Joyce Meyer - Pride and Humility (Part 2)

July 25, 2025 | 29:29

Most of us hope for more blessings in our life. Today, Joyce shares on the dangers of pride and the rewards found in choosing humility.

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - Pride and Humility (Part 2) | July 25, 2025

>> joyce: god loves you so much,
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>> joyce: god loves you so much, and he wants to promote you.
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>> joyce: god loves you so much, and he wants to promote you. he wants to exalt you.
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And he wants to promote you. he wants to exalt you. why would he want all
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He wants to exalt you. why would he want all the sinners in the world
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Why would he want all the sinners in the world to have all the positions
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The sinners in the world to have all the positions and the titles and the people
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To have all the positions and the titles and the people that are admired?
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And the titles and the people that are admired? he wants his kids to have those
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That are admired? he wants his kids to have those positions, but we cannot have
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He wants his kids to have those positions, but we cannot have them and maintain them, if we're
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Positions, but we cannot have them and maintain them, if we're gonna get full of ourselves
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Them and maintain them, if we're gonna get full of ourselves and start thinking we're
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Gonna get full of ourselves and start thinking we're better than everybody else.
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>> joyce: i do what
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>> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's
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>> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's power transform my own life,
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I do because i've seen god's power transform my own life, and he will do it for you.
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Power transform my own life, and he will do it for you. the key to everything
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And he will do it for you. the key to everything is found in god's word.
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The key to everything is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer,
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Is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal
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I'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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>> joyce: 1 peter 5:6 and 7,
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>> joyce: 1 peter 5:6 and 7, very interesting two scriptures:
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>> joyce: 1 peter 5:6 and 7, very interesting two scriptures: “therefore humble yourself
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Very interesting two scriptures: “therefore humble yourself under the mighty hand of god,
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“therefore humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, that in due time he may exalt
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Under the mighty hand of god, that in due time he may exalt you, casting all of your care
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That in due time he may exalt you, casting all of your care [all your anxieties, all your
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You, casting all of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns,
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[all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, and once and for all] on him,
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Worries, all your concerns, and once and for all] on him, for he cares for you
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And once and for all] on him, for he cares for you affectionately and cares
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For he cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.”
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Affectionately and cares about you watchfully.” now, what does not worrying
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About you watchfully.” now, what does not worrying and casting my care have
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Now, what does not worrying and casting my care have to do with humbling myself?
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And casting my care have to do with humbling myself? because really what those
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To do with humbling myself? because really what those scriptures are saying is,
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Because really what those scriptures are saying is, as long as i am worrying about
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How i can fix my problem,
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How i can fix my problem, i still think i can fix it,
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How i can fix my problem, i still think i can fix it, and i haven't come to the
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I still think i can fix it, and i haven't come to the realization yet that i can't
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And i haven't come to the realization yet that i can't do anything without god.
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Realization yet that i can't do anything without god. hmm, i would've liked a better
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Do anything without god. hmm, i would've liked a better result than you gave me,
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Hmm, i would've liked a better result than you gave me, but that's all right.
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>> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: all right.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: all right. if we refuse to humble
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>> joyce: all right. if we refuse to humble ourselves, god can arrange
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If we refuse to humble ourselves, god can arrange circumstances that will
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Ourselves, god can arrange circumstances that will humble us, but it's much
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Circumstances that will humble us, but it's much more painful.
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Humble us, but it's much more painful. now, people that are the most
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More painful. now, people that are the most in danger of being in pride
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Now, people that are the most in danger of being in pride are people that are successful.
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People that have
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People that have a position of power.
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People that have a position of power. people that have other people--
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A position of power. people that have other people-- i don't like to even use
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People that have other people-- i don't like to even use this term, but under them.
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I don't like to even use this term, but under them. so, if you're a supervisor,
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This term, but under them. so, if you're a supervisor, if you're a department manager,
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So, if you're a supervisor, if you're a department manager, if you are in charge of the dog,
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If you're a department manager, if you are in charge of the dog, i don't care what it is,
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If you are in charge of the dog, i don't care what it is, you know, the higher
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I don't care what it is, you know, the higher up the ladder of success
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You know, the higher up the ladder of success you go, the more you are
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Up the ladder of success you go, the more you are in danger of being in pride.
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You go, the more you are in danger of being in pride. you have to remember that god
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In danger of being in pride. you have to remember that god promoted you when you were
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You have to remember that god promoted you when you were small in your own sight,
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Promoted you when you were small in your own sight, but if you start to get
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Small in your own sight, but if you start to get big britches, then you're
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But if you start to get big britches, then you're gonna get in trouble.
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Big britches, then you're gonna get in trouble. and we see that with saul.
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Gonna get in trouble. and we see that with saul. we see it with other people
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And we see that with saul. we see it with other people in the bible, nebuchadnezzar.
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We see it with other people in the bible, nebuchadnezzar. and it's just a fact.
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In the bible, nebuchadnezzar. and it's just a fact. god would love to do so much
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And it's just a fact. god would love to do so much more through his people
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God would love to do so much more through his people than what he's able to do.
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More through his people than what he's able to do. what did he tell paul?
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Paul had the thorn in his
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Paul had the thorn in his flesh and everybody likes
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Paul had the thorn in his flesh and everybody likes to argue about what it was.
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Flesh and everybody likes to argue about what it was. well, i don't really care.
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To argue about what it was. well, i don't really care. the thing was,
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Well, i don't really care. the thing was, was it bothered him.
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The thing was, was it bothered him. he didn't want it.
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Was it bothered him. he didn't want it. he didn't like it.
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He didn't want it. he didn't like it. and god said that he would
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He didn't like it. and god said that he would not remove it, that he had
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And god said that he would not remove it, that he had it because--to keep him from
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Not remove it, that he had it because--to keep him from being excessively exalted
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It because--to keep him from being excessively exalted because of the greatness
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Being excessively exalted because of the greatness of the revelations that
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Because of the greatness of the revelations that he had been given.
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Of the revelations that he had been given. now, did you understand that?
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He had been given. now, did you understand that? right now, i'm telling you why
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Sometimes you have trouble
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Sometimes you have trouble and you don't understand.
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Sometimes you have trouble and you don't understand. you're not gonna like what
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And you don't understand. you're not gonna like what i'm getting ready to say.
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You're not gonna like what i'm getting ready to say. sometimes it is a gift from god.
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I'm getting ready to say. sometimes it is a gift from god. >> audience member: amen!
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Sometimes it is a gift from god. >> audience member: amen! >> joyce: where are you at?
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>> audience member: amen! >> joyce: where are you at? i'm gonna talk just to you.
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>> joyce: where are you at? i'm gonna talk just to you. >> [audience laughing]
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I'm gonna talk just to you. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: see, we're taught
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: see, we're taught that if we live by faith,
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>> joyce: see, we're taught that if we live by faith, that we should be able
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That if we live by faith, that we should be able to resist all that and rebuke
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That we should be able to resist all that and rebuke all that, and it's just
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To resist all that and rebuke all that, and it's just the devil and we should
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All that, and it's just the devil and we should be able to rebuke him.
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The devil and we should be able to rebuke him. and yes, all trouble does
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Be able to rebuke him. and yes, all trouble does come from the devil,
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And yes, all trouble does come from the devil, but sometimes god allows it.
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What do you think
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What do you think i would be like?
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What do you think i would be like? okay, i've written 147 books,
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I would be like? okay, i've written 147 books, whoever tried to count 'em,
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Okay, i've written 147 books, whoever tried to count 'em, 147 books.
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Whoever tried to count 'em, 147 books. >> [audience applauding]
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147 books. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and one of them
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and one of them has sold eight million copies,
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>> joyce: and one of them has sold eight million copies, "battlefield of the mind."
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Has sold eight million copies, "battlefield of the mind." so if you haven't read it,
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"battlefield of the mind." so if you haven't read it, you should get it.
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So if you haven't read it, you should get it. i'm on television all over
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You should get it. i'm on television all over the world and, you know,
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I'm on television all over the world and, you know, "joyce meyer this,
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The world and, you know, "joyce meyer this, joyce meyer that..."
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"joyce meyer this, joyce meyer that..." recognized everywhere i go.
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Joyce meyer that..." recognized everywhere i go. now, let me ask you a question.
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Recognized everywhere i go. now, let me ask you a question. what do you think i would
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Now, let me ask you a question. what do you think i would be like if i never had any
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What do you think i would be like if i never had any trouble in my life?
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Be like if i never had any trouble in my life? if everything turned
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Trouble in my life? if everything turned up roses for me, you know
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If everything turned up roses for me, you know what i would think?
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Up roses for me, you know what i would think? i would think, "it was
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What i would think? i would think, "it was because i was so great."
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I would think, "it was because i was so great." and then it would cause
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Because i was so great." and then it would cause me to judge anybody else
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And then it would cause me to judge anybody else who had a problem.
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Me to judge anybody else who had a problem. i would be certain it was
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Who had a problem. i would be certain it was because they had sin
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I would be certain it was because they had sin in their life.
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Because they had sin in their life. and so god always works
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In their life. and so god always works things out for our good.
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What did joseph tell
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What did joseph tell his brothers?
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What did joseph tell his brothers? "what you meant for my harm,
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His brothers? "what you meant for my harm, god intended for my good."
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"what you meant for my harm, god intended for my good." and whatever you think
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Or whoever you think is your
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Or whoever you think is your greatest enemy right now,
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Or whoever you think is your greatest enemy right now, someday you may mature enough
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Greatest enemy right now, someday you may mature enough to figure out that it was
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Someday you may mature enough to figure out that it was really your best friend.
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To figure out that it was really your best friend. >> [audience applauding]
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Really your best friend. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you might as well
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you might as well get in agreement with me now,
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>> joyce: you might as well get in agreement with me now, because i'll keep you here
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Get in agreement with me now, because i'll keep you here a long time if you don't.
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Because i'll keep you here a long time if you don't. >> [audience laughing]
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A long time if you don't. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: amen?
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Where's the clock?
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Where's the clock? i'm supposed--oh, i see it.
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Where's the clock? i'm supposed--oh, i see it. well, i only have 16 minutes
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I'm supposed--oh, i see it. well, i only have 16 minutes left, and i sure can't say
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Well, i only have 16 minutes left, and i sure can't say everything i wanna
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Left, and i sure can't say everything i wanna say in 16 minutes.
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Everything i wanna say in 16 minutes. >> [audience laughing]
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Say in 16 minutes. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how many of you
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how many of you realize how important this is?
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>> joyce: how many of you realize how important this is? god loves you so much,
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Realize how important this is? god loves you so much, and he wants to promote you.
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God loves you so much, and he wants to promote you. he wants to exalt you.
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And he wants to promote you. he wants to exalt you. why would he want all
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He wants to exalt you. why would he want all the sinners in the world
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Why would he want all the sinners in the world to have all the positions
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The sinners in the world to have all the positions and the titles and the people
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To have all the positions and the titles and the people that are admired?
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And the titles and the people that are admired? he wants his kids to have those
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That are admired? he wants his kids to have those positions, but we cannot have
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He wants his kids to have those positions, but we cannot have them and maintain them, if we're
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Gonna get full of ourselves
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Gonna get full of ourselves and start thinking we're
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Gonna get full of ourselves and start thinking we're better than everybody else.
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And start thinking we're better than everybody else. >> [audience applauding]
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Better than everybody else. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and there
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and there is nothing--i'm just gonna
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>> joyce: and there is nothing--i'm just gonna be honest with you.
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Is nothing--i'm just gonna be honest with you. i've been around a lot
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Be honest with you. i've been around a lot of preachers in my life.
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I've been around a lot of preachers in my life. and you have never done
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Of preachers in my life. and you have never done anything until you've
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And you have never done anything until you've gone to lunch with
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Anything until you've gone to lunch with about 12 preachers.
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Gone to lunch with about 12 preachers. >> [audience laughing]
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About 12 preachers. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and you tell
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and you tell me if i'm right.
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>> joyce: and you tell me if i'm right. everybody fights to have
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Me if i'm right. everybody fights to have the conversation, not actually
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Everybody fights to have the conversation, not actually fighting, but you just can't
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The conversation, not actually fighting, but you just can't wait for somebody to stop
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Fighting, but you just can't wait for somebody to stop telling you what they're doing,
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Wait for somebody to stop telling you what they're doing, so you can tell them
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Telling you what they're doing, so you can tell them what you're doing.
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So you can tell them what you're doing. >> [audience laughing]
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What you're doing. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "well, i did this
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "well, i did this and i did that, and our
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>> joyce: "well, i did this and i did that, and our church did this..."
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And i did that, and our church did this..." and that's not what god--
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Church did this..." and that's not what god-- god wants us being
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And that's not what god-- god wants us being interested in other people.
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God wants us being interested in other people. if you wanna be popular,
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Interested in other people. if you wanna be popular, don't talk about yourself.
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If you wanna be popular, don't talk about yourself. always ask other people
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Don't talk about yourself. always ask other people to tell you all about them,
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Always ask other people to tell you all about them, because people love
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To tell you all about them, because people love to talk about themselves.
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Because people love to talk about themselves. and they will love you
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To talk about themselves. and they will love you if you ask them, "well,
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And they will love you if you ask them, "well, tell me about your life."
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If you ask them, "well, tell me about your life." instead of wanting to tell
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Tell me about your life." instead of wanting to tell them all about you.
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Instead of wanting to tell them all about you. and i'm just gonna
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Them all about you. and i'm just gonna tell you this.
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And i'm just gonna tell you this. this is just the way
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Tell you this. this is just the way i feel about it.
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This is just the way i feel about it. there is nothing that is more
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I feel about it. there is nothing that is more nauseating to me, and i think
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There is nothing that is more nauseating to me, and i think to god, than somebody
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Nauseating to me, and i think to god, than somebody in ministry who mistreats
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To god, than somebody in ministry who mistreats other people behind the scenes.
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In ministry who mistreats other people behind the scenes. >> [audience applauding]
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Other people behind the scenes. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i absolutely hate it,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i absolutely hate it, and i don't want any
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>> joyce: i absolutely hate it, and i don't want any friends like that.
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And i don't want any friends like that. i don't wanna go to churches
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Friends like that. i don't wanna go to churches where i see people doing that,
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I don't wanna go to churches where i see people doing that, because we represent god
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Where i see people doing that, because we represent god and god loves people.
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Because we represent god and god loves people. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: and he says
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>> joyce: and he says in his word, "if you have
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>> joyce: and he says in his word, "if you have done it unto the least
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In his word, "if you have done it unto the least of these my brethren,
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Done it unto the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me."
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Of these my brethren, you have done it unto me." get this, the way we treat
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You have done it unto me." get this, the way we treat people is the way
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Get this, the way we treat people is the way we treat jesus.
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People is the way we treat jesus. >> [audience applauding]
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We treat jesus. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on. the way
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on. the way we treat people is the way
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>> joyce: come on. the way we treat people is the way we treat jesus.
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Man, that's a mouthful.
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Man, that's a mouthful. when you're good to people,
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Man, that's a mouthful. when you're good to people, god'll be good to you.
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When you're good to people, god'll be good to you. and every time god promotes
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God'll be good to you. and every time god promotes you, you should humble
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And every time god promotes you, you should humble yourself a little bit more.
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You, you should humble yourself a little bit more. now, i have to work at this.
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Yourself a little bit more. now, i have to work at this. i don't know, you know, maybe
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Now, i have to work at this. i don't know, you know, maybe you're good at it, i don't know,
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I don't know, you know, maybe you're good at it, i don't know, but i have to work at it.
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You're good at it, i don't know, but i have to work at it. and i think anybody does that
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But i have to work at it. and i think anybody does that is any realm of popular,
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And i think anybody does that is any realm of popular, or if you're exceedingly
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Is any realm of popular, or if you're exceedingly beautiful, or exceedingly
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Or if you're exceedingly beautiful, or exceedingly handsome, or, you know,
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Beautiful, or exceedingly handsome, or, you know, maybe you're a woman
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Handsome, or, you know, maybe you're a woman with a beautiful figure,
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Maybe you're a woman with a beautiful figure, or a man with big muscles,
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With a beautiful figure, or a man with big muscles, or, you know, whatever.
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Or a man with big muscles, or, you know, whatever. it's so easy.
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Or, you know, whatever. it's so easy. let's just say that you're one
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It's so easy. let's just say that you're one of these people with a high
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Let's just say that you're one of these people with a high metabolism and you can eat
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Of these people with a high metabolism and you can eat the whole refrigerator
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Metabolism and you can eat the whole refrigerator and never gain weight.
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The whole refrigerator and never gain weight. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: it's very likely
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>> joyce: it's very likely that when you see
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>> joyce: it's very likely that when you see somebody overweight,
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That when you see somebody overweight, you have an attitude,
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Somebody overweight, you have an attitude, just that little attitude.
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You have an attitude, just that little attitude. "well..." you know...
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Just that little attitude. "well..." you know... >> [audience laughing]
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"well..." you know... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: oh, i hate it when
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I catch myself with
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I catch myself with that attitude.
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I catch myself with that attitude. and i do.
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That attitude. and i do. matter of fact, i preached
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And i do. matter of fact, i preached a message a couple weeks ago,
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Matter of fact, i preached a message a couple weeks ago, god told me that i was
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A message a couple weeks ago, god told me that i was self-righteous.
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God told me that i was self-righteous. and i didn't know i was
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Self-righteous. and i didn't know i was self-righteous.
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And i didn't know i was self-righteous. but you know, it was
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Self-righteous. but you know, it was in a very specific area.
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But you know, it was in a very specific area. well, now he's shown me three...
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In a very specific area. well, now he's shown me three... >> [audience laughing]
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Well, now he's shown me three... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but i'm glad
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but i'm glad we started with one.
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>> joyce: but i'm glad we started with one. i hope there's not many left.
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We started with one. i hope there's not many left. i'm just--i'm opening up my life
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I hope there's not many left. i'm just--i'm opening up my life to you because i want you
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I'm just--i'm opening up my life to you because i want you to get something
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To you because i want you to get something for your own life.
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To get something for your own life. i have always had a real
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For your own life. i have always had a real hard time with preachers,
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I have always had a real hard time with preachers, people who stand up here,
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Hard time with preachers, people who stand up here, because to me this
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People who stand up here, because to me this is a sacred place.
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Because to me this is a sacred place. and i'll never forget when
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Is a sacred place. and i'll never forget when god told me, "i want you
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And i'll never forget when god told me, "i want you to always remember that
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God told me, "i want you to always remember that however many people you
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To always remember that however many people you can help, that's exactly
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However many people you can help, that's exactly how many you can hurt."
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Can help, that's exactly how many you can hurt." so if i allow my life to fall
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How many you can hurt." so if i allow my life to fall apart and i don't keep
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So if i allow my life to fall apart and i don't keep my marriage right, if i go have
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Apart and i don't keep my marriage right, if i go have an affair with somebody,
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My marriage right, if i go have an affair with somebody, i'm not just hurting myself,
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An affair with somebody, i'm not just hurting myself, i'm hurting--in my case,
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I'm not just hurting myself, i'm hurting--in my case, millions of christians around
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I'm hurting--in my case, millions of christians around the world, and it hurts
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Millions of christians around the world, and it hurts the whole body of christ.
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The world, and it hurts the whole body of christ. it hurts everybody.
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The whole body of christ. it hurts everybody. and so, i've always just been
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It hurts everybody. and so, i've always just been like, "i just don't understand
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And so, i've always just been like, "i just don't understand how anybody can do that,
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Like, "i just don't understand how anybody can do that, and keep getting in the pulpit
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How anybody can do that, and keep getting in the pulpit week after week after week."
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And keep getting in the pulpit week after week after week." well, i had an attitude.
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Week after week after week." well, i had an attitude. and you know why i don't get it?
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Well, i had an attitude. and you know why i don't get it? because i've never been
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And you know why i don't get it? because i've never been tempted that way.
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Because i've never been tempted that way. see, when you're not tempted
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Tempted that way. see, when you're not tempted in an area, it's very easy
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See, when you're not tempted in an area, it's very easy to not understand why
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In an area, it's very easy to not understand why somebody else is.
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To not understand why somebody else is. you understand that?
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Somebody else is. you understand that? >> [audience applauding]
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You understand that? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i mean,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i mean, man, i got one man,
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>> joyce: and i mean, man, i got one man, that's all i can handle.
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Man, i got one man, that's all i can handle. i don't, you know...
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That's all i can handle. i don't, you know... lord help me, i don't want two.
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I don't, you know... lord help me, i don't want two. and i mean, that would
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Lord help me, i don't want two. and i mean, that would be the last thing that
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And i mean, that would be the last thing that i would be interested in.
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Be the last thing that i would be interested in. but there are people that,
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I would be interested in. but there are people that, that is a real huge problem
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But there are people that, that is a real huge problem for them.
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That is a real huge problem for them. and a lot of these ministers
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For them. and a lot of these ministers that do fall into sin,
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And a lot of these ministers that do fall into sin, it's because they have killed
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That do fall into sin, it's because they have killed themselves with work trying
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It's because they have killed themselves with work trying to help you, and they're
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Themselves with work trying to help you, and they're so tired they can't even make
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To help you, and they're so tired they can't even make good decisions anymore.
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So tired they can't even make good decisions anymore. and so their defenses are
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Good decisions anymore. and so their defenses are all down, and satan attacks
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And so their defenses are all down, and satan attacks them at their weakest point.
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All down, and satan attacks them at their weakest point. and we have an inner-city church
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Them at their weakest point. and we have an inner-city church that we started 20 years ago.
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And we have an inner-city church that we started 20 years ago. we had a pastor who actually
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That we started 20 years ago. we had a pastor who actually was having an affair with his
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We had a pastor who actually was having an affair with his sister-in-law in the church,
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Was having an affair with his sister-in-law in the church, during the day when he was
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Sister-in-law in the church, during the day when he was supposed to be working.
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During the day when he was supposed to be working. and i asked him, "can you just
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Supposed to be working. and i asked him, "can you just explain to me how you can
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And i asked him, "can you just explain to me how you can do that, and still get back
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Explain to me how you can do that, and still get back in the pulpit the next week?"
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Do that, and still get back in the pulpit the next week?" and he said, "because every
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In the pulpit the next week?" and he said, "because every time i do it, i tell myself,
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And he said, "because every time i do it, i tell myself, i promise myself that
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Time i do it, i tell myself, i promise myself that i'll never do it again.
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I promise myself that i'll never do it again. i tell god i'll never
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I'll never do it again. i tell god i'll never do it again."
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I tell god i'll never do it again." so he hated it too.
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Do it again." so he hated it too. he was in a trap.
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So he hated it too. he was in a trap. it wasn't something that
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He was in a trap. it wasn't something that he wanted to do.
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It wasn't something that he wanted to do. he was in a trap too.
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He wanted to do. he was in a trap too. and so we have to be,
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He was in a trap too. and so we have to be, now listen to me, we have
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And so we have to be, now listen to me, we have to judge sin, but we cannot
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Now listen to me, we have to judge sin, but we cannot judge people.
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To judge sin, but we cannot judge people. come on.
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Judge people. come on. >> [audience applauding]
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Come on. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we are not doing
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we are not doing the right thing if we don't
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>> joyce: we are not doing the right thing if we don't judge sin.
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The right thing if we don't judge sin. we're responsible to do that.
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Judge sin. we're responsible to do that. i'm not stupid.
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We're responsible to do that. i'm not stupid. the more i read the bible,
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I'm not stupid. the more i read the bible, the more i recognize
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The more i read the bible, the more i recognize what sin is.
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The more i recognize what sin is. but boy, we have to be so
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What sin is. but boy, we have to be so careful that we don't
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But boy, we have to be so careful that we don't get like the pharisee.
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Careful that we don't get like the pharisee. you know, because you get up
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Get like the pharisee. you know, because you get up and pray the first two hours
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You know, because you get up and pray the first two hours of every day, and you read
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And pray the first two hours of every day, and you read your bible through every year.
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Of every day, and you read your bible through every year. and you know somebody else
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Your bible through every year. and you know somebody else who can't stay awake
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And you know somebody else who can't stay awake in the morning to even
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Who can't stay awake in the morning to even pray five minutes.
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In the morning to even pray five minutes. well, i don't know.
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Pray five minutes. well, i don't know. maybe they have sleep apnea.
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Well, i don't know. maybe they have sleep apnea. you know, you just gotta...
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Maybe they have sleep apnea. you know, you just gotta... god--you know why god
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You know, you just gotta... god--you know why god is so merciful?
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God--you know why god is so merciful? because he knows the why
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Is so merciful? because he knows the why behind the what.
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Because he knows the why behind the what. and we know the what,
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Behind the what. and we know the what, but we don't know the why.
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I mean, an example would
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I mean, an example would be like, i was sexually abused
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I mean, an example would be like, i was sexually abused by my dad for many years
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Be like, i was sexually abused by my dad for many years repeatedly over and over,
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By my dad for many years repeatedly over and over, and over and over,
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Repeatedly over and over, and over and over, and over again.
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And my mom knew about
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And my mom knew about it and she was just--
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And my mom knew about it and she was just-- had too weak of a personality
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It and she was just-- had too weak of a personality to do anything about it.
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Had too weak of a personality to do anything about it. she just told me 30 years
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To do anything about it. she just told me 30 years after it happened,
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She just told me 30 years after it happened, "i couldn't face the scandal."
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After it happened, "i couldn't face the scandal." i thought, "well, that's nice.
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"i couldn't face the scandal." i thought, "well, that's nice. you couldn't face the scandal,
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I thought, "well, that's nice. you couldn't face the scandal, and i was in a living
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You couldn't face the scandal, and i was in a living nightmare."
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And i was in a living nightmare." and so i had a lot of things
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Nightmare." and so i had a lot of things in my personality that
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And so i had a lot of things in my personality that weren't very nice.
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In my personality that weren't very nice. i was harsh and hard,
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Weren't very nice. i was harsh and hard, and hard to get along with,
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I was harsh and hard, and hard to get along with, and easily angered, and
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And hard to get along with, and easily angered, and manipulative and controlling,
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And easily angered, and manipulative and controlling, and people judged me for that,
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Manipulative and controlling, and people judged me for that, because they saw
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And people judged me for that, because they saw the way i acted.
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Because they saw the way i acted. and the way i acted was wrong,
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The way i acted. and the way i acted was wrong, but they didn't know why
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And the way i acted was wrong, but they didn't know why i acted that way.
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But they didn't know why i acted that way. and i didn't even know
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I acted that way. and i didn't even know why i acted that way.
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And i didn't even know why i acted that way. i didn't even know a lot
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Why i acted that way. i didn't even know a lot of times there was anything
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I didn't even know a lot of times there was anything wrong with it because that's
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Of times there was anything wrong with it because that's the kind of atmosphere
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Wrong with it because that's the kind of atmosphere i grew up in.
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The kind of atmosphere i grew up in. and so i just thought, you know,
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I grew up in. and so i just thought, you know, "if you don't get your way,
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And so i just thought, you know, "if you don't get your way, you stay mad till you
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"if you don't get your way, you stay mad till you get your way."
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You stay mad till you get your way." that's what i saw.
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Get your way." that's what i saw. that's what i did.
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That's what i saw. that's what i did. and so, if we're gonna
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That's what i did. and so, if we're gonna be merciful, we have
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And so, if we're gonna be merciful, we have to stick with god.
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Be merciful, we have to stick with god. i see what they're doing that's
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To stick with god. i see what they're doing that's wrong, and we pray for people.
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I see what they're doing that's wrong, and we pray for people. we don't judge them.
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Wrong, and we pray for people. we don't judge them. we don't gossip about them.
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We don't judge them. we don't gossip about them. we pray for them.
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We don't gossip about them. we pray for them. and we want to see
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We pray for them. and we want to see them restored.
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And we want to see them restored. come on, is anybody
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Them restored. come on, is anybody home out there?
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Come on, is anybody home out there? >> [audience applauding]
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Home out there? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you gotta be aware
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you gotta be aware of proud thoughts.
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The bible says in romans 12:3,
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The bible says in romans 12:3, "for by the grace (of god)
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The bible says in romans 12:3, "for by the grace (of god) given unto me i warn everyone
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"for by the grace (of god) given unto me i warn everyone among you not to estimate
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Given unto me i warn everyone among you not to estimate and think of himself more highly
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Among you not to estimate and think of himself more highly than he ought to [do not have
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And think of himself more highly than he ought to [do not have an exaggerated opinion of your
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Than he ought to [do not have an exaggerated opinion of your own importance], but rate your
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An exaggerated opinion of your own importance], but rate your ability with sober judgment,
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Own importance], but rate your ability with sober judgment, each according to the degree
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Ability with sober judgment, each according to the degree of faith apportioned
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Each according to the degree of faith apportioned to him by god."
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Of faith apportioned to him by god." you know why i can do what i do?
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To him by god." you know why i can do what i do? because of the grace of god.
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No other reason at all.
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No other reason at all. i was your least likely
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No other reason at all. i was your least likely candidate to be called
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I was your least likely candidate to be called to do what i'm doing.
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Candidate to be called to do what i'm doing. this is exactly why
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To do what i'm doing. this is exactly why 1 corinthians 1 says that,
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This is exactly why 1 corinthians 1 says that, “god chooses the weak
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1 corinthians 1 says that, “god chooses the weak and the foolish things
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“god chooses the weak and the foolish things of the world to confound
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And the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; so that no mortal
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Of the world to confound the wise; so that no mortal man can have pretense
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The wise; so that no mortal man can have pretense for glorying in his sight.”
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Man can have pretense for glorying in his sight.” >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: he uses, he chooses
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>> joyce: he uses, he chooses people that are nothing,
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>> joyce: he uses, he chooses people that are nothing, the scum of the earth,
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People that are nothing, the scum of the earth, the trash of the earth,
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The scum of the earth, the trash of the earth, and he amazes all the people
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The trash of the earth, and he amazes all the people that would judge them.
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And he amazes all the people that would judge them. i remember when god first
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That would judge them. i remember when god first called me into ministry
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I remember when god first called me into ministry and i was so excited.
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Called me into ministry and i was so excited. i said, "oh, god told me i'm
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And i was so excited. i said, "oh, god told me i'm gonna have this big ministry,
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I said, "oh, god told me i'm gonna have this big ministry, blah, blah, blah."
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Gonna have this big ministry, blah, blah, blah." and i remember, first of all,
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Blah, blah, blah." and i remember, first of all, i lost almost all my friends.
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And i remember, first of all, i lost almost all my friends. and i remember one girl
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I lost almost all my friends. and i remember one girl saying to me, "you, know,
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And i remember one girl saying to me, "you, know, we've talked about it and..."
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Saying to me, "you, know, we've talked about it and..." i thought, "yeah,
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We've talked about it and..." i thought, "yeah, i bet you have."
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"we've talked about this
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"we've talked about this and we--you just don't have—
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"we've talked about this and we--you just don't have— you don't have the right
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And we--you just don't have— you don't have the right personality for that."
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You don't have the right personality for that." well, you know what?
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Personality for that." well, you know what? they were right.
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Well, you know what? they were right. but somehow or another,
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They were right. but somehow or another, god gave me favor and
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But somehow or another, god gave me favor and everybody puts up with me.
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God gave me favor and everybody puts up with me. amen?
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Everybody puts up with me. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: so, so here's
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>> joyce: so, so here's something i caught myself
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>> joyce: so, so here's something i caught myself doing the other day.
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Something i caught myself doing the other day. gosh, i wish i didn't have
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Doing the other day. gosh, i wish i didn't have to tell all this stuff
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Gosh, i wish i didn't have to tell all this stuff on myself.
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To tell all this stuff on myself. >> [audience laughing]
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On myself. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know, in a month i'm gonna be 81.
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>> joyce: you know, in a month i'm gonna be 81. and so...
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In a month i'm gonna be 81. and so... >> [audience cheering]
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>> joyce: and i'm loving it.
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>> joyce: and i'm loving it. and no, i didn't get a facelift
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>> joyce: and i'm loving it. and no, i didn't get a facelift last week.
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And no, i didn't get a facelift last week. i had one 30 years ago.
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Last week. i had one 30 years ago. the rest of this is me.
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I had one 30 years ago. the rest of this is me. thank you.
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The rest of this is me. thank you. >> [audience applauding]
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Thank you. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, i find myself
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, i find myself once in a while thinking about
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>> joyce: so, i find myself once in a while thinking about my funeral, you know.
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Once in a while thinking about my funeral, you know. i wondered, you know, i mean
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My funeral, you know. i wondered, you know, i mean when you're 81, you know
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I wondered, you know, i mean when you're 81, you know you don't have two terribly
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When you're 81, you know you don't have two terribly many years left.
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You don't have two terribly many years left. you know, if i got--maybe,
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Many years left. you know, if i got--maybe, you know, 10, maybe 15.
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You know, if i got--maybe, you know, 10, maybe 15. and i found myself the other
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You know, 10, maybe 15. and i found myself the other day thinking about my funeral
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And i found myself the other day thinking about my funeral and thinking about all
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Day thinking about my funeral and thinking about all the great things they
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And thinking about all the great things they were gonna say about me.
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The great things they were gonna say about me. >> [audience laughing]
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Were gonna say about me. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i actually went...
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i actually went... "out--get out of my head!"
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>> joyce: and i actually went... "out--get out of my head!" (laughing)
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"out--get out of my head!" (laughing) now you can laugh at me,
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(laughing) now you can laugh at me, but don't tell me you don't
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Now you can laugh at me, but don't tell me you don't go through some of the same
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But don't tell me you don't go through some of the same kinds of stuff, you know.
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Go through some of the same kinds of stuff, you know. i'm just the one that god
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Kinds of stuff, you know. i'm just the one that god has called upon to tell
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I'm just the one that god has called upon to tell the world about it.
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Has called upon to tell the world about it. >> [audience laughing]
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The world about it. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: lord have mercy.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: lord have mercy. all right.
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>> joyce: lord have mercy. all right. there's actually some
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All right. there's actually some things i do to try
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There's actually some things i do to try to practice humility.
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Things i do to try to practice humility. and this is something
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To practice humility. and this is something that i think may help you
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And this is something that i think may help you if you'll do it.
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That i think may help you if you'll do it. some of the ways i humble myself
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If you'll do it. some of the ways i humble myself on purpose to stay in practice.
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Some of the ways i humble myself on purpose to stay in practice. i always apologize to people
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On purpose to stay in practice. i always apologize to people if i'm rude, or grouchy,
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I always apologize to people if i'm rude, or grouchy, or cranky, even if maybe
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If i'm rude, or grouchy, or cranky, even if maybe sometimes they didn't
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Or cranky, even if maybe sometimes they didn't even notice it.
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Sometimes they didn't even notice it. but it's good for me,
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Even notice it. but it's good for me, to own up to it.
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But it's good for me, to own up to it. i admit it, if i thought i was
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To own up to it. i admit it, if i thought i was right about something, and later
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I admit it, if i thought i was right about something, and later found out i was wrong,
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Right about something, and later found out i was wrong, and there'd been a,
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Found out i was wrong, and there'd been a, you know, little,
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And there'd been a, you know, little, "i'm right, i'm right,
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You know, little, "i'm right, i'm right, you're right, you're right,
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"i'm right, i'm right, you're right, you're right, you're wrong."
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You're right, you're right, you're wrong." i'll always go back and say,
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You're wrong." i'll always go back and say, "hey, i'm sorry, i thought i was
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I'll always go back and say, "hey, i'm sorry, i thought i was right, but i wasn't.
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"hey, i'm sorry, i thought i was right, but i wasn't. i was wrong."
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Right, but i wasn't. i was wrong." that's one of the best things
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I was wrong." that's one of the best things in the world you can do,
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That's one of the best things in the world you can do, is say, "i was wrong."
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In the world you can do, is say, "i was wrong." can we practice?
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Is say, "i was wrong." can we practice? >> [audience responds]
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Can we practice? >> [audience responds] >> [audience cheering]
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>> joyce: sounded like
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>> joyce: sounded like music to god's ears.
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>> joyce: sounded like music to god's ears. >> [audience laughing]
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Music to god's ears. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i do tasks for people
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i do tasks for people like little things that i really
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>> joyce: i do tasks for people like little things that i really don't wanna do, just to keep
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Like little things that i really don't wanna do, just to keep myself realizing i'm not too
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Don't wanna do, just to keep myself realizing i'm not too important to do them.
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Myself realizing i'm not too important to do them. like, i might be making myself
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Important to do them. like, i might be making myself a cup of coffee and this little
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Like, i might be making myself a cup of coffee and this little thought will come to my heart,
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A cup of coffee and this little thought will come to my heart, "well, why don't you ask dave
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Thought will come to my heart, "well, why don't you ask dave if he wants one?"
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"well, why don't you ask dave if he wants one?" >> [audience laughing]
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If he wants one?" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, i don't really
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, i don't really wanna make dave one.
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>> joyce: well, i don't really wanna make dave one. i wanna make my coffee
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Wanna make dave one. i wanna make my coffee and go back to praying.
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I wanna make my coffee and go back to praying. >> [audience laughing]
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And go back to praying. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and you may think,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and you may think, "well, what's the big deal
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>> joyce: and you may think, "well, what's the big deal about making a cup of coffee?"
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"well, what's the big deal about making a cup of coffee?" well, when you make dave
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About making a cup of coffee?" well, when you make dave a cup of coffee, it is a big
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Well, when you make dave a cup of coffee, it is a big deal because here's
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A cup of coffee, it is a big deal because here's the way it goes.
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Deal because here's the way it goes. you make the decaf coffee,
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The way it goes. you make the decaf coffee, then you pour all of it out,
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You make the decaf coffee, then you pour all of it out, but about that much.
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Then you pour all of it out, but about that much. then you get liquid whipping
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But about that much. then you get liquid whipping cream, and you fill a glass
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Then you get liquid whipping cream, and you fill a glass about that full of that,
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Cream, and you fill a glass about that full of that, and then you—“yes, yes!”
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About that full of that, and then you—“yes, yes!” >> [audience laughing]
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And then you—“yes, yes!” >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: don't you, don't you--
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: don't you, don't you-- come on, god'll get you later.
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>> joyce: don't you, don't you-- come on, god'll get you later. and then you pour a little
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Come on, god'll get you later. and then you pour a little milk in with that.
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And then you pour a little milk in with that. then you gotta put
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Milk in with that. then you gotta put it in the microwave and heat it.
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Then you gotta put it in the microwave and heat it. and it loves to boil over
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It in the microwave and heat it. and it loves to boil over and get the microwave dirty.
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And it loves to boil over and get the microwave dirty. and then you mix it together.
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And get the microwave dirty. and then you mix it together. and then he has to have
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And then you mix it together. and then he has to have three stevias in it.
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And then he has to have three stevias in it. and now he's added to it one
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Three stevias in it. and now he's added to it one little squirt of chocolate.
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And now he's added to it one little squirt of chocolate. >> [audience laughing]
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Little squirt of chocolate. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: so, just so you know,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: so, just so you know, it's not like easy, you know,
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>> joyce: so, just so you know, it's not like easy, you know, to make him a coffee.
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It's not like easy, you know, to make him a coffee. it's like a job.
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To make him a coffee. it's like a job. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: and dave usually does
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>> joyce: and dave usually does the dishes at night because
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>> joyce: and dave usually does the dishes at night because i arrange for the food.
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The dishes at night because i arrange for the food. you notice i didn't say,
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I arrange for the food. you notice i didn't say, “i cook it,”
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You notice i didn't say, “i cook it,” i said, “i arrange it.”
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“i cook it,” i said, “i arrange it.” >> [audience laughing]
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I said, “i arrange it.” >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: so, you know what
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: so, you know what that means, don't you?
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>> joyce: so, you know what that means, don't you? and so sometimes i'll
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That means, don't you? and so sometimes i'll do the dishes, and make sure
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And so sometimes i'll do the dishes, and make sure i tell him i did the dishes.
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Do the dishes, and make sure i tell him i did the dishes. >> [audience laughing]
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I tell him i did the dishes. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i always try to make
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i always try to make sure that i'm friendly with
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>> joyce: i always try to make sure that i'm friendly with people that maybe you wouldn't
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Sure that i'm friendly with people that maybe you wouldn't normally pay attention to.
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People that maybe you wouldn't normally pay attention to. you know, people that are just
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Helping, or serving, or like
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Helping, or serving, or like people behind the scenes.
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Helping, or serving, or like people behind the scenes. you need to watch for people
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People behind the scenes. you need to watch for people that nobody ever pays
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You need to watch for people that nobody ever pays attention to.
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That nobody ever pays attention to. like, when you go in a restroom,
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Attention to. like, when you go in a restroom, in a department store
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Like, when you go in a restroom, in a department store or something, have you ever
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In a department store or something, have you ever gone in and there's been
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Or something, have you ever gone in and there's been a person in there cleaning
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Gone in and there's been a person in there cleaning the bathroom?
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A person in there cleaning the bathroom? you should always be friendly
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The bathroom? you should always be friendly with them, and thank them
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You should always be friendly with them, and thank them for the job that they do.
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With them, and thank them for the job that they do. >> [audience applauding]
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For the job that they do. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: because you know what?
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: because you know what? that person probably gets
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>> joyce: because you know what? that person probably gets ignored 99 and 9/10%
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That person probably gets ignored 99 and 9/10% of the time.
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Ignored 99 and 9/10% of the time. there's ways that we need
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Of the time. there's ways that we need to practice being humble.
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There's ways that we need to practice being humble. god hates pride.
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I'm gonna read you this
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I'm gonna read you this scripture, and then we're gonna
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I'm gonna read you this scripture, and then we're gonna have to close for tonight.
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Scripture, and then we're gonna have to close for tonight. isaiah 2:12, "for there shall
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Have to close for tonight. isaiah 2:12, "for there shall be a day of the lord of hosts
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Isaiah 2:12, "for there shall be a day of the lord of hosts against all who are proud
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Be a day of the lord of hosts against all who are proud and haughty and against all
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Against all who are proud and haughty and against all who are lifted up--and they
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And haughty and against all who are lifted up--and they shall be brought low."
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If you exalt yourself,
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If you exalt yourself, you will be humbled.
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If you exalt yourself, you will be humbled. if you humble yourself,
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You will be humbled. if you humble yourself, you will be exalted.
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>> announcer: life is full
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>> announcer: life is full of noise.
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Of noise. it comes in all shapes,
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It comes in all shapes, sizes, and volume levels!
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Sizes, and volume levels!
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When situations get loud,
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When situations get loud, it can get harder
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It can get harder to hear from god.
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To hear from god. if his voice gets drowned out,
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If his voice gets drowned out, we can find ourselves
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We can find ourselves getting off beat.
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Getting off beat.
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>> ginger: we all need
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>> ginger: we all need to protect our
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To protect our spiritual hearing.
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Spiritual hearing. we want to hear
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We want to hear from god
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From god more clearly.
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More clearly. well, joyce meyer
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Well, joyce meyer wants to help you
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Wants to help you through her book,
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Through her book, “how to hear
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“how to hear from god.”
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From god.” in this book,
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In this book, she explains
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She explains how to create
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How to create an atmosphere for
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An atmosphere for god to speak,
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God to speak, and breaks down
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And breaks down different ways
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Different ways that god could
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That god could communicate
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Communicate with us.
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With us. >> announcer:
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>> announcer: "how to hear from god,"
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And to help you tune in to the
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Tune in to the lord's voice
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Lord's voice through scripture,
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Through scripture, we'll include
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"the everyday life psalms and proverbs."
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Psalms and proverbs." read these two
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Read these two staples of the
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Staples of the bible in the
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Bible in the amplified version,
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Amplified version, along with notes
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Along with notes and commentary
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And commentary from joyce.
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From joyce. call us today at...
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>> joyce: he doesn't want
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>> joyce: he doesn't want you to wonder and doubt,
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You to wonder and doubt, and go around saying,
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And go around saying, “well, i wish i could
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“well, i wish i could hear from god.
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Hear from god. i'm afraid i'm not
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I'm afraid i'm not hearing from god.
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Hearing from god. i don't know if i can
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I don't know if i can hear from god."
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Hear from god." he wants you to believe
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He wants you to believe that you can hear from god.
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That you can hear from god.
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>> announcer:
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>> announcer: god sees you,
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God sees you, even in the middle
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Even in the middle of a crowd, and wants
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Of a crowd, and wants to talk to you.
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To talk to you. are you ready
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Are you ready to listen?
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To listen? how to hear from god
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>> joyce: and the bible says,
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>> joyce: and the bible says, “my sheep hear my voice,
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“my sheep hear my voice, and the voice of a stranger
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And the voice of a stranger they will not follow.”
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They will not follow.” all throughout the bible,
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All throughout the bible, men and women heard from god,
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Men and women heard from god, and god said, and they did,
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And god said, and they did, and god said, and they did.
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>> ginger:
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>> ginger: it's impossible
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It's impossible to follow god
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To follow god if you can't hear
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If you can't hear his directions.
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His directions. that's why joyce
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That's why joyce is so passionate
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Is so passionate about helping
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About helping everyone learn
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Everyone learn this crucial skill.
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This crucial skill. we want to get this
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We want to get this book into your
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Book into your hands to help you.
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Hands to help you. it's available for
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It's available for your gift today using
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And your gift, along with the gifts
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>> announcer: it's your
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>> announcer: it's your opportunity to unplug
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Opportunity to unplug and discover what
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And discover what it means to be fully his.
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It means to be fully his. >> joyce: and we need to know
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>> joyce: and we need to know who our real enemy is,
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Who our real enemy is, and by the way,
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And by the way, if you're really full-on
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If you're really full-on walking with god,
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Walking with god, you don't have to be afraid
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You don't have to be afraid of the devil at all.
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Of the devil at all. >> [audience cheering]
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>> [audience cheering] >> announcer: come together
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>> announcer: come together with thousands who are
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With thousands who are ready to worship,
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Ready to worship, learn, laugh,
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Learn, laugh, and lean in.
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And lean in. >> cece: god calls
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>> cece: god calls us to holiness
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Us to holiness because he loves us.
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Because he loves us. y'all, it's beautiful.
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Y'all, it's beautiful. >> announcer: and go home,
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>> announcer: and go home, equipped for all
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Equipped for all of life's battles.
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Of life's battles. >> lysa: he's not trying
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>> lysa: he's not trying to hide from us.
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To hide from us. he's waiting to be seen by us.
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He's waiting to be seen by us. >> announcer: join us for
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>> ginger: real life.
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>> ginger: real life. real friends.
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Real friends. no pretense.
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No pretense. joyce meyer's
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As we honestly share the hard stuff,
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The hard stuff, laugh through those
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Laugh through those unpredictable moments,
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Unpredictable moments, and learn to apply what
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And learn to apply what god says about it all.
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God says about it all. we have a spot on the pink
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We have a spot on the pink couch saved just for you.
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Couch saved just for you.
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>> announcer: we hope you
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>> announcer: we hope you enjoyed today's program.
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Enjoyed today's program.
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We are so grateful
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We are so grateful to our joyce meyer
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To our joyce meyer ministries partners
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Ministries partners who make this
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Who make this and all we do possible,
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And all we do possible, including sharing
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Including sharing god's word
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God's word and offering help
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And offering help to people in need
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To people in need all over the world.
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Joyce Meyer - Pride and Humility (Part 2)

July 25, 2025 | 29:29

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