Joyce Meyer - Self-Righteousness vs. God's Righteousness (Part 2)

March 10, 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 - Self-Righteousness vs. God's Righteousness (Part 2) | March 10, 2026

>> joyce: well, work, family,
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>> joyce: well, work, family, bills to be paid,
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Bills to be paid, these are just a few things
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These are just a few things that we have to deal
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That we have to deal with on a regular basis.
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With on a regular basis. and stress is a reality
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And stress is a reality in our society,
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In our society, but it doesn't have
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But it doesn't have to dominate our lives.
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To dominate our lives. if you're feeling
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If you're feeling overwhelmed from
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Overwhelmed from the daily pressures
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The daily pressures of life,
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With god's help,
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With god's help, you can overcome it.
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You can overcome it. join me and others
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Join me and others in hershey, pennsylvania
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In hershey, pennsylvania on april 10th-11th
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On april 10th-11th as we share biblical
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As we share biblical ways to face stress.
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Ways to face stress. it's my enjoying everyday
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It's my enjoying everyday life conference.
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Life conference. sign up today.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer. i've seen god's power
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer. i've seen god's power transform my own life,
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I've seen god's power transform my own life, and he will do it for you.
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>> ginger: hi everyone,
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>> ginger: hi everyone, i'm ginger stache.
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>> ginger: hi everyone, i'm ginger stache. welcome to
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I'm ginger stache. welcome to "enjoying everyday life."
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Welcome to "enjoying everyday life." before we hear from joyce,
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"enjoying everyday life." before we hear from joyce, and she is on her way,
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Before we hear from joyce, and she is on her way, i want to share an email that
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And she is on her way, i want to share an email that just gripped all of our hearts.
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We received this message from
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We received this message from our project grl medical van
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We received this message from our project grl medical van team in india about a woman
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Our project grl medical van team in india about a woman that they are helping.
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Team in india about a woman that they are helping. and it is such a reminder
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That they are helping. and it is such a reminder that behind the flashing neon
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And it is such a reminder that behind the flashing neon signs and crowded alleyways
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That behind the flashing neon signs and crowded alleyways of the red light districts
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Signs and crowded alleyways of the red light districts and the world of
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Of the red light districts and the world of human trafficking
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And the world of human trafficking lies a reality really
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Human trafficking lies a reality really even far darker than most
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Lies a reality really even far darker than most of us can imagine.
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Even far darker than most of us can imagine. so, let me read this story.
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Of us can imagine. so, let me read this story. "sima boro,
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So, let me read this story. "sima boro, a 24-year-old from
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"sima boro, a 24-year-old from a village in assam,
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A 24-year-old from a village in assam, was betrayed
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A village in assam, was betrayed by a man she trusted.
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Was betrayed by a man she trusted. promising her a job in siliguri,
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By a man she trusted. promising her a job in siliguri, he instead sold
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Promising her a job in siliguri, he instead sold her into a brothel.
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He instead sold her into a brothel. now trapped,
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Her into a brothel. now trapped, she lives under the control
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Now trapped, she lives under the control of a woman who abuses her
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She lives under the control of a woman who abuses her and takes every bit she earns.
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Of a woman who abuses her and takes every bit she earns. sima is forced to beg for basic
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And takes every bit she earns. sima is forced to beg for basic needs and endures both physical
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Sima is forced to beg for basic needs and endures both physical and emotional torment daily.
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Needs and endures both physical and emotional torment daily. 'the customers want things
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And emotional torment daily. 'the customers want things i don't even understand,'
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'the customers want things i don't even understand,' she whispers.
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I don't even understand,' she whispers. when we met her,
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She whispers. when we met her, sima was dangerously ill,
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When we met her, sima was dangerously ill, signaling severe anemia.
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Sima was dangerously ill, signaling severe anemia. after emergency treatment,
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Signaling severe anemia. after emergency treatment, her condition barely improved.
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After emergency treatment, her condition barely improved. on a follow up visit,
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Her condition barely improved. on a follow up visit, she broke down,
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On a follow up visit, she broke down, revealing fresh bruises
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She broke down, revealing fresh bruises from another beating
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Revealing fresh bruises from another beating and asked to go home.
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From another beating and asked to go home. fear shadows her every step.
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And asked to go home. fear shadows her every step. she barely spoke,
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Fear shadows her every step. she barely spoke, exhausted and starving.
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She barely spoke, exhausted and starving. yet she stayed with
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Exhausted and starving. yet she stayed with us for a short while before
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Yet she stayed with us for a short while before returning to the brothel
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Us for a short while before returning to the brothel under the woman's watchful eye."
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Returning to the brothel under the woman's watchful eye." you know, when you
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Under the woman's watchful eye." you know, when you look in those eyes,
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You know, when you look in those eyes, you can see that cry for help.
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Look in those eyes, you can see that cry for help. this is exactly why
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You can see that cry for help. this is exactly why project grl exists.
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This is exactly why project grl exists. it's what it's all about.
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Project grl exists. it's what it's all about. the horrible truth
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It's what it's all about. the horrible truth is that sima is still
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The horrible truth is that sima is still in that terrible situation.
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Is that sima is still in that terrible situation. yet, we are there for her.
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In that terrible situation. yet, we are there for her. we will continue to be there
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Yet, we are there for her. we will continue to be there as a lifeline for her anytime
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We will continue to be there as a lifeline for her anytime she can get to us until
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As a lifeline for her anytime she can get to us until she is ready or can escape.
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She can get to us until she is ready or can escape. you see, that's why these
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She is ready or can escape. you see, that's why these vans are so important.
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You see, that's why these vans are so important. we are regularly
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Vans are so important. we are regularly going to where they are,
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We are regularly going to where they are, helping women like
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Going to where they are, helping women like her throughout india.
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Helping women like her throughout india. our heart is to help girls
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Her throughout india. our heart is to help girls find rescue, relief,
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Our heart is to help girls find rescue, relief, and healing in christ.
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Find rescue, relief, and healing in christ. and we believe that
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And healing in christ. and we believe that sima's rescue is just
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And we believe that sima's rescue is just around the corner.
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Sima's rescue is just around the corner. god sees her and we want
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Around the corner. god sees her and we want you to see her as we are
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God sees her and we want you to see her as we are in the midst of this with her.
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You to see her as we are in the midst of this with her. so, i ask you to join
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In the midst of this with her. so, i ask you to join us all in prayer for sima
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So, i ask you to join us all in prayer for sima and so many others like her.
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Us all in prayer for sima and so many others like her. please be praying for her
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And so many others like her. please be praying for her right now and believing
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Please be praying for her right now and believing with us that god will
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Right now and believing with us that god will do something amazing.
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With us that god will do something amazing. coming up next,
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Do something amazing. coming up next, the conclusion to joyce's
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Coming up next, the conclusion to joyce's teaching on self righteousness
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The conclusion to joyce's teaching on self righteousness versus god's righteousness.
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>> joyce: that's what
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>> joyce: that's what it means to be spiritual.
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>> joyce: that's what it means to be spiritual. you are very tuned-in to when
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It means to be spiritual. you are very tuned-in to when the holy spirit shows you,
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You are very tuned-in to when the holy spirit shows you, you shouldn't be doing
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The holy spirit shows you, you shouldn't be doing something and boy,
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You shouldn't be doing something and boy, you stop it right away.
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Something and boy, you stop it right away. "you should set--"
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You stop it right away. "you should set--" i'm gonna, i'm gonna start--
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"you should set--" i'm gonna, i'm gonna start-- "brethren, if any person
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I'm gonna, i'm gonna start-- "brethren, if any person is overtaken in misconduct
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"brethren, if any person is overtaken in misconduct or sin of any sort,
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Is overtaken in misconduct or sin of any sort, you who are spiritual
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Or sin of any sort, you who are spiritual should set him right."
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You who are spiritual should set him right." "yes, i know that's
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Should set him right." "yes, i know that's what i should do!"
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"yes, i know that's what i should do!" >> [audience laughing]
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What i should do!" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "and restore him--"
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "and restore him--" [chuckling]
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>> joyce: "and restore him--" [chuckling] "and reinstate him,
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[chuckling] "and reinstate him, without any sense of superiority
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"and reinstate him, without any sense of superiority and with all gentleness,
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Without any sense of superiority and with all gentleness, keeping an attentive eye
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And with all gentleness, keeping an attentive eye on yourself, lest you also
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Keeping an attentive eye on yourself, lest you also should be tempted."
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On yourself, lest you also should be tempted." [chuckling]
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Should be tempted." [chuckling] well, that's a little bit
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[chuckling] well, that's a little bit of a different take than
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Well, that's a little bit of a different take than what we normally do.
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Of a different take than what we normally do. we're happy to tell 'em
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What we normally do. we're happy to tell 'em what's wrong with 'em
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We're happy to tell 'em what's wrong with 'em and to set them right,
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What's wrong with 'em and to set them right, but it may not
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And to set them right, but it may not be with gentleness,
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But it may not be with gentleness, and it may not be without
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Be with gentleness, and it may not be without a superior attitude.
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And it may not be without a superior attitude. "bear (endure, carry)
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A superior attitude. "bear (endure, carry) one another's burdens
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"bear (endure, carry) one another's burdens and troublesome moral faults,
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One another's burdens and troublesome moral faults, and in this way fulfill
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And troublesome moral faults, and in this way fulfill and observe perfectly
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And in this way fulfill and observe perfectly the law of christ--" which
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And observe perfectly the law of christ--" which happens to be the law of love,
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The law of christ--" which happens to be the law of love, "and complete what is lacking
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Happens to be the law of love, "and complete what is lacking [in your obedience to it]."
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"and complete what is lacking [in your obedience to it]." verse 3: "for if any person
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[in your obedience to it]." verse 3: "for if any person thinks himself to be somebody
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Verse 3: "for if any person thinks himself to be somebody [too important to condescend
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Thinks himself to be somebody [too important to condescend to shoulder another's load]
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[too important to condescend to shoulder another's load] when he is nobody
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To shoulder another's load] when he is nobody [of superiority except
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When he is nobody [of superiority except in his own estimation]--"
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[of superiority except in his own estimation]--" it'd be good for you to say
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About three times
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About three times a day, at least, "father,
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About three times a day, at least, "father, i'm nothing without you.
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A day, at least, "father, i'm nothing without you. apart from you,
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I'm nothing without you. apart from you, i can do nothing."
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Apart from you, i can do nothing." i'll tell you pride
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I can do nothing." i'll tell you pride is the easiest thing
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I'll tell you pride is the easiest thing in the world to have
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Is the easiest thing in the world to have and humility is the hardest
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In the world to have and humility is the hardest thing to have and maintain.
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>> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: if you wanna
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: if you wanna read something,
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>> joyce: if you wanna read something, they'll tear your life up,
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Read something, they'll tear your life up, andrew murray wrote a little
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They'll tear your life up, andrew murray wrote a little book on humility.
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Andrew murray wrote a little book on humility. man, the first time i read
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Book on humility. man, the first time i read that it just ripped me apart.
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Man, the first time i read that it just ripped me apart. because pride hides and will
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That it just ripped me apart. because pride hides and will never tell you that it's pride.
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Because pride hides and will never tell you that it's pride. i tried selling a set of--
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Never tell you that it's pride. i tried selling a set of-- back when we used to have,
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I tried selling a set of-- back when we used to have, cassette tapes on pride,
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Back when we used to have, cassette tapes on pride, and nobody would buy them.
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Cassette tapes on pride, and nobody would buy them. >> [audience laughing]
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And nobody would buy them. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: a person who has
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: a person who has pride is too proud to go buy
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>> joyce: a person who has pride is too proud to go buy a book on pride or a--
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Pride is too proud to go buy a book on pride or a-- >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: one of the best
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>> joyce: one of the best examples in the bible--
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>> joyce: one of the best examples in the bible-- well, there's a couple,
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Examples in the bible-- well, there's a couple, but one of 'em is luke 18.
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Well, there's a couple, but one of 'em is luke 18. two men went up into
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But one of 'em is luke 18. two men went up into the temple to pray,
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Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a pharisee,
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The temple to pray, one a pharisee, and the other a tax collector.
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One a pharisee, and the other a tax collector. now, the pharisees were
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And the other a tax collector. now, the pharisees were the most religious
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Now, the pharisees were the most religious of the religious,
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The most religious of the religious, because they kept
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Of the religious, because they kept all the rules, but jesus said,
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Because they kept all the rules, but jesus said, "you're like white-washed tombs
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All the rules, but jesus said, "you're like white-washed tombs full of dead men's bones."
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"you're like white-washed tombs full of dead men's bones." they looked good on the outside,
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Full of dead men's bones." they looked good on the outside, but inside, they were critical
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They looked good on the outside, but inside, they were critical and judgmental of other
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But inside, they were critical and judgmental of other people who didn't keep
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And judgmental of other people who didn't keep all the rules like they did.
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And tax collectors
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And tax collectors on the other hand were
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And tax collectors on the other hand were despised and hated because
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On the other hand were despised and hated because as a roman tax collector,
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Despised and hated because as a roman tax collector, i mean, like he was jewish,
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As a roman tax collector, i mean, like he was jewish, but he worked for the roman
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I mean, like he was jewish, but he worked for the roman government.
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But he worked for the roman government. and you had to collect
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Government. and you had to collect the tax that rome wanted,
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And you had to collect the tax that rome wanted, but then you could tack
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The tax that rome wanted, but then you could tack on to it whatever you
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But then you could tack on to it whatever you wanted to tack on to it.
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On to it whatever you wanted to tack on to it. and so, the tax collectors
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Wanted to tack on to it. and so, the tax collectors were despised and hated
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And so, the tax collectors were despised and hated because they robbed people.
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Were despised and hated because they robbed people. and boy, they sure didn't
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Because they robbed people. and boy, they sure didn't understand jesus because
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And boy, they sure didn't understand jesus because he had dinner with 'em
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Understand jesus because he had dinner with 'em and went to their houses,
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He had dinner with 'em and went to their houses, "well, how could you do that?"
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He said, "well, i didn't come
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He said, "well, i didn't come for people that are well.
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He said, "well, i didn't come for people that are well. i came for people
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For people that are well. i came for people that are sick."
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I came for people that are sick." amen?
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That are sick." amen? >> audience: amen.
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Amen? >> audience: amen. >> joyce: now, i don't suggest
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>> audience: amen. >> joyce: now, i don't suggest that you continually hang
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>> joyce: now, i don't suggest that you continually hang out with unbelievers
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That you continually hang out with unbelievers and make them your best friends,
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Out with unbelievers and make them your best friends, but neither can you
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And make them your best friends, but neither can you ignore them and because
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But neither can you ignore them and because of a religious attitude,
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Ignore them and because of a religious attitude, shut them out of your life
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Of a religious attitude, shut them out of your life and not have anything to do with
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Shut them out of your life and not have anything to do with them because if we don't
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And not have anything to do with them because if we don't ever give them another example,
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How are they ever gonna change?
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How are they ever gonna change? i remember what my dad said
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How are they ever gonna change? i remember what my dad said to dave when he finally did
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I remember what my dad said to dave when he finally did repent and tell me that
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To dave when he finally did repent and tell me that he was sorry for what
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Repent and tell me that he was sorry for what he did to me when i was a kid,
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He was sorry for what he did to me when i was a kid, but he was 83 when he did.
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He did to me when i was a kid, but he was 83 when he did. took him that long.
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But he was 83 when he did. took him that long. and i remember
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Took him that long. and i remember the day he repented.
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And i remember the day he repented. he looked at dave, and he said,
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The day he repented. he looked at dave, and he said, "dave, most men in your position
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He looked at dave, and he said, "dave, most men in your position would have killed me,
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"dave, most men in your position would have killed me, but you've never done
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Would have killed me, but you've never done anything but show me love."
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But you've never done anything but show me love." and see, when people
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Anything but show me love." and see, when people are sinners, they know
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And see, when people are sinners, they know they're sinners
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Are sinners, they know they're sinners and they know that
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They're sinners and they know that their behaviors' wrong.
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And they know that their behaviors' wrong. one of the reasons why they
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Their behaviors' wrong. one of the reasons why they don't like you is because your
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One of the reasons why they don't like you is because your very presence convicts 'em.
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Amen?
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Amen? >> audience: amen.
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Amen? >> audience: amen. >> [audience applauding]
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>> audience: amen. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and when you love
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and when you love them and they know they
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>> joyce: and when you love them and they know they don't deserve your love,
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Them and they know they don't deserve your love, that's the thing that
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Don't deserve your love, that's the thing that finally breaks 'em down.
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That's the thing that finally breaks 'em down. so, we can't have this--
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>> [audience laughing]
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on, you know what i'm talkin' about?
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>> joyce: come on, you know what i'm talkin' about? we can't have this--
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You know what i'm talkin' about? we can't have this-- >> [audience laughing]
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We can't have this-- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "you sinner, you."
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "you sinner, you." >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: so, here, we've got
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>> joyce: so, here, we've got this pharisee and this tax
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>> joyce: so, here, we've got this pharisee and this tax collector and they both
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This pharisee and this tax collector and they both went to the temple to pray.
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Collector and they both went to the temple to pray. "the pharisee took his stand
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Went to the temple to pray. "the pharisee took his stand ostentaneously--"
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"the pharisee took his stand ostentaneously--" [chuckling]
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Ostentaneously--" [chuckling] i guess that was kind of like--
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[chuckling] i guess that was kind of like-- >> [audience laughing]
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I guess that was kind of like-- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: not real sure,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: not real sure, but that's what i imagine.
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>> joyce: not real sure, but that's what i imagine. and now, watch this,
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But that's what i imagine. and now, watch this, "and he began to pray thus
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And now, watch this, "and he began to pray thus before and with himself."
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I love that.
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I love that. he wasn't praying to god.
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I love that. he wasn't praying to god. he was trying to pray a prayer
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He wasn't praying to god. he was trying to pray a prayer that impressed him.
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He was trying to pray a prayer that impressed him. and i have to be honest
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That impressed him. and i have to be honest and say, i've caught myself
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And i have to be honest and say, i've caught myself doing that sometimes when
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And say, i've caught myself doing that sometimes when i'm praying in front of people,
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Doing that sometimes when i'm praying in front of people, trying to make sure my prayer
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I'm praying in front of people, trying to make sure my prayer is impressive and i'm not
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Trying to make sure my prayer is impressive and i'm not even talking to god,
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Is impressive and i'm not even talking to god, i'm just trying
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Even talking to god, i'm just trying to be impressive.
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I'm just trying to be impressive. and don't say you
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To be impressive. and don't say you haven't done it, too.
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And don't say you haven't done it, too. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: "god, i thank you that
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>> joyce: "god, i thank you that i'm not like the rest of men."
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>> joyce: "god, i thank you that i'm not like the rest of men." [chuckling]
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I'm not like the rest of men." [chuckling] well, i don't think
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[chuckling] well, i don't think i've ever prayed that
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Well, i don't think i've ever prayed that but maybe i thought it.
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I've ever prayed that but maybe i thought it. i don't know.
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But maybe i thought it. i don't know. >> [audience laughing]
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I don't know. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "extortioners
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "extortioners (robbers), swindlers
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>> joyce: "extortioners (robbers), swindlers [unrighteous in heart and life],
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(robbers), swindlers [unrighteous in heart and life], adulterers."
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[unrighteous in heart and life], adulterers." "and i really thank you
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Adulterers." "and i really thank you that i'm not like
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"and i really thank you that i'm not like this tax collector."
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That i'm not like this tax collector." now, he gives a list
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This tax collector." now, he gives a list of his good works.
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Now, he gives a list of his good works. "i fast twice a week;
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Of his good works. "i fast twice a week; and i give tithes
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"i fast twice a week; and i give tithes of all that i gain."
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You know, let's just say that
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You know, let's just say that you get up every morning at five
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You know, let's just say that you get up every morning at five and you pray four hours,
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You get up every morning at five and you pray four hours, you're an anointed intercessor
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And you pray four hours, you're an anointed intercessor and you meet somebody that,
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You're an anointed intercessor and you meet somebody that, maybe you go to lunch
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And you meet somebody that, maybe you go to lunch with a new christian.
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Maybe you go to lunch with a new christian. of course, you wanna
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With a new christian. of course, you wanna make sure they know
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Of course, you wanna make sure they know how long you pray so you
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Make sure they know how long you pray so you talk about your prayer life--
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>> [audience laughing]
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "well, how long
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"oh, 10 minutes!"
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"oh, 10 minutes!" and they're so excited.
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"oh, 10 minutes!" and they're so excited. they're praying 10 minutes.
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And they're so excited. they're praying 10 minutes. that's like a new,
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They're praying 10 minutes. that's like a new, man, exciting thing.
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That's like a new, man, exciting thing. and the pharisee's like,
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Man, exciting thing. and the pharisee's like, "10 minutes?
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Well, you gotta pray
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Well, you gotta pray more than that."
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Well, you gotta pray more than that." "well, how long do you pray?"
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More than that." "well, how long do you pray?" "oh, four hours."
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"well, how long do you pray?" "oh, four hours." >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: come on.
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>> joyce: come on. "but the tax collector, [merely]
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>> joyce: come on. "but the tax collector, [merely] standing at a distance,
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"but the tax collector, [merely] standing at a distance, would not even lift
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Standing at a distance, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven,
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Would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but kept striking his breast,
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Up his eyes to heaven, but kept striking his breast, saying, "o god,
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But kept striking his breast, saying, "o god, be favorable (be gracious,
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Saying, "o god, be favorable (be gracious, be merciful) to me,
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Be favorable (be gracious, be merciful) to me, i am an especially
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Be merciful) to me, i am an especially wicked sinner!"
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I am an especially wicked sinner!" and jesus said, "i tell you,
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Wicked sinner!" and jesus said, "i tell you, this man went down
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And jesus said, "i tell you, this man went down to his home justified
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This man went down to his home justified (forgiven and made upright
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To his home justified (forgiven and made upright and in right standing with god),
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(forgiven and made upright and in right standing with god), rather than the other man;
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And in right standing with god), rather than the other man; for everyone who exalts
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Rather than the other man; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,
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For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles
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Himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
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And he who humbles himself will be exalted." >> [audience applauding]
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Himself will be exalted." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: yeah!
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: yeah! come on.
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>> joyce: yeah! come on. now, jonah, he was
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Come on. now, jonah, he was an interesting character.
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Now, jonah, he was an interesting character. >> [audience laughing]
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An interesting character. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: god told him
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: god told him to go to nineveh and preach.
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>> joyce: god told him to go to nineveh and preach. and he was so self-righteous,
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To go to nineveh and preach. and he was so self-righteous, he did not want to go preach
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And he was so self-righteous, he did not want to go preach to them because he thought
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He did not want to go preach to them because he thought they were too--
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To them because he thought they were too-- they didn't deserve salvation.
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They were too-- they didn't deserve salvation. so, he didn't even wanna
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They didn't deserve salvation. so, he didn't even wanna preach to 'em because
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So, he didn't even wanna preach to 'em because he didn't want 'em to get saved.
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Preach to 'em because he didn't want 'em to get saved. now, that's--
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See, now, if i'm not careful,
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See, now, if i'm not careful, i'll judge jonah.
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See, now, if i'm not careful, i'll judge jonah. >> [audience laughing]
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I'll judge jonah. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i'm already thinking,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i'm already thinking, "how could you
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>> joyce: i'm already thinking, "how could you possibly do that?"
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"how could you possibly do that?" >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: well, jonah, it says,
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>> joyce: well, jonah, it says, chapter 1 verse 1, "the word
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>> joyce: well, jonah, it says, chapter 1 verse 1, "the word of the lord came to jonah,
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Chapter 1 verse 1, "the word of the lord came to jonah, 'arise and go to nineveh,
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Of the lord came to jonah, 'arise and go to nineveh, that great city,
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'arise and go to nineveh, that great city, and proclaim against it,
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That great city, and proclaim against it, for their wickedness has
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And proclaim against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.'
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For their wickedness has come up before me.' but jonah rose
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Come up before me.' but jonah rose up to flee to tarshish."
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But jonah rose up to flee to tarshish." now, if you look on a map,
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Up to flee to tarshish." now, if you look on a map, tarshish is the exact opposite
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Now, if you look on a map, tarshish is the exact opposite direction from nineveh.
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Tarshish is the exact opposite direction from nineveh. have you ever gone the exact
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Direction from nineveh. have you ever gone the exact opposite direction of what
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Have you ever gone the exact opposite direction of what god told you to go?
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Opposite direction of what god told you to go? [chuckling]
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God told you to go? [chuckling] and actually, it says that,
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[chuckling] and actually, it says that, that he "went down to joppa
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And actually, it says that, that he "went down to joppa and found a ship going
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That he "went down to joppa and found a ship going to tarshish [the most remote
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And found a ship going to tarshish [the most remote of the phoenician trading
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To tarshish [the most remote of the phoenician trading places then known]."
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Of the phoenician trading places then known]." so, he didn't just go
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Places then known]." so, he didn't just go in the opposite direction.
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So, he didn't just go in the opposite direction. he went as far away
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In the opposite direction. he went as far away in the opposite direction
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He went as far away in the opposite direction as he could possibly go.
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"i'm not gonna go preach
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"i'm not gonna go preach to those people!
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"i'm not gonna go preach to those people! i don't like 'em.
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To those people! i don't like 'em. they're sinners.
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I don't like 'em. they're sinners. and i don't think they deserve
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They're sinners. and i don't think they deserve for me to preach to them.
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And i don't think they deserve for me to preach to them. they might change
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For me to preach to them. they might change and get right with you."
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They might change and get right with you." >> [audience laughing]
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And get right with you." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, we know his story;
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>> joyce: well, we know his story; he had to get
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We know his story; he had to get thrown off the boat,
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He had to get thrown off the boat, the whale swallowed him
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Thrown off the boat, the whale swallowed him and when he's in the belly
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The whale swallowed him and when he's in the belly of the whale with the seaweed
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And when he's in the belly of the whale with the seaweed hangin' all over him and--
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[chuckling]
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He repented.
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He repented. you know sometimes when
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He repented. you know sometimes when we're judging other people
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You know sometimes when we're judging other people the bible says be careful when
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We're judging other people the bible says be careful when you judge others because
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The bible says be careful when you judge others because it may come back on you.
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You judge others because it may come back on you. sometimes when we get
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It may come back on you. sometimes when we get in a big enough mess,
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Sometimes when we get in a big enough mess, we get willing to repent
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In a big enough mess, we get willing to repent and realize that our
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We get willing to repent and realize that our actions are wrong.
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And realize that our actions are wrong. i remember one time when
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Actions are wrong. i remember one time when i was first doing
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I remember one time when i was first doing my home bible studies.
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I was first doing my home bible studies. i hosted a bible study every
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My home bible studies. i hosted a bible study every week in my home for five years.
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I hosted a bible study every week in my home for five years. and about 25 or 30 people
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Week in my home for five years. and about 25 or 30 people came and that's where
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And about 25 or 30 people came and that's where i kind of practiced ministry.
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Came and that's where i kind of practiced ministry. and there was a woman that
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I kind of practiced ministry. and there was a woman that came that got pregnant
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And there was a woman that came that got pregnant and she felt bad a lot
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Came that got pregnant and she felt bad a lot during her pregnancy,
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And she felt bad a lot during her pregnancy, so she didn't come
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During her pregnancy, so she didn't come to the bible study very often.
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So she didn't come to the bible study very often. and man, i so remember
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To the bible study very often. and man, i so remember me and a couple of the other
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And man, i so remember me and a couple of the other ladies judging her,
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Me and a couple of the other ladies judging her, "well, you know, if she wanted,
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Ladies judging her, "well, you know, if she wanted, if she really wanted to,
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"well, you know, if she wanted, if she really wanted to, she could come.
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If she really wanted to, she could come. she could believe
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She could come. she could believe god for healing
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She could believe god for healing and she could get here."
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God for healing and she could get here." but not one of us ever
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And she could get here." but not one of us ever offered to go help her.
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But not one of us ever offered to go help her. >> [audience laughing]
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Offered to go help her. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: we didn't offer
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: we didn't offer to clean her house
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>> joyce: we didn't offer to clean her house or to cook her a meal.
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To clean her house or to cook her a meal. we just had our opinion.
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Or to cook her a meal. we just had our opinion. well, few years after that,
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We just had our opinion. well, few years after that, i got pregnant with
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Well, few years after that, i got pregnant with my son who's now 45
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And with my other three,
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And with my other three, i didn't even know enough
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And with my other three, i didn't even know enough to pray, but boy,
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I didn't even know enough to pray, but boy, this one i'm praying
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To pray, but boy, this one i'm praying for a good pregnancy
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This one i'm praying for a good pregnancy and to feel good,
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For a good pregnancy and to feel good, and i was sick.
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And to feel good, and i was sick. man, for three months i could
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And i was sick. man, for three months i could hardly lift my head up off
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Man, for three months i could hardly lift my head up off the couch and i just didn't
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Hardly lift my head up off the couch and i just didn't understand it because now
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The couch and i just didn't understand it because now i'm a woman of great faith.
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Understand it because now i'm a woman of great faith. come on.
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I'm a woman of great faith. come on. [chuckling]
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Come on. [chuckling] >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: and i'm praying
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>> joyce: and i'm praying and praying, "what's wrong."
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>> joyce: and i'm praying and praying, "what's wrong." and god kept taking me
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And praying, "what's wrong." and god kept taking me to matthew 7, "judge not,
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And god kept taking me to matthew 7, "judge not, lest you be judged."
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To matthew 7, "judge not, lest you be judged." and i didn't have any idea
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Lest you be judged." and i didn't have any idea why he kept taking
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And i didn't have any idea why he kept taking me to that place.
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Why he kept taking me to that place. [laughing]
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And then finally,
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And then finally, he showed me that i had opened
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And then finally, he showed me that i had opened the door for the enemy when
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He showed me that i had opened the door for the enemy when i judged her, and what i judged
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The door for the enemy when i judged her, and what i judged her for came back on me.
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I judged her, and what i judged her for came back on me. and as soon as i repented,
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Her for came back on me. and as soon as i repented, i mean, i immediately got well.
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And as soon as i repented, i mean, i immediately got well. >> [audience applauding]
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I mean, i immediately got well. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, not sayin'
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, not sayin' this about you,
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>> joyce: so, not sayin' this about you, but maybe, when you're havin'
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This about you, but maybe, when you're havin' trouble you need to ask god
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But maybe, when you're havin' trouble you need to ask god if you're reaping on somethin'
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Trouble you need to ask god if you're reaping on somethin' you've sowed in the past.
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If you're reaping on somethin' you've sowed in the past. come on, now, don't look
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You've sowed in the past. come on, now, don't look too happy because
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Come on, now, don't look too happy because i'm preaching good.
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Too happy because i'm preaching good. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: anybody have
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>> joyce: anybody have any conviction about
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>> joyce: anybody have any conviction about being self-righteous,
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Any conviction about being self-righteous, just a little bit, maybe?
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Being self-righteous, just a little bit, maybe? i don't wanna think, you know,
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Just a little bit, maybe? i don't wanna think, you know, that i'm just preaching
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I don't wanna think, you know, that i'm just preaching to no purpose here.
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That i'm just preaching to no purpose here. >> [audience laughing]
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To no purpose here. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "oh, lord jesus,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "oh, lord jesus, help me.
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>> joyce: "oh, lord jesus, help me. i don't wanna be self-righteous.
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Help me. i don't wanna be self-righteous. i only want the righteousness
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I don't wanna be self-righteous. i only want the righteousness which you give."
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I only want the righteousness which you give." maybe paul had a tendency
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Which you give." maybe paul had a tendency to be a little self-righteous
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Maybe paul had a tendency to be a little self-righteous and that's why he prayed
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To be a little self-righteous and that's why he prayed this prayer.
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'cause paul was
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'cause paul was a pharisee of pharisees.
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'cause paul was a pharisee of pharisees. romans 3:21-24--
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A pharisee of pharisees. romans 3:21-24-- what is true righteousness?
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Romans 3:21-24-- what is true righteousness? "but now the righteousness
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What is true righteousness? "but now the righteousness of god has been revealed
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"but now the righteousness of god has been revealed and independently,
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Of god has been revealed and independently, altogether apart
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And independently, altogether apart from the law--"
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Altogether apart from the law--" or let's just say good works,
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From the law--" or let's just say good works, "although it is attested
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Or let's just say good works, "although it is attested by the law and the prophets,
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"although it is attested by the law and the prophets, namely, the righteousness
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By the law and the prophets, namely, the righteousness of god which comes by believing
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Namely, the righteousness of god which comes by believing with personal trust
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Of god which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance
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With personal trust and confident reliance on jesus christ (the messiah).
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And confident reliance on jesus christ (the messiah). [and it is meant]
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On jesus christ (the messiah). [and it is meant] for all who believe.
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[and it is meant] for all who believe. there is a no distinction."
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For all who believe. there is a no distinction." the only way that
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There is a no distinction." the only way that we can be right with god
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The only way that we can be right with god is through believing in jesus.
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We can be right with god is through believing in jesus. that's so hard to sink in,
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Isn't it?
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Isn't it? "you mean to tell me i don't
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Isn't it? "you mean to tell me i don't have to do right to be right?"
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"you mean to tell me i don't have to do right to be right?" well, see here's the thing,
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Have to do right to be right?" well, see here's the thing, god never asks us to produce
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Well, see here's the thing, god never asks us to produce anything that he doesn't
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God never asks us to produce anything that he doesn't give us first.
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Anything that he doesn't give us first. for example, "the love of god
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Give us first. for example, "the love of god has been shed abroad in our
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For example, "the love of god has been shed abroad in our hearts by the holy ghost."
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Has been shed abroad in our hearts by the holy ghost." so, we love him because
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Hearts by the holy ghost." so, we love him because he first loved us.
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So, we love him because he first loved us. we can only love god
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He first loved us. we can only love god because he put love in us,
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We can only love god because he put love in us, and i can only love you
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Because he put love in us, and i can only love you because he put love in me.
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And i can only love you because he put love in me. >> [audience applauding]
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Because he put love in me. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: okay.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: okay. so, he wants us to behave right,
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>> joyce: okay. so, he wants us to behave right, but we can't behave right unless
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So, he wants us to behave right, but we can't behave right unless he first gives us righteousness.
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But we can't behave right unless he first gives us righteousness. ah-ha.
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He first gives us righteousness. ah-ha. see?
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Ah-ha. see? the light bulb went on.
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See? the light bulb went on. so, he gives us right
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The light bulb went on. so, he gives us right standing with him as a gift.
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So, he gives us right standing with him as a gift. it's a free gift that we receive
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Standing with him as a gift. it's a free gift that we receive by putting our faith in jesus.
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Seems so totally unfair,
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Seems so totally unfair, but god is god and he can
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Seems so totally unfair, but god is god and he can do what he wants to.
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But god is god and he can do what he wants to. and the bible says that
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Do what he wants to. and the bible says that he chooses to view
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And the bible says that he chooses to view us as righteous.
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He chooses to view us as righteous. then when we realize what
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Us as righteous. then when we realize what he's done for us and we see
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Then when we realize what he's done for us and we see what he wants us to do,
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He's done for us and we see what he wants us to do, we try our best to do it because
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What he wants us to do, we try our best to do it because of what he's done for us,
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We try our best to do it because of what he's done for us, not to get him to do
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Of what he's done for us, not to get him to do something for us.
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Not to get him to do something for us. >> [audience applauding]
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Something for us. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: to me, trying to get
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: to me, trying to get people to understand
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>> joyce: to me, trying to get people to understand who they are in christ,
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People to understand who they are in christ, is one of the most missing
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Who they are in christ, is one of the most missing messages in a large
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Is one of the most missing messages in a large majority of churches.
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Messages in a large majority of churches. so many times,
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Majority of churches. so many times, people go to church and they're
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So many times, people go to church and they're just told what to do,
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People go to church and they're just told what to do, "do this.
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Just told what to do, "do this. do this.
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"do this. do this. don't do that.
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Do this. don't do that. don't do that.
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Don't do that. don't do that. do this.
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Don't do that. do this. don't do that."
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Do this. don't do that." but they're never told "how."
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Don't do that." but they're never told "how." and we need to be taught
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Who we are in christ and that
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Who we are in christ and that righteousness comes only
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Who we are in christ and that righteousness comes only through faith in jesus.
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Righteousness comes only through faith in jesus. >> [audience applauding]
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Through faith in jesus. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and then, when you
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and then, when you have that righteousness--
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>> joyce: and then, when you have that righteousness-- i probably have said
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Have that righteousness-- i probably have said a million times in my life,
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I probably have said a million times in my life, "i am the righteousness
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A million times in my life, "i am the righteousness of god in christ,"
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"i am the righteousness of god in christ," because it was very
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Of god in christ," because it was very hard for me to believe.
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Because it was very hard for me to believe. and when you see
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Hard for me to believe. and when you see something in the word,
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And when you see something in the word, but you have a very
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Something in the word, but you have a very difficult time believing it,
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But you have a very difficult time believing it, the only way you can
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Difficult time believing it, the only way you can ever believe it is to get
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The only way you can ever believe it is to get the information
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Ever believe it is to get the information to become revelation.
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See, i'm giving you information
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See, i'm giving you information today, but in mark 4, it says,
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See, i'm giving you information today, but in mark 4, it says, "the measure of thought
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Today, but in mark 4, it says, "the measure of thought and study that you give
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"the measure of thought and study that you give to the truth that you hear
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And study that you give to the truth that you hear is the measure of virtue
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To the truth that you hear is the measure of virtue and knowledge that will
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Is the measure of virtue and knowledge that will come back to you again."
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And knowledge that will come back to you again." so, i'm giving you information
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Come back to you again." so, i'm giving you information and for some of you,
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So, i'm giving you information and for some of you, it may become revelation
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Because you've already
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Because you've already had some information
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Because you've already had some information along these lines.
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Had some information along these lines. and so, now, today,
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Along these lines. and so, now, today, it's just all coming
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And so, now, today, it's just all coming together and you're like--
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It's just all coming together and you're like-- like i heard that one
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Together and you're like-- like i heard that one person over there say, "oh!"
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Like i heard that one person over there say, "oh!" and that's kinda
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Person over there say, "oh!" and that's kinda what revelation is.
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And that's kinda what revelation is. it's like, "oh!
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What revelation is. it's like, "oh! yeah."
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It's like, "oh! yeah." but you know, we have to,
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Yeah." but you know, we have to, we have to put
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But you know, we have to, we have to put in a little effort.
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We have to put in a little effort. but now, if you take some things
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In a little effort. but now, if you take some things that i've said and you
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But now, if you take some things that i've said and you go home and you study this;
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That i've said and you go home and you study this; look up every scripture you
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Go home and you study this; look up every scripture you can find on righteousness,
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Look up every scripture you can find on righteousness, look up what the bible says
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Can find on righteousness, look up what the bible says about self-righteousness,
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Look up what the bible says about self-righteousness, look up what the bible
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About self-righteousness, look up what the bible says about what
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Look up what the bible says about what it means to be in christ,
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Says about what it means to be in christ, and you study that,
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It means to be in christ, and you study that, and you study it and you
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And you study that, and you study it and you study it 'til it becomes part
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And you study it and you study it 'til it becomes part of every cell in your being.
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Study it 'til it becomes part of every cell in your being. and you see, i know that
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Of every cell in your being. and you see, i know that i know that i know that
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And you see, i know that i know that i know that i know that i am right with god.
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I know that i know that i know that i am right with god. that's why when god
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I know that i am right with god. that's why when god convicts me of wrong
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That's why when god convicts me of wrong behavior it doesn't bother me,
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Convicts me of wrong behavior it doesn't bother me, doesn't bother me at all because
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Behavior it doesn't bother me, doesn't bother me at all because i know who i am.
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And you know,
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And you know, actually, in hebrews 5:13-6:1:
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And you know, actually, in hebrews 5:13-6:1: it tells you very plainly that
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Actually, in hebrews 5:13-6:1: it tells you very plainly that people cannot be corrected
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It tells you very plainly that people cannot be corrected if they don't know
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People cannot be corrected if they don't know who they are in christ,
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If they don't know who they are in christ, because if you don't
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Who they are in christ, because if you don't know who you are,
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Because if you don't know who you are, then anytime somebody
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Know who you are, then anytime somebody tries to correct you,
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Then anytime somebody tries to correct you, it offends you.
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Tries to correct you, it offends you. but if you know who you are,
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It offends you. but if you know who you are, and you know who
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But if you know who you are, and you know who you belong to,
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And you know who you belong to, and you know that
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You belong to, and you know that you're loved and--
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And you know that you're loved and-- you're not free till
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You're loved and-- you're not free till you have nothing to prove.
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Come on.
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Come on. >> [audience applauding]
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Come on. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: but if you have
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: but if you have nothing to prove then you're
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>> joyce: but if you have nothing to prove then you're glad when god or even
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Nothing to prove then you're glad when god or even somebody else corrects you,
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Glad when god or even somebody else corrects you, if they do it with
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Somebody else corrects you, if they do it with a spirit of humility,
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If they do it with a spirit of humility, because that doesn't
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A spirit of humility, because that doesn't devalue you.
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Because that doesn't devalue you. now, if you go home and you
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Devalue you. now, if you go home and you put a little effort into this,
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Now, if you go home and you put a little effort into this, now maybe with my effort
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Put a little effort into this, now maybe with my effort and your effort,
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Now maybe with my effort and your effort, you can come out with a victory.
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And your effort, you can come out with a victory. >> [audience applauding]
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You can come out with a victory. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and another
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and another thing we do that causes
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>> joyce: and another thing we do that causes us a lot of problems,
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Thing we do that causes us a lot of problems, i think, is we have so much
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Us a lot of problems, i think, is we have so much available to us that
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I think, is we have so much available to us that we jumped from subject
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Available to us that we jumped from subject to subject to subject
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We jumped from subject to subject to subject to subject to subject
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To subject to subject to subject to subject and we never stick with any
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To subject to subject and we never stick with any one thing long enough
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And we never stick with any one thing long enough for it to become a revelation.
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One thing long enough for it to become a revelation. you'll go to church tomorrow
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For it to become a revelation. you'll go to church tomorrow and hear something different.
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You'll go to church tomorrow and hear something different. and you can watch me monday
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And hear something different. and you can watch me monday morning and hear
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And you can watch me monday morning and hear something different.
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Morning and hear something different. and then tuesday morning
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Something different. and then tuesday morning i'll preach something
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And then tuesday morning i'll preach something different than that.
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I'll preach something different than that. and wednesday something
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Different than that. and wednesday something different than that.
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And wednesday something different than that. and so, i'm suggesting
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Different than that. and so, i'm suggesting to you that if you need
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And so, i'm suggesting to you that if you need a revelation in this area
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To you that if you need a revelation in this area that you stick with it,
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A revelation in this area that you stick with it, until it becomes
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That you stick with it, until it becomes revelation to you.
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>> [baby crying]
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>> [baby crying] >> [showering]
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>> [showering] >> [percolating]
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>> [percolating] >> [dog panting]
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>> [dog panting] >> [traffic]
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>> [traffic] >> [chattering]
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>> [chattering] >> [ticking]
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>> [ticking] >> [street sounds]
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>> [street sounds] >> [sipping]
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>> [sipping] >> announcer: you were meant
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>> announcer: you were meant for more than busyness.
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For more than busyness. >> [scribbling]
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>> [scribbling] >> announcer: you don't have
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>> announcer: you don't have to live tired, stressed...
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To live tired, stressed... >> [clicking]
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>> [clicking] >> announcer: or stretched
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>> announcer: or stretched too thin any longer.
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Too thin any longer. you were made for rest.
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You were made for rest. and rest is not a weakness...
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And rest is not a weakness... >> [alarm]
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>> [alarm] >> announcer: it's wisdom.
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>> announcer: it's wisdom. >> [inhaling and exhaling]
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>> [inhaling and exhaling] >> announcer: press pause
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>> announcer: press pause on life's distractions.
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On life's distractions. >> [door rolling]
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>> joyce: i know firsthand how
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>> joyce: i know firsthand how easy it is to keep pushing until
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Easy it is to keep pushing until you're completely worn out.
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You're completely worn out. but god has created us to rest.
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But god has created us to rest. even in our go, go, go world,
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Even in our go, go, go world, it's possible to operate
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It's possible to operate from a place of rest while
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From a place of rest while managing daily demands.
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In my book
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In my book "learning how to rest,"
00:24:54.716 --> 00:24:55.917
"learning how to rest," you'll find practical
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You'll find practical strategies on how
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Strategies on how to let go,
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To let go, find balance,
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Find balance, and trust god
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And trust god to handle everything.
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>> announcer: cast your care
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>> announcer: cast your care and step into
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And step into "learning how to rest:
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"learning how to rest: a pathway to rest
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A pathway to rest in a world that
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In a world that never stops."
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Never stops." available today with
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Available today with your gift of any amount.
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Your gift of any amount. discover how to slow down
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Discover how to slow down and live in a place of peace
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And live in a place of peace with biblical wisdom,
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With biblical wisdom, practical encouragement,
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Practical encouragement, and personal stories.
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And personal stories. call us at...
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Call us at... go online to:
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Go online to: joycemeyer.org,
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Joycemeyer.org, or use the qr code
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Or use the qr code on your screen.
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>> joyce:
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>> joyce: remembering
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Remembering that god
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That god is ultimately
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Is ultimately in control enables
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In control enables us to live aligned
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Us to live aligned with scripture
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With scripture and the ability
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And the ability to shift our
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To shift our focus away from
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Focus away from worry to focusing
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Worry to focusing on god's love.
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On god's love. knowing how
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Knowing how to rest isn't always
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To rest isn't always easy but learning
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Easy but learning how to rest
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How to rest makes it possible.
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Makes it possible. and when you give,
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And when you give, your financial gift
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Your financial gift is making it possible
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Is making it possible for joyce meyer ministries
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For joyce meyer ministries to partner with you,
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To partner with you, through hand of hope,
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Through hand of hope, to share christ's love
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To share christ's love to people all around
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To people all around the world.
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The world. thank you
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Thank you for your support.
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For your support. the bible has
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The bible has a lot to say about
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A lot to say about reaching out
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Reaching out to the poor
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To the poor and we don't
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And we don't want to fail
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Want to fail to do our part.
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To do our part. together,
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Together, we're making
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We're making a difference in many,
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A difference in many, many lives.
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Many lives. thank you.
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>> announcer: find peace
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>> announcer: find peace in your spirit, soul,
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In your spirit, soul, and body by learning
00:26:09.524 --> 00:26:10.925
And body by learning how to rest.
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How to rest. request "learning
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Request "learning how to rest"
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How to rest" today with your
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Today with your gift of any amount
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Gift of any amount and you'll also
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And you'll also receive joyce's
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Receive joyce's "quiet times with
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"quiet times with god devotional,"
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God devotional," another way
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Another way to experience god's
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To experience god's revitalizing peace.
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Revitalizing peace. call us at...
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Call us at... go online to:
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Joycemeyer.org, or use the qr code
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Or use the qr code on your screen.
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>> ginger: real life. real friends.
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Real friends. no pretense.
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No pretense. joyce meyer's
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Talk it out podcast. join joyce, erin cluley,
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And me, ginger stache, along with some amazing friends,
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Along with some amazing friends, as we honestly share
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As we honestly share the hard stuff,
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The hard stuff, laugh through those
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Laugh through those unpredictable moments,
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Unpredictable moments, and learn to apply what
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And learn to apply what god says about it all.
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>> announcer: we hope you
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>> announcer: we hope you enjoyed today's program.
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Enjoyed today's program. we are so grateful
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We are so grateful to our joyce meyer
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To our joyce meyer ministries partners
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Who make this and all we do possible,
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And all we do possible, including sharing
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Including sharing god's word
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God's word and offering help
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And offering help to people in need
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To people in need all over the world.
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Joyce Meyer - Self-Righteousness vs. God's Righteousness (Part 2)

March 10, 2026 | 27:29

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