Joyce Meyer - The Search For Self-Worth (Part 1)

May 13, 2026 | 27:29

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

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - The Search For Self-Worth (Part 1) | May 13, 2026

>> joyce: you could have
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>> joyce: you could have so much more rest,
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>> joyce: you could have so much more rest, so much less stress if you
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So much more rest, so much less stress if you would just stop trying to get
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So much less stress if you would just stop trying to get your worth and value out
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Would just stop trying to get your worth and value out of doing everything yourself.
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Your worth and value out of doing everything yourself. >> [audience applauding]
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Of doing everything yourself. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: or being afraid
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: or being afraid that somebody else
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>> joyce: or being afraid that somebody else might get a little credit.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer and i believe that god can
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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>> ginger: hello and welcome
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>> ginger: hello and welcome to "enjoying everyday life."
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>> ginger: hello and welcome to "enjoying everyday life." comparison, it is something
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To "enjoying everyday life." comparison, it is something that we all do and feel often.
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Comparison, it is something that we all do and feel often. we compare how we look,
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That we all do and feel often. we compare how we look, what we do or what we have
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We compare how we look, what we do or what we have instead of just being
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Secure in who god made us
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Secure in who god made us and who we are in christ.
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Secure in who god made us and who we are in christ. well, today and tomorrow
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And who we are in christ. well, today and tomorrow joyce wants to help us stop
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Well, today and tomorrow joyce wants to help us stop comparing ourselves to others
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Joyce wants to help us stop comparing ourselves to others and to be anchored in christ
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Comparing ourselves to others and to be anchored in christ in this two-part message,
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And to be anchored in christ in this two-part message, "the search for self-worth."
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In this two-part message, "the search for self-worth." so, dig into today's teaching,
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"the search for self-worth." so, dig into today's teaching, really pay attention,
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So, dig into today's teaching, really pay attention, and don't forget to tune
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Really pay attention, and don't forget to tune in tomorrow for the conclusion.
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And don't forget to tune in tomorrow for the conclusion. now, here she is.
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>> joyce: alright, the search
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>> joyce: alright, the search for self-worth.
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>> joyce: alright, the search for self-worth. you know, everybody wants
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For self-worth. you know, everybody wants to know that they matter,
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You know, everybody wants to know that they matter, everybody.
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To know that they matter, everybody. and a lot of people feel
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Everybody. and a lot of people feel they don't matter.
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And a lot of people feel they don't matter. they feel like they don't
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They don't matter. they feel like they don't have any purpose.
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They feel like they don't have any purpose. they don't know what
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Have any purpose. they don't know what their purpose is.
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They don't know what their purpose is. they don't know
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Their purpose is. they don't know what their value is.
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They don't know what their value is. "why am i here?
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What their value is. "why am i here? what's this all about?"
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"why am i here? what's this all about?" and so, if you happen to grow
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What's this all about?" and so, if you happen to grow up in a dysfunctional
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And so, if you happen to grow up in a dysfunctional atmosphere,
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Up in a dysfunctional atmosphere, that makes it even worse.
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Atmosphere, that makes it even worse. i think--
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That makes it even worse. i think-- i think everybody
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I think-- i think everybody searches for self-worth,
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I think everybody searches for self-worth, but your parents can help
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Searches for self-worth, but your parents can help you a lot if they start
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But your parents can help you a lot if they start early in your life telling
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You a lot if they start early in your life telling you that you're worth
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Early in your life telling you that you're worth something and that you're
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You that you're worth something and that you're important and that you
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Something and that you're important and that you have value and that you
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Important and that you have value and that you can do great things.
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Have value and that you can do great things. and if you got
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Can do great things. and if you got to grow up like that,
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You should thank god every
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You should thank god every day of your life that you
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You should thank god every day of your life that you did because many of us did
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Day of your life that you did because many of us did not get to grow up that way.
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Did because many of us did not get to grow up that way. i was one of 'em.
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Not get to grow up that way. i was one of 'em. and, so i had this little record
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I was one of 'em. and, so i had this little record playing in my head for most
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And, so i had this little record playing in my head for most of the years of my life,
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Playing in my head for most of the years of my life, "what's wrong with me?
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Of the years of my life, "what's wrong with me? what's wrong with me?"
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"what's wrong with me? what's wrong with me?" and of course, i thought
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What's wrong with me?" and of course, i thought something was wrong
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And of course, i thought something was wrong with me because my dad
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Something was wrong with me because my dad sexually abused me.
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With me because my dad sexually abused me. i knew that that wasn't right
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Sexually abused me. i knew that that wasn't right and that it wasn't happening
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I knew that that wasn't right and that it wasn't happening to everybody else i knew,
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And that it wasn't happening to everybody else i knew, so, i thought,
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To everybody else i knew, so, i thought, "what's wrong with me?
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So, i thought, "what's wrong with me? what's wrong with me?"
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"what's wrong with me? what's wrong with me?" it's interesting that
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What's wrong with me?" it's interesting that children will take the blame
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It's interesting that children will take the blame of something on themselves
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Children will take the blame of something on themselves that an adult is doing to them.
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Of something on themselves that an adult is doing to them. and you think,
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That an adult is doing to them. and you think, "well, what's wrong with
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And you think, "well, what's wrong with me that you want to do this?"
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"well, what's wrong with me that you want to do this?" and it took me years
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Me that you want to do this?" and it took me years and years and years,
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And it took me years and years and years, even years of being in god's
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And years and years, even years of being in god's word before that record
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Even years of being in god's word before that record finally stopped playing.
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Word before that record finally stopped playing. and that came through
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Finally stopped playing. and that came through god's teaching about
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And that came through god's teaching about being made right with him
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God's teaching about being made right with him through the blood of christ.
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Being made right with him through the blood of christ. i think it's interesting
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Through the blood of christ. i think it's interesting that one of the first
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I think it's interesting that one of the first things that god wants
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That one of the first things that god wants to give us is rightness.
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Things that god wants to give us is rightness. don't you find that interesting
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To give us is rightness. don't you find that interesting that he wants us to know
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Don't you find that interesting that he wants us to know that he loves us,
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That he wants us to know that he loves us, and he loves us just
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That he loves us, and he loves us just because he wants to?
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And he loves us just because he wants to? matter of fact,
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Because he wants to? matter of fact, i heard something
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Matter of fact, i heard something really interesting--
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I heard something really interesting-- or read it this past week.
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Really interesting-- or read it this past week. it says, "why did god create us?
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Or read it this past week. it says, "why did god create us? why did he want us?
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It says, "why did god create us? why did he want us? did he create
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Why did he want us? did he create us to worship him?"
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Did he create us to worship him?" not really,
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Us to worship him?" not really, he had angels to do that
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Not really, he had angels to do that if that's all he wanted.
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He had angels to do that if that's all he wanted. "did he create us to serve him?"
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If that's all he wanted. "did he create us to serve him?" well, see, god doesn't
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"did he create us to serve him?" well, see, god doesn't really have a need.
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Well, see, god doesn't really have a need. he doesn't need anything.
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Really have a need. he doesn't need anything. so, he really didn't create
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He doesn't need anything. so, he really didn't create us just to serve him.
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So, he really didn't create us just to serve him. "why did he create us?"
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Us just to serve him. "why did he create us?" i think most people might say,
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"why did he create us?" i think most people might say, "well, to love him,"
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I think most people might say, "well, to love him," but he really didn't even
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"well, to love him," but he really didn't even need that because god
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But he really didn't even need that because god doesn't need anything.
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Need that because god doesn't need anything. "god created us because
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Doesn't need anything. "god created us because he wanted somebody to love."
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"god created us because he wanted somebody to love." hmm.
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He wanted somebody to love." hmm. >> [audience applauding]
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Hmm. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i'll have to admit,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i'll have to admit, i've never really seen
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>> joyce: i'll have to admit, i've never really seen it like that, either.
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I've never really seen it like that, either. see, because love has
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It like that, either. see, because love has to pour itself out.
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See, because love has to pour itself out. love can't be stagnant.
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To pour itself out. love can't be stagnant. it has to be moving.
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Love can't be stagnant. it has to be moving. it has to be blessing someone.
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It has to be moving. it has to be blessing someone. it has to be--
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It has to be blessing someone. it has to be-- it has to be active.
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It has to be-- it has to be active. and so, god is love.
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It has to be active. and so, god is love. it's not something he does.
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And so, god is love. it's not something he does. so, he had to have
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It's not something he does. so, he had to have somebody to love.
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So, you're created for love.
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So, you're created for love. so, obviously, if you feel
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So, you're created for love. so, obviously, if you feel you don't have that,
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So, obviously, if you feel you don't have that, then you're gonna
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You don't have that, then you're gonna always feel like there's
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Then you're gonna always feel like there's something wrong with you.
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Always feel like there's something wrong with you. i've had a number of people say,
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Something wrong with you. i've had a number of people say, "when you pointed
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I've had a number of people say, "when you pointed at me through that
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"when you pointed at me through that tv screen and said,
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At me through that tv screen and said, 'god loves you,'
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Tv screen and said, 'god loves you,' it changed my life."
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'god loves you,' it changed my life." because many people,
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It changed my life." because many people, even though we think
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Because many people, even though we think everybody knows that,
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Even though we think everybody knows that, there are a lot of people
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Everybody knows that, there are a lot of people that have never been told
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There are a lot of people that have never been told that in their whole life.
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You can even go to church
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You can even go to church for years and years
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You can even go to church for years and years and just be told what you
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For years and years and just be told what you should do and shouldn't do
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And just be told what you should do and shouldn't do and never really learn to get
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Should do and shouldn't do and never really learn to get rooted and grounded deep--
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The bible says--paul prayed
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The bible says--paul prayed that they would get rooted
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The bible says--paul prayed that they would get rooted "deep" in the love of god.
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That they would get rooted "deep" in the love of god. not just a little but rooted
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"deep" in the love of god. not just a little but rooted so deep that no matter
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Not just a little but rooted so deep that no matter what happens in your life,
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So deep that no matter what happens in your life, you can't be pulled out of it.
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What happens in your life, you can't be pulled out of it. and we're "created
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You can't be pulled out of it. and we're "created in the image of god,"
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And we're "created in the image of god," so from the get-go we're
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In the image of god," so from the get-go we're assigned worth.
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So from the get-go we're assigned worth. i mean, there's no other
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Creature except us that's
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Creature except us that's created in the image of god.
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Creature except us that's created in the image of god. and one of the things that makes
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Created in the image of god. and one of the things that makes us created in the image of god
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And one of the things that makes us created in the image of god is that we have free choice.
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Us created in the image of god is that we have free choice. and that's a privilege,
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Is that we have free choice. and that's a privilege, but it's also a responsibility.
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And that's a privilege, but it's also a responsibility. and god gives us free choice
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But it's also a responsibility. and god gives us free choice because he doesn't want
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And god gives us free choice because he doesn't want people who have to serve him.
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Because he doesn't want people who have to serve him. he wants people that he can
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People who have to serve him. he wants people that he can love who will then respond
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He wants people that he can love who will then respond to that love by wanting
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Love who will then respond to that love by wanting to serve him.
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To that love by wanting to serve him. and you know how we serve god?
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To serve him. and you know how we serve god? the only way that we really
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And you know how we serve god? the only way that we really can serve god--
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The only way that we really can serve god-- because he doesn't
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Can serve god-- because he doesn't need anything,
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Because he doesn't need anything, but what he wants us to do
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Need anything, but what he wants us to do is he wants us to make ourselves
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But what he wants us to do is he wants us to make ourselves available to him so he can
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Is he wants us to make ourselves available to him so he can work through us to love
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Available to him so he can work through us to love and help other people.
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Work through us to love and help other people. amen?
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And help other people. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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Amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, god wants
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, god wants us to use our free will
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>> joyce: so, god wants us to use our free will to choose his will.
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Us to use our free will to choose his will. it's as simple as that.
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To choose his will. it's as simple as that. you use your free will not
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It's as simple as that. you use your free will not to just do whatever you want to,
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You use your free will not to just do whatever you want to, although you can.
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To just do whatever you want to, although you can. you can sin if you want to,
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Although you can. you can sin if you want to, but you won't have a good life.
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You can sin if you want to, but you won't have a good life. god tells us in his word
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But you won't have a good life. god tells us in his word what will be good for us,
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God tells us in his word what will be good for us, but we can still choose
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What will be good for us, but we can still choose the wrong thing if we want to.
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But we can still choose the wrong thing if we want to. however, everything has
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The wrong thing if we want to. however, everything has an effect.
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However, everything has an effect. everything that you sow
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An effect. everything that you sow brings a certain kind
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Everything that you sow brings a certain kind of harvest in your life.
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Brings a certain kind of harvest in your life. so, the best thing
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Of harvest in your life. so, the best thing that you can do is read
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So, the best thing that you can do is read the word and do it.
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That you can do is read the word and do it. [chuckling]
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The word and do it. [chuckling] because if you do it,
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[chuckling] because if you do it, if i do it,
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Because if you do it, if i do it, we're gonna have a life that
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If i do it, we're gonna have a life that is unimaginably wonderful.
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We're gonna have a life that is unimaginably wonderful. and that doesn't mean
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Is unimaginably wonderful. and that doesn't mean we won't have any problems.
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And that doesn't mean we won't have any problems. everybody's going
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We won't have any problems. everybody's going to have problems.
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Everybody's going to have problems. you might as well get that
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To have problems. you might as well get that through your head.
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You might as well get that through your head. everybody is going
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Through your head. everybody is going to have problems,
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Everybody is going to have problems, and you're gonna to have more
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To have problems, and you're gonna to have more than one problem in your life,
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And you're gonna to have more than one problem in your life, and not all storms
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Than one problem in your life, and not all storms are in the forecast.
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And not all storms are in the forecast. >> [audience applauding]
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Are in the forecast. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: trouble is a promise,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: trouble is a promise, but misery is an option.
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>> joyce: trouble is a promise, but misery is an option. >> [audience applauding]
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But misery is an option. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and it's so good
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and it's so good if we can get that through
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>> joyce: and it's so good if we can get that through our heads that we can choose
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If we can get that through our heads that we can choose to stay happy no matter what.
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Our heads that we can choose to stay happy no matter what. i know that a lot of you
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To stay happy no matter what. i know that a lot of you are going through a lot
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I know that a lot of you are going through a lot of different things,
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Are going through a lot of different things, and there's probably some
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Of different things, and there's probably some people in here that are
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And there's probably some people in here that are going through some really
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People in here that are going through some really difficult things right now.
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Going through some really difficult things right now. and the devil may have
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Difficult things right now. and the devil may have you convinced that you
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And the devil may have you convinced that you cannot be happy until
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You convinced that you cannot be happy until your problem goes away,
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Cannot be happy until your problem goes away, but that is a lie.
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Your problem goes away, but that is a lie. it really is a lie.
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But that is a lie. it really is a lie. >> [audience applauding]
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It really is a lie. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and your
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and your problem will go away
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>> joyce: and your problem will go away a lot faster if you are happy,
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Problem will go away a lot faster if you are happy, because the devil's not really
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A lot faster if you are happy, because the devil's not really after anything but your joy.
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Because the devil's not really after anything but your joy. so, when you make
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After anything but your joy. so, when you make it clear to him,
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So, when you make it clear to him, he's not gonna get your joy,
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It clear to him, he's not gonna get your joy, he will more than likely
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He's not gonna get your joy, he will more than likely go away and bother somebody
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He will more than likely go away and bother somebody else whose joy he can steal.
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Go away and bother somebody else whose joy he can steal. amen?
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Else whose joy he can steal. amen? >> audience: amen.
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Amen? >> audience: amen. >> joyce: so, god loves you,
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>> audience: amen. >> joyce: so, god loves you, there's just nothing you
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>> joyce: so, god loves you, there's just nothing you can do about it...
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There's just nothing you can do about it... except receive it.
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Can do about it... except receive it. >> [audience applauding]
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Except receive it. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and one of the things
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and one of the things that i recommend is--
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>> joyce: and one of the things that i recommend is-- you know, for years and years
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That i recommend is-- you know, for years and years i've got up every morning,
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You know, for years and years i've got up every morning, "oh god, i love you,
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I've got up every morning, "oh god, i love you, i love you, lord,
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"oh god, i love you, i love you, lord, i love you, i love you,
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I love you, lord, i love you, i love you, i love you."
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I love you, i love you, i love you." but i've started
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I love you." but i've started something new,
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But i've started something new, "i love you, lord,"
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Something new, "i love you, lord," and then i go sit in a chair
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"i love you, lord," and then i go sit in a chair and i hold my hands
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And then i go sit in a chair and i hold my hands out as if receiving,
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And i hold my hands out as if receiving, and i take maybe five
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Out as if receiving, and i take maybe five minutes and i just say,
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And i take maybe five minutes and i just say, "and i receive your love.
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Minutes and i just say, "and i receive your love. i receive--"
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"and i receive your love. i receive--" let me tell you something,
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I receive--" let me tell you something, for some of you it would be
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Let me tell you something, for some of you it would be life-changing if you did that,
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For some of you it would be life-changing if you did that, because the devil starts
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Life-changing if you did that, because the devil starts on you before you ever get fully
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Because the devil starts on you before you ever get fully awake about all your faults
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On you before you ever get fully awake about all your faults and how useless you are
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Awake about all your faults and how useless you are and everything you did wrong
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And how useless you are and everything you did wrong yesterday and how nobody
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And everything you did wrong yesterday and how nobody really loves you and nobody
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Yesterday and how nobody really loves you and nobody does anything for you
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Really loves you and nobody does anything for you and, nah, nah, nah, nah,
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Does anything for you and, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.
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And, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. am i right?
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Nah, nah, nah. am i right? >> [audience agreeing]
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Am i right? >> [audience agreeing] >> joyce: so, i really
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>> [audience agreeing] >> joyce: so, i really believe in being positive,
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>> joyce: so, i really believe in being positive, and that's saying a lot for
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Believe in being positive, and that's saying a lot for somebody who grew
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And that's saying a lot for somebody who grew up in a very negative atmosphere
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Somebody who grew up in a very negative atmosphere and was a very negative person.
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Up in a very negative atmosphere and was a very negative person. let me tell you something,
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And was a very negative person. let me tell you something, anybody can be negative.
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Let me tell you something, anybody can be negative. the world will go right
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Anybody can be negative. the world will go right along with you.
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The world will go right along with you. everything out in the world
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Along with you. everything out in the world today is negative.
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Everything out in the world today is negative. all you hear is negative talk.
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Today is negative. all you hear is negative talk. everything is negative.
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All you hear is negative talk. everything is negative. everything is going
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Everything is negative. everything is going down the drain.
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Everything is going down the drain. but you can choose--
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Down the drain. but you can choose-- another blessing of free choice,
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But you can choose-- another blessing of free choice, you can choose to say,
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Another blessing of free choice, you can choose to say, "i'm gonna have
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You can choose to say, "i'm gonna have a positive attitude.
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"i'm gonna have a positive attitude. i don't care how negative
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A positive attitude. i don't care how negative my circumstances are.
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I don't care how negative my circumstances are. my attitude belongs to me
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My circumstances are. my attitude belongs to me and nobody is gonna take
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My attitude belongs to me and nobody is gonna take it away from me and i choose
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And nobody is gonna take it away from me and i choose to have a positive attitude."
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It away from me and i choose to have a positive attitude." >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: and i'll tell
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>> joyce: and i'll tell you something,
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>> joyce: and i'll tell you something, you could pay thousands
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You something, you could pay thousands and thousands of dollars
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You could pay thousands and thousands of dollars to lay on a psychiatrist's
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And thousands of dollars to lay on a psychiatrist's couch somewhere and when
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To lay on a psychiatrist's couch somewhere and when push comes to shove,
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Couch somewhere and when push comes to shove, this is what you're
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Push comes to shove, this is what you're gonna end up with.
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This is what you're gonna end up with. [chuckling]
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So, i'm giving it to you for
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So, i'm giving it to you for nothing here this afternoon.
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So, i'm giving it to you for nothing here this afternoon. just--
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Nothing here this afternoon. just-- >> [audience applauding]
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Just-- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you say, "well i--
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you say, "well i-- i can't help it.
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>> joyce: you say, "well i-- i can't help it. i just feel--"
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I can't help it. i just feel--" and see, there's the problem.
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I just feel--" and see, there's the problem. can i tell you something else?
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And see, there's the problem. can i tell you something else? you don't have to live
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Can i tell you something else? you don't have to live according to how you feel.
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You don't have to live according to how you feel. i mean, what are feelings?
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According to how you feel. i mean, what are feelings? they're feelings.
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I mean, what are feelings? they're feelings. they're fickle.
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They're feelings. they're fickle. they change.
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They're fickle. they change. you feel like doing it.
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They change. you feel like doing it. you don't feel like doing it.
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You feel like doing it. you don't feel like doing it. you feel like doing it.
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You don't feel like doing it. you feel like doing it. "i feel like i'm loved."
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You feel like doing it. "i feel like i'm loved." "i don't feel like i'm loved."
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"i feel like i'm loved." "i don't feel like i'm loved." "i feel good."
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"i don't feel like i'm loved." "i feel good." "i don't feel good."
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"i feel good." "i don't feel good." "i feel like signing up."
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"i don't feel good." "i feel like signing up." "i don't feel like showing up."
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"i feel like signing up." "i don't feel like showing up." but we can actually live
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"i don't feel like showing up." but we can actually live on the other side of our
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But we can actually live on the other side of our feelings and that means
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On the other side of our feelings and that means i can feel like acting
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Feelings and that means i can feel like acting wrong and still act right.
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I can feel like acting wrong and still act right. >> [audience applauding]
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Wrong and still act right. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and that is very
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and that is very powerful when you no longer
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>> joyce: and that is very powerful when you no longer have to be controlled
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Powerful when you no longer have to be controlled by how you feel.
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Have to be controlled by how you feel. your soul is your mind,
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By how you feel. your soul is your mind, your will, and your emotions.
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Your soul is your mind, your will, and your emotions. and when you're born again,
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Your will, and your emotions. and when you're born again, jesus comes to live in your
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And when you're born again, jesus comes to live in your spirit by the holy spirit.
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And boy, he cleans up
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And boy, he cleans up everything on the inside.
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And boy, he cleans up everything on the inside. and in philippians, it says,
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Everything on the inside. and in philippians, it says, "work out your own salvation
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And in philippians, it says, "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."
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"work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." work it out.
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With fear and trembling." work it out. not work for it.
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Work it out. not work for it. work it out.
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And what does that mean?
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And what does that mean? work with the holy spirit
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And what does that mean? work with the holy spirit so that what god has put
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Work with the holy spirit so that what god has put in you freely as his gift will
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So that what god has put in you freely as his gift will work out and begin to take
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In you freely as his gift will work out and begin to take control of your soul and then
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Work out and begin to take control of your soul and then eventually be seen through
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Control of your soul and then eventually be seen through your body so other people can
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Eventually be seen through your body so other people can see that having a relationship
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Your body so other people can see that having a relationship with jesus is real stuff.
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See that having a relationship with jesus is real stuff. it's not just fantasy.
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With jesus is real stuff. it's not just fantasy. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: and what that means
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>> joyce: and what that means is through the holy spirit,
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>> joyce: and what that means is through the holy spirit, you learn to not live
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Is through the holy spirit, you learn to not live by what you think but
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You learn to not live by what you think but what the word says.
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By what you think but what the word says. you learn to not live
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What the word says. you learn to not live by how you feel.
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You may have feelings,
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You may have feelings, but you can feel wrong
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You may have feelings, but you can feel wrong and do what's right.
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But you can feel wrong and do what's right. that's powerful.
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And do what's right. that's powerful. i can feel like hating you,
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That's powerful. i can feel like hating you, but i can forgive you and pray
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I can feel like hating you, but i can forgive you and pray every day for you to be blessed.
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But i can forgive you and pray every day for you to be blessed. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: and there's nothing
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>> joyce: and there's nothing the devil can do about it.
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>> joyce: and there's nothing the devil can do about it. and i can choose to use
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The devil can do about it. and i can choose to use my will to follow god's will.
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And i can choose to use my will to follow god's will. that's called
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My will to follow god's will. that's called spiritual maturity.
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That's called spiritual maturity. if somebody asked you to make
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Spiritual maturity. if somebody asked you to make a list of the things
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If somebody asked you to make a list of the things that you love,
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A list of the things that you love, how long would it be before
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That you love, how long would it be before you'd be on that list?
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How long would it be before you'd be on that list? "love myself?
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You'd be on that list? "love myself? well, isn't that kind of like
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"love myself? well, isn't that kind of like being full of myself?"
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No.
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No. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: jesus said,
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>> joyce: jesus said, "one new commandment
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>> joyce: jesus said, "one new commandment i give unto you,
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"one new commandment i give unto you, that you love one another;
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I give unto you, that you love one another; just as i have loved you.
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That you love one another; just as i have loved you. by this shall all men know
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Just as i have loved you. by this shall all men know that you are my disciples."
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By this shall all men know that you are my disciples." but in matthew 22,
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That you are my disciples." but in matthew 22, they asked jesus,
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But in matthew 22, they asked jesus, "what is the most
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They asked jesus, "what is the most important commandment?"
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"what is the most important commandment?" and he said,
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Important commandment?" and he said, "you shall love the lord
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And he said, "you shall love the lord your god with all your heart,
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"you shall love the lord your god with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.
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Your god with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. and a second is like it,
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Soul, mind, and strength. and a second is like it, you shall love your neighbor
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And a second is like it, you shall love your neighbor as you love yourself."
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And when you get
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And when you get a revelation that you can't
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And when you get a revelation that you can't give away what you don't have.
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A revelation that you can't give away what you don't have. see, god pours his love into us.
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Give away what you don't have. see, god pours his love into us. "the love of god is shed
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See, god pours his love into us. "the love of god is shed abroad in our hearts
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"the love of god is shed abroad in our hearts by the holy ghost."
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Abroad in our hearts by the holy ghost." soon as you're born again,
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By the holy ghost." soon as you're born again, you have this peace,
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Soon as you're born again, you have this peace, this love.
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You have this peace, this love. it's poured into you,
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This love. it's poured into you, and you're adopted by god.
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It's poured into you, and you're adopted by god. you're made his own.
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And you're adopted by god. you're made his own. and then you have that,
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You're made his own. and then you have that, and you can begin
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And then you have that, and you can begin to love god back,
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And you can begin to love god back, and you can begin
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To love god back, and you can begin to love yourself,
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And you can begin to love yourself, which is really--
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To love yourself, which is really-- really what that is,
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Which is really-- really what that is, is receiving god's love.
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Really what that is, is receiving god's love. you're not, you don't--
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Is receiving god's love. you're not, you don't-- not in love with yourself,
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You're not, you don't-- not in love with yourself, but you love the you that
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Not in love with yourself, but you love the you that god created you to be.
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But you love the you that god created you to be. i'm not talking about
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God created you to be. i'm not talking about the you that you do.
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I'm not talking about the you that you do. [chuckling]
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The you that you do. [chuckling] i'm talking about the you that
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[chuckling] i'm talking about the you that god created you to be.
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I'm talking about the you that god created you to be. and that's where you're headed.
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We are all destined to be
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We are all destined to be molded into the image of god,
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We are all destined to be molded into the image of god, according to romans 8:29.
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Molded into the image of god, according to romans 8:29. that's our destiny,
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According to romans 8:29. that's our destiny, to be molded into
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That's our destiny, to be molded into "the image of god."
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And it's a process;
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And it's a process; it's a work.
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And it's a process; it's a work. it doesn't all feel good.
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It's a work. it doesn't all feel good. some of it's hard.
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It doesn't all feel good. some of it's hard. it requires giving up some
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Some of it's hard. it requires giving up some things that you think you want
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It requires giving up some things that you think you want that you really don't want
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Things that you think you want that you really don't want that you think you want,
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That you really don't want that you think you want, because that's all
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That you think you want, because that's all you've ever had.
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Because that's all you've ever had. so, you hesitate to give
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You've ever had. so, you hesitate to give 'em up because you
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So, you hesitate to give 'em up because you think that's what you want,
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'em up because you think that's what you want, but then when you
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Think that's what you want, but then when you do give 'em up,
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But then when you do give 'em up, you realize it wasn't what
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Do give 'em up, you realize it wasn't what you wanted after all.
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You realize it wasn't what you wanted after all. we better be glad
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You wanted after all. we better be glad that sometimes when
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We better be glad that sometimes when we ask god for stuff,
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That sometimes when we ask god for stuff, he says, "no,"
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We ask god for stuff, he says, "no," and doesn't give it to us.
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He says, "no," and doesn't give it to us. >> [audience applauding]
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And doesn't give it to us. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: the worst condition
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: the worst condition we can be in is to get
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>> joyce: the worst condition we can be in is to get something that god
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We can be in is to get something that god doesn't want us to have.
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Something that god doesn't want us to have. so, if i'm praying for something
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Doesn't want us to have. so, if i'm praying for something that's not strictly covered
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So, if i'm praying for something that's not strictly covered in the word, i always say,
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That's not strictly covered in the word, i always say, "and god please don't give
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In the word, i always say, "and god please don't give it to me if it's not your will,
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"and god please don't give it to me if it's not your will, because i don't want something
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It to me if it's not your will, because i don't want something you don't want me to have."
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Because i don't want something you don't want me to have." >> [audience applauding]
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You don't want me to have." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i think
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i think sometimes we keep asking
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>> joyce: i think sometimes we keep asking and asking and asking,
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Sometimes we keep asking and asking and asking, and god's only choice is to give
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And asking and asking, and god's only choice is to give us what we think we want,
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And god's only choice is to give us what we think we want, let us be miserable
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Us what we think we want, let us be miserable with it for a while,
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Let us be miserable with it for a while, and then we realize it's not
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With it for a while, and then we realize it's not what we wanted after all.
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And then we realize it's not what we wanted after all. do you know how your life
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What we wanted after all. do you know how your life will change if you just
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Do you know how your life will change if you just get a positive attitude
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Will change if you just get a positive attitude and stop living by how you feel,
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Get a positive attitude and stop living by how you feel, stop letting the devil
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And stop living by how you feel, stop letting the devil control you with feelings
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Stop letting the devil control you with feelings and thoughts and live according
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Control you with feelings and thoughts and live according to the word of god?
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When people don't know
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When people don't know their worth and value in god,
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When people don't know their worth and value in god, they try to get it through
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Their worth and value in god, they try to get it through all kinds of other things.
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They try to get it through all kinds of other things. and all you have to do is look
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All kinds of other things. and all you have to do is look at the world to see that,
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And all you have to do is look at the world to see that, and we've all done it.
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At the world to see that, and we've all done it. you try to get your worth
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And we've all done it. you try to get your worth and value through how you look,
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You try to get your worth and value through how you look, who you know,
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And value through how you look, who you know, the clothes you wear,
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Who you know, the clothes you wear, the neighborhood you live in,
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The clothes you wear, the neighborhood you live in, the level of education you have,
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The neighborhood you live in, the level of education you have, what kind of position
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The level of education you have, what kind of position you have at work.
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And people end up living these
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And people end up living these phony lives because they're not
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And people end up living these phony lives because they're not even doing what they want to do,
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Phony lives because they're not even doing what they want to do, because maybe you want to do
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Even doing what they want to do, because maybe you want to do something that the world
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Because maybe you want to do something that the world doesn't think is real important.
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Something that the world doesn't think is real important. and so, you feel like,
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Doesn't think is real important. and so, you feel like, "well, i can't really do that
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And so, you feel like, "well, i can't really do that because that's not anything that
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"well, i can't really do that because that's not anything that the world's going to admire."
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Because that's not anything that the world's going to admire." so, you end up doing something
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The world's going to admire." so, you end up doing something all your life that you hate.
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So, you end up doing something all your life that you hate. i remember a girl coming to me
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All your life that you hate. i remember a girl coming to me and her church was having
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I remember a girl coming to me and her church was having early morning prayer and all
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And her church was having early morning prayer and all of her friends were going.
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Early morning prayer and all of her friends were going. and she said,
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Of her friends were going. and she said, "i didn't want to go.
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And she said, "i didn't want to go. i wanted to want
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"i didn't want to go. i wanted to want to go because i thought
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I wanted to want to go because i thought that's what i should be doing,
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To go because i thought that's what i should be doing, but i didn't want to go."
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That's what i should be doing, but i didn't want to go." and she said, "what i really
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But i didn't want to go." and she said, "what i really wanted to do was i wanted
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And she said, "what i really wanted to do was i wanted to watch their kids
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Wanted to do was i wanted to watch their kids while they went."
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To watch their kids while they went." see, god has every need
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While they went." see, god has every need covered if we'll be bold
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See, god has every need covered if we'll be bold enough to do the part that
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Covered if we'll be bold enough to do the part that god gives us to do.
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Enough to do the part that god gives us to do. >> [audience applauding]
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God gives us to do. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: instead of tryin'--
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: instead of tryin'-- instead of letting somebody
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>> joyce: instead of tryin'-- instead of letting somebody else try to push you into what
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Instead of letting somebody else try to push you into what they're doing so they can
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Else try to push you into what they're doing so they can feel better about themselves,
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They're doing so they can feel better about themselves, be bold enough to say,
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Feel better about themselves, be bold enough to say, "nope, that's not what
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Be bold enough to say, "nope, that's not what i'm created for."
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"nope, that's not what i'm created for." how much better would
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I'm created for." how much better would it have been even for them
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How much better would it have been even for them if she would have just watched
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It have been even for them if she would have just watched their kids and they would have
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If she would have just watched their kids and they would have went off to prayer and not
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Their kids and they would have went off to prayer and not had to worry about it and then
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Went off to prayer and not had to worry about it and then she would have been fulfilled
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Had to worry about it and then she would have been fulfilled and they would have too.
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There's some scripture about
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There's some scripture about moses where he was working way
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There's some scripture about moses where he was working way too hard and his father-in-law
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Moses where he was working way too hard and his father-in-law came and saw what all he was
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Too hard and his father-in-law came and saw what all he was doing and he said,
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Came and saw what all he was doing and he said, "what are you doing?
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Doing and he said, "what are you doing? why do you sit alone,
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"what are you doing? why do you sit alone, and all these other people
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Why do you sit alone, and all these other people stand around you all day long?
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And all these other people stand around you all day long? why aren't you letting
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Stand around you all day long? why aren't you letting them help you?"
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Why aren't you letting them help you?" and he said, "well, the people
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Them help you?" and he said, "well, the people want me to judge them."
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And he said, "well, the people want me to judge them." "the people--"
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Want me to judge them." "the people--" there we go, the people,
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"the people--" there we go, the people, people pleasers.
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There we go, the people, people pleasers. "well, this is what
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People pleasers. "well, this is what the people want.
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"well, this is what the people want. so, i gotta keep
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The people want. so, i gotta keep the people happy.
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So, i gotta keep the people happy. i can't be happy.
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The people happy. i can't be happy. i gotta keep the people happy."
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I can't be happy. i gotta keep the people happy." and his father-in-law said
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I gotta keep the people happy." and his father-in-law said a very interesting thing to him.
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And his father-in-law said a very interesting thing to him. he said, "if you do this,
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A very interesting thing to him. he said, "if you do this, you will wear out both
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He said, "if you do this, you will wear out both yourself and the people."
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Now, why would the people
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Now, why would the people get worn out if they
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Now, why would the people get worn out if they weren't doing anything?
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Get worn out if they weren't doing anything? because if you're in a place
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Weren't doing anything? because if you're in a place and you are gifted by god
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Because if you're in a place and you are gifted by god to do something in that place
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And you are gifted by god to do something in that place and they won't use you
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To do something in that place and they won't use you because they insist
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And they won't use you because they insist on doing it themselves,
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Because they insist on doing it themselves, eventually you'll become
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On doing it themselves, eventually you'll become so dissatisfied you're not
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Eventually you'll become so dissatisfied you're not gonna wanna be there because
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So dissatisfied you're not gonna wanna be there because your gift is not being used.
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Gonna wanna be there because your gift is not being used. you know, i'm working
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Your gift is not being used. you know, i'm working less now than i ever have
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You know, i'm working less now than i ever have and producing just as much,
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Less now than i ever have and producing just as much, if not more, than i ever have.
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And producing just as much, if not more, than i ever have. >> [audience applauding]
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If not more, than i ever have. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know why?
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know why? because i'm working smarter,
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>> joyce: you know why? because i'm working smarter, and not harder.
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Because i'm working smarter, and not harder. god has put all kinds
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And not harder. god has put all kinds of talented people around
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God has put all kinds of talented people around me and instead of me trying
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Of talented people around me and instead of me trying to do what they're gifted
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Me and instead of me trying to do what they're gifted to do--
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To do what they're gifted to do-- and there was a time when
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To do-- and there was a time when i was gifted to do those things.
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And there was a time when i was gifted to do those things. but you know, sometimes god will
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I was gifted to do those things. but you know, sometimes god will lift an anointing or a gifting
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But you know, sometimes god will lift an anointing or a gifting off of you for one thing
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Lift an anointing or a gifting off of you for one thing and put it on somebody else
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Off of you for one thing and put it on somebody else because he has something else,
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And put it on somebody else because he has something else, he wants you to do.
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Because he has something else, he wants you to do. but if you're full of yourself
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He wants you to do. but if you're full of yourself and you think nobody
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But if you're full of yourself and you think nobody can do a good job but you--
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And you think nobody can do a good job but you-- >> [audience laughing]
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Can do a good job but you-- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and you know what?
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and you know what? they won't do it like you,
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>> joyce: and you know what? they won't do it like you, but they might do it better.
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They won't do it like you, but they might do it better. >> [audience laughing]
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But they might do it better. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how ever you've
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how ever you've gotta swallow your pride
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>> joyce: how ever you've gotta swallow your pride a little bit and when
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Gotta swallow your pride a little bit and when you delegate something
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A little bit and when you delegate something to somebody else you cannot
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You delegate something to somebody else you cannot just give them a responsibility;
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To somebody else you cannot just give them a responsibility; you have to also give
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Just give them a responsibility; you have to also give them some authority.
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You have to also give them some authority. >> [audience member applauding]
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Them some authority. >> [audience member applauding] >> joyce: hmm,
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>> [audience member applauding] >> joyce: hmm, one person over
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>> joyce: hmm, one person over there understands it.
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One person over there understands it. >> [audience laughing]
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There understands it. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i'm really hitting
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i'm really hitting a hundred today, aren't i?
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>> joyce: i'm really hitting a hundred today, aren't i? one person here,
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A hundred today, aren't i? one person here, and one person there.
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One person here, and one person there. see, a lot of you,
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And one person there. see, a lot of you, you could have
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See, a lot of you, you could have so much more rest,
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You could have so much more rest, so much less stress,
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So much more rest, so much less stress, if you would just stop
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So much less stress, if you would just stop trying to get your worth
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If you would just stop trying to get your worth and value out of doing
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Trying to get your worth and value out of doing everything yourself.
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And value out of doing everything yourself. >> [audience applauding]
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Everything yourself. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: or being afraid
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: or being afraid that somebody else
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>> joyce: or being afraid that somebody else might get a little credit.
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>> [audience laughing]
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: we wanna be wonderful.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: we wanna be wonderful. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: we wanna be wonderful. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: we want everybody
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: we want everybody to tell us how wonderful we are.
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>> joyce: we want everybody to tell us how wonderful we are. but you've gotta let
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To tell us how wonderful we are. but you've gotta let other people have credit.
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But you've gotta let other people have credit. you know what?
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Other people have credit. you know what? the more you lift
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You know what? the more you lift other people up the higher
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The more you lift other people up the higher you'll go yourself.
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Other people up the higher you'll go yourself. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: so,
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>> joyce: so, moses' father-in-law,
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>> joyce: so, moses' father-in-law, at god's direction, said,
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Moses' father-in-law, at god's direction, said, "take seventy men and lay
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At god's direction, said, "take seventy men and lay your hands on them and let
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"take seventy men and lay your hands on them and let the spirit that's on you come
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Your hands on them and let the spirit that's on you come on them and make them
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The spirit that's on you come on them and make them captains over tens and fifties
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On them and make them captains over tens and fifties and hundreds and thousands."
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And the guy finally
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And the guy finally got a little bit of rest.
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And the guy finally got a little bit of rest. and i've had to learn
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Got a little bit of rest. and i've had to learn to do that.
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>> announcer: it starts
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>> announcer: it starts with an email.
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With an email. frustrating.
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Frustrating. fingers ready to respond.
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Fingers ready to respond. >> joyce: we gotta be careful
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>> joyce: we gotta be careful about our words.
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About our words. >> [keyboard clicking]
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>> announcer: sometimes a few
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>> announcer: sometimes a few words can do real damage.
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Words can do real damage. >> joyce: we can choose
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>> joyce: we can choose how we respond to it.
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How we respond to it. >> announcer: face to face,
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>> announcer: face to face, patience is hardest.
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Patience is hardest. >> joyce: we have
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>> joyce: we have to be especially careful
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To be especially careful how we talk when
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How we talk when we're under pressure.
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We're under pressure. >> announcer: that's what
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>> announcer: that's what wisdom looks like in real life.
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>> joyce: you've
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>> joyce: you've heard, "sticks
00:24:02.964 --> 00:24:03.398
Heard, "sticks and stones may
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And stones may break my bones,
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Break my bones, but words will
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But words will never hurt me."
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Never hurt me." well, the truth is,
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Well, the truth is, words do hurt.
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Words do hurt. they can wound,
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They can wound, discourage,
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Discourage, and work against
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And work against our goals.
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Our goals. that's why i wrote
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That's why i wrote "words of wisdom" to help
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"words of wisdom" to help us pause and consider
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Us pause and consider the impact of our words.
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The impact of our words. let "words of wisdom"
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Let "words of wisdom" guide you every day.
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>> announcer: request joyce's
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>> announcer: request joyce's book "words of wisdom,"
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>> male 1: joyce
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>> male 1: joyce has said
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Has said numerous times
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Numerous times that her mouth
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That her mouth would get her
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Would get her in trouble.
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In trouble. my mouth has
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My mouth has gotten me
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Gotten me in trouble.
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In trouble. just wind me up
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Just wind me up and i'll talk.
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And i'll talk. >> female 1: there are
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>> female 1: there are some things that maybe
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Some things that maybe you shouldn't say.
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You shouldn't say. >> female 2: i did
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>> female 2: i did not realize
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Not realize how much of a problem
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How much of a problem i had with my mouth,
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I had with my mouth, how much negative
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How much negative things i was saying.
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Things i was saying. >> female 1: so, it taught me
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>> female 1: so, it taught me to keep some things to myself
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To keep some things to myself and just pray about it.
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And just pray about it. >> female 2: it was
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>> female 2: it was a hard step
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A hard step to do, but really
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To do, but really turned my life around.
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Turned my life around. it's so much
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It's so much better now.
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Better now. >> joyce: words
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>> joyce: words of wisdom, they help
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Of wisdom, they help us use words
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Us use words with intention.
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With intention. the bible shows
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The bible shows how our words
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How our words affect relationships,
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Affect relationships, attitudes,
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Attitudes, and our future.
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And our future. this isn't just a book;
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This isn't just a book; it's a journal with teachings,
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It's a journal with teachings, scriptures, and prompts
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Scriptures, and prompts to help you pause,
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To help you pause, reflect, and apply
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Reflect, and apply wisdom in your daily life.
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Wisdom in your daily life. and remember,
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Even your quirkiness, they were designed
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They were designed with intention.
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With intention. he can use every twist
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Joyce Meyer - The Search For Self-Worth (Part 1)

May 13, 2026 | 27:29

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