spend
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Attitude, not get mad at god, not get confused, not spend the rest of his life mourning
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Not get confused, not spend the rest of his life mourning over what he had lost.
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The rest of his life mourning over what he had lost. and i think that would
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Over what he had lost. and i think that would do us all good.
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And i think that would do us all good. "god, help me do this right."
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Do us all good. "god, help me do this right." when somebody treats you wrong,
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"god, help me do this right." when somebody treats you wrong, "god, help me treat them
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When somebody treats you wrong, "god, help me treat them the way you want
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"god, help me treat them the way you want me to treat them."
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We can get a lot more help
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We can get a lot more help from god than what we do,
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We can get a lot more help from god than what we do, if we'll just ask.
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From god than what we do, if we'll just ask. the bible says, "you have not,
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If we'll just ask. the bible says, "you have not, because you ask not."
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The bible says, "you have not, because you ask not." you know, guilt
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Because you ask not." you know, guilt is a big waste of time.
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Boy, i spent so many years
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Boy, i spent so many years feeling guilty.
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Boy, i spent so many years feeling guilty. i mean, i actually didn't feel
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Feeling guilty. i mean, i actually didn't feel right if i didn't feel wrong.
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I mean, i actually didn't feel right if i didn't feel wrong. and i didn't even know
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Right if i didn't feel wrong. and i didn't even know what i was guilty
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And i didn't even know what i was guilty about half the time.
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What i was guilty about half the time. i just had this low-level
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About half the time. i just had this low-level feeling of guilt, like i'd
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I just had this low-level feeling of guilt, like i'd always done something wrong.
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Feeling of guilt, like i'd always done something wrong. and i had a wrong fear of god.
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Always done something wrong. and i had a wrong fear of god. i was always afraid that he was
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And i had a wrong fear of god. i was always afraid that he was mad at me, that i must have
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I was always afraid that he was mad at me, that i must have done something,
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Mad at me, that i must have done something, and he was mad at me.
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Done something, and he was mad at me. and i know now that came
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And he was mad at me. and i know now that came from my relationship
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And i know now that came from my relationship with my father because
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From my relationship with my father because he was an angry man.
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With my father because he was an angry man. and you always kinda walked
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He was an angry man. and you always kinda walked on eggshells wondering what
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And you always kinda walked on eggshells wondering what you might do or might have done
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On eggshells wondering what you might do or might have done that could make him angry.
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You might do or might have done that could make him angry. it's amazing the things that
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That could make him angry. it's amazing the things that people do to us, how they can
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It's amazing the things that people do to us, how they can affect our relationship with
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People do to us, how they can affect our relationship with god until we learn the truth
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Affect our relationship with god until we learn the truth and let that truth set us free.
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God until we learn the truth and let that truth set us free. even after i repented,
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And let that truth set us free. even after i repented, i still felt guilty.
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Then i would end up trying
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Then i would end up trying to do good things to make
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Then i would end up trying to do good things to make up for the guilt that i felt.
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To do good things to make up for the guilt that i felt. but the bible says,
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Up for the guilt that i felt. but the bible says, "there's no condemnation for
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But the bible says, "there's no condemnation for those who are in christ jesus."
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"there's no condemnation for those who are in christ jesus." well, i'm in christ,
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Those who are in christ jesus." well, i'm in christ, and believe me, i know now,
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Well, i'm in christ, and believe me, i know now, when i repent, it is gone.
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And believe me, i know now, when i repent, it is gone. and jesus did a complete job.
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When i repent, it is gone. and jesus did a complete job. he doesn't need my help.
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And jesus did a complete job. he doesn't need my help. and a lot of times what we're
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He doesn't need my help. and a lot of times what we're doing when we feel guilty,
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Even after we've asked for
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Even after we've asked for forgiveness, is we're trying
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Even after we've asked for forgiveness, is we're trying to pay a little bit and we don't
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Forgiveness, is we're trying to pay a little bit and we don't need to add to what jesus
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To pay a little bit and we don't need to add to what jesus already did for us.
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Need to add to what jesus already did for us. god wants you to receive
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Already did for us. god wants you to receive his forgiveness and then
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God wants you to receive his forgiveness and then go on and be happy.
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His forgiveness and then go on and be happy. i learned to confront
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Go on and be happy. i learned to confront fears in my life.
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I learned to confront fears in my life. you know, fear means to take
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Fears in my life. you know, fear means to take flight or to run from.
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You know, fear means to take flight or to run from. and courage is to do what
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Flight or to run from. and courage is to do what you believe you should
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And courage is to do what you believe you should do in the face of fear.
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You never get rid of fear
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You never get rid of fear by running from it.
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You never get rid of fear by running from it. you have to do the thing
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By running from it. you have to do the thing you're afraid to do.
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You have to do the thing you're afraid to do. now, you know, if you're afraid
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You're afraid to do. now, you know, if you're afraid of deep water, i don't think you
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Now, you know, if you're afraid of deep water, i don't think you have to go jump off the deep
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Of deep water, i don't think you have to go jump off the deep end of the diving pool.
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Have to go jump off the deep end of the diving pool. but if you need to do something,
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End of the diving pool. but if you need to do something, you believe god wants you
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But if you need to do something, you believe god wants you to do something--
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You believe god wants you to do something-- all over the bible, when god
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To do something-- all over the bible, when god told people to do things,
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All over the bible, when god told people to do things, he always said, "fear not."
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Told people to do things, he always said, "fear not." fear is one of the first things
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He always said, "fear not." fear is one of the first things that will come against you
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Fear is one of the first things that will come against you when you try to make progress
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That will come against you when you try to make progress in any area of your life.
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When you try to make progress in any area of your life. fear that people won't like you.
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In any area of your life. fear that people won't like you. fear they'll talk about you.
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Fear that people won't like you. fear they'll talk about you. fear that you'll fail.
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Fear they'll talk about you. fear that you'll fail. fear that people
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Fear that you'll fail. fear that people will laugh at you.
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Just all kinds of fears.
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Just all kinds of fears. don't let fear run
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Just all kinds of fears. don't let fear run your life anymore.
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Don't let fear run your life anymore. "god did not give us a spirit
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Your life anymore. "god did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power
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"god did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and a sound mind,
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Of fear, but of power and love and a sound mind, a spirit of discipline
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And love and a sound mind, a spirit of discipline and self-control,”
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A spirit of discipline and self-control,” the amplified bible says.
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Learn to do it afraid if you
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Learn to do it afraid if you have to, but do what you
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Learn to do it afraid if you have to, but do what you know you're supposed to do.
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Have to, but do what you know you're supposed to do. god answers all prayers,
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Know you're supposed to do. god answers all prayers, but sometimes he says “no.”
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God answers all prayers, but sometimes he says “no.” oh, yes, god answers prayers,
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But sometimes he says “no.” oh, yes, god answers prayers, but he doesn't always say “yes.”
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Oh, yes, god answers prayers, but he doesn't always say “yes.” if what you're asking for
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But he doesn't always say “yes.” if what you're asking for isn't gonna be good for you,
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If what you're asking for isn't gonna be good for you, he will say “no.”
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Isn't gonna be good for you, he will say “no.” or he might say “not yet.”
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He will say “no.” or he might say “not yet.” you know, sometimes,
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Or he might say “not yet.” you know, sometimes, we're asking for something
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You know, sometimes, we're asking for something that we're just not spiritually
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We're asking for something that we're just not spiritually mature enough to handle.
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That we're just not spiritually mature enough to handle. and as you continue to grow,
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Mature enough to handle. and as you continue to grow, then god will release
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And as you continue to grow, then god will release that thing for you.
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Then god will release that thing for you. but i prayed for my ministry
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That thing for you. but i prayed for my ministry to grow and be big a long time
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But i prayed for my ministry to grow and be big a long time before it got big.
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To grow and be big a long time before it got big. i'm a person who likes to do
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Before it got big. i'm a person who likes to do the best i can, the most i can.
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I'm a person who likes to do the best i can, the most i can. and if i was gonna do it,
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The best i can, the most i can. and if i was gonna do it, i wanted to reach as many
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And if i was gonna do it, i wanted to reach as many people as i possibly could.
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I wanted to reach as many people as i possibly could. and i had a passionate desire
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People as i possibly could. and i had a passionate desire to reach people all over
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And i had a passionate desire to reach people all over the world and to help people
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To reach people all over the world and to help people all over the world.
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The world and to help people all over the world. well, why would one woman,
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All over the world. well, why would one woman, from a place called fenton,
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Well, why would one woman, from a place called fenton, missouri, with no proper
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From a place called fenton, missouri, with no proper education, no money, and no one
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Missouri, with no proper education, no money, and no one to help her, think that she
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Education, no money, and no one to help her, think that she could reach the world?
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To help her, think that she could reach the world? well, god puts passion in you
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Could reach the world? well, god puts passion in you to do things and you
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Well, god puts passion in you to do things and you believe things that
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To do things and you believe things that don't make any sense.
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Believe things that don't make any sense. that's why if you want to really
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Don't make any sense. that's why if you want to really do something for god, you've
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That's why if you want to really do something for god, you've got to be willing to step out
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Do something for god, you've got to be willing to step out into the supernatural a little
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Got to be willing to step out into the supernatural a little bit and believe some things
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Into the supernatural a little bit and believe some things that don't make sense.
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Bit and believe some things that don't make sense. because everything
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That don't make sense. because everything that god tells you
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Because everything that god tells you to do is not reasonable.
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When god told abraham
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When god told abraham to leave his home and all that
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When god told abraham to leave his home and all that he knew and go to a place
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To leave his home and all that he knew and go to a place that he would show him,
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He knew and go to a place that he would show him, to me, that was unreasonable.
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That's why we don't need
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That's why we don't need to reason about
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That's why we don't need to reason about what god tells us.
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To reason about what god tells us. we just need to do what he tells
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What god tells us. we just need to do what he tells us to do and know that even
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We just need to do what he tells us to do and know that even if we don't understand it,
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Us to do and know that even if we don't understand it, he's got a good purpose in mind.
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If we don't understand it, he's got a good purpose in mind. when we pray for other
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He's got a good purpose in mind. when we pray for other people, it opens the door
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When we pray for other people, it opens the door for god to work.
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People, it opens the door for god to work. but you have to remember
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For god to work. but you have to remember that they have free will
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But you have to remember that they have free will and god won't take away
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That they have free will and god won't take away their free will in order
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And god won't take away their free will in order to answer your prayer.
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Their free will in order to answer your prayer. you pray for somebody,
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To answer your prayer. you pray for somebody, and god will deal with them,
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You pray for somebody, and god will deal with them, i believe.
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And god will deal with them, i believe. and it gives them an opportunity
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I believe. and it gives them an opportunity to listen to god.
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And it gives them an opportunity to listen to god. so, praying for other
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To listen to god. so, praying for other people is very important.
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So, praying for other people is very important. but when you say,
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People is very important. but when you say, "well, i prayed for so and so,
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But when you say, "well, i prayed for so and so, and so and so, and god
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"well, i prayed for so and so, and so and so, and god didn't answer my prayer."
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And so and so, and god didn't answer my prayer." no, you did what
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Didn't answer my prayer." no, you did what god told you to do.
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No, you did what god told you to do. now, the rest is up to whoever
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God told you to do. now, the rest is up to whoever you prayed for and god.
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Now, the rest is up to whoever you prayed for and god. we have to realize that we pray
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You prayed for and god. we have to realize that we pray for what we want, but what
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We have to realize that we pray for what we want, but what we want may not be the best
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For what we want, but what we want may not be the best thing for us.
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We want may not be the best thing for us. ask for anything you want,
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Thing for us. ask for anything you want, but be satisfied with
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Ask for anything you want, but be satisfied with what god gives you.
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But be satisfied with what god gives you. oh, that's such
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What god gives you. oh, that's such a good statement.
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Oh, that's such a good statement. ask for anything you want,
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A good statement. ask for anything you want, but be satisfied with
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Ask for anything you want, but be satisfied with what god gives you.
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But be satisfied with what god gives you. when we do things right,
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What god gives you. when we do things right, while it hurts,
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When we do things right, while it hurts, we're growing spiritually.
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While it hurts, we're growing spiritually. when you do something hard that
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We're growing spiritually. when you do something hard that hurts and it doesn't really
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When you do something hard that hurts and it doesn't really bother you, it's because you've
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Hurts and it doesn't really bother you, it's because you've already grown spiritually.
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Bother you, it's because you've already grown spiritually. spiritual growth without some
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Already grown spiritually. spiritual growth without some kind of pain is not possible.
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Spiritual growth without some kind of pain is not possible. always walk humbly with god.
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Kind of pain is not possible. always walk humbly with god. don't ever let yourself think
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Always walk humbly with god. don't ever let yourself think more highly of yourself
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Don't ever let yourself think more highly of yourself than you should.
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More highly of yourself than you should. god says, "humble yourself
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Than you should. god says, "humble yourself under the mighty hand of god,
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God says, "humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, and in due time he will
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Under the mighty hand of god, and in due time he will exalt you."
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And in due time he will exalt you." but you know what?
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Exalt you." but you know what? if you don't humble yourself,
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But you know what? if you don't humble yourself, he will be glad
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If you don't humble yourself, he will be glad to do it for you.
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He will be glad to do it for you. and it's gonna hurt a lot worse
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To do it for you. and it's gonna hurt a lot worse if he has to do it.
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And it's gonna hurt a lot worse if he has to do it. now, you know what?
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If he has to do it. now, you know what? i've just given you some
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Now, you know what? i've just given you some things to think about today.
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I've just given you some things to think about today. so, whatever i said,
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Things to think about today. so, whatever i said, that kinda hit you, you take
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So, whatever i said, that kinda hit you, you take that and study it further.
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That kinda hit you, you take that and study it further. and always know that god
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That and study it further. and always know that god loves you and that he has
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And always know that god loves you and that he has a good plan for your life
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Loves you and that he has a good plan for your life and that you are a very
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A good plan for your life and that you are a very special person.
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And that you are a very special person. god bless you.
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>> announcer: 2025
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>> announcer: 2025 is almost history.
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Is almost history. are you ready to turn
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Are you ready to turn the page and start fresh?
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The page and start fresh? or is the past holding you back?
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Or is the past holding you back? whatever your goals,
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Whatever your goals, dare to believe that you can
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Dare to believe that you can do all things through christ
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Do all things through christ and a little organization.
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And a little organization.
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> ginger: a new year
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> ginger: a new year is a great time
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Is a great time to start fresh.
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To start fresh. that's why resolutions
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That's why resolutions are so popular.
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Are so popular. but it's hard to reach
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But it's hard to reach any of our goals
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Any of our goals without a plan in place.
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Without a plan in place. so, get organized and focus
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Pages at the beginning of each month will
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Joycemeyer.org. >> joyce: be bolder
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>> joyce: be bolder in your prayers
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In your prayers than you ever
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Start making plans for the promises
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For the promises that are on your way.
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That are on your way. >> ginger: ground
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>> ginger: ground yourself in god's
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Yourself in god's word and prayer.
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Then do your part and plan for the best.
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The next year. and keep track
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To provide food and medical care
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And medical care to those in need.
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To those in need. >> announcer: call us
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>> joyce: every day
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>> joyce: every day is a brand-new opportunity,
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Is a brand-new opportunity, a fresh start.
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A fresh start. and while we can't always
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And while we can't always control what happens around us,
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Control what happens around us, we can choose
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We can choose how we respond to it.
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How we respond to it. "beginning your day
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"beginning your day god's way" is a 365-day
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God's way" is a 365-day devotional to help you start
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Devotional to help you start your mornings with the truth
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Your mornings with the truth of god's word.
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Of god's word. when you begin your day rooted
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When you begin your day rooted in scripture, something
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In scripture, something powerful happens.
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Powerful happens. your thoughts
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Your thoughts start to change,
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Start to change, your emotions come
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Your emotions come into balance.
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Into balance. you begin
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You begin to respond to life,
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To respond to life, not just react
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Not just react to it.
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To it. and you'll find
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And you'll find yourself walking
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Yourself walking in more peace,
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In more peace, wisdom, and joy no matter
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Wisdom, and joy no matter what comes your way.
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What comes your way. each devotional includes
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Each devotional includes a scripture, a prayer,
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A scripture, a prayer, and a word
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And a word of encouragement
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Of encouragement to help you stay
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To help you stay focused on god's love
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Focused on god's love and direction
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And direction for your life.
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For your life. so, don't just get
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So, don't just get through your day;
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Through your day; live it on purpose.
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Live it on purpose. begin your day god's way
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Begin your day god's way and watch how everything
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And watch how everything else begins to fall into place.
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Else begins to fall into place.
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>> announcer: "beginning
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>> announcer: "beginning your day god's way,"
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Your day god's way," new from joyce meyer,
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>> ginger: real life.
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>> ginger: real life. real friends.
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Real friends. no pretense.
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No pretense. joyce meyer's
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Joyce meyer's talk it out podcast.
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Talk it out podcast. join joyce, erin cluley,
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Join joyce, erin cluley, and me, ginger stache,
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And me, ginger stache, along with some amazing friends,
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Along with some amazing friends, as we honestly share
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As we honestly share the hard stuff,
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The hard stuff, laugh through those
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Laugh through those unpredictable moments,
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Unpredictable moments, and learn to apply what
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And learn to apply what god says about it all.
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God says about it all. watch or listen to new
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Watch or listen to new episodes every other tuesday,
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Episodes every other tuesday, wherever you get your podcast.
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>> [music]
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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.
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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 - The Most Important Things I Have Learned in My Life (Part 3)

December 4, 2025 | 29:29

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