Joyce Meyer - Philippians (Part 1)

March 24, 2025 | S25:E18

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - Philippians (Part 1) | March 24, 2025
  • >> joyce: we can't live
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  • >> joyce: we can't live by our feelings.
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  • >> joyce: we can't live by our feelings. god gives us the power
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  • By our feelings. god gives us the power of the holy spirit to help
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  • God gives us the power of the holy spirit to help us live beyond our feelings.
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  • Of the holy spirit to help us live beyond our feelings. we know that we're more
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  • Us live beyond our feelings. we know that we're more than our feelings.
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  • >> joyce: i'm joyce meyer,
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  • >> joyce: i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal
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  • >> joyce: i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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  • >> ginger: hi everyone! joyce is on her way.
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  • >> joyce: philippians chapter 4.
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  • >> joyce: philippians chapter 4. i've already done the first
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  • >> joyce: philippians chapter 4. i've already done the first three chapters of philippians
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  • I've already done the first three chapters of philippians in a conference two weeks
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  • Three chapters of philippians in a conference two weeks ago and i'm gonna finish
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  • In a conference two weeks ago and i'm gonna finish it up here this afternoon.
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  • Ago and i'm gonna finish it up here this afternoon. however, you're not gonna feel
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  • It up here this afternoon. however, you're not gonna feel like you missed a bunch of
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  • However, you're not gonna feel like you missed a bunch of things because everything that
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  • Paul says really is a whole
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  • Paul says really is a whole sermon in itself.
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  • Paul says really is a whole sermon in itself. and, i want to repeat what
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  • Sermon in itself. and, i want to repeat what i've said previously that i'm
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  • And, i want to repeat what i've said previously that i'm trying to encourage people
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  • I've said previously that i'm trying to encourage people to study the bible rather
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  • Trying to encourage people to study the bible rather than just read the bible.
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  • To study the bible rather than just read the bible. and, you understand there
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  • Than just read the bible. and, you understand there is a difference, right?
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  • And, you understand there is a difference, right? like, here's an example,
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  • Is a difference, right? like, here's an example, in romans chapter 12,
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  • Like, here's an example, in romans chapter 12, one chapter of the bible,
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  • In romans chapter 12, one chapter of the bible, there are 12 different
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  • One chapter of the bible, there are 12 different powerful lessons.
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  • There are 12 different powerful lessons. but, you would never
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  • Powerful lessons. but, you would never recognize that if you
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  • But, you would never recognize that if you didn't take the time.
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  • Recognize that if you didn't take the time. something that you can do
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  • Didn't take the time. something that you can do just, as a quick way to study,
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  • Something that you can do just, as a quick way to study, is when you read a chapter
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  • Just, as a quick way to study, is when you read a chapter of the bible, try to write
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  • Is when you read a chapter of the bible, try to write down what the different
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  • Of the bible, try to write down what the different things mean to you,
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  • Down what the different things mean to you, or what you got out of it.
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  • Things mean to you, or what you got out of it. sometimes you gotta just,
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  • Or what you got out of it. sometimes you gotta just, you gotta think a little bit
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  • Sometimes you gotta just, you gotta think a little bit when you read too.
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  • You gotta think a little bit when you read too. and sometimes, when i read
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  • When you read too. and sometimes, when i read a chapter and i think, "now,
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  • And sometimes, when i read a chapter and i think, "now, what did i get out of that?"
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  • A chapter and i think, "now, what did i get out of that?" if i can't think of anything,
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  • What did i get out of that?" if i can't think of anything, i go back and read it again,
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  • If i can't think of anything, i go back and read it again, because there's something
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  • I go back and read it again, because there's something in there for me and i don't want
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  • Because there's something in there for me and i don't want to miss it and just think that
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  • In there for me and i don't want to miss it and just think that i've done my, "due diligence,"
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  • To miss it and just think that i've done my, "due diligence," because i can get my check
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  • I've done my, "due diligence," because i can get my check mark on my, "i read my bible
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  • Because i can get my check mark on my, "i read my bible today," calendar.
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  • Mark on my, "i read my bible today," calendar. we don't read the bible for
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  • Today," calendar. we don't read the bible for god, he already knows it.
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  • We don't read the bible for god, he already knows it. he's the one who inspired men
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  • God, he already knows it. he's the one who inspired men to write it, so...
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  • He's the one who inspired men to write it, so... it's letters written to us
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  • To write it, so... it's letters written to us about how to live and how not
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  • It's letters written to us about how to live and how not to live, that if we obey them,
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  • About how to live and how not to live, that if we obey them, we're gonna have really,
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  • To live, that if we obey them, we're gonna have really, really good lives.
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  • We're gonna have really, really good lives. and sometimes, people think
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  • Really good lives. and sometimes, people think about how hard this is and how
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  • And sometimes, people think about how hard this is and how hard that is.
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  • About how hard this is and how hard that is. and, you know, really,
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  • Hard that is. and, you know, really, sin is what's hard.
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  • And, you know, really, sin is what's hard. living a life that's just full
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  • Sin is what's hard. living a life that's just full of the results of sin
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  • Living a life that's just full of the results of sin is what's hard.
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  • Of the results of sin is what's hard. living for god is not hard.
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  • Is what's hard. living for god is not hard. come on, act like you agree.
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  • Living for god is not hard. come on, act like you agree. >> [audience applauding]
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  • Come on, act like you agree. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: 'cause if you don't
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: 'cause if you don't agree, then i got to stay
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  • >> joyce: 'cause if you don't agree, then i got to stay on that point, and i can't
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  • Agree, then i got to stay on that point, and i can't go on to the next one.
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  • On that point, and i can't go on to the next one. >> [audience laughing]
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  • Go on to the next one. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: so, it's really
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: so, it's really important--god would rather
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  • >> joyce: so, it's really important--god would rather that you study three verses
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  • Important--god would rather that you study three verses and get something out of it,
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  • That you study three verses and get something out of it, than honestly, if you read
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  • And get something out of it, than honestly, if you read five whole, complete books
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  • Than honestly, if you read five whole, complete books of the bible in one day.
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  • Five whole, complete books of the bible in one day. let's quit trying to impress
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  • Of the bible in one day. let's quit trying to impress ourselves with how much we
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  • Let's quit trying to impress ourselves with how much we read, did you hear me?
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  • Ourselves with how much we read, did you hear me? yes, we like to impress
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  • Read, did you hear me? yes, we like to impress ourselves.
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  • Yes, we like to impress ourselves. let's stop trying to impress
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  • Ourselves. let's stop trying to impress ourselves with how much
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  • Let's stop trying to impress ourselves with how much we read and let's learn
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  • Ourselves with how much we read and let's learn something.
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  • We read and let's learn something. make sure that every time you
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  • Something. make sure that every time you read the bible that when you're
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  • Make sure that every time you read the bible that when you're done you can at least be clear
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  • Read the bible that when you're done you can at least be clear about one thing that you learned
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  • Done you can at least be clear about one thing that you learned and got out of that.
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  • About one thing that you learned and got out of that. and then, maybe, meditate
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  • And got out of that. and then, maybe, meditate on it that day.
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  • And then, maybe, meditate on it that day. so, philippians chapter 4.
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  • On it that day. so, philippians chapter 4. the epistle of philippians is
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  • So, philippians chapter 4. the epistle of philippians is called, "the epistle of joy,"
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  • The epistle of philippians is called, "the epistle of joy," because 19 times in
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  • Called, "the epistle of joy," because 19 times in philippians paul tells people
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  • Because 19 times in philippians paul tells people to rejoice.
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  • Philippians paul tells people to rejoice. and, it obviously, has something
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  • To rejoice. and, it obviously, has something to do with our thoughts
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  • And, it obviously, has something to do with our thoughts because 16 times in philippians,
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  • To do with our thoughts because 16 times in philippians, he says things about our mind
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  • Because 16 times in philippians, he says things about our mind or our thoughts.
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  • He says things about our mind or our thoughts. how many of you would agree
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  • Or our thoughts. how many of you would agree that your thinking has a lot
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  • How many of you would agree that your thinking has a lot to do with your level of joy?
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  • That your thinking has a lot to do with your level of joy? >> [audience applauding]
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  • To do with your level of joy? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen, so,
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen, so, we're never gonna have the
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  • >> joyce: amen, so, we're never gonna have the life that jesus died for us to
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  • We're never gonna have the life that jesus died for us to have if our mind is not renewed,
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  • Life that jesus died for us to have if our mind is not renewed, pretty much continually,
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  • Have if our mind is not renewed, pretty much continually, by the word of god.
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  • Pretty much continually, by the word of god. you don't even have to try
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  • By the word of god. you don't even have to try to have stinkin' thinkin'.
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  • You don't even have to try to have stinkin' thinkin'. it just kinda creeps up on you,
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  • To have stinkin' thinkin'. it just kinda creeps up on you, unless you--no matter how long--
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  • I mean, i've been walking with
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  • I mean, i've been walking with god a long, long time,
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  • I mean, i've been walking with god a long, long time, and i'll tell you, i'll have
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  • God a long, long time, and i'll tell you, i'll have times when, just for two
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  • And i'll tell you, i'll have times when, just for two or three days at a time,
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  • Times when, just for two or three days at a time, the devil will just be coming
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  • Or three days at a time, the devil will just be coming against my mind and coming
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  • The devil will just be coming against my mind and coming against my mind.
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  • Against my mind and coming against my mind. and, sometimes, you think, "am
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  • Against my mind. and, sometimes, you think, "am i nuts?"
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  • And, sometimes, you think, "am i nuts?" you know, it's like, what--
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  • I nuts?" you know, it's like, what-- and, you have to just stand
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  • You know, it's like, what-- and, you have to just stand and resist.
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  • And, you have to just stand and resist. and then, pretty soon he'll
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  • And resist. and then, pretty soon he'll go away and you might not have
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  • And then, pretty soon he'll go away and you might not have a problem with that for a long
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  • Go away and you might not have a problem with that for a long time again.
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  • A problem with that for a long time again. so, paul writes to the
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  • Time again. so, paul writes to the philippians, and you know,
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  • So, paul writes to the philippians, and you know, paul really, really, really
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  • Philippians, and you know, paul really, really, really loved the people that
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  • Paul really, really, really loved the people that he ministered to.
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  • Loved the people that he ministered to. that's one of the things that
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  • I've realized by studying
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  • I've realized by studying these epistles, and writing
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  • I've realized by studying these epistles, and writing the commentaries, and teaching
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  • These epistles, and writing the commentaries, and teaching these books of the bible
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  • The commentaries, and teaching these books of the bible in meetings is that paul wasn't
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  • These books of the bible in meetings is that paul wasn't just--he wasn't just preaching
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  • In meetings is that paul wasn't just--he wasn't just preaching because god had called
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  • Just--he wasn't just preaching because god had called him to do it and it was
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  • Because god had called him to do it and it was his mission in life.
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  • Him to do it and it was his mission in life. i mean, he really, really loved
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  • His mission in life. i mean, he really, really loved and cared for these people.
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  • I mean, he really, really loved and cared for these people. and, let me just remind you
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  • And cared for these people. and, let me just remind you that if you have a spiritual
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  • And, let me just remind you that if you have a spiritual leader in your life that really,
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  • That if you have a spiritual leader in your life that really, really cares about you,
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  • Leader in your life that really, really cares about you, you should thank god
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  • Really cares about you, you should thank god because that is a very
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  • You should thank god because that is a very valuable thing to have.
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  • Because that is a very valuable thing to have. amen?
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  • Valuable thing to have. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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  • Amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: pray for your
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: pray for your spiritual leaders.
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  • >> joyce: pray for your spiritual leaders. they need prayer more than
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  • Spiritual leaders. they need prayer more than they need anything else.
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  • They need prayer more than they need anything else. don't just show up on sunday
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  • They need anything else. don't just show up on sunday waitin' to see what they're
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  • Don't just show up on sunday waitin' to see what they're gonna do for you.
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  • Waitin' to see what they're gonna do for you. come on, well, if you're
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  • Gonna do for you. come on, well, if you're a pastor here, today,
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  • Come on, well, if you're a pastor here, today, you appreciate what i'm saying,
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  • A pastor here, today, you appreciate what i'm saying, even if nobody else does.
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  • >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: so, philippians 4:1-3,
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: so, philippians 4:1-3, "therefore, my brothers,
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  • >> joyce: so, philippians 4:1-3, "therefore, my brothers, whom i love and long for--"
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  • "therefore, my brothers, whom i love and long for--" see that?
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  • Whom i love and long for--" see that? "whom i love and long for."
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  • See that? "whom i love and long for." he's writing them a letter
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  • "whom i love and long for." he's writing them a letter because he hasn't seen 'em for
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  • He's writing them a letter because he hasn't seen 'em for a while and he's telling 'em,
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  • Because he hasn't seen 'em for a while and he's telling 'em, "look, i really miss you."
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  • A while and he's telling 'em, "look, i really miss you." "my joy and my crown,"
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  • "look, i really miss you." "my joy and my crown," he calls 'em.
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  • "my joy and my crown," he calls 'em. "stand firm thus in the lord,
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  • He calls 'em. "stand firm thus in the lord, my beloved."
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  • "stand firm thus in the lord, my beloved." paul's a great encourager.
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  • You know, we need a lot
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  • You know, we need a lot of encouragement.
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  • You know, we need a lot of encouragement. have any of you realized that?
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  • Of encouragement. have any of you realized that? that we need a lot
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  • Have any of you realized that? that we need a lot of encouragement.
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  • That's a mission for all of us.
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  • That's a mission for all of us. every single one of you
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  • That's a mission for all of us. every single one of you have the ability to change
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  • Every single one of you have the ability to change somebody else's day just
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  • Have the ability to change somebody else's day just by encouraging them.
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  • Somebody else's day just by encouraging them. don't just think about what
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  • By encouraging them. don't just think about what you need people to do for you,
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  • Don't just think about what you need people to do for you, start giving away what you want,
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  • You need people to do for you, start giving away what you want, and then a harvest of it will
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  • Start giving away what you want, and then a harvest of it will come back to you.
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  • And then a harvest of it will come back to you. i would say that i was not,
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  • Come back to you. i would say that i was not, in the beginning, a natural
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  • I would say that i was not, in the beginning, a natural encourager.
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  • In the beginning, a natural encourager. so, some people have the gift
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  • Encourager. so, some people have the gift of encouragement.
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  • So, some people have the gift of encouragement. i mean, mike shepard's
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  • Of encouragement. i mean, mike shepard's like that.
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  • I mean, mike shepard's like that. you get around mike and you're
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  • Like that. you get around mike and you're gonna get encouraged,
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  • You get around mike and you're gonna get encouraged, that's just all there is to it.
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  • Gonna get encouraged, that's just all there is to it. encouragement is such
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  • That's just all there is to it. encouragement is such a great gift to give to people.
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  • Encouragement is such a great gift to give to people. are you listening to me?
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  • A great gift to give to people. are you listening to me? >> [audience applauding]
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  • Are you listening to me? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: just encouraging
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: just encouraging people.
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  • >> joyce: just encouraging people. "hey, you look nice today.
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  • People. "hey, you look nice today. that color looks great
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  • "hey, you look nice today. that color looks great on you."
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  • That color looks great on you." "i appreciate everything that
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  • On you." "i appreciate everything that you do in my life."
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  • "i appreciate everything that you do in my life." amen?
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  • You do in my life." amen? and come on, if we've got any
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  • Amen? and come on, if we've got any teenagers here, you need
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  • And come on, if we've got any teenagers here, you need to start appreciating your
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  • Teenagers here, you need to start appreciating your parents and not just,
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  • To start appreciating your parents and not just, you know, thinking they don't
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  • Parents and not just, you know, thinking they don't have any sense because they're
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  • You know, thinking they don't have any sense because they're old or something, you know?
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  • Have any sense because they're old or something, you know? it's amazing how young people
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  • Old or something, you know? it's amazing how young people think they know everything and
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  • It's amazing how young people think they know everything and they don't know that they
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  • Think they know everything and they don't know that they don't know anything.
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  • They don't know that they don't know anything. >> [audience laughing]
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  • Don't know anything. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how many of you
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how many of you realize that when you're
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  • >> joyce: how many of you realize that when you're about 40 or 50, you finally,
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  • Realize that when you're about 40 or 50, you finally, realize, "you know what?
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  • About 40 or 50, you finally, realize, "you know what? i'm not half as smart as i
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  • Realize, "you know what? i'm not half as smart as i thought i was all these years."
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  • I'm not half as smart as i thought i was all these years." >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> joyce: and, until you realize
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  • >> joyce: and, until you realize you don't know everything,
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  • >> joyce: and, until you realize you don't know everything, you can't begin to learn
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  • You don't know everything, you can't begin to learn anything.
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  • You can't begin to learn anything. "i entreat euodia and i and
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  • Anything. "i entreat euodia and i and entreat syntyche--"
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  • "i entreat euodia and i and entreat syntyche--" well, we had to get the phone
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  • Entreat syntyche--" well, we had to get the phone to tell us how to say that.
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  • Well, we had to get the phone to tell us how to say that. >> [audience laughing]
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  • To tell us how to say that. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: some of these apps
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: some of these apps today, are good.
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  • >> joyce: some of these apps today, are good. i told mike, i said, "i'm gonna
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  • Today, are good. i told mike, i said, "i'm gonna butcher that so you need
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  • I told mike, i said, "i'm gonna butcher that so you need to look--you know."
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  • Butcher that so you need to look--you know." so, you got these little apps
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  • To look--you know." so, you got these little apps that they'll pronounce
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  • So, you got these little apps that they'll pronounce it for you.
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  • That they'll pronounce it for you. there's an--i mean, i've
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  • It for you. there's an--i mean, i've called this lady everything
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  • There's an--i mean, i've called this lady everything imaginable over the years.
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  • Called this lady everything imaginable over the years. >> [audience laughing]
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  • Imaginable over the years. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but, today,
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but, today, i got it right, syntyche.
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  • >> joyce: but, today, i got it right, syntyche. he said, "i entreat you,"
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  • I got it right, syntyche. he said, "i entreat you," or "i beg you," is what
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  • He said, "i entreat you," or "i beg you," is what he's really saying.
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  • Or "i beg you," is what he's really saying. "to agree in the lord.
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  • He's really saying. "to agree in the lord. yes, i ask you also, true
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  • "to agree in the lord. yes, i ask you also, true companion, help these women,
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  • Yes, i ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side
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  • Companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together
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  • Who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with clement and the rest
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  • With me in the gospel together with clement and the rest of my fellow workers."
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  • With clement and the rest of my fellow workers." now, in case you missed it,
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  • Of my fellow workers." now, in case you missed it, here's two, "women..."
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  • >> [audience applauding]
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: that are ministering
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: that are ministering side-by-side with, none other,
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  • >> joyce: that are ministering side-by-side with, none other, than the apostle paul.
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  • Side-by-side with, none other, than the apostle paul. amen.
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  • Than the apostle paul. amen. there were women who traveled
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  • Amen. there were women who traveled with jesus and ministered
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  • There were women who traveled with jesus and ministered to him, and with him,
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  • With jesus and ministered to him, and with him, and supported his ministry.
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  • To him, and with him, and supported his ministry. women.
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  • And supported his ministry. women. >> [audience cheering]
  • 00:10:02.781 --> 00:10:06.551
  • >> joyce: i just won't go any
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  • >> joyce: i just won't go any further.
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  • >> joyce: i just won't go any further. >> [audience laughing]
  • 00:10:13.058 --> 00:10:16.494
  • >> joyce: well, i might say
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  • >> joyce: well, i might say one more thing.
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  • >> joyce: well, i might say one more thing. >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> joyce: i tell ya, all the
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  • >> joyce: i tell ya, all the people out there who want
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  • >> joyce: i tell ya, all the people out there who want to try to say that women
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  • People out there who want to try to say that women shouldn't be in ministry--
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  • To try to say that women shouldn't be in ministry-- you oughta to see what a mess
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  • Shouldn't be in ministry-- you oughta to see what a mess the church would be if women
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  • You oughta to see what a mess the church would be if women didn't do a lot of the work.
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  • The church would be if women didn't do a lot of the work. >> [audience applauding]
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  • >> joyce: now, i'll go on.
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  • >> joyce: now, i'll go on. >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> joyce: now, i'll go on. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: alright, let's do
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: alright, let's do some explaining about those
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  • >> joyce: alright, let's do some explaining about those first three verses.
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  • Some explaining about those first three verses. paul began by telling the people
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  • First three verses. paul began by telling the people they are his joy and his crown.
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  • Paul began by telling the people they are his joy and his crown. what did he mean by that?
  • 00:10:54.532 --> 00:10:55.967
  • They are his joy and his crown. what did he mean by that? he's like, "look, i have
  • 00:10:56.034 --> 00:10:57.569
  • What did he mean by that? he's like, "look, i have labored in the lord and to see
  • 00:10:57.635 --> 00:11:00.672
  • He's like, "look, i have labored in the lord and to see you walking mature in the lord
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  • Labored in the lord and to see you walking mature in the lord and doing what you should be,
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  • You walking mature in the lord and doing what you should be, that's my joy and my crown."
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  • And doing what you should be, that's my joy and my crown." and, i mean,
  • 00:11:11.716 --> 00:11:12.917
  • That's my joy and my crown." and, i mean, that's exactly right.
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  • And, i mean, that's exactly right. you just--it means so much.
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  • That's exactly right. you just--it means so much. and, i can see it on people's
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  • You just--it means so much. and, i can see it on people's faces, sometimes.
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  • And, i can see it on people's faces, sometimes. i love to be up here and watch
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  • Faces, sometimes. i love to be up here and watch people get a revelation.
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  • I love to be up here and watch people get a revelation. and, you can see it sometimes
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  • People get a revelation. and, you can see it sometimes on people, they're just like...
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  • And, you can see it sometimes on people, they're just like... >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> joyce: isn't it wonderful
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  • >> joyce: isn't it wonderful that people's hearts and minds
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  • >> joyce: isn't it wonderful that people's hearts and minds can be changed through
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  • That people's hearts and minds can be changed through anointed words from god?
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  • >> [audience applauding]
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: when the people
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: when the people behaved in a mature way it
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  • >> joyce: when the people behaved in a mature way it greatly pleased paul because
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  • Behaved in a mature way it greatly pleased paul because he had a deep affection and
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  • Greatly pleased paul because he had a deep affection and a love for the people that
  • 00:11:49.821 --> 00:11:51.723
  • He had a deep affection and a love for the people that was truly amazing.
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  • A love for the people that was truly amazing. and, then, paul exhorts the
  • 00:11:54.626 --> 00:11:55.760
  • Was truly amazing. and, then, paul exhorts the people again, as he frequently
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  • And, then, paul exhorts the people again, as he frequently did, to be steadfast and to live
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  • People again, as he frequently did, to be steadfast and to live in unity, to get along.
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  • Did, to be steadfast and to live in unity, to get along. the word steadfast means
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  • In unity, to get along. the word steadfast means dependable.
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  • The word steadfast means dependable. let's do a little self-check
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  • Dependable. let's do a little self-check here.
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  • Let's do a little self-check here. dependable, do you do what you
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  • Here. dependable, do you do what you say you're gonna do?
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  • Dependable, do you do what you say you're gonna do? even, simple, little things
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  • Say you're gonna do? even, simple, little things like, "i'll call you tomorrow."
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  • Even, simple, little things like, "i'll call you tomorrow." >> [woman laughing]
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  • Like, "i'll call you tomorrow." >> [woman laughing] >> [joyce fake laughing]
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  • >> [woman laughing] >> [joyce fake laughing] >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> [joyce fake laughing] >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, that's says it
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, that's says it all, doesn't it?
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  • >> joyce: well, that's says it all, doesn't it? >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> joyce: i've been doing some
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  • >> joyce: i've been doing some teaching on excellence.
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  • >> joyce: i've been doing some teaching on excellence. and, boy, god's called
  • 00:12:39.604 --> 00:12:42.106
  • Teaching on excellence. and, boy, god's called us to be excellent.
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  • And, boy, god's called us to be excellent. we need to start by just doing
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  • Us to be excellent. we need to start by just doing what we tell people we're
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  • We need to start by just doing what we tell people we're gonna do.
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  • What we tell people we're gonna do. amen?
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  • Gonna do. amen? just doin' what we tell people
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  • Amen? just doin' what we tell people that we're gonna do.
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  • Just doin' what we tell people that we're gonna do. and, if you tell somebody,
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  • That we're gonna do. and, if you tell somebody, "i'm gonna call you back
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  • And, if you tell somebody, "i'm gonna call you back tomorrow."
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  • "i'm gonna call you back tomorrow." then, you need to call 'em
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  • Tomorrow." then, you need to call 'em tomorrow.
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  • Then, you need to call 'em tomorrow. or, if you don't have the
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  • Tomorrow. or, if you don't have the answer you need by tomorrow
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  • Or, if you don't have the answer you need by tomorrow at least text 'em or call 'em
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  • Answer you need by tomorrow at least text 'em or call 'em and say, "it's gonna be a few
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  • At least text 'em or call 'em and say, "it's gonna be a few days before i get back to you.
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  • And say, "it's gonna be a few days before i get back to you. i still don't have the right
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  • Days before i get back to you. i still don't have the right information."
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  • I still don't have the right information." let's communicate.
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  • Information." let's communicate. do you know how much
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  • Let's communicate. do you know how much trouble it saves if you
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  • Do you know how much trouble it saves if you just communicate?
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  • Trouble it saves if you just communicate? we can't read your mind.
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  • Just communicate? we can't read your mind. be dependable, be constant, be
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  • We can't read your mind. be dependable, be constant, be unwavering, a continuousness
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  • Be dependable, be constant, be unwavering, a continuousness in an undeviating consistency.
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  • Unwavering, a continuousness in an undeviating consistency. you know what we need?
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  • In an undeviating consistency. you know what we need? really--
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  • You know what we need? really-- people really need to see
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  • Really-- people really need to see consistency out of christians.
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  • People really need to see consistency out of christians. you know, when i was growing
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  • Consistency out of christians. you know, when i was growing up, i never had anything
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  • You know, when i was growing up, i never had anything consistent except consistent
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  • Up, i never had anything consistent except consistent strife in my house.
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  • Consistent except consistent strife in my house. and, people that were emotional
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  • Strife in my house. and, people that were emotional and angry and scream--
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  • And, people that were emotional and angry and scream-- you know, it was just--
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  • And angry and scream-- you know, it was just-- i mean, it was a nightmare.
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  • You know, it was just-- i mean, it was a nightmare. i mean, i lived
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  • I mean, it was a nightmare. i mean, i lived in a nightmare house.
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  • I mean, i lived in a nightmare house. and, my dad was abusive
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  • In a nightmare house. and, my dad was abusive and my mother was afraid of him.
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  • And, my dad was abusive and my mother was afraid of him. and, she ended up with some
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  • And my mother was afraid of him. and, she ended up with some mental issues, and you know,
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  • And, she ended up with some mental issues, and you know, just craziness, just craziness.
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  • Mental issues, and you know, just craziness, just craziness. and so, i never was around
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  • Just craziness, just craziness. and so, i never was around stability and then, i married
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  • And so, i never was around stability and then, i married the first guy that came along.
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  • Stability and then, i married the first guy that came along. and, he was wacky and that was
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  • The first guy that came along. and, he was wacky and that was another five-year nightmare.
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  • And so, by the time, dave took
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  • And so, by the time, dave took pity on me and married me--
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  • And so, by the time, dave took pity on me and married me-- >> [audience laughing]
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  • Pity on me and married me-- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know,
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know, dave and i had five dates
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  • >> joyce: you know, dave and i had five dates and got married.
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  • Dave and i had five dates and got married. and, i always say that if he
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  • And got married. and, i always say that if he wouldn't have married me fast,
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  • And, i always say that if he wouldn't have married me fast, he had to do it before he knew
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  • Wouldn't have married me fast, he had to do it before he knew what he was getting into.
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  • He had to do it before he knew what he was getting into. >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> joyce: 'cause, i mean,
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  • >> joyce: 'cause, i mean, i admit it.
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  • >> joyce: 'cause, i mean, i admit it. i had some problems.
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  • I admit it. i had some problems. and, but he had prayed that
  • 00:14:57.008 --> 00:14:59.110
  • I had some problems. and, but he had prayed that god would give him a wife
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  • And, but he had prayed that god would give him a wife and he said, "make it somebody
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  • God would give him a wife and he said, "make it somebody that needs help."
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  • And he said, "make it somebody that needs help." you better be careful how you
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  • That needs help." you better be careful how you pray, so--
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  • You better be careful how you pray, so-- >> [audience laughing]
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  • Pray, so-- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but now,
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but now, it's worth it.
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  • >> joyce: but now, it's worth it. he has a fine wife, who--
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  • It's worth it. he has a fine wife, who-- >> [audience cheering]
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  • >> joyce: he had to pay
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  • >> joyce: he had to pay the price, but he got a harvest.
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  • >> joyce: he had to pay the price, but he got a harvest. >> [audience laughing]
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  • The price, but he got a harvest. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and so, but dave was
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and so, but dave was the first consistent person
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  • >> joyce: and so, but dave was the first consistent person i had ever seen.
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  • The first consistent person i had ever seen. and, he was so consistent.
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  • I had ever seen. and, he was so consistent. he was consistently kind
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  • And, he was so consistent. he was consistently kind and loving, and consistently,
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  • He was consistently kind and loving, and consistently, always in a good mood,
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  • And loving, and consistently, always in a good mood, and always positive.
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  • Always in a good mood, and always positive. and, after being married
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  • And always positive. and, after being married to him 52 years, i can--
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  • And, after being married to him 52 years, i can-- >> [audience applauding]
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  • To him 52 years, i can-- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: there's only been
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: there's only been two times that i can ever
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  • >> joyce: there's only been two times that i can ever remember dave saying
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  • Two times that i can ever remember dave saying he didn't like somebody.
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  • Remember dave saying he didn't like somebody. and, one of them ended up
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  • He didn't like somebody. and, one of them ended up becoming a good friend.
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  • And, one of them ended up becoming a good friend. >> [audience laughing]
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  • Becoming a good friend. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: he's positive.
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: he's positive. he's peaceful.
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  • >> joyce: he's positive. he's peaceful. you know, some of it is his
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  • He's peaceful. you know, some of it is his personality.
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  • You know, some of it is his personality. he's an easygoing guy,
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  • Personality. he's an easygoing guy, but a lot of it is just
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  • He's an easygoing guy, but a lot of it is just spiritual maturity.
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  • But a lot of it is just spiritual maturity. that's what spiritually mature
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  • Spiritual maturity. that's what spiritually mature people are supposed
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  • That's what spiritually mature people are supposed to be like, hello?
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  • People are supposed to be like, hello? >> [audience applauding]
  • 00:16:27.031 --> 00:16:27.865
  • To be like, hello? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we're not supposed
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we're not supposed to be one way at church and
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  • >> joyce: we're not supposed to be one way at church and another whole different way
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  • To be one way at church and another whole different way at home behind closed doors.
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  • Another whole different way at home behind closed doors. and even, when i wasn't
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  • At home behind closed doors. and even, when i wasn't consistent, dave was.
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  • And even, when i wasn't consistent, dave was. and, i could just act bad and
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  • Consistent, dave was. and, i could just act bad and he would still show me love.
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  • And, i could just act bad and he would still show me love. well, i believed in god.
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  • He would still show me love. well, i believed in god. i mean, i really truly loved
  • 00:16:51.622 --> 00:16:52.824
  • Well, i believed in god. i mean, i really truly loved god, but i was so wounded
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  • I mean, i really truly loved god, but i was so wounded in my soul that i just couldn't
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  • God, but i was so wounded in my soul that i just couldn't act right.
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  • In my soul that i just couldn't act right. does anybody know what i'm
  • 00:16:56.828 --> 00:16:57.728
  • Act right. does anybody know what i'm talking about?
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  • Okay, and the thing--god used
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  • Okay, and the thing--god used dave's consistency to
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  • Okay, and the thing--god used dave's consistency to eventually, get me to the
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  • Dave's consistency to eventually, get me to the point where i really, really
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  • Eventually, get me to the point where i really, really wanted what he had.
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  • Point where i really, really wanted what he had. and, it wasn't just jesus,
  • 00:17:15.780 --> 00:17:16.547
  • Wanted what he had. and, it wasn't just jesus, i had jesus.
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  • And, it wasn't just jesus, i had jesus. i mean, i was born again,
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  • I had jesus. i mean, i was born again, and i loved the lord.
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  • I mean, i was born again, and i loved the lord. i really did, but i didn't--
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  • And i loved the lord. i really did, but i didn't-- i didn't know how to behave,
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  • I really did, but i didn't-- i didn't know how to behave, i didn't know how to act.
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  • I was totally,
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  • I was totally, emotionally driven.
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  • I was totally, emotionally driven. i didn't--if my circumstances
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  • Emotionally driven. i didn't--if my circumstances were good and everybody was
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  • I didn't--if my circumstances were good and everybody was giving me my way and i was
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  • Were good and everybody was giving me my way and i was getting what i wanted,
  • 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:36.901
  • Giving me my way and i was getting what i wanted, then i was happy.
  • 00:17:36.968 --> 00:17:37.869
  • Getting what i wanted, then i was happy. if not, i'd bottom out.
  • 00:17:37.935 --> 00:17:38.836
  • Then i was happy. if not, i'd bottom out. and so, i'd just--i called it,
  • 00:17:38.903 --> 00:17:40.071
  • If not, i'd bottom out. and so, i'd just--i called it, "yo-yo christianity."
  • 00:17:40.138 --> 00:17:41.305
  • And so, i'd just--i called it, "yo-yo christianity." i just was up and down, and up
  • 00:17:41.372 --> 00:17:42.707
  • "yo-yo christianity." i just was up and down, and up and down, and up and down.
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  • I just was up and down, and up and down, and up and down. and, you know, after a while,
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  • And down, and up and down. and, you know, after a while, i thought, "i want peace."
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  • I don't--
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  • I don't-- i wanna be the same
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  • I don't-- i wanna be the same all the time.
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  • I wanna be the same all the time. i don't wanna be led around
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  • All the time. i don't wanna be led around by my circumstances.
  • 00:17:55.219 --> 00:17:56.220
  • I don't wanna be led around by my circumstances. i don't want my--
  • 00:17:56.287 --> 00:17:57.321
  • By my circumstances. i don't want my-- does anybody here,
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  • I don't want my-- does anybody here, not want your circumstances
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  • Does anybody here, not want your circumstances to control you anymore?
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  • Not want your circumstances to control you anymore? >> [audience applauding]
  • 00:18:01.492 --> 00:18:04.962
  • To control you anymore? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and you know,
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and you know, that's a decision that
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  • >> joyce: and you know, that's a decision that we have to make.
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  • That's a decision that we have to make. it's not just something
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  • We have to make. it's not just something you can just pray for.
  • 00:18:08.065 --> 00:18:10.668
  • It's not just something you can just pray for. we pray for god to change us,
  • 00:18:10.735 --> 00:18:13.704
  • You can just pray for. we pray for god to change us, and he does change
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  • We pray for god to change us, and he does change us by his grace.
  • 00:18:15.006 --> 00:18:16.207
  • And he does change us by his grace. but if you think you don't
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  • Us by his grace. but if you think you don't have to cooperate,
  • 00:18:17.942 --> 00:18:21.913
  • But if you think you don't have to cooperate, you're wrong.
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  • Have to cooperate, you're wrong. and so, i finally got
  • 00:18:24.182 --> 00:18:25.216
  • You're wrong. and so, i finally got to the point in my life
  • 00:18:25.283 --> 00:18:26.784
  • And so, i finally got to the point in my life where i just thought,
  • 00:18:26.851 --> 00:18:28.085
  • To the point in my life where i just thought, "i have got to have peace,
  • 00:18:28.152 --> 00:18:28.953
  • Where i just thought, "i have got to have peace, i cannot live like
  • 00:18:29.020 --> 00:18:29.954
  • "i have got to have peace, i cannot live like this anymore."
  • 00:18:30.021 --> 00:18:32.390
  • I cannot live like this anymore." and, one of the first things
  • 00:18:32.456 --> 00:18:35.159
  • This anymore." and, one of the first things that god led me to do which
  • 00:18:35.226 --> 00:18:36.594
  • And, one of the first things that god led me to do which was very helpful was i started
  • 00:18:36.661 --> 00:18:39.564
  • That god led me to do which was very helpful was i started making a list of the things
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  • Was very helpful was i started making a list of the things that stole my peace.
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  • Making a list of the things that stole my peace. and, this might be a good
  • 00:18:44.135 --> 00:18:45.002
  • That stole my peace. and, this might be a good homework assignment for you.
  • 00:18:45.069 --> 00:18:47.405
  • And, this might be a good homework assignment for you. in other words, i realized
  • 00:18:47.471 --> 00:18:49.040
  • Homework assignment for you. in other words, i realized that when i didn't get my way,
  • 00:18:49.106 --> 00:18:52.710
  • In other words, i realized that when i didn't get my way, it stole my peace.
  • 00:18:52.777 --> 00:18:54.579
  • That when i didn't get my way, it stole my peace. well, that was about a five-year
  • 00:18:54.645 --> 00:18:55.613
  • It stole my peace. well, that was about a five-year battle, trying to get
  • 00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:56.747
  • Well, that was about a five-year battle, trying to get to the point where when
  • 00:18:56.814 --> 00:18:57.615
  • Battle, trying to get to the point where when i didn't get my way i could
  • 00:18:57.682 --> 00:18:58.783
  • To the point where when i didn't get my way i could still be happy.
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  • I didn't get my way i could still be happy. >> [audience laughing]
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  • Still be happy. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on,
  • 00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.353
  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on, don't laugh at me.
  • 00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:03.221
  • >> joyce: come on, don't laugh at me. how long do you think
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  • Don't laugh at me. how long do you think it'll take you?
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  • How long do you think it'll take you? >> [audience laughing]
  • 00:19:04.989 --> 00:19:08.426
  • >> joyce: do you know what
  • 00:19:09.694 --> 00:19:10.728
  • >> joyce: do you know what a victory it is when you can not
  • 00:19:10.795 --> 00:19:11.996
  • >> joyce: do you know what a victory it is when you can not get your way and still keep
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  • A victory it is when you can not get your way and still keep a good attitude and just
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  • Get your way and still keep a good attitude and just trust god?
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  • A good attitude and just trust god? yeah, one person way up there,
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  • Trust god? yeah, one person way up there, really, "whoo!"
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  • Yeah, one person way up there, really, "whoo!" >> [audience applauding]
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  • Really, "whoo!" >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: well, now, obviously,
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: well, now, obviously, you're gonna still
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  • >> joyce: well, now, obviously, you're gonna still have feelings.
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  • You're gonna still have feelings. you're gonna like,
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  • Have feelings. you're gonna like, not feel like you like it.
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  • You're gonna like, not feel like you like it. and, you may feel like saying
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  • Not feel like you like it. and, you may feel like saying a bunch of stuff and feel like--
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  • And, you may feel like saying a bunch of stuff and feel like-- but we can't live by
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  • A bunch of stuff and feel like-- but we can't live by our feelings.
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  • But we can't live by our feelings. god gives us the power
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  • Our feelings. god gives us the power of the holy spirit to help
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  • God gives us the power of the holy spirit to help us live beyond our feelings.
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  • Of the holy spirit to help us live beyond our feelings. we know that we're more
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  • Us live beyond our feelings. we know that we're more than our feelings.
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  • We know that we're more than our feelings. we don't have to just be led
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  • Than our feelings. we don't have to just be led around by what we want,
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  • We don't have to just be led around by what we want, and think, and feel.
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  • Around by what we want, and think, and feel. we can be led by
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  • And think, and feel. we can be led by the holy spirit.
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  • We can be led by the holy spirit. amen?
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  • The holy spirit. amen? >> audience: amen.
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  • >> joyce: paul exhorted
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  • >> joyce: paul exhorted about unity.
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  • >> joyce: paul exhorted about unity. and, he said it was a matter
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  • About unity. and, he said it was a matter of great importance that the
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  • And, he said it was a matter of great importance that the people got along peacefully
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  • Of great importance that the people got along peacefully for the sake of the gospel and
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  • People got along peacefully for the sake of the gospel and their witness to other people.
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  • For the sake of the gospel and their witness to other people. strife, some people don't even
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  • Know what strife is, but it's
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  • Know what strife is, but it's bickering, arguing,
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  • Know what strife is, but it's bickering, arguing, heated disagreement.
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  • Bickering, arguing, heated disagreement. but, listen to this,
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  • Heated disagreement. but, listen to this, and this is the scary part,
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  • But, listen to this, and this is the scary part, an angry undercurrent.
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  • And this is the scary part, an angry undercurrent. you know what that is?
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  • An angry undercurrent. you know what that is? that's when people religiously
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  • You know what that is? that's when people religiously smile at each other and say,
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  • That's when people religiously smile at each other and say, "praise the lord."
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  • Smile at each other and say, "praise the lord." >> [audience laughing]
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  • "praise the lord." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and yet, behind
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and yet, behind the scenes, they're gossiping
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  • >> joyce: and yet, behind the scenes, they're gossiping about that very person.
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  • The scenes, they're gossiping about that very person. paul was talking to two women
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  • About that very person. paul was talking to two women in the church.
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  • Paul was talking to two women in the church. this is not just outside
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  • In the church. this is not just outside the church,
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  • This is not just outside the church, it's inside the church.
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  • The church, it's inside the church. and when, god called
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  • It's inside the church. and when, god called us to start our own ministry,
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  • And when, god called us to start our own ministry, which was ten years after
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  • Us to start our own ministry, which was ten years after i started teaching the word,
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  • Which was ten years after i started teaching the word, 'cause five years,
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  • I started teaching the word, 'cause five years, i taught home bible studies
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  • 'cause five years, i taught home bible studies and then five years i worked
  • 00:21:03.708 --> 00:21:06.544
  • I taught home bible studies and then five years i worked in another church
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  • And then five years i worked in another church for someone else.
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  • In another church for someone else. and when, we started our own,
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  • For someone else. and when, we started our own, "joyce meyer ministry,"
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  • And when, we started our own, "joyce meyer ministry," there were three things
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  • "joyce meyer ministry," there were three things that god spoke to me.
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  • There were three things that god spoke to me. i didn't know that much about
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  • That god spoke to me. i didn't know that much about all three of 'em, but they've
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  • I didn't know that much about all three of 'em, but they've proven to be very important
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  • All three of 'em, but they've proven to be very important in our life.
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  • Proven to be very important in our life. and he said, "there's three
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  • In our life. and he said, "there's three things i want you to do
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  • And he said, "there's three things i want you to do and if you do 'em, i'll bless
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  • Things i want you to do and if you do 'em, i'll bless your ministry.
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  • And if you do 'em, i'll bless your ministry. be a person of integrity.
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  • Your ministry. be a person of integrity. don't ever mess around with
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  • Be a person of integrity. don't ever mess around with the money that comes through
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  • Don't ever mess around with the money that comes through your hands in ministry.
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  • The money that comes through your hands in ministry. be a person that's excellent.
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  • Your hands in ministry. be a person that's excellent. do what you do with
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  • Be a person that's excellent. do what you do with excellence.
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  • Do what you do with excellence. and, keep the strife out
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  • Excellence. and, keep the strife out of your life.
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  • And, keep the strife out of your life. keep the strife out
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  • Of your life. keep the strife out of your ministry.
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  • Keep the strife out of your ministry. keep the strife out
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  • Of your ministry. keep the strife out of your marriage."
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  • Keep the strife out of your marriage." >> [audience applauding]
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  • Of your marriage." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and you can't have
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and you can't have god's anointing and have strife.
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  • >> joyce: and you can't have god's anointing and have strife. now, listen to me.
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  • God's anointing and have strife. now, listen to me. if you wanna have god's
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  • Now, listen to me. if you wanna have god's anointing in your life,
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  • If you wanna have god's anointing in your life, and we don't hear enough
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  • Anointing in your life, and we don't hear enough about the anointing today,
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  • And we don't hear enough about the anointing today, but it's the power and
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  • About the anointing today, but it's the power and the presence of god on your life
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  • But it's the power and the presence of god on your life that makes things work.
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  • The presence of god on your life that makes things work. do you hear me?
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  • That makes things work. do you hear me? >> audience: yes.
  • 00:22:11.942 --> 00:22:14.145
  • Do you hear me? >> audience: yes. >> joyce: what i'm doing up
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  • >> audience: yes. >> joyce: what i'm doing up here, i mean, yes, it's hard
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  • >> joyce: what i'm doing up here, i mean, yes, it's hard work from the standpoint of
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  • Here, i mean, yes, it's hard work from the standpoint of all the study and the prayer
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  • Work from the standpoint of all the study and the prayer that goes into it ahead of
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  • All the study and the prayer that goes into it ahead of time, but when i get to this
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  • That goes into it ahead of time, but when i get to this point, this is not work for me.
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  • Time, but when i get to this point, this is not work for me. this is easy.
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  • Point, this is not work for me. this is easy. i enjoy it and i'm comfortable
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  • This is easy. i enjoy it and i'm comfortable up here.
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  • I enjoy it and i'm comfortable up here. i don't feel like i'm putting
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  • Up here. i don't feel like i'm putting on a show.
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  • I don't feel like i'm putting on a show. and, it's because of god's
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  • On a show. and, it's because of god's anointing.
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  • And, it's because of god's anointing. his anointing is described
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  • Anointing. his anointing is described as oil.
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  • His anointing is described as oil. and, oil makes everything
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  • As oil. and, oil makes everything flow smoothly.
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  • And, oil makes everything flow smoothly. amen?
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  • Flow smoothly. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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  • Amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and so, i'm beseeching
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and so, i'm beseeching you to keep the strife out
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  • >> joyce: and so, i'm beseeching you to keep the strife out of your life, keep the strife
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  • You to keep the strife out of your life, keep the strife out of your marriage,
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  • Of your life, keep the strife out of your marriage, and out of your home.
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  • Out of your marriage, and out of your home. if you're involved in ministry,
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  • And out of your home. if you're involved in ministry, you gotta keep the strife
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  • If you're involved in ministry, you gotta keep the strife out of ministry.
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  • You gotta keep the strife out of ministry. you gotta keep the strife out
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  • Out of ministry. you gotta keep the strife out of churches.
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  • You gotta keep the strife out of churches. and, there's so much of that
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  • Of churches. and, there's so much of that today and it's nothing new,
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  • And, there's so much of that today and it's nothing new, paul dealt with it in his day.
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  • It was a matter of great
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  • It was a matter of great importance that the people
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  • It was a matter of great importance that the people got along peacefully.
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  • Importance that the people got along peacefully. psalm 133 tells us plainly,
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  • Got along peacefully. psalm 133 tells us plainly, and it's not a very long
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  • Psalm 133 tells us plainly, and it's not a very long psalm, but it tells us that,
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  • And it's not a very long psalm, but it tells us that, "where there is unity, there's
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  • Psalm, but it tells us that, "where there is unity, there's blessing and anointing," unity.
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  • >> announcer: none of us get
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  • >> announcer: none of us get through life without
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  • Through life without facing challenges.
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  • Facing challenges. problems are unavoidable.
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  • Problems are unavoidable. but where should we look
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  • But where should we look for answers?
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  • For answers? how do we navigate
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  • How do we navigate the difficulties life
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  • The difficulties life throws in our path?
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  • >> joyce: it took me many
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  • >> joyce: it took me many years of my life trying many
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  • Years of my life trying many different things.
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  • I had a dysfunctional life
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  • I had a dysfunctional life due to abuse i experienced,
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  • Due to abuse i experienced, but it didn't define me.
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  • But it didn't define me. god has healed me.
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  • God has healed me. he's healed my pain through
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  • He's healed my pain through the power of his word.
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  • The power of his word. it is my answer.
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  • It is my answer. let me teach you what
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  • Let me teach you what i discovered, encourage
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  • I discovered, encourage you how to look into god's word,
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  • You how to look into god's word, to discover solutions to your
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  • To discover solutions to your problems, to help point the way
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  • Problems, to help point the way for you, and to encourage
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  • For you, and to encourage you to never give up.
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  • I've written a book called
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  • I've written a book called “overcoming every problem.”
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  • “overcoming every problem.” in fact, in my book, i give you
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  • In fact, in my book, i give you 40 strategies from god's word
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  • 40 strategies from god's word to help strengthen you and
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  • To help strengthen you and empower you to walk through
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  • Empower you to walk through life's difficulties.
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  • >> announcer: joyce's book,
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  • >> announcer: joyce's book, "overcoming every problem,"
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  • "overcoming every problem," will help you find real
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  • Will help you find real answers from god's word,
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  • Answers from god's word, today.
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  • Today. it's available
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  • It's available to you right now,
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  • And start your path to overcoming every problem.
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  • >> joyce: jesus didn't
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  • >> joyce: jesus didn't die so we could
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  • Die so we could just continue
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  • Just continue to be miserable
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  • To be miserable believers.
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  • Believers. he died for us
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  • He died for us so we can have,
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  • So we can have, i mean, a vibrant,
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  • I mean, a vibrant, powerful,
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  • Powerful, spirit-filled,
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  • Spirit-filled, on fire,
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  • On fire, victorious,
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  • Victorious, overcoming life.
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  • Overcoming life. >> [audience cheering]
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  • >> announcer: "overcoming
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  • >> announcer: "overcoming every problem,"
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  • Every problem," this helpful tool
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  • This helpful tool in your pursuit
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  • In your pursuit of a determined
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  • Of a determined attitude is available
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  • Of any amount call us at...
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  • At joycemeyer.org to get your copy,
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  • To get your copy, and learn what
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  • And learn what god's word is to you.
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  • >> joyce: if you'll
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  • >> joyce: if you'll be determined
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  • Be determined to never give up,
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  • To never give up, you are going
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  • You are going to be amazed at
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  • To be amazed at what god will do.
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  • What god will do. i want you to get
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  • I want you to get these resources in
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  • These resources in your hands, today.
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  • Your hands, today. and of course,
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  • And of course, when you do send
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  • When you do send in your gift,
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  • In your gift, it will also allow
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  • It will also allow us to continue
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  • Us to continue to be helping
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  • To be helping hands for people
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  • Hands for people all around the world.
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  • >> announcer: "overcoming
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  • >> announcer: "overcoming every problem,"
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  • Every problem," is available
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  • Is available to you now
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  • To you now for your gift
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  • For your gift of any amount.
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  • Of any amount. your gift today,
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  • Your gift today, and your partnership
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  • And your partnership with joyce meyer ministries,
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  • With joyce meyer ministries, allows us to share the love
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  • Allows us to share the love of christ around the world.
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  • Of christ around the world. call us today at...
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  • Call us today at... or visit us online
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  • Or visit us online at joycemeyer.org.
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  • >> [♪♪]
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  • >> ginger: if you want
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  • >> ginger: if you want to make a real difference
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  • To make a real difference in the world and share
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  • In the world and share the love of jesus,
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  • The love of jesus, consider being a medical
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  • Consider being a medical volunteer with hand of hope.
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  • Volunteer with hand of hope. here are three great
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  • Here are three great reasons to do it.
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  • >> volunteers:
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  • >> ginger: so make sure you
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  • >> ginger: so make sure you go to: joycemeyer.org
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  • Go to: joycemeyer.org right now, and find
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  • Right now, and find out how you can
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  • Out how you can be a medical volunteer.
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  • >> volunteers: we'll see
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  • >> volunteers: we'll see you there!!
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  • >> joyce: i grew up with
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  • >> joyce: i grew up with an attitude that it was better
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  • An attitude that it was better to expect nothing good,
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  • To expect nothing good, than to expect it and
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  • Than to expect it and be disappointed when
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  • Be disappointed when it didn't happen.
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  • It didn't happen. and some of you
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  • And some of you know exactly
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  • Know exactly what i'm talking about.
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  • What i'm talking about. you can break free
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  • You can break free from this mindset.
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  • From this mindset. "battlefield
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  • "battlefield of the mind"
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  • Of the mind" has helped
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  • Has helped people identify
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  • People identify these thought
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  • These thought patterns
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  • Patterns and replace them
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  • And replace them with the truth
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  • With the truth and hope, that's only found
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  • And hope, that's only found in the word of god.
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  • In the word of god. if god can set me free,
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  • He can do the same
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  • He can do the same thing for you.
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  • Thing for you. >> announcer: the updated
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  • >> announcer: the updated 3oth anniversary edition
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  • 3oth anniversary edition of "battlefield of the mind,"
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  • Of "battlefield of the mind," request your copy today.
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  • >> announcer: we hope you
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  • >> announcer: we hope you enjoyed today's program.
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  • Enjoyed today's program. we are so grateful
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  • We are so grateful to our joyce meyer
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  • To our joyce meyer ministries partners
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  • Ministries partners who make this
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  • Who make this and all we do possible,
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  • And all we do possible, including sharing
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  • Including sharing god's word
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  • God's word and offering help
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  • And offering help to people in need
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  • To people in need all over the world.
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