Joyce Meyer - The Power of Thoughts and Words (Part 1)

January 27, 2025 | S25:E18

Can your thoughts and words really make a difference in your life? Discover the truth as Joyce explains the importance of our thoughts and words and the various ways they impact our lives.

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  • >> joyce: the mind has
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  • >> joyce: the mind has to be renewed in order
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  • >> joyce: the mind has to be renewed in order for us to experience the good
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  • To be renewed in order for us to experience the good plan that god has for our life.
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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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  • >> kory: the age of 12,
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  • I started gangbanging.
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  • The age of 13,
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  • I started going
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  • In and out of jail.
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  • The age of 15, 16,
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  • I started
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  • Selling drugs.
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  • At the age of 17, 18,
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  • I got real successful
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  • At selling drugs.
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  • My back was
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  • Just against
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  • The wall,
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  • And it was basically
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  • Kill or be killed.
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  • >> emmy: the things that
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  • I have been through,
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  • Sex trafficking,
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  • Child molestation,
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  • Drug addiction,
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  • Homelessness.
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  • >> isabel: i picked up
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  • "battlefield
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  • Of the mind"
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  • When i was
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  • 13 years old.
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  • I was going
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  • Through a lot
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  • Of depression.
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  • >> kory: she said,
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  • "you can't have
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  • A positive life
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  • And have
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  • A negative mind."
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  • And that like,
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  • Blew my mind.
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  • Even though i was
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  • Reading a book,
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  • That me and joyce,
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  • Were like homies.
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  • >> emmy: simply,
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  • "battlefield
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  • Of the mind"
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  • Gave me a blueprint
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  • On how to seek god,
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  • Change my thinking,
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  • And it let me know
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  • That all things
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  • Would be possible
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  • Through christ.
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  • >> isabel: so, i take
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  • >> isabel: so, i take "battlefield of the mind"
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  • "battlefield of the mind" with me everywhere i go.
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  • With me everywhere i go. i keep it in my purse.
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  • I keep it in my purse. and even though
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  • And even though i'm reading the same
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  • I'm reading the same thing over and over again,
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  • Thing over and over again, it really helps to sink it in.
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  • It really helps to sink it in. >> david: "battlefield
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  • >> david: "battlefield of the mind"
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  • Of the mind" spoke to me
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  • Spoke to me in a way that
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  • In a way that i haven't
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  • I haven't heard before.
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  • Heard before. it was in plain
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  • It was in plain language.
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  • Language. i could
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  • I could understand what
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  • Understand what it was saying
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  • It was saying and everything was
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  • And everything was referenced to god's words.
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  • Referenced to god's words. so, i knew it was from the truth
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  • So, i knew it was from the truth and not just an interpretation.
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  • And not just an interpretation. i've read it about four
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  • I've read it about four times now and i see
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  • Times now and i see something every time.
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  • >> kurt: you can go to this
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  • Book and get answers
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  • On doubt, worry,
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  • Depression.
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  • It has each one
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  • Of those outlined,
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  • What they are
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  • And how to deal
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  • With them.
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  • It's very specific.
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  • >> maureena: it's been 20 years,
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  • So i downloaded
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  • It and re-read it.
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  • I still had stuff.
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  • But the good news
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  • Is i now had
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  • The scriptures down deep.
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  • >> oluwakemi: the "battlefield
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  • Of the mind" helped
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  • Me understand where
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  • I needed to take the war to,
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  • Where i needed to take
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  • The battle to.
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  • And what i needed,
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  • What my weapons were,
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  • Which was god's word.
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  • >> maureena: with
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  • God using joyce's
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  • Anointing,
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  • We are able
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  • To overcome.
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  • >> isabel: i would
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  • Say you have
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  • To read "battlefield
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  • Of the mind."
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  • I would say,
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  • Please read
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  • "battlefield
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  • Of the mind."
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  • >> marilyn: "battlefield
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  • Of the mind"
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  • Is just awesome.
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  • >> [♪♪]
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  • >> joyce: the bible says that
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  • >> joyce: the bible says that there's a mind of the spirit
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  • >> joyce: the bible says that there's a mind of the spirit and a mind of the flesh.
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  • There's a mind of the spirit and a mind of the flesh. when you're born again,
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  • And a mind of the flesh. when you're born again, you get the mind of christ.
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  • When you're born again, you get the mind of christ. 1 corinthians 2:16 says that
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  • You get the mind of christ. 1 corinthians 2:16 says that "we have the mind of christ."
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  • 1 corinthians 2:16 says that "we have the mind of christ." in the amplified bible,
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  • "we have the mind of christ." in the amplified bible, it says we "do hold
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  • In the amplified bible, it says we "do hold the thoughts, intents,
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  • It says we "do hold the thoughts, intents, purposes of christ."
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  • The thoughts, intents, purposes of christ." so, we have a lot of things--
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  • Purposes of christ." so, we have a lot of things-- a lot of wonderful,
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  • So, we have a lot of things-- a lot of wonderful, wonderful things in us that
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  • A lot of wonderful, wonderful things in us that are just like downloaded
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  • Wonderful things in us that are just like downloaded when you're born again.
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  • Are just like downloaded when you're born again. jesus comes to live in you
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  • When you're born again. jesus comes to live in you and so, everything that
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  • Jesus comes to live in you and so, everything that he is and has also comes
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  • And so, everything that he is and has also comes to live in you and in me.
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  • He is and has also comes to live in you and in me. but they come as seeds that have
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  • To live in you and in me. but they come as seeds that have to be watered and developed.
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  • But they come as seeds that have to be watered and developed. and, you know,
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  • To be watered and developed. and, you know, the bible refers to the word
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  • And, you know, the bible refers to the word as the water of the word,
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  • The bible refers to the word as the water of the word, which is interesting when
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  • As the water of the word, which is interesting when you think about it,
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  • Which is interesting when you think about it, the water of the word.
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  • Well, the word of god
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  • Well, the word of god is what renews your mind,
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  • Well, the word of god is what renews your mind, because no matter what you have,
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  • Is what renews your mind, because no matter what you have, no matter what i have in me,
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  • Because no matter what you have, no matter what i have in me, if i don't know that
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  • No matter what i have in me, if i don't know that i've got it, if i don't really--
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  • If i don't know that i've got it, if i don't really-- and it's not just
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  • I've got it, if i don't really-- and it's not just head knowledge,
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  • And it's not just head knowledge, you have to have a revelation
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  • Head knowledge, you have to have a revelation that it's yours and that only
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  • You have to have a revelation that it's yours and that only comes from studying the word.
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  • That it's yours and that only comes from studying the word. from hearing the word like
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  • Comes from studying the word. from hearing the word like you are tonight but studying
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  • From hearing the word like you are tonight but studying on your own is very important.
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  • You are tonight but studying on your own is very important. and a lot of people think
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  • On your own is very important. and a lot of people think they can't understand the bible,
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  • And a lot of people think they can't understand the bible, they--you know, this, that,
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  • They can't understand the bible, they--you know, this, that, and something else.
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  • They--you know, this, that, and something else. but there's so many different
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  • And something else. but there's so many different translations of the bible now,
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  • But there's so many different translations of the bible now, if you can't find one you
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  • Translations of the bible now, if you can't find one you can understand,
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  • If you can't find one you can understand, it's--there's no--
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  • Can understand, it's--there's no-- there's no excuse for it.
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  • It's--there's no-- there's no excuse for it. and we have all kinds
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  • There's no excuse for it. and we have all kinds of bible studies online.
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  • And we have all kinds of bible studies online. you can get the bible studies.
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  • Of bible studies online. you can get the bible studies. you know, you listen
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  • You can get the bible studies. you know, you listen to people that teach the word
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  • You know, you listen to people that teach the word that can explain to you
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  • To people that teach the word that can explain to you what the word means.
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  • That can explain to you what the word means. but nothing is more
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  • What the word means. but nothing is more important to a believer
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  • But nothing is more important to a believer than the word of god.
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  • Important to a believer than the word of god. it's not something that
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  • Than the word of god. it's not something that you can ignore.
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  • It's not something that you can ignore. the mind has to be renewed
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  • You can ignore. the mind has to be renewed in order for us to experience
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  • The mind has to be renewed in order for us to experience the good plan that
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  • In order for us to experience the good plan that god has for our life.
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  • The good plan that god has for our life. no matter what you have,
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  • God has for our life. no matter what you have, if you don't know you have it,
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  • No matter what you have, if you don't know you have it, then it's not gonna
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  • If you don't know you have it, then it's not gonna do you any good.
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  • Then it's not gonna do you any good. somebody could have
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  • Do you any good. somebody could have an inheritance of a million
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  • Somebody could have an inheritance of a million dollars but if they don't
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  • An inheritance of a million dollars but if they don't know they have it,
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  • Dollars but if they don't know they have it, they can live in poverty.
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  • Know they have it, they can live in poverty. amen?
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  • They can live in poverty. amen? and so, believing--
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  • Amen? and so, believing-- you know, i've been thinking
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  • And so, believing-- you know, i've been thinking about how wonderful
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  • You know, i've been thinking about how wonderful it is that we can believe.
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  • About how wonderful it is that we can believe. you know, you should thank
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  • It is that we can believe. you know, you should thank god every day for the faith
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  • You know, you should thank god every day for the faith that he's given you.
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  • God every day for the faith that he's given you. do you know how many
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  • That he's given you. do you know how many people there are that
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  • Do you know how many people there are that just for whatever reason,
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  • People there are that just for whatever reason, they can't believe in god?
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  • Just for whatever reason, they can't believe in god? i heard the story of somebody
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  • They can't believe in god? i heard the story of somebody recently that's an agnostic
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  • I heard the story of somebody recently that's an agnostic because of some things
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  • Recently that's an agnostic because of some things that happened to them
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  • Because of some things that happened to them in their childhood.
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  • That happened to them in their childhood. and, you know, a lot of people,
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  • In their childhood. and, you know, a lot of people, they have things happen to them
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  • And, you know, a lot of people, they have things happen to them that are unjust and unfair,
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  • They have things happen to them that are unjust and unfair, and they don't understand
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  • That are unjust and unfair, and they don't understand and so they decide,
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  • And they don't understand and so they decide, "well there can't possibly
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  • And so they decide, "well there can't possibly be a god or that wouldn't
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  • "well there can't possibly be a god or that wouldn't have happened."
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  • Be a god or that wouldn't have happened." but that's exactly why
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  • Have happened." but that's exactly why we have him to help
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  • But that's exactly why we have him to help us in those times of need.
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  • We have him to help us in those times of need. god never promised
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  • Us in those times of need. god never promised us a trouble-free life.
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  • God never promised us a trouble-free life. he just said, "cheer up,
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  • Us a trouble-free life. he just said, "cheer up, i've overcome the world."
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  • Matter of fact,
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  • Matter of fact, he promised us tribulation,
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  • Matter of fact, he promised us tribulation, "in the world there will
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  • He promised us tribulation, "in the world there will be tribulation, but cheer up--"
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  • "in the world there will be tribulation, but cheer up--" >> [audience laughing]
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  • Be tribulation, but cheer up--" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "i have overcome
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "i have overcome the world."
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  • So, before you receive christ,
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  • So, before you receive christ, you can sin,
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  • So, before you receive christ, you can sin, it don't bother you one bit.
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  • You can sin, it don't bother you one bit. didn't bother me when i sinned
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  • It don't bother you one bit. didn't bother me when i sinned before i received christ.
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  • Didn't bother me when i sinned before i received christ. i was just sinning, didn't care.
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  • Before i received christ. i was just sinning, didn't care. but once you're born again,
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  • I was just sinning, didn't care. but once you're born again, a war begins.
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  • But once you're born again, a war begins. [chuckling]
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  • A war begins. [chuckling] amen?
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  • Anybody familiar with that war?
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  • Anybody familiar with that war? we are soldiers in the army
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  • Anybody familiar with that war? we are soldiers in the army of god and "the weapons
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  • We are soldiers in the army of god and "the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
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  • Of god and "the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but they're mighty through
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  • Of our warfare are not carnal, but they're mighty through god to the pulling
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  • But they're mighty through god to the pulling down of strongholds,
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  • God to the pulling down of strongholds, casting down wrong
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  • Down of strongholds, casting down wrong thoughts and imaginations."
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  • Casting down wrong thoughts and imaginations." so, the biggest thing that
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  • Thoughts and imaginations." so, the biggest thing that we need to do is learn how
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  • To think like god thinks.
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  • To think like god thinks. and the only way you can do that
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  • To think like god thinks. and the only way you can do that is by knowing the word of god.
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  • And the only way you can do that is by knowing the word of god. and see, it's a mistake
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  • Is by knowing the word of god. and see, it's a mistake to think that, "well, i can't
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  • And see, it's a mistake to think that, "well, i can't help what i think."
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  • To think that, "well, i can't help what i think." well, if you can't help it,
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  • Help what i think." well, if you can't help it, nobody else is going to.
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  • Well, if you can't help it, nobody else is going to. and when the bible says cast
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  • Nobody else is going to. and when the bible says cast down wrong thoughts,
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  • And when the bible says cast down wrong thoughts, it means when the holy spirit
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  • Down wrong thoughts, it means when the holy spirit makes you aware that you're
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  • It means when the holy spirit makes you aware that you're thinking something that is not
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  • Makes you aware that you're thinking something that is not according to the word of god,
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  • Thinking something that is not according to the word of god, then you just replace
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  • According to the word of god, then you just replace it with a good thought.
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  • Then you just replace it with a good thought. amen?
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  • It with a good thought. amen? and what i have found
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  • Amen? and what i have found to be the most effective
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  • And what i have found to be the most effective is you can't think one thing
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  • To be the most effective is you can't think one thing and say something else.
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  • So, that's why speaking
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  • So, that's why speaking the word is so important,
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  • So, that's why speaking the word is so important, is because when you
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  • The word is so important, is because when you know the word--
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  • Is because when you know the word-- the bible says,
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  • Know the word-- the bible says, "let him who has my word,
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  • The bible says, "let him who has my word, speak my word faithfully."
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  • "let him who has my word, speak my word faithfully." okay.
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  • Speak my word faithfully." okay. so, i had a very difficult time
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  • Okay. so, i had a very difficult time believing that god loved
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  • So, i had a very difficult time believing that god loved me unconditionally,
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  • Because everybody who ever told
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  • Because everybody who ever told me that they loved me hurt me.
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  • Because everybody who ever told me that they loved me hurt me. and so, i got to the point
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  • Me that they loved me hurt me. and so, i got to the point where i knew--
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  • And so, i got to the point where i knew-- i knew in my head
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  • Where i knew-- i knew in my head that god loved me,
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  • I knew in my head that god loved me, but it wasn't down in here yet.
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  • That god loved me, but it wasn't down in here yet. and i'll tell you,
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  • But it wasn't down in here yet. and i'll tell you, once you get a hold of that,
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  • And i'll tell you, once you get a hold of that, a whole lot of your
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  • Once you get a hold of that, a whole lot of your problems are over.
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  • Because even when
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  • Because even when you have trouble,
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  • Because even when you have trouble, you know that god
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  • You have trouble, you know that god still loves you.
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  • You know that god still loves you. you don't question his love.
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  • Still loves you. you don't question his love. and so, for a year,
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  • You don't question his love. and so, for a year, i had to confess
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  • And so, for a year, i had to confess "god loves me unconditionally."
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  • I had to confess "god loves me unconditionally." i would even go sometimes
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  • "god loves me unconditionally." i would even go sometimes and look at myself
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  • I would even go sometimes and look at myself in the mirror and say,
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  • And look at myself in the mirror and say, "god loves you.
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  • In the mirror and say, "god loves you. you.
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  • "god loves you. you. god loves you."
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  • You. god loves you." and when i would start to think
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  • God loves you." and when i would start to think junky thoughts about myself,
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  • And when i would start to think junky thoughts about myself, i knew enough now to know
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  • Junky thoughts about myself, i knew enough now to know that that was not the way
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  • I knew enough now to know that that was not the way i should be thinking.
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  • That that was not the way i should be thinking. and so instead of getting
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  • I should be thinking. and so instead of getting condemned about it,
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  • And so instead of getting condemned about it, when you're thinking
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  • Condemned about it, when you're thinking wrong things, just say "no."
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  • When you're thinking wrong things, just say "no." talk out loud.
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  • Wrong things, just say "no." talk out loud. talk back to the devil.
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  • Talk out loud. talk back to the devil. he talks to you.
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  • Talk back to the devil. he talks to you. talk out loud and say, "no,
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  • He talks to you. talk out loud and say, "no, i'm not gonna think that.
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  • Talk out loud and say, "no, i'm not gonna think that. god loves me."
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  • I'm not gonna think that. god loves me." i had the same situation
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  • God loves me." i had the same situation with believing that i was
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  • I had the same situation with believing that i was right with god.
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  • With believing that i was right with god. in 2 corinthians 5:21 it says,
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  • Right with god. in 2 corinthians 5:21 it says, "he that knew no sin became sin,
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  • In 2 corinthians 5:21 it says, "he that knew no sin became sin, that we might be made
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  • "he that knew no sin became sin, that we might be made the righteousness
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  • That we might be made the righteousness of god in him."
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  • The righteousness of god in him." well, i carried a boatload
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  • Of god in him." well, i carried a boatload of guilt till i was
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  • Probably in my fifties,
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  • Probably in my fifties, late forties,
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  • Probably in my fifties, late forties, up to mid-fifties because
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  • Late forties, up to mid-fifties because of being abused by my dad
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  • Up to mid-fifties because of being abused by my dad and always feeling like there
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  • Of being abused by my dad and always feeling like there was something wrong with me.
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  • And always feeling like there was something wrong with me. you have this little demon
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  • Was something wrong with me. you have this little demon that sits on your shoulder,
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  • You have this little demon that sits on your shoulder, "well what's wrong with you?
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  • That sits on your shoulder, "well what's wrong with you? what's wrong with you?
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  • "well what's wrong with you? what's wrong with you? what's wrong with you?
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  • What's wrong with you? what's wrong with you? what's wrong with you?"
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  • What's wrong with you? what's wrong with you?" makes you think you should
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  • What's wrong with you?" makes you think you should be like everybody else,
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  • Makes you think you should be like everybody else, and you don't look right,
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  • Be like everybody else, and you don't look right, and you're not this,
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  • And you don't look right, and you're not this, and you're not that,
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  • And you're not this, and you're not that, you're not something else.
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  • And you're not that, you're not something else. and i came across the scripture
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  • You're not something else. and i came across the scripture the other day that, you know,
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  • And i came across the scripture the other day that, you know, sometimes we read over things,
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  • The other day that, you know, sometimes we read over things, and we just don't pay enough
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  • Sometimes we read over things, and we just don't pay enough attention to 'em.
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  • And in philemon 1:6 it says
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  • And in philemon 1:6 it says that we should "acknowledge
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  • And in philemon 1:6 it says that we should "acknowledge all of the good things that
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  • That we should "acknowledge all of the good things that are in us through christ."
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  • All of the good things that are in us through christ." wow.
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  • Well, we don't have any
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  • Well, we don't have any trouble acknowledging
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  • Well, we don't have any trouble acknowledging the junk that's in us.
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  • Trouble acknowledging the junk that's in us. "i'm this, i'm that.
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  • The junk that's in us. "i'm this, i'm that. i'm not this, i'm not that."
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  • "i'm this, i'm that. i'm not this, i'm not that." but acknowledging the good
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  • I'm not this, i'm not that." but acknowledging the good things that are in you,
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  • But acknowledging the good things that are in you, through christ.
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  • Things that are in you, through christ. through christ,
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  • Through christ. through christ, these things are not things
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  • Through christ, these things are not things that we earn or deserve,
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  • These things are not things that we earn or deserve, but they're through christ.
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  • That we earn or deserve, but they're through christ. and i don't have to know
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  • But they're through christ. and i don't have to know this stuff to go to heaven.
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  • And i don't have to know this stuff to go to heaven. you receive jesus
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  • This stuff to go to heaven. you receive jesus as your savior,
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  • You receive jesus as your savior, you really believe
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  • As your savior, you really believe that he died for you,
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  • You really believe that he died for you, you believe that--
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  • That he died for you, you believe that-- that's your salvation.
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  • You believe that-- that's your salvation. that's a gift from god.
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  • That's your salvation. that's a gift from god. it's got nothing
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  • That's a gift from god. it's got nothing to do with what you do.
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  • It's got nothing to do with what you do. but if you wanna enjoy
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  • To do with what you do. but if you wanna enjoy your life here.
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  • But if you wanna enjoy your life here. come on now.
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  • Your life here. come on now. see, you can
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  • Come on now. see, you can be a miserable christian.
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  • See, you can be a miserable christian. >> [audience applauding]
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  • Be a miserable christian. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: or you can be a happy,
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: or you can be a happy, peaceful, joyful,
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  • >> joyce: or you can be a happy, peaceful, joyful, fruitful christian.
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  • Peaceful, joyful, fruitful christian. >> [audience cheering]
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  • Fruitful christian. >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: and that is determined
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  • >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: and that is determined by learning how to think
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  • >> joyce: and that is determined by learning how to think and talk right.
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  • By learning how to think and talk right. and really believe--i mean,
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  • And talk right. and really believe--i mean, really believe what the word
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  • And really believe--i mean, really believe what the word of god says about you.
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  • Really believe what the word of god says about you. and so, i always thought,
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  • Of god says about you. and so, i always thought, "what's wrong with me?
  • 00:10:57.546 --> 00:10:58.114
  • And so, i always thought, "what's wrong with me? what's wrong with me?
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  • "what's wrong with me? what's wrong with me? what's wrong with me?"
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  • What's wrong with me? what's wrong with me?" somehow, i thought that
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  • What's wrong with me?" somehow, i thought that what my father did
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  • Somehow, i thought that what my father did to me had to be my fault.
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  • What my father did to me had to be my fault. i didn't think that was
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  • To me had to be my fault. i didn't think that was happening to everybody else.
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  • I didn't think that was happening to everybody else. and of course, you know,
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  • Happening to everybody else. and of course, you know, when you're a kid,
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  • And of course, you know, when you're a kid, i thought i was probably
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  • When you're a kid, i thought i was probably the only person on the planet
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  • I thought i was probably the only person on the planet that was happening to.
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  • The only person on the planet that was happening to. and back in those days,
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  • That was happening to. and back in those days, nobody talked about anything
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  • And back in those days, nobody talked about anything like sexual abuse or incest.
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  • Nobody talked about anything like sexual abuse or incest. that was not anything
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  • Like sexual abuse or incest. that was not anything you ever even heard.
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  • That was not anything you ever even heard. and my mom--
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  • You ever even heard. and my mom-- my poor mother,
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  • And my mom-- my poor mother, she was so fearful of my dad
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  • My poor mother, she was so fearful of my dad because he was violent
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  • She was so fearful of my dad because he was violent and mean and would come
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  • Because he was violent and mean and would come home drunk and beat her up.
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  • And mean and would come home drunk and beat her up. and she just didn't have a lot
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  • Home drunk and beat her up. and she just didn't have a lot of confidence and didn't really
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  • And she just didn't have a lot of confidence and didn't really think that she could take
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  • Of confidence and didn't really think that she could take care of me and my brother
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  • Think that she could take care of me and my brother if she left him.
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  • Care of me and my brother if she left him. and so, she knew what he was
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  • If she left him. and so, she knew what he was doing because she caught
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  • And so, she knew what he was doing because she caught him one time and another
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  • Doing because she caught him one time and another time i told her, but she didn't
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  • Him one time and another time i told her, but she didn't do anything about it.
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  • Time i told her, but she didn't do anything about it. so, i was abused by my dad,
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  • Do anything about it. so, i was abused by my dad, abandoned by my mother.
  • 00:11:45.194 --> 00:11:47.496
  • So, i was abused by my dad, abandoned by my mother. and so, i always thought
  • 00:11:47.563 --> 00:11:48.764
  • Abandoned by my mother. and so, i always thought there was something
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  • And so, i always thought there was something wrong with me.
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  • There was something wrong with me. well, then i hear this teaching.
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  • Wrong with me. well, then i hear this teaching. i think kenneth copeland was
  • 00:11:54.937 --> 00:11:56.172
  • Well, then i hear this teaching. i think kenneth copeland was the first person i heard teach
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  • I think kenneth copeland was the first person i heard teach on righteousness.
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  • The first person i heard teach on righteousness. and can i possibly
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  • On righteousness. and can i possibly be right with god,
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  • And can i possibly be right with god, "the righteousness
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  • Be right with god, "the righteousness of god in christ"?
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  • "the righteousness of god in christ"? well, i read it,
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  • Of god in christ"? well, i read it, i agreed with it,
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  • Well, i read it, i agreed with it, but it wasn't in here.
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  • I agreed with it, but it wasn't in here. and the only way that it gets
  • 00:12:19.662 --> 00:12:20.896
  • But it wasn't in here. and the only way that it gets in here is through repetition,
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  • And the only way that it gets in here is through repetition, repetition, repetition,
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  • In here is through repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.
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  • Repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition. your mind has to be renewed
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  • Repetition, repetition. your mind has to be renewed to the point where that old
  • 00:12:27.870 --> 00:12:29.538
  • Your mind has to be renewed to the point where that old junk can't keep coming back in.
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  • To the point where that old junk can't keep coming back in. now, i'm going to tell
  • 00:12:31.674 --> 00:12:32.374
  • Junk can't keep coming back in. now, i'm going to tell you a little story,
  • 00:12:32.441 --> 00:12:33.008
  • Now, i'm going to tell you a little story, and i don't mean to be scary
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  • You a little story, and i don't mean to be scary when i say this,
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  • And i don't mean to be scary when i say this, but how many of you know
  • 00:12:34.944 --> 00:12:36.011
  • When i say this, but how many of you know that there is a devil
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  • But how many of you know that there is a devil and that there are demons?
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  • That there is a devil and that there are demons? he has little demonic helpers,
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  • And that there are demons? he has little demonic helpers, just like there's god
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  • He has little demonic helpers, just like there's god and angels that help him,
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  • Just like there's god and angels that help him, there's devil and demons.
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  • And angels that help him, there's devil and demons. well, god was beginning to teach
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  • There's devil and demons. well, god was beginning to teach me this thing about being right
  • 00:12:49.191 --> 00:12:50.993
  • Well, god was beginning to teach me this thing about being right with him and i didn't fully
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  • Me this thing about being right with him and i didn't fully believe it yet.
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  • With him and i didn't fully believe it yet. i was sitting at the kitchen
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  • Believe it yet. i was sitting at the kitchen table one morning,
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  • I was sitting at the kitchen table one morning, i was feeding my baby,
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  • Table one morning, i was feeding my baby, who is now 42 years old,
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  • I was feeding my baby, who is now 42 years old, so that's how long ago
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  • Who is now 42 years old, so that's how long ago this has been.
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  • So that's how long ago this has been. and dave and i had,
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  • This has been. and dave and i had, had an argument.
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  • And dave and i had, had an argument. he was--had left for work,
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  • Had an argument. he was--had left for work, and we had an argument.
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  • He was--had left for work, and we had an argument. and so,
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  • And we had an argument. and so, i was talking out loud,
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  • And so, i was talking out loud, talking trash about myself,
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  • I was talking out loud, talking trash about myself, "that's right, i'm stupid.
  • 00:13:17.119 --> 00:13:18.354
  • Talking trash about myself, "that's right, i'm stupid. never do anything right.
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  • "that's right, i'm stupid. never do anything right. everything's my fault.
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  • Never do anything right. everything's my fault. i can't do anything right.
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  • Everything's my fault. i can't do anything right. i mess up every day."
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  • I can't do anything right. i mess up every day." how many of you ever talk
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  • I mess up every day." how many of you ever talk bad about yourself?
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  • How many of you ever talk bad about yourself? well, i'll tell you what.
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  • One of the worst things
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  • One of the worst things that you can do is talk
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  • One of the worst things that you can do is talk bad about yourself.
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  • That you can do is talk bad about yourself. there's plenty of other
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  • Bad about yourself. there's plenty of other people maybe doing it,
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  • There's plenty of other people maybe doing it, but you don't want to talk
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  • People maybe doing it, but you don't want to talk bad about your self.
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  • Jesus paid a tremendous price,
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  • Jesus paid a tremendous price, an unbelievable price
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  • Jesus paid a tremendous price, an unbelievable price for us to have a good life.
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  • An unbelievable price for us to have a good life. he's got a good plan for us.
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  • The bible says in ephesians 2:10
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  • The bible says in ephesians 2:10 that he has "prearranged,
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  • The bible says in ephesians 2:10 that he has "prearranged, pre-planned a good life for us,
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  • That he has "prearranged, pre-planned a good life for us, that we might walk in it."
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  • Pre-planned a good life for us, that we might walk in it." he's done everything
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  • That we might walk in it." he's done everything that he can do.
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  • We're not waiting for jesus
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  • We're not waiting for jesus to do anything else in our life.
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  • We're not waiting for jesus to do anything else in our life. he's waiting for us to believe
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  • To do anything else in our life. he's waiting for us to believe what he has done and put
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  • He's waiting for us to believe what he has done and put it to work in our life.
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  • What he has done and put it to work in our life. >> [audience applauding]
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  • It to work in our life. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and so,
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and so, and i'll just tell you this,
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  • >> joyce: and so, and i'll just tell you this, until you can stop feeling
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  • And i'll just tell you this, until you can stop feeling bad about yourself and really
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  • Until you can stop feeling bad about yourself and really start believing that god loves
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  • Bad about yourself and really start believing that god loves you unconditionally and that
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  • Start believing that god loves you unconditionally and that he has made you right with him.
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  • You unconditionally and that he has made you right with him. we do things wrong,
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  • He has made you right with him. we do things wrong, but there's a difference
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  • We do things wrong, but there's a difference in your who and your do.
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  • But there's a difference in your who and your do. see, we're not human doings,
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  • In your who and your do. see, we're not human doings, we're human beings.
  • 00:14:47.409 --> 00:14:49.445
  • See, we're not human doings, we're human beings. and so, i am the righteousness
  • 00:14:49.511 --> 00:14:51.680
  • We're human beings. and so, i am the righteousness of god in christ.
  • 00:14:51.747 --> 00:14:52.748
  • And so, i am the righteousness of god in christ. i do things wrong,
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  • Of god in christ. i do things wrong, but i'm sorry for them.
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  • I do things wrong, but i'm sorry for them. i love god.
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  • But i'm sorry for them. i love god. i don't want to do things
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  • I love god. i don't want to do things wrong and i'm growing
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  • I don't want to do things wrong and i'm growing all the time and i'm changing.
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  • Wrong and i'm growing all the time and i'm changing. do you know that you're
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  • All the time and i'm changing. do you know that you're growing sitting here tonight?
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  • Do you know that you're growing sitting here tonight? unless you just tune
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  • Growing sitting here tonight? unless you just tune me out and don't pay
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  • Unless you just tune me out and don't pay any attention at all.
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  • Me out and don't pay any attention at all. and that's a little hard
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  • Any attention at all. and that's a little hard to do because i'm kinda of loud.
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  • And that's a little hard to do because i'm kinda of loud. >> [audience laughing]
  • 00:15:12.334 --> 00:15:15.170
  • >> joyce: you have to like
  • 00:15:15.738 --> 00:15:16.772
  • >> joyce: you have to like yourself before you
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  • >> joyce: you have to like yourself before you can like anybody else.
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  • Yourself before you can like anybody else. you cannot give away
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  • Can like anybody else. you cannot give away what you do not have.
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  • You cannot give away what you do not have. so, god gives you
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  • Everything you need.
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  • Everything you need. he puts his love in you
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  • Everything you need. he puts his love in you so you can receive that
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  • He puts his love in you so you can receive that love and then let it flow
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  • So you can receive that love and then let it flow through you to other people.
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  • Love and then let it flow through you to other people. why in the world would
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  • Through you to other people. why in the world would god tell us to do right
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  • Why in the world would god tell us to do right things if he didn't put
  • 00:15:40.796 --> 00:15:41.930
  • God tell us to do right things if he didn't put righteousness in us?
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  • Things if he didn't put righteousness in us? i couldn't do anything
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  • Righteousness in us? i couldn't do anything right if i didn't have any
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  • I couldn't do anything right if i didn't have any righteousness in me.
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  • Right if i didn't have any righteousness in me. amen?
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  • Righteousness in me. amen? all the fruit
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  • Amen? all the fruit of the spirit is in us.
  • 00:15:51.173 --> 00:15:51.974
  • All the fruit of the spirit is in us. how could i ever do anything
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  • Of the spirit is in us. how could i ever do anything good if i didn't have any
  • 00:15:53.175 --> 00:15:54.076
  • How could i ever do anything good if i didn't have any goodness in me?
  • 00:15:54.143 --> 00:15:55.711
  • Good if i didn't have any goodness in me? so, you have to believe that
  • 00:15:55.778 --> 00:15:56.945
  • Goodness in me? so, you have to believe that these things are in you
  • 00:15:57.012 --> 00:15:59.314
  • So, you have to believe that these things are in you by the grace of god
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  • These things are in you by the grace of god and the doing part is not
  • 00:16:00.349 --> 00:16:02.785
  • By the grace of god and the doing part is not what saves us,
  • 00:16:02.851 --> 00:16:04.753
  • And the doing part is not what saves us, but it is what determines
  • 00:16:04.820 --> 00:16:06.221
  • What saves us, but it is what determines what kind of life you're
  • 00:16:06.288 --> 00:16:07.322
  • But it is what determines what kind of life you're gonna have here.
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  • What kind of life you're gonna have here. and how many of you could
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  • Gonna have here. and how many of you could use enjoying your life
  • 00:16:09.391 --> 00:16:10.459
  • And how many of you could use enjoying your life a whole lot more than you do?
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  • Use enjoying your life a whole lot more than you do? amen?
  • 00:16:12.194 --> 00:16:12.795
  • A whole lot more than you do? amen? >> [audience applauding]
  • 00:16:12.861 --> 00:16:13.295
  • Amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: okay.
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: okay. how many of you don't love
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  • >> joyce: okay. how many of you don't love yourself like you should?
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  • How many of you don't love yourself like you should? all right.
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  • Yourself like you should? all right. [dusting off hands]
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  • All right. [dusting off hands] now, we're gonna go to work.
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  • [dusting off hands] now, we're gonna go to work. amen?
  • 00:16:22.137 --> 00:16:22.404
  • Now, we're gonna go to work. amen? >> [audience laughing]
  • 00:16:22.471 --> 00:16:24.773
  • Amen? >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: just believe.
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: just believe. once you really get it,
  • 00:16:27.276 --> 00:16:28.143
  • >> joyce: just believe. once you really get it, it's simple.
  • 00:16:28.210 --> 00:16:28.744
  • Once you really get it, it's simple. but this righteousness
  • 00:16:28.811 --> 00:16:30.512
  • It's simple. but this righteousness thing i have probably said
  • 00:16:30.579 --> 00:16:34.316
  • But this righteousness thing i have probably said and still--i don't know
  • 00:16:34.383 --> 00:16:38.187
  • Thing i have probably said and still--i don't know if it's still every day,
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  • And still--i don't know if it's still every day, but i don't miss very many
  • 00:16:39.154 --> 00:16:40.355
  • If it's still every day, but i don't miss very many days that i don't say out loud,
  • 00:16:40.422 --> 00:16:43.792
  • But i don't miss very many days that i don't say out loud, "i am the righteousness
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  • Days that i don't say out loud, "i am the righteousness of god in christ.
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  • "i am the righteousness of god in christ. set apart and made holy
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  • Of god in christ. set apart and made holy by the blood of the lamb.
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  • Set apart and made holy by the blood of the lamb. no weapon formed against
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  • By the blood of the lamb. no weapon formed against me shall prosper.
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  • No weapon formed against me shall prosper. every tongue that rises
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  • Me shall prosper. every tongue that rises up against me in judgment,
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  • Every tongue that rises up against me in judgment, i will show to be in the wrong.
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  • Up against me in judgment, i will show to be in the wrong. i'm the head, not the tail.
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  • I will show to be in the wrong. i'm the head, not the tail. above and not beneath."
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  • I'm the head, not the tail. above and not beneath." >> [audience applauding]
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  • Above and not beneath." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i mean,
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i mean, you just take 3, 4 minutes
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  • >> joyce: i mean, you just take 3, 4 minutes a couple of times a day
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  • You just take 3, 4 minutes a couple of times a day confessing the word
  • 00:17:07.316 --> 00:17:09.485
  • A couple of times a day confessing the word and pretty soon you'll think,
  • 00:17:09.551 --> 00:17:12.488
  • Confessing the word and pretty soon you'll think, "you know what?
  • 00:17:12.554 --> 00:17:13.589
  • And pretty soon you'll think, "you know what? i believe that."
  • 00:17:13.655 --> 00:17:16.525
  • "you know what? i believe that." now, you're not just hearing
  • 00:17:16.592 --> 00:17:17.359
  • I believe that." now, you're not just hearing somebody else preach it,
  • 00:17:17.426 --> 00:17:19.828
  • Now, you're not just hearing somebody else preach it, you're not just reading
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  • Somebody else preach it, you're not just reading it out of a book, but it's like,
  • 00:17:20.662 --> 00:17:22.364
  • You're not just reading it out of a book, but it's like, "yeah, i have been
  • 00:17:22.431 --> 00:17:26.001
  • It out of a book, but it's like, "yeah, i have been made right with god.
  • 00:17:26.068 --> 00:17:27.369
  • "yeah, i have been made right with god. i don't have to feel
  • 00:17:27.436 --> 00:17:28.770
  • Made right with god. i don't have to feel guilty all the time."
  • 00:17:28.837 --> 00:17:32.407
  • I don't have to feel guilty all the time." when you sin, you repent.
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  • Guilty all the time." when you sin, you repent. god forgives you.
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  • When you sin, you repent. god forgives you. you go on about your business.
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  • It says that "god forgives
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  • It says that "god forgives us for his own sake."
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  • It says that "god forgives us for his own sake." i love that.
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  • Us for his own sake." i love that. he does it for his own sake.
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  • I love that. he does it for his own sake. and that's why he wants
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  • Us to forgive other people
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  • Us to forgive other people for our own sake.
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  • Us to forgive other people for our own sake. it's not necessarily for them.
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  • For our own sake. it's not necessarily for them. they may not even care whether
  • 00:17:55.097 --> 00:17:56.298
  • It's not necessarily for them. they may not even care whether you forgive 'em or not,
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  • They may not even care whether you forgive 'em or not, but you forgive 'em
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  • You forgive 'em or not, but you forgive 'em for your own sake,
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  • But you forgive 'em for your own sake, because god doesn't want
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  • For your own sake, because god doesn't want you carrying that burden
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  • Because god doesn't want you carrying that burden around with you and messin'
  • 00:18:01.603 --> 00:18:03.005
  • You carrying that burden around with you and messin' up your whole life because
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  • Around with you and messin' up your whole life because you're mad at somebody
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  • Up your whole life because you're mad at somebody over what they did to you.
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  • >> [audience applauding]
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen?
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen? so, you've got the mind
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  • >> joyce: amen? so, you've got the mind of the flesh already,
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  • So, you've got the mind of the flesh already, before you're born again.
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  • Of the flesh already, before you're born again. that's what we're used
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  • Before you're born again. that's what we're used to operating out of,
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  • Which means we just
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  • Which means we just do what we want,
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  • Which means we just do what we want, what we think and what we feel.
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  • Do what we want, what we think and what we feel. your soul is your mind,
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  • What we think and what we feel. your soul is your mind, your will, and your emotions.
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  • Your soul is your mind, your will, and your emotions. so, you know,
  • 00:18:32.067 --> 00:18:33.335
  • Your will, and your emotions. so, you know, "i want, i think, i feel.
  • 00:18:33.402 --> 00:18:34.536
  • So, you know, "i want, i think, i feel. i want, i think, i feel.
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  • "i want, i think, i feel. i want, i think, i feel. i want, i think, i feel."
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  • I want, i think, i feel. i want, i think, i feel." and we're always telling
  • 00:18:36.538 --> 00:18:37.873
  • I want, i think, i feel." and we're always telling everybody how we feel
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  • And we're always telling everybody how we feel and what we want,
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  • Everybody how we feel and what we want, and what we think.
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  • And what we want, and what we think. "well, i think.
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  • And what we think. "well, i think. i think.
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  • "well, i think. i think. i think.
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  • I think. i think. i want.
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  • I think. i want. i want.
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  • I want. i want. i feel.
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  • I want. i feel. i feel."
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  • I feel. i feel." but none of that tells
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  • I feel." but none of that tells us anything about god.
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  • And then when we're born again,
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  • And then when we're born again, we get this spiritual mind.
  • 00:18:49.618 --> 00:18:53.789
  • And then when we're born again, we get this spiritual mind. but it has to be renewed.
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  • We get this spiritual mind. but it has to be renewed. it has to be woken up and made
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  • But it has to be renewed. it has to be woken up and made alive and fed the word
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  • It has to be woken up and made alive and fed the word of god on a regular basis.
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  • Alive and fed the word of god on a regular basis. and so, now, when you
  • 00:19:06.802 --> 00:19:09.104
  • Of god on a regular basis. and so, now, when you get this mind of christ,
  • 00:19:09.171 --> 00:19:12.374
  • And so, now, when you get this mind of christ, and you get this new spirit,
  • 00:19:12.441 --> 00:19:14.042
  • Get this mind of christ, and you get this new spirit, and god's spirit is in you,
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  • And you get this new spirit, and god's spirit is in you, when you sin you can't be too
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  • And god's spirit is in you, when you sin you can't be too comfortable with that.
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  • When you sin you can't be too comfortable with that. 'cause there's a little
  • 00:19:19.781 --> 00:19:20.682
  • Comfortable with that. 'cause there's a little somethin' in you that just bugs
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  • 'cause there's a little somethin' in you that just bugs you and bugs you and bugs you.
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  • And it's like, you may not
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  • And it's like, you may not even know why you've--
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  • And it's like, you may not even know why you've-- it's like...[whining]
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  • Even know why you've-- it's like...[whining] "i just feel heavy inside
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  • It's like...[whining] "i just feel heavy inside and i feel down and i've lost
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  • "i just feel heavy inside and i feel down and i've lost my joy and i don't have any
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  • And i feel down and i've lost my joy and i don't have any peace and i'm depressed."
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  • My joy and i don't have any peace and i'm depressed." and half the time
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  • Peace and i'm depressed." and half the time we don't even realize,
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  • And half the time we don't even realize, it's because--
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  • We don't even realize, it's because-- do you know that you can
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  • It's because-- do you know that you can make yourself miserable
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  • Do you know that you can make yourself miserable just by the way you talk?
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  • Make yourself miserable just by the way you talk? you go have a good gossip
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  • Just by the way you talk? you go have a good gossip session about somebody
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  • You go have a good gossip session about somebody and just see how
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  • Session about somebody and just see how you feel afterwards.
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  • And just see how you feel afterwards. we can't do that stuff
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  • You feel afterwards. we can't do that stuff and feel good.
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  • We can't do that stuff and feel good. when you say good
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  • And feel good. when you say good things about people,
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  • When you say good things about people, then you feel good.
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  • Things about people, then you feel good. you say bad things about people,
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  • Then you feel good. you say bad things about people, you reap what you sow.
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  • You say bad things about people, you reap what you sow. amen?
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  • So, the amplified bible
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  • So, the amplified bible in romans 8:6 says that
  • 00:20:15.704 --> 00:20:17.873
  • So, the amplified bible in romans 8:6 says that "the mind of the flesh
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  • In romans 8:6 says that "the mind of the flesh [is sense and reason
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  • "the mind of the flesh [is sense and reason without the holy spirit]."
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  • [is sense and reason without the holy spirit]." now, god doesn't expect
  • 00:20:24.313 --> 00:20:25.580
  • Without the holy spirit]." now, god doesn't expect us not to have any sense
  • 00:20:25.647 --> 00:20:26.948
  • Now, god doesn't expect us not to have any sense or not to ever reason
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  • Us not to have any sense or not to ever reason anything or think about it.
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  • Or not to ever reason anything or think about it. but he does not want
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  • Anything or think about it. but he does not want us living in reasoning,
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  • But he does not want us living in reasoning, our own fleshly,
  • 00:20:35.424 --> 00:20:36.558
  • Us living in reasoning, our own fleshly, carnal reasoning.
  • 00:20:36.625 --> 00:20:39.261
  • Our own fleshly, carnal reasoning. and in james, he talks about
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  • Carnal reasoning. and in james, he talks about being a doer of the word.
  • 00:20:42.597 --> 00:20:43.765
  • And in james, he talks about being a doer of the word. and he said,
  • 00:20:43.832 --> 00:20:44.232
  • Being a doer of the word. and he said, if you hear the word
  • 00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:45.000
  • And he said, if you hear the word only and you don't do it,
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  • If you hear the word only and you don't do it, then you're deceived
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  • Only and you don't do it, then you're deceived by reasoning that
  • 00:20:50.138 --> 00:20:51.606
  • Then you're deceived by reasoning that is contrary to the truth.
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  • I'm throwing a lot at you
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  • I'm throwing a lot at you all at once here,
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  • I'm throwing a lot at you all at once here, but i want to focus a lot
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  • All at once here, but i want to focus a lot on reasoning tonight because
  • 00:21:00.749 --> 00:21:03.585
  • But i want to focus a lot on reasoning tonight because it's that reasoning that
  • 00:21:03.652 --> 00:21:05.487
  • On reasoning tonight because it's that reasoning that gets us in so much trouble.
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  • It's that reasoning that gets us in so much trouble. so, i'll tell you why the dress
  • 00:21:09.024 --> 00:21:10.192
  • Gets us in so much trouble. so, i'll tell you why the dress is up here and then we can
  • 00:21:10.258 --> 00:21:11.226
  • So, i'll tell you why the dress is up here and then we can get it off the platform,
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  • Is up here and then we can get it off the platform, so everybody can quit wonderin'.
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  • Get it off the platform, so everybody can quit wonderin'. and this will help you
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  • So everybody can quit wonderin'. and this will help you understand what
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  • And this will help you understand what i'm talking about.
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  • Understand what i'm talking about. we had a girl that volunteered
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  • I'm talking about. we had a girl that volunteered for us for years.
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  • We had a girl that volunteered for us for years. i know some of you have
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  • For us for years. i know some of you have heard me tell this story
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  • I know some of you have heard me tell this story and you've seen it,
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  • Heard me tell this story and you've seen it, but you can endure it again.
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  • And you've seen it, but you can endure it again. amen?
  • 00:21:30.212 --> 00:21:30.645
  • But you can endure it again. amen? >> [audience laughing]
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  • Amen? >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how many of you
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how many of you have not heard it?
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  • >> joyce: how many of you have not heard it? all right.
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  • Have not heard it? all right. well, i'm talking to you then.
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  • All right. well, i'm talking to you then. this girl's name was ruth ann.
  • 00:21:35.817 --> 00:21:37.986
  • Well, i'm talking to you then. this girl's name was ruth ann. and one morning i was getting
  • 00:21:38.053 --> 00:21:39.421
  • This girl's name was ruth ann. and one morning i was getting ready to go to the meeting
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  • And one morning i was getting ready to go to the meeting that i had weekly in my city
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  • Ready to go to the meeting that i had weekly in my city where she volunteered.
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  • That i had weekly in my city where she volunteered. and so, i'm in my closet
  • 00:21:47.129 --> 00:21:48.697
  • Where she volunteered. and so, i'm in my closet getting dressed
  • 00:21:48.764 --> 00:21:49.364
  • And so, i'm in my closet getting dressed and i'm praying for ruth ann,
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  • Getting dressed and i'm praying for ruth ann, "oh lord, bless ruth ann.
  • 00:21:52.601 --> 00:21:53.902
  • And i'm praying for ruth ann, "oh lord, bless ruth ann. she's such a great volunteer.
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  • "oh lord, bless ruth ann. she's such a great volunteer. what can i do for ruth ann?"
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  • She's such a great volunteer. what can i do for ruth ann?" ladies, do not ever pray
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  • What can i do for ruth ann?" ladies, do not ever pray for somebody in your closet.
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  • Ladies, do not ever pray for somebody in your closet. >> [audience laughing]
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  • For somebody in your closet. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: not unless
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: not unless you're ready to get rid
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  • >> joyce: not unless you're ready to get rid of your favorite outfit.
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  • You're ready to get rid of your favorite outfit. amen?
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  • Of your favorite outfit. amen? and so, i had bought this dress.
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  • Amen? and so, i had bought this dress. now, this dress is 40 years old.
  • 00:22:14.723 --> 00:22:18.860
  • And so, i had bought this dress. now, this dress is 40 years old. i had bought this dress,
  • 00:22:18.927 --> 00:22:21.096
  • Now, this dress is 40 years old. i had bought this dress, and i bought it actually one
  • 00:22:21.163 --> 00:22:22.497
  • I had bought this dress, and i bought it actually one size too big for me because
  • 00:22:22.564 --> 00:22:23.865
  • And i bought it actually one size too big for me because it was the only one,
  • 00:22:23.932 --> 00:22:24.599
  • Size too big for me because it was the only one, they had, and i liked
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  • It was the only one, they had, and i liked it so much.
  • 00:22:25.801 --> 00:22:27.469
  • They had, and i liked it so much. and because it, you know,
  • 00:22:27.536 --> 00:22:29.104
  • It so much. and because it, you know, had a full skirt--
  • 00:22:29.171 --> 00:22:31.139
  • And because it, you know, had a full skirt-- you weren't gonna really
  • 00:22:31.206 --> 00:22:32.007
  • Had a full skirt-- you weren't gonna really be able to tell too much
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  • You weren't gonna really be able to tell too much that it was too big.
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  • Be able to tell too much that it was too big. had a plastic bag over it,
  • 00:22:33.842 --> 00:22:35.210
  • That it was too big. had a plastic bag over it, bought a pair of red and silver
  • 00:22:35.277 --> 00:22:36.445
  • Had a plastic bag over it, bought a pair of red and silver earrings that i really
  • 00:22:36.511 --> 00:22:37.746
  • Bought a pair of red and silver earrings that i really liked to go with it.
  • 00:22:37.813 --> 00:22:38.814
  • Earrings that i really liked to go with it. and i had, had it for maybe
  • 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:40.982
  • Liked to go with it. and i had, had it for maybe a month or six weeks,
  • 00:22:41.049 --> 00:22:42.117
  • And i had, had it for maybe a month or six weeks, and i hadn't worn it yet.
  • 00:22:42.184 --> 00:22:43.785
  • A month or six weeks, and i hadn't worn it yet. it was just there with
  • 00:22:43.852 --> 00:22:44.753
  • And i hadn't worn it yet. it was just there with the plastic bag in the closet.
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  • It was just there with the plastic bag in the closet. earrings were in the drawer.
  • 00:22:47.789 --> 00:22:49.858
  • The plastic bag in the closet. earrings were in the drawer. and so, when i was asking god
  • 00:22:49.925 --> 00:22:51.660
  • Earrings were in the drawer. and so, when i was asking god what i could do for ruth ann...
  • 00:22:51.726 --> 00:22:55.530
  • And so, when i was asking god what i could do for ruth ann... >> [audience laughing]
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  • What i could do for ruth ann... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i thought, "no.
  • 00:23:00.001 --> 00:23:03.305
  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i thought, "no. no."
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  • >> joyce: i thought, "no. no." >> [audience laughing]
  • 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:05.373
  • No." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, here's a lesson.
  • 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:09.144
  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, here's a lesson. i reasoned, because i didn't
  • 00:23:09.211 --> 00:23:13.281
  • >> joyce: now, here's a lesson. i reasoned, because i didn't want to obey.
  • 00:23:13.348 --> 00:23:16.218
  • I reasoned, because i didn't want to obey. so, i reasoned that god
  • 00:23:16.284 --> 00:23:18.220
  • Want to obey. so, i reasoned that god could not possibly be telling
  • 00:23:18.286 --> 00:23:20.121
  • So, i reasoned that god could not possibly be telling me to give her that dress
  • 00:23:20.188 --> 00:23:21.423
  • Could not possibly be telling me to give her that dress because it was new.
  • 00:23:21.490 --> 00:23:26.828
  • Me to give her that dress because it was new. now, if i woulda warn
  • 00:23:26.895 --> 00:23:27.762
  • Because it was new. now, if i woulda warn it 40 times and it had a hole
  • 00:23:27.829 --> 00:23:29.397
  • Now, if i woulda warn it 40 times and it had a hole in it somewhere,
  • 00:23:29.464 --> 00:23:30.031
  • It 40 times and it had a hole in it somewhere, i wouldn't of cared.
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  • In it somewhere, i wouldn't of cared. come on.
  • 00:23:31.967 --> 00:23:32.534
  • I wouldn't of cared. come on. are you with me?
  • 00:23:32.601 --> 00:23:33.201
  • Come on. are you with me? you understandin' this?
  • 00:23:33.268 --> 00:23:34.936
  • Are you with me? you understandin' this? and so, i mean, reasoning,
  • 00:23:35.003 --> 00:23:39.808
  • You understandin' this? and so, i mean, reasoning, operating in that mind
  • 00:23:39.875 --> 00:23:40.976
  • And so, i mean, reasoning, operating in that mind of the flesh can cause
  • 00:23:41.042 --> 00:23:44.112
  • Operating in that mind of the flesh can cause you so much trouble.
  • 00:23:44.179 --> 00:23:45.447
  • Of the flesh can cause you so much trouble. and here's the thing you
  • 00:23:45.514 --> 00:23:46.181
  • You so much trouble. and here's the thing you gotta understand,
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  • And here's the thing you gotta understand, god is never, ever, ever,
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  • Gotta understand, god is never, ever, ever, ever trying to take
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  • God is never, ever, ever, ever trying to take anything away from you.
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  • Ever trying to take anything away from you. everything he asks you to do,
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  • Anything away from you. everything he asks you to do, even if it's something really
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  • Everything he asks you to do, even if it's something really hard for you to do,
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  • Even if it's something really hard for you to do, he's only trying to get
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  • Hard for you to do, he's only trying to get you in a position where
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  • He's only trying to get you in a position where he can bless you more.
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  • >> announcer: do you start
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  • >> announcer: do you start the day in a bad
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  • The day in a bad mood before your
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  • Mood before your feet even hit
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  • Feet even hit the floor,
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  • The floor, and then end your
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  • And then end your day the same way?
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  • Day the same way? in today's world
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  • In today's world we all battle
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  • We all battle to have positive
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  • To have positive thoughts instead
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  • Thoughts instead of negative ones.
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  • Of negative ones. but did you
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  • But did you know there's a way
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  • Know there's a way for you to experience
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  • For you to experience long-lasting peace
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  • Long-lasting peace and contentment?
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  • And contentment? >> joyce: i grew up
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  • >> joyce: i grew up with an attitude that
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  • With an attitude that it was better to
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  • It was better to expect nothing good,
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  • Expect nothing good, than to expect it
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  • Than to expect it and be
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  • And be disappointed when
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  • Disappointed when it didn't happen.
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  • It didn't happen. and some of you know
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  • And some of you know exactly what i'm
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  • Exactly what i'm talking about.
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  • Talking about. but here's the good
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  • But here's the good news, you can break
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  • News, you can break free from
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  • Free from this mindset.
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  • This mindset. for over 30 years,
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  • For over 30 years, “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
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  • And replace them with
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  • Them with the truth
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  • The truth and hope,
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  • And hope, that's only found
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  • That's only found in the word of god.
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  • >> announcer: "battlefield
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  • >> announcer: "battlefield of the mind," is one
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  • Of the mind," is one of joyce's most popular
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  • Of joyce's most popular books with over
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  • Books with over 7 million copies sold.
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  • 7 million copies sold. and right now,
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  • And right now, "battlefield of the mind,"
  • 00:24:49.744 --> 00:24:50.879
  • "battlefield of the mind," 30th anniversary edition,
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  • 30th anniversary edition, is available to you for
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  • Is available to you for your gift of any amount.
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  • Your gift of any amount. and today,
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  • And today, when you donate...
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  • When you donate... or more,
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  • Or more, you'll receive
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  • You'll receive the anniversary package,
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  • The anniversary package, which includes the book,
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  • Which includes the book, along with four hours
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  • Along with four hours of joyce's
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  • Of joyce's teachings on the,
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  • Teachings on the, "battlefield of the mind"
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  • "battlefield of the mind" either on cd,
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  • Either on cd, or digital download;
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  • Or digital download; your choice.
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  • Your choice. 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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  • >> female 1: it was one
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  • >> female 1: it was one of the most powerful
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  • Of the most powerful books in my healing
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  • Books in my healing journey.
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  • Journey. >> male: understanding
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  • >> male: understanding the victory
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  • The victory that really is ours.
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  • That really is ours. >> female 2: it was my big
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  • >> female 2: it was my big god moment.
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  • God moment. i read the book one
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  • I read the book one person and then
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  • Person and then finished it a
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  • Finished it a different one.
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  • Different one. >> joyce: well,
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  • >> joyce: well, it still amazes me
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  • It still amazes me how god has used
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  • How god has used “battlefield of the
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  • “battlefield of the mind,” for over
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  • Mind,” for over 30 years
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  • 30 years to help people
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  • To help people with their thoughts.
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  • With their thoughts. many of you know
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  • Many of you know the pain of my past,
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  • The pain of my past, and the impact that
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  • And the impact that it had on the way
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  • It had on the way i thought about god,
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  • I thought about god, my circumstances,
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  • My circumstances, and of course,
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  • And of course, how i viewed myself.
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  • How i viewed myself. my negative thinking
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  • My negative thinking was ruining everything
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  • Was ruining everything around me.
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  • Around me. in “battlefield of the mind,”
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  • In “battlefield of the mind,” i want to help you think about
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  • I want to help you think about what you're thinking about.
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  • What you're thinking about. and as you do,
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  • And as you do, i believe you'll
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  • I believe you'll begin to see
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  • Begin to see a difference
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  • A difference in your words
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  • In your words and attitudes,
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  • And attitudes, toward the people
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  • Toward the people and circumstances
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  • And circumstances in your life.
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  • In your life. your gift of any amount will
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  • Your gift of any amount will help us reach the lost,
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  • Help us reach the lost, feed the hungry,
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  • Feed the hungry, and help women
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  • And help women and girls find freedom
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  • And girls find freedom all around the world.
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  • All around the world. >> announcer: the 30th
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  • >> announcer: the 30th anniversary edition
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  • Anniversary edition of "battlefield of the mind"
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  • Of "battlefield of the mind" is available to you right now
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  • Is available to you right now for your gift
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  • For your gift of any amount.
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  • Of any amount. with a donation of...
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  • With a donation of... or more,
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  • Or more, you'll receive the anniversary
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  • You'll receive the anniversary package which includes
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  • Package which includes the book and four hours
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  • The book and four hours of joyce's
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  • Of joyce's teachings on the,
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  • Teachings on the, "battlefield of the mind,"
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  • "battlefield of the mind," on either cd or digital
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  • On either cd or digital download, your choice.
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  • Download, your choice. 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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  • >> announcer: it's joyce's
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  • >> announcer: it's joyce's first conference
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  • First conference focused entirely
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  • Focused entirely on her best-selling book,
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  • On her best-selling book, "battlefield of the mind."
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  • "battlefield of the mind." freedom and peace
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  • Freedom and peace are possible.
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  • Are possible. the battlefield of the mind
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  • The battlefield of the mind conference with joyce meyer,
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  • Conference with joyce meyer, john maxwell,
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  • John maxwell, pastor robert madu,
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  • Pastor robert madu, and worship with bryan
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  • And worship with bryan and katie torwalt.
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  • And katie torwalt. it all happens april 24th-26th
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  • >> [♪♪]
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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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