Joyce Meyer - Think For A Change (Part 1)

January 27, 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 - Think For A Change (Part 1) | January 27, 2026
  • >> joyce: listen, if you know
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  • >> joyce: listen, if you know how to worry,
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  • >> joyce: listen, if you know how to worry, you know how to meditate.
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  • How to worry, you know how to meditate. because that's
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  • You know how to meditate. because that's all worry is it's just,
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  • Because that's all worry is it's just, you can't get this
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  • All worry is it's just, you can't get this off your mind.
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  • You can't get this off your mind. you just keep thinking it over,
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  • Off your mind. you just keep thinking it over, and over, and over, and over.
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  • >> joyce: i do what
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  • >> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's
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  • >> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's power transform my own life,
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  • I do because i've seen god's power transform my own life, and he will do it for you.
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  • Power transform my own life, and he will do it for you. the key to everything
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  • And he will do it for you. the key to everything is found in god's word.
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  • The key to everything is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer,
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  • Is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal
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  • I'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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  • >> ginger: hi, everyone.
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  • >> ginger: hi, everyone. thanks for joining us today on
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  • >> ginger: hi, everyone. thanks for joining us today on “enjoying everyday life.”
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  • Thanks for joining us today on “enjoying everyday life.” did you know that what we think
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  • “enjoying everyday life.” did you know that what we think becomes our reality,
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  • Did you know that what we think becomes our reality, even if those thoughts
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  • Becomes our reality, even if those thoughts are wrong?
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  • Even if those thoughts are wrong? you see,
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  • The enemy lies to us about
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  • The enemy lies to us about who we are, and our thoughts
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  • The enemy lies to us about who we are, and our thoughts affect our emotions,
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  • Who we are, and our thoughts affect our emotions, and our emotions
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  • Affect our emotions, and our emotions influence our actions.
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  • And our emotions influence our actions. so, what can we do to change
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  • Influence our actions. so, what can we do to change that negative mindset?
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  • So, what can we do to change that negative mindset? as joyce has been
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  • That negative mindset? as joyce has been teaching us for years,
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  • As joyce has been teaching us for years, we need to think about
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  • Teaching us for years, we need to think about what we're thinking about
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  • We need to think about what we're thinking about and renew our minds daily
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  • What we're thinking about and renew our minds daily through god's word.
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  • And renew our minds daily through god's word. today, joyce shares some
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  • Through god's word. today, joyce shares some powerful truth on how to win
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  • Today, joyce shares some powerful truth on how to win the battle in our mind.
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  • Powerful truth on how to win the battle in our mind. in a discussion with
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  • The battle in our mind. in a discussion with erin cluley, kim poe,
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  • In a discussion with erin cluley, kim poe, and me, god's word is
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  • Erin cluley, kim poe, and me, god's word is the only thing that tears
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  • And me, god's word is the only thing that tears down the lies of the enemy,
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  • The only thing that tears down the lies of the enemy, and i believe you'll be inspired
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  • Down the lies of the enemy, and i believe you'll be inspired through this discussion
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  • And i believe you'll be inspired through this discussion to dig deeper into god's word
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  • Through this discussion to dig deeper into god's word and experience his life
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  • To dig deeper into god's word and experience his life transforming power
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  • And experience his life transforming power in a very real way.
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  • >> ginger: if you've ever had
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  • >> ginger: if you've ever had a problem with your mind,
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  • >> ginger: if you've ever had a problem with your mind, thinking the right things,
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  • A problem with your mind, thinking the right things, not having negative thoughts,
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  • Thinking the right things, not having negative thoughts, then you're gonna wanna
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  • Not having negative thoughts, then you're gonna wanna sit on our couch,
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  • Then you're gonna wanna sit on our couch, because we're gonna talk
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  • Sit on our couch, because we're gonna talk about every aspect of renewing
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  • Because we're gonna talk about every aspect of renewing our mind and what
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  • About every aspect of renewing our mind and what a mindset does for us.
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  • Our mind and what a mindset does for us. and joyce is celebrating,
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  • A mindset does for us. and joyce is celebrating, actually, the 30th anniversary
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  • And joyce is celebrating, actually, the 30th anniversary of her best-selling
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  • Actually, the 30th anniversary of her best-selling book of all time,
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  • Of her best-selling book of all time, "battlefield of the mind."
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  • Book of all time, "battlefield of the mind." and we also have our wonderful
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  • "battlefield of the mind." and we also have our wonderful friend, kim poe, here with us.
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  • And we also have our wonderful friend, kim poe, here with us. >> kim: i'm thrilled to be back.
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  • Friend, kim poe, here with us. >> kim: i'm thrilled to be back. >> ginger: so, we're looking
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  • >> kim: i'm thrilled to be back. >> ginger: so, we're looking forward to this, joyce,
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  • >> ginger: so, we're looking forward to this, joyce, we're just gonna
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  • Forward to this, joyce, we're just gonna let you fix our thoughts.
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  • >> joyce: okay.
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  • >> joyce: okay. well, you know,
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  • >> joyce: okay. well, you know, the first thing that--
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  • Well, you know, the first thing that-- >> ginger: "okay."
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  • The first thing that-- >> ginger: "okay." >> [ladies laughing]
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  • >> ginger: "okay." >> [ladies laughing] >> joyce: okay, let's go.
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  • >> [ladies laughing] >> joyce: okay, let's go. the first thing that i thought
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  • >> joyce: okay, let's go. the first thing that i thought of while you were talking
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  • The first thing that i thought of while you were talking is that probably most people
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  • Of while you were talking is that probably most people watching don't ever even think
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  • Is that probably most people watching don't ever even think about what they're thinking.
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  • Watching don't ever even think about what they're thinking. >> [ladies agreeing]
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  • About what they're thinking. >> [ladies agreeing] >> joyce: you don't--
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  • >> [ladies agreeing] >> joyce: you don't-- you know, if you would just--
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  • >> joyce: you don't-- you know, if you would just-- you get in a bad mood,
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  • You know, if you would just-- you get in a bad mood, if you just think about
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  • What you're thinking,
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  • What you're thinking, you'll find the source
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  • What you're thinking, you'll find the source of your bad mood.
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  • You'll find the source of your bad mood. it's very simple just to say,
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  • Of your bad mood. it's very simple just to say, "think positive things
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  • It's very simple just to say, "think positive things and don't think
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  • "think positive things and don't think negative things."
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  • And don't think negative things." and it really does pretty
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  • Negative things." and it really does pretty much come down to that
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  • And it really does pretty much come down to that because there's nothing
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  • Much come down to that because there's nothing negative about god.
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  • Because there's nothing negative about god. he doesn't say anything
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  • Negative about god. he doesn't say anything negative in the bible.
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  • He doesn't say anything negative in the bible. i mean, there's things in there
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  • Negative in the bible. i mean, there's things in there that could be considered
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  • I mean, there's things in there that could be considered negative, but they're not--
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  • That could be considered negative, but they're not-- it's not the things that god
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  • Negative, but they're not-- it's not the things that god tells us to think or things
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  • It's not the things that god tells us to think or things that he thinks about us or--
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  • Tells us to think or things that he thinks about us or-- >> ginger: right.
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  • That he thinks about us or-- >> ginger: right. >> joyce: you know.
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  • >> ginger: right. >> joyce: you know. >> ginger: but it's hard
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  • >> joyce: you know. >> ginger: but it's hard to do it sometimes.
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  • >> ginger: but it's hard to do it sometimes. >> joyce: yeah, it is.
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  • To do it sometimes. >> joyce: yeah, it is. but most of it is, first of all,
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  • >> joyce: yeah, it is. but most of it is, first of all, understanding the power
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  • But most of it is, first of all, understanding the power of thoughts.
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  • Understanding the power of thoughts. and that our thoughts
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  • Of thoughts. and that our thoughts become our words,
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  • And that our thoughts become our words, and our words
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  • Become our words, and our words and our thoughts become
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  • And our words and our thoughts become our attitudes and our actions.
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  • And our thoughts become our attitudes and our actions. and you cannot change
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  • Our attitudes and our actions. and you cannot change your behavior if you
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  • And you cannot change your behavior if you don't change your mind.
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  • Your behavior if you don't change your mind. >> ginger: yeah.
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  • Don't change your mind. >> ginger: yeah. well, let me just tell
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  • >> ginger: yeah. well, let me just tell all of you who are
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  • Well, let me just tell all of you who are listening with us,
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  • All of you who are listening with us, right now, that this
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  • Listening with us, right now, that this is something that as you
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  • Right now, that this is something that as you begin this process,
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  • Is something that as you begin this process, it will change you
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  • Begin this process, it will change you like nothing else.
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  • It will change you like nothing else. >> joyce: yeah.
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  • Like nothing else. >> joyce: yeah. >> ginger: so, we're going
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  • >> joyce: yeah. >> ginger: so, we're going to start with joy sharing
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  • >> ginger: so, we're going to start with joy sharing a little primer on this,
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  • To start with joy sharing a little primer on this, why she's been sharing
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  • A little primer on this, why she's been sharing this important message
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  • Why she's been sharing this important message from god's word for 30 years,
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  • This important message from god's word for 30 years, why it makes such a difference.
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  • From god's word for 30 years, why it makes such a difference. and as you begin to understand
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  • Why it makes such a difference. and as you begin to understand this, you're gonna get it too.
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  • And as you begin to understand this, you're gonna get it too. listen to this.
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  • >> joyce: proverbs 23:7 says,
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  • >> joyce: proverbs 23:7 says, "as a man thinks in his heart
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  • >> joyce: proverbs 23:7 says, "as a man thinks in his heart so is he."
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  • "as a man thinks in his heart so is he." that's a very interesting
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  • So is he." that's a very interesting scripture.
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  • That's a very interesting scripture. colossians 3:1-2 says, "if then
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  • Scripture. colossians 3:1-2 says, "if then you've been raised with christ,
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  • Colossians 3:1-2 says, "if then you've been raised with christ, seek the things that are above,
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  • You've been raised with christ, seek the things that are above, where christ is,
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  • Seek the things that are above, where christ is, seated at the right hand of god.
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  • Set your mind on things that are
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  • Set your mind on things that are above," that means right things,
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  • Set your mind on things that are above," that means right things, "not on the things that
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  • Above," that means right things, "not on the things that are upon the earth."
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  • "not on the things that are upon the earth." now, let's read it again.
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  • Are upon the earth." now, let's read it again. "set your mind," and i really
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  • Now, let's read it again. "set your mind," and i really like what the amplified says,
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  • "set your mind," and i really like what the amplified says, "set your mind and keep it set."
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  • Like what the amplified says, "set your mind and keep it set." see?
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  • "set your mind and keep it set." see? it's easy to go on a diet on
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  • See? it's easy to go on a diet on sunday night after dinner.
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  • It's easy to go on a diet on sunday night after dinner. >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> joyce: but, the problem
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  • >> joyce: but, the problem starts by tuesday when you want
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  • >> joyce: but, the problem starts by tuesday when you want to eat everything on the table
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  • Starts by tuesday when you want to eat everything on the table and then eat the table.
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  • To eat everything on the table and then eat the table. >> [audience laughing]
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  • And then eat the table. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: okay, i'm gonna tell
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: okay, i'm gonna tell you a secret, you're not going
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  • >> joyce: okay, i'm gonna tell you a secret, you're not going to like this part, but here
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  • You a secret, you're not going to like this part, but here it comes anyway, if you want
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  • To like this part, but here it comes anyway, if you want to have real victory,
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  • It comes anyway, if you want to have real victory, you're gonna have to be
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  • To have real victory, you're gonna have to be willing to hurt a little bit.
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  • You're gonna have to be willing to hurt a little bit. >> [audience applauding]
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  • Willing to hurt a little bit. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and see, the
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and see, the israelites didn't want to hurt
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  • >> joyce: and see, the israelites didn't want to hurt and we don't want to hurt.
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  • Israelites didn't want to hurt and we don't want to hurt. so, the devil gives us nine
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  • And we don't want to hurt. so, the devil gives us nine different ways to get out
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  • So, the devil gives us nine different ways to get out of hurting.
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  • And you know, even if you just
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  • And you know, even if you just take complaining, you know,
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  • And you know, even if you just take complaining, you know, if you're going through
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  • Take complaining, you know, if you're going through something and you just keep
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  • If you're going through something and you just keep your mouth shut about it,
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  • Something and you just keep your mouth shut about it, and you're just talking to god
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  • Your mouth shut about it, and you're just talking to god about it, and not murmuring
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  • And you're just talking to god about it, and not murmuring and complaining, it's hard.
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  • About it, and not murmuring and complaining, it's hard. it's like there's no relief
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  • And complaining, it's hard. it's like there's no relief valve for the pressure
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  • It's like there's no relief valve for the pressure in our soul.
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  • Valve for the pressure in our soul. but if we can just
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  • In our soul. but if we can just tell somebody...[bllpht]
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  • But if we can just tell somebody...[bllpht] >> [audience laughing]
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  • Tell somebody...[bllpht] >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how bad we got it,
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how bad we got it, and how bad we feel.
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  • >> joyce: how bad we got it, and how bad we feel. oh my gosh, if they would
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  • And how bad we feel. oh my gosh, if they would just feel a little sorry for us,
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  • Oh my gosh, if they would just feel a little sorry for us, now the flesh is like...
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  • >> [audience laughing]
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you got your fix,
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you got your fix, and then you go around
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  • >> joyce: you got your fix, and then you go around the mountain one more time.
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  • And then you go around the mountain one more time. >> [audience laughing]
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  • The mountain one more time. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how many of you agree?
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  • >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how many of you agree? it's hard when you're hurting
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  • >> joyce: how many of you agree? it's hard when you're hurting just to say, "god, i just
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  • It's hard when you're hurting just to say, "god, i just want to get through this
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  • Just to say, "god, i just want to get through this and get it over with.
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  • Want to get through this and get it over with. and so, i'm gonna just talk
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  • And get it over with. and so, i'm gonna just talk to you about it, not grumble
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  • And so, i'm gonna just talk to you about it, not grumble and complain."
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  • To you about it, not grumble and complain." there's all different kinds of
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  • And complain." there's all different kinds of suffering, but i just--i'm very
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  • There's all different kinds of suffering, but i just--i'm very concerned because it seems to
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  • Suffering, but i just--i'm very concerned because it seems to me like--and of course, it's not
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  • Concerned because it seems to me like--and of course, it's not everybody, there's a lot of you
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  • Me like--and of course, it's not everybody, there's a lot of you out there that are very strong,
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  • Everybody, there's a lot of you out there that are very strong, and you stand firm, and you
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  • Out there that are very strong, and you stand firm, and you stand your ground, and you're
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  • And you stand firm, and you stand your ground, and you're awesome mature christians,
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  • Stand your ground, and you're awesome mature christians, but i think we all know that
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  • Awesome mature christians, but i think we all know that the majority are not like that.
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  • But i think we all know that the majority are not like that. and i think that people are just
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  • The majority are not like that. and i think that people are just getting wimpier and weaker.
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  • And i think that people are just getting wimpier and weaker. and you know, they just can't
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  • Getting wimpier and weaker. and you know, they just can't take very much and they're ready
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  • And you know, they just can't take very much and they're ready to quit, and you know,
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  • Take very much and they're ready to quit, and you know, "if you don't do this today,
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  • To quit, and you know, "if you don't do this today, god, then i'm out of here.
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  • "if you don't do this today, god, then i'm out of here. i can't do this anymore.
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  • God, then i'm out of here. i can't do this anymore. everything's too hard."
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  • You know, we've got to
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  • You know, we've got to understand that you gotta
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  • You know, we've got to understand that you gotta be ready for war.
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  • Understand that you gotta be ready for war. the minute that you declare that
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  • Be ready for war. the minute that you declare that you're gonna walk with god
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  • The minute that you declare that you're gonna walk with god the devil comes after you.
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  • You're gonna walk with god the devil comes after you. i'm not going to stand here
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  • The devil comes after you. i'm not going to stand here and tell you, if you
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  • I'm not going to stand here and tell you, if you received christ tonight,
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  • And tell you, if you received christ tonight, that all your problems are over.
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  • Received christ tonight, that all your problems are over. some of them are over,
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  • That all your problems are over. some of them are over, but a different kind
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  • Is going to begin.
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  • Is going to begin. and you say, "well, why do
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  • Is going to begin. and you say, "well, why do i want to receive jesus?"
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  • And you say, "well, why do i want to receive jesus?" because your worst day with him
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  • I want to receive jesus?" because your worst day with him will be better than your best
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  • Because your worst day with him will be better than your best day ever was without him.
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  • Will be better than your best day ever was without him. >> [audience cheering]
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  • >> joyce: because here's
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  • >> joyce: because here's the thing, you can think what
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  • >> joyce: because here's the thing, you can think what you want to think, you don't
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  • The thing, you can think what you want to think, you don't have to think everything
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  • You want to think, you don't have to think everything that falls in your head.
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  • Have to think everything that falls in your head. that's why we have this book
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  • That falls in your head. that's why we have this book to tell us what's right
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  • That's why we have this book to tell us what's right and what's wrong and so...
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  • To tell us what's right and what's wrong and so... >> [audience applauding]
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  • And what's wrong and so... >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: when the next time
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  • >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: when the next time you have a thought that says,
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  • >> joyce: when the next time you have a thought that says, "it's too late for you."
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  • You have a thought that says, "it's too late for you." well, guess what?
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  • "it's too late for you." well, guess what? you can't find that
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  • Well, guess what? you can't find that in this book.
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  • You can't find that in this book. or the next time you have the
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  • In this book. or the next time you have the thought, "you're no good.
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  • Or the next time you have the thought, "you're no good. all you are is a big mess up.
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  • Thought, "you're no good. all you are is a big mess up. you never do anything right."
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  • All you are is a big mess up. you never do anything right." well guess what?
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  • You never do anything right." well guess what? that's a lie.
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  • Well guess what? that's a lie. because the bible says that
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  • That's a lie. because the bible says that you're precious, you're special,
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  • Because the bible says that you're precious, you're special, you're created in his image.
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  • You're precious, you're special, you're created in his image. he's got a good plan for you,
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  • You're created in his image. he's got a good plan for you, come on.
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  • He's got a good plan for you, come on. >> [audience applauding]
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  • >> ginger: so, the bible makes
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  • >> ginger: so, the bible makes it very, very clear in so many
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  • >> ginger: so, the bible makes it very, very clear in so many different scriptures.
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  • It very, very clear in so many different scriptures. it tells us that we need
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  • Different scriptures. it tells us that we need to renew our mind, which really
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  • It tells us that we need to renew our mind, which really means to think differently,
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  • To renew our mind, which really means to think differently, to think in line with
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  • Means to think differently, to think in line with what god's word says.
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  • To think in line with what god's word says. and yet, like you said,
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  • What god's word says. and yet, like you said, when things aren't
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  • And yet, like you said, when things aren't going so well, often,
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  • When things aren't going so well, often, we go back to those old things.
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  • Going so well, often, we go back to those old things. maybe you've done
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  • We go back to those old things. maybe you've done it for so many years.
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  • Maybe you've done it for so many years. you don't know how
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  • It for so many years. you don't know how to think anything other than,
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  • You don't know how to think anything other than, "i'm such a mess up,"
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  • To think anything other than, "i'm such a mess up," you know, "i'm never gonna
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  • "i'm such a mess up," you know, "i'm never gonna be any different."
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  • You know, "i'm never gonna be any different." all those thoughts that
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  • Be any different." all those thoughts that you were just saying,
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  • All those thoughts that you were just saying, the bible absolutely
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  • You were just saying, the bible absolutely counteracts.
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  • The bible absolutely counteracts. so, how do we change
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  • Counteracts. so, how do we change our thoughts?
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  • So, how do we change our thoughts? you said we can
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  • Our thoughts? you said we can control what we think.
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  • You said we can control what we think. those thoughts
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  • Control what we think. those thoughts might pop in there.
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  • Those thoughts might pop in there. what do we do when they do?
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  • Might pop in there. what do we do when they do? >> joyce: you cast
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  • What do we do when they do? >> joyce: you cast the wrong one down
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  • >> joyce: you cast the wrong one down and you think what's right.
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  • When jesus was being
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  • When jesus was being tempted by the devil
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  • When jesus was being tempted by the devil in the wilderness, story out
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  • Tempted by the devil in the wilderness, story out of luke chapter four,
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  • In the wilderness, story out of luke chapter four, "the devil said to jesus,"
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  • Of luke chapter four, "the devil said to jesus," and "jesus said to the devil,
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  • "the devil said to jesus," and "jesus said to the devil, 'it is written.'"
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  • And "jesus said to the devil, 'it is written.'" and he quoted him a scripture.
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  • 'it is written.'" and he quoted him a scripture. and each time
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  • He had the victory.
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  • He had the victory. and literally, we need
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  • He had the victory. and literally, we need to not only know the word,
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  • And literally, we need to not only know the word, but we need to know
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  • To not only know the word, but we need to know how to speak the word,
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  • But we need to know how to speak the word, at the right time.
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  • How to speak the word, at the right time. now, you know, some places
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  • At the right time. now, you know, some places you can't speak it out loud,
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  • Now, you know, some places you can't speak it out loud, but you can think it in your
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  • You can't speak it out loud, but you can think it in your mind and will help you.
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  • But you can think it in your mind and will help you. the word of god is the only
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  • Mind and will help you. the word of god is the only thing that can tear down
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  • The word of god is the only thing that can tear down the strongholds of the lies
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  • Thing that can tear down the strongholds of the lies of the enemy in our life.
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  • The strongholds of the lies of the enemy in our life. >> ginger: help us understand
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  • Of the enemy in our life. >> ginger: help us understand strongholds.
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  • >> ginger: help us understand strongholds. what are those?
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  • Strongholds. what are those? >> joyce: well, strongholds are
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  • What are those? >> joyce: well, strongholds are an area where the enemy has
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  • >> joyce: well, strongholds are an area where the enemy has dug in and occupies that place.
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  • An area where the enemy has dug in and occupies that place. and so, let's just say that
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  • Dug in and occupies that place. and so, let's just say that i was abused in my childhood
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  • And so, let's just say that i was abused in my childhood sexually by my dad.
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  • I was abused in my childhood sexually by my dad. and so, i had these thoughts,
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  • Sexually by my dad. and so, i had these thoughts, "you'll never amount to nothin'.
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  • And so, i had these thoughts, "you'll never amount to nothin'. you're no good.
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  • "you'll never amount to nothin'. you're no good. you'll always have
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  • You're no good. you'll always have a second-rate life."
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  • You'll always have a second-rate life." certain things that
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  • A second-rate life." certain things that i had thought over,
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  • Certain things that i had thought over, and over, and over.
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  • I had thought over, and over, and over. "you can never trust anybody.
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  • And over, and over. "you can never trust anybody. i'll never trust another man,"
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  • "you can never trust anybody. i'll never trust another man," you know.
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  • I'll never trust another man," you know. and i thought those things
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  • You know. and i thought those things thousands of times for years.
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  • And i thought those things thousands of times for years. well, that was such a part
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  • Thousands of times for years. well, that was such a part of me that even when i saw--
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  • Well, that was such a part of me that even when i saw-- when i realized from the word,
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  • Of me that even when i saw-- when i realized from the word, that's not true.
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  • When i realized from the word, that's not true. that's not what the word says.
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  • That's not true. that's not what the word says. you know, the first thing
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  • That's not what the word says. you know, the first thing you're gonna have to make
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  • You know, the first thing you're gonna have to make your mind up to is that
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  • You're gonna have to make your mind up to is that the bible is the truth.
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  • Your mind up to is that the bible is the truth. and anything other than
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  • The bible is the truth. and anything other than that is not the truth.
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  • And anything other than that is not the truth. and even if it doesn't
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  • That is not the truth. and even if it doesn't make any sense to you,
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  • And even if it doesn't make any sense to you, if you don't feel like it,
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  • Make any sense to you, if you don't feel like it, the bible's the truth.
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  • If you don't feel like it, the bible's the truth. and so, when the bible says
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  • The bible's the truth. and so, when the bible says that you're precious to god,
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  • And so, when the bible says that you're precious to god, then you better start thinking,
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  • That you're precious to god, then you better start thinking, "i'm precious to god."
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  • Then you better start thinking, "i'm precious to god." i make a habit out
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  • "i'm precious to god." i make a habit out of every morning when
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  • I make a habit out of every morning when i'm having my time with god,
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  • Of every morning when i'm having my time with god, just thinking, "god loves me.
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  • I'm having my time with god, just thinking, "god loves me. he loves me unconditionally.
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  • Just thinking, "god loves me. he loves me unconditionally. i'm precious to him.
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  • He loves me unconditionally. i'm precious to him. he created me on purpose
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  • I'm precious to him. he created me on purpose with his own hand.
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  • He created me on purpose with his own hand. he has a good plan for me.
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  • With his own hand. he has a good plan for me. i'm special.
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  • He has a good plan for me. i'm special. i'm the apple of god's eye.
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  • I'm special. i'm the apple of god's eye. i'm anointed."
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  • I'm the apple of god's eye. i'm anointed." all the positive things that
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  • I'm anointed." all the positive things that the word says, not just
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  • All the positive things that the word says, not just things that i've made up,
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  • The word says, not just things that i've made up, but that the word says.
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  • Things that i've made up, but that the word says. and so, the longer you do that,
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  • But that the word says. and so, the longer you do that, the more easy it becomes.
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  • And so, the longer you do that, the more easy it becomes. >> ginger: yeah, what are some
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  • The more easy it becomes. >> ginger: yeah, what are some strongholds for you guys?
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  • >> ginger: yeah, what are some strongholds for you guys? do you have any examples
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  • Strongholds for you guys? do you have any examples that you're willing to share
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  • Do you have any examples that you're willing to share of some things that you have had
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  • That you're willing to share of some things that you have had to change your thinking about?
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  • >> kim: i think over time i've
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  • >> kim: i think over time i've had to change my thinking
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  • >> kim: i think over time i've had to change my thinking about like, being smart,
  • 00:11:46.084 --> 00:11:49.754
  • Had to change my thinking about like, being smart, you know, or educated because
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  • About like, being smart, you know, or educated because i just come from a family where
  • 00:11:52.123 --> 00:11:55.627
  • You know, or educated because i just come from a family where education wasn't important.
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  • I just come from a family where education wasn't important. my grandmother had
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  • Education wasn't important. my grandmother had a fifth-grade education
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  • My grandmother had a fifth-grade education and that was it.
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  • A fifth-grade education and that was it. and so, education
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  • Wasn't talked about.
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  • Wasn't talked about. but as i grew older,
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  • Wasn't talked about. but as i grew older, i felt like the crowds
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  • But as i grew older, i felt like the crowds that i was amongst,
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  • I felt like the crowds that i was amongst, everybody had gone to college,
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  • That i was amongst, everybody had gone to college, and i didn't go to college,
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  • Everybody had gone to college, and i didn't go to college, you know, bible college
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  • And i didn't go to college, you know, bible college until i was in my 40's.
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  • You know, bible college until i was in my 40's. and so, everybody was just
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  • Until i was in my 40's. and so, everybody was just so smart and so educated
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  • And so, everybody was just so smart and so educated and they had these degrees.
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  • So smart and so educated and they had these degrees. and i didn't, you know.
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  • And they had these degrees. and i didn't, you know. and when i did attempt
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  • And i didn't, you know. and when i did attempt to go to college,
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  • And when i did attempt to go to college, that didn't work out,
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  • To go to college, that didn't work out, you know, in my 20's.
  • 00:12:22.854 --> 00:12:23.655
  • That didn't work out, you know, in my 20's. it just didn't work out.
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  • You know, in my 20's. it just didn't work out. and i started thinking
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  • It just didn't work out. and i started thinking that that wasn't for me.
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  • And i started thinking that that wasn't for me. and then i started--
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  • That that wasn't for me. and then i started-- a little fear started to set
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  • And then i started-- a little fear started to set in when i had kids because
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  • A little fear started to set in when i had kids because i started to think that,
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  • In when i had kids because i started to think that, "oh my gosh, i'm not
  • 00:12:35.967 --> 00:12:36.668
  • I started to think that, "oh my gosh, i'm not gonna be able to put
  • 00:12:36.734 --> 00:12:37.402
  • "oh my gosh, i'm not gonna be able to put them through school."
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  • So, over time,
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  • So, over time, i have had to just remain,
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  • So, over time, i have had to just remain, you know, in the word because
  • 00:12:42.340 --> 00:12:43.875
  • I have had to just remain, you know, in the word because the enemy is so consistent.
  • 00:12:43.942 --> 00:12:45.743
  • You know, in the word because the enemy is so consistent. he is so constant.
  • 00:12:45.810 --> 00:12:47.745
  • The enemy is so consistent. he is so constant. like, he doesn't stop.
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  • He is so constant. like, he doesn't stop. >> joyce: that's a good
  • 00:12:48.847 --> 00:12:49.547
  • Like, he doesn't stop. >> joyce: that's a good way to put it.
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  • >> joyce: that's a good way to put it. >> kim: yeah.
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  • Way to put it. >> kim: yeah. he just doesn't stop.
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  • >> kim: yeah. he just doesn't stop. and he's making sure that
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  • You are going to meditate
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  • You are going to meditate on what he says instead
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  • You are going to meditate on what he says instead of what the word of god says.
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  • On what he says instead of what the word of god says. so, i have had to remain fixed
  • 00:12:59.490 --> 00:13:02.560
  • Of what the word of god says. so, i have had to remain fixed in this word, like all the time,
  • 00:13:02.627 --> 00:13:04.329
  • So, i have had to remain fixed in this word, like all the time, carrying the bible around
  • 00:13:04.395 --> 00:13:05.530
  • In this word, like all the time, carrying the bible around no matter where i went
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  • Carrying the bible around no matter where i went because i felt like that
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  • No matter where i went because i felt like that was just something that
  • 00:13:09.100 --> 00:13:10.134
  • Because i felt like that was just something that wanted to overtake me,
  • 00:13:10.201 --> 00:13:11.636
  • Was just something that wanted to overtake me, that i won't ever be educated,
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  • Wanted to overtake me, that i won't ever be educated, that i won't have
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  • That i won't ever be educated, that i won't have the opportunity,
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  • That i won't have the opportunity, your kids won't,
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  • The opportunity, your kids won't, your grandkids won't,
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  • Your kids won't, your grandkids won't, all of that from
  • 00:13:17.375 --> 00:13:18.109
  • Your grandkids won't, all of that from generation to generation.
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  • All of that from generation to generation. nobody will be smart
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  • Generation to generation. nobody will be smart in your family.
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  • Nobody will be smart in your family. you know, so.
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  • In your family. you know, so. >> erin: yeah.
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  • You know, so. >> erin: yeah. that's a good example.
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  • >> erin: yeah. that's a good example. >> joyce: yeah, it is a really
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  • That's a good example. >> joyce: yeah, it is a really good example.
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  • >> joyce: yeah, it is a really good example. and, you know, there's so many--
  • 00:13:25.183 --> 00:13:27.151
  • Good example. and, you know, there's so many-- there's probably
  • 00:13:27.218 --> 00:13:28.119
  • And, you know, there's so many-- there's probably 100,000 different examples
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  • There's probably 100,000 different examples among all the people that
  • 00:13:30.188 --> 00:13:31.289
  • 100,000 different examples among all the people that are watching today.
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  • Among all the people that are watching today. we would be amazed
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  • Are watching today. we would be amazed at the things that people think
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  • We would be amazed at the things that people think that don't even make any sense.
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  • >> erin: i made
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  • >> erin: i made a list last night,
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  • >> erin: i made a list last night, and i try to do
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  • A list last night, and i try to do this occasionally.
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  • And i try to do this occasionally. after you taught me, years ago,
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  • This occasionally. after you taught me, years ago, i can think about what
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  • After you taught me, years ago, i can think about what i'm thinking about.
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  • I can think about what i'm thinking about. i don't know why,
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  • I'm thinking about. i don't know why, i had never thought of that.
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  • I don't know why, i had never thought of that. but it's kind of like a base
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  • Foundation of how to even
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  • Foundation of how to even start this is, "what is it that
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  • Foundation of how to even start this is, "what is it that is going through my mind?"
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  • Start this is, "what is it that is going through my mind?" so, last night, i made a list
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  • Is going through my mind?" so, last night, i made a list of the things i could
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  • So, last night, i made a list of the things i could remember having thought
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  • Of the things i could remember having thought about in like the last 24 hours.
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  • Remember having thought about in like the last 24 hours. and so, this probably happened
  • 00:13:57.482 --> 00:14:00.585
  • About in like the last 24 hours. and so, this probably happened a couple of times,
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  • And so, this probably happened a couple of times, judging my husband,
  • 00:14:01.286 --> 00:14:02.153
  • A couple of times, judging my husband, some judgmental thoughts,
  • 00:14:02.220 --> 00:14:03.755
  • Judging my husband, some judgmental thoughts, feeling sorry for myself,
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  • Some judgmental thoughts, feeling sorry for myself, panic for what ifs.
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  • Feeling sorry for myself, panic for what ifs. "i'd rather just take a nap
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  • Panic for what ifs. "i'd rather just take a nap than do the things i gotta do."
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  • "i'd rather just take a nap than do the things i gotta do." >> [ladies laughing]
  • 00:14:11.963 --> 00:14:12.430
  • Than do the things i gotta do." >> [ladies laughing] >> erin: that was pretty
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  • >> [ladies laughing] >> erin: that was pretty high on the list.
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  • >> erin: that was pretty high on the list. lies from the devil.
  • 00:14:13.898 --> 00:14:16.000
  • High on the list. lies from the devil. >> joyce: "i'd rather just
  • 00:14:16.067 --> 00:14:17.302
  • Lies from the devil. >> joyce: "i'd rather just take a nap."
  • 00:14:17.368 --> 00:14:17.969
  • >> joyce: "i'd rather just take a nap." >> erin: yeah, there was
  • 00:14:18.036 --> 00:14:18.836
  • Take a nap." >> erin: yeah, there was a lazy spirit in that moment.
  • 00:14:18.903 --> 00:14:19.704
  • >> erin: yeah, there was a lazy spirit in that moment. >> joyce: sounds kind of good,
  • 00:14:19.771 --> 00:14:20.705
  • A lazy spirit in that moment. >> joyce: sounds kind of good, really.
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  • >> erin: right?
  • 00:14:21.773 --> 00:14:22.307
  • >> erin: right? think about that on purpose.
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  • >> erin: right? think about that on purpose. lies, i think for me,
  • 00:14:23.174 --> 00:14:25.009
  • Think about that on purpose. lies, i think for me, kind of what you were
  • 00:14:25.076 --> 00:14:25.777
  • Lies, i think for me, kind of what you were talking about in a different
  • 00:14:25.843 --> 00:14:27.045
  • Kind of what you were talking about in a different angle is that "i'll always
  • 00:14:27.111 --> 00:14:28.713
  • Talking about in a different angle is that "i'll always be the second runner up.
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  • Angle is that "i'll always be the second runner up. that i won't be the first pick,
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  • Be the second runner up. that i won't be the first pick, i'll be runner up."
  • 00:14:32.650 --> 00:14:35.053
  • That i won't be the first pick, i'll be runner up." probably, because of stuff
  • 00:14:35.119 --> 00:14:35.653
  • I'll be runner up." probably, because of stuff i went through in middle school.
  • 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:36.654
  • Probably, because of stuff i went through in middle school. so, i can see--i can trace
  • 00:14:36.721 --> 00:14:37.956
  • I went through in middle school. so, i can see--i can trace where that can come from.
  • 00:14:38.022 --> 00:14:38.890
  • So, i can see--i can trace where that can come from. so, when i wrote all that down,
  • 00:14:38.957 --> 00:14:40.658
  • Where that can come from. so, when i wrote all that down, then i know to go to the word
  • 00:14:40.725 --> 00:14:42.460
  • So, when i wrote all that down, then i know to go to the word and look up what
  • 00:14:42.527 --> 00:14:43.461
  • Then i know to go to the word and look up what are the scriptures that
  • 00:14:43.528 --> 00:14:44.495
  • And look up what are the scriptures that are the exact opposite
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  • Are the scriptures that are the exact opposite of the lie that i'm believing.
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  • Are the exact opposite of the lie that i'm believing. because i need
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  • Of the lie that i'm believing. because i need to not think that.
  • 00:14:47.832 --> 00:14:48.766
  • Because i need to not think that. i need to recognize
  • 00:14:48.833 --> 00:14:49.901
  • To not think that. i need to recognize when i'm judging mike,
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  • I need to recognize when i'm judging mike, "actually, here's the truth
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  • About who he is.
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  • About who he is. and this really is not
  • 00:14:53.938 --> 00:14:54.772
  • About who he is. and this really is not that big of a deal.
  • 00:14:54.839 --> 00:14:55.540
  • And this really is not that big of a deal. this is an erin issue."
  • 00:14:55.606 --> 00:14:56.507
  • That big of a deal. this is an erin issue." so, that was so helpful
  • 00:14:56.574 --> 00:14:59.110
  • This is an erin issue." so, that was so helpful to me to do yesterday
  • 00:14:59.177 --> 00:14:59.877
  • So, that was so helpful to me to do yesterday to recalibrate my thoughts.
  • 00:14:59.944 --> 00:15:02.513
  • To me to do yesterday to recalibrate my thoughts. >> joyce: you know,
  • 00:15:02.580 --> 00:15:03.181
  • To recalibrate my thoughts. >> joyce: you know, you're saying something
  • 00:15:03.247 --> 00:15:04.349
  • >> joyce: you know, you're saying something important, and i actually
  • 00:15:04.415 --> 00:15:05.249
  • You're saying something important, and i actually thought about it before
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  • Important, and i actually thought about it before you started talking.
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  • Thought about it before you started talking. i think today,
  • 00:15:08.553 --> 00:15:11.022
  • You started talking. i think today, it's so easy just to listen.
  • 00:15:11.089 --> 00:15:13.858
  • I think today, it's so easy just to listen. we have so many devices that
  • 00:15:13.925 --> 00:15:16.194
  • It's so easy just to listen. we have so many devices that we can just listen on that
  • 00:15:16.260 --> 00:15:19.330
  • We have so many devices that we can just listen on that i don't think people actually
  • 00:15:19.397 --> 00:15:20.665
  • We can just listen on that i don't think people actually get out their bible and look
  • 00:15:20.732 --> 00:15:22.433
  • I don't think people actually get out their bible and look up scriptures like they used to.
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  • Get out their bible and look up scriptures like they used to. that's--you know,
  • 00:15:25.737 --> 00:15:26.437
  • Up scriptures like they used to. that's--you know, you can hear me say this.
  • 00:15:26.504 --> 00:15:29.440
  • That's--you know, you can hear me say this. but i believe wholeheartedly
  • 00:15:29.507 --> 00:15:32.110
  • You can hear me say this. but i believe wholeheartedly that if you actually
  • 00:15:32.176 --> 00:15:33.244
  • But i believe wholeheartedly that if you actually take the trouble
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  • That if you actually take the trouble to look it up yourself...
  • 00:15:34.178 --> 00:15:36.014
  • Take the trouble to look it up yourself... >> erin: yes.
  • 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:36.481
  • To look it up yourself... >> erin: yes. >> joyce: and read it
  • 00:15:36.547 --> 00:15:37.281
  • >> erin: yes. >> joyce: and read it and see it, there's just--
  • 00:15:37.348 --> 00:15:39.884
  • >> joyce: and read it and see it, there's just-- and i know that it's just paper
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  • And see it, there's just-- and i know that it's just paper that it holds no magic power,
  • 00:15:41.486 --> 00:15:43.955
  • And i know that it's just paper that it holds no magic power, but there is something
  • 00:15:44.022 --> 00:15:47.258
  • That it holds no magic power, but there is something about just looking
  • 00:15:47.325 --> 00:15:48.926
  • But there is something about just looking at the written word.
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  • About just looking at the written word. >> ginger: that's true.
  • 00:15:51.262 --> 00:15:52.196
  • At the written word. >> ginger: that's true. it sticks with us.
  • 00:15:52.263 --> 00:15:55.433
  • >> ginger: that's true. it sticks with us. >> joyce: we don't wanna get
  • 00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:57.235
  • It sticks with us. >> joyce: we don't wanna get a lazy spirit because everything
  • 00:15:57.301 --> 00:15:59.203
  • >> joyce: we don't wanna get a lazy spirit because everything has been made so easy today.
  • 00:15:59.270 --> 00:16:02.140
  • A lazy spirit because everything has been made so easy today. it's just at your fingertips.
  • 00:16:02.206 --> 00:16:04.008
  • Has been made so easy today. it's just at your fingertips. >> ginger: yeah.
  • 00:16:04.075 --> 00:16:05.343
  • It's just at your fingertips. >> ginger: yeah. >> joyce: and when i first
  • 00:16:05.410 --> 00:16:06.377
  • >> ginger: yeah. >> joyce: and when i first started studying and teaching,
  • 00:16:06.444 --> 00:16:08.312
  • >> joyce: and when i first started studying and teaching, i mean, what i had to go through
  • 00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:10.648
  • Started studying and teaching, i mean, what i had to go through to prepare a message was
  • 00:16:10.715 --> 00:16:13.317
  • I mean, what i had to go through to prepare a message was 10 times, 20 times, 30 times
  • 00:16:13.384 --> 00:16:15.420
  • To prepare a message was 10 times, 20 times, 30 times more than what it is today.
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  • 10 times, 20 times, 30 times more than what it is today. today, i can get my computer
  • 00:16:17.688 --> 00:16:19.724
  • More than what it is today. today, i can get my computer and just sit down and ask,
  • 00:16:19.791 --> 00:16:23.194
  • Today, i can get my computer and just sit down and ask, give me all the scriptures
  • 00:16:23.261 --> 00:16:24.095
  • And just sit down and ask, give me all the scriptures on love, you know,
  • 00:16:24.162 --> 00:16:25.096
  • Give me all the scriptures on love, you know, and i used to have
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  • On love, you know, and i used to have to look those up.
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  • And i used to have to look those up. i'd have to go
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  • To look those up. i'd have to go to the concordance
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  • I'd have to go to the concordance and then look it up,
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  • To the concordance and then look it up, and look it up.
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  • And then look it up, and look it up. and if i wanted to know
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  • And look it up. and if i wanted to know what it meant, i had to get
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  • And if i wanted to know what it meant, i had to get out a greek dictionary
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  • What it meant, i had to get out a greek dictionary and a hebrew dictionary.
  • 00:16:35.006 --> 00:16:36.374
  • Out a greek dictionary and a hebrew dictionary. now, i can just ask
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  • And a hebrew dictionary. now, i can just ask the computer to tell me,
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  • Now, i can just ask the computer to tell me, and they'll tell me.
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  • The computer to tell me, and they'll tell me. >> erin: which i think we miss.
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  • And they'll tell me. >> erin: which i think we miss. we miss probably
  • 00:16:43.448 --> 00:16:44.115
  • >> erin: which i think we miss. we miss probably all the things that you
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  • We miss probably all the things that you learned that are so deep
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  • All the things that you learned that are so deep in your heart and in your
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  • Learned that are so deep in your heart and in your mind of who jesus is,
  • 00:16:47.618 --> 00:16:48.820
  • In your heart and in your mind of who jesus is, we miss out on.
  • 00:16:48.886 --> 00:16:50.054
  • Mind of who jesus is, we miss out on. because if i don't have to put
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  • We miss out on. because if i don't have to put that much effort into it,
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  • Because if i don't have to put that much effort into it, then it's not changing me
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  • That much effort into it, then it's not changing me the way that it changed you.
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  • Then it's not changing me the way that it changed you. so, it's a disservice
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  • The way that it changed you. so, it's a disservice to ourselves if we're
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  • So, it's a disservice to ourselves if we're not putting in that work.
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  • To ourselves if we're not putting in that work. >> ginger: and all those
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  • Not putting in that work. >> ginger: and all those other things that we see
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  • >> ginger: and all those other things that we see that we discover while we're
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  • Other things that we see that we discover while we're looking for the one thing.
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  • That we discover while we're looking for the one thing. you know, there's so much
  • 00:17:02.667 --> 00:17:04.302
  • Looking for the one thing. you know, there's so much gold to be found in that.
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  • You know, there's so much gold to be found in that. >> erin: there is.
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  • >> joyce: i think,
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  • >> joyce: i think, it's mark 4:24 that says,
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  • >> joyce: i think, it's mark 4:24 that says, "the measure of thought
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  • It's mark 4:24 that 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, which is power, and knowledge
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  • Is the measure of virtue, which is power, and knowledge that will come back to you."
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  • So, you hear it, but then you
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  • So, you hear it, but then you need to take it to the next
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  • So, you hear it, but then you need to take it to the next step and actually
  • 00:17:25.089 --> 00:17:27.758
  • Need to take it to the next step and actually the measure of thought
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  • Step and actually the measure of thought and study that you give.
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  • The measure of thought and study that you give. so, think about it.
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  • And study that you give. so, think about it. think about what you've heard.
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  • So, think about it. think about what you've heard. "do i believe it?
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  • Think about what you've heard. "do i believe it? do i agree with it?
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  • "do i believe it? do i agree with it? am i applying
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  • Do i agree with it? am i applying it to my own life?"
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  • Am i applying it to my own life?" look it up in the bible
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  • It to my own life?" look it up in the bible and read it.
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  • Look it up in the bible and read it. underline it.
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  • And read it. underline it. get yourself some markers
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  • Underline it. get yourself some markers and make your bible look
  • 00:17:46.511 --> 00:17:47.245
  • Get yourself some markers and make your bible look like a coloring book.
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  • And make your bible look like a coloring book. >> kim: that makes a difference.
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  • Like a coloring book. >> kim: that makes a difference. it really does.
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  • >> kim: that makes a difference. it really does. i remember i had to do that,
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  • It really does. i remember i had to do that, and it just transformed,
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  • I remember i had to do that, and it just transformed, you know, helped to transform
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  • And it just transformed, you know, helped to transform my thinking and helped
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  • You know, helped to transform my thinking and helped me to stay focused.
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  • My thinking and helped me to stay focused. and i remember when god told
  • 00:17:57.922 --> 00:17:59.090
  • Me to stay focused. and i remember when god told me to leave my job and go
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  • And i remember when god told me to leave my job and go and be a stay-at-home mom.
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  • Me to leave my job and go and be a stay-at-home mom. and i did that for four years.
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  • And be a stay-at-home mom. and i did that for four years. and when i know
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  • And i did that for four years. and when i know god told me to do it,
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  • And when i know god told me to do it, but the enemy started coming
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  • God told me to do it, but the enemy started coming against my mind with the,
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  • But the enemy started coming against my mind with the, "did god really tell
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  • Against my mind with the, "did god really tell you to do that?"
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  • "did god really tell you to do that?" and then when the opposition
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  • You to do that?" and then when the opposition comes against me from those
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  • And then when the opposition comes against me from those people that you wouldn't think
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  • Comes against me from those people that you wouldn't think that it would come from,
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  • People that you wouldn't think that it would come from, it's like, "oh, my god,
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  • That it would come from, it's like, "oh, my god, what did i do?
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  • It's like, "oh, my god, what did i do? did i make a mistake?"
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  • What did i do? did i make a mistake?" and so, all of this opposition.
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  • Did i make a mistake?" and so, all of this opposition. but when i would go to the word,
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  • And so, all of this opposition. but when i would go to the word, and i would write
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  • But when i would go to the word, and i would write the scriptures down,
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  • And i would write the scriptures down, like the lord said,
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  • The scriptures down, like the lord said, he would be with me.
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  • Like the lord said, he would be with me. he would be my provision.
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  • He would be with me. he would be my provision. he would be my support.
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  • He would be my provision. he would be my support. he would be my right hand.
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  • He would be my support. he would be my right hand. and i would take those
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  • He would be my right hand. and i would take those scriptures and i would
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  • And i would take those scriptures and i would put them in my purse.
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  • And i would--
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  • And i would-- when i would go like even
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  • And i would-- when i would go like even to the grocery store,
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  • When i would go like even to the grocery store, if the line would be too long
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  • To the grocery store, if the line would be too long and i didn't want to get
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  • If the line would be too long and i didn't want to get attitude with the cashier.
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  • And i didn't want to get attitude with the cashier. >> [ladies laughing]
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  • Attitude with the cashier. >> [ladies laughing] >> kim: i would take those
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  • >> [ladies laughing] >> kim: i would take those scriptures out while
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  • >> kim: i would take those scriptures out while i'm waiting in line,
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  • Scriptures out while i'm waiting in line, and i would just allow
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  • I'm waiting in line, and i would just allow that word.
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  • And i would just allow that word. >> joyce: you see,
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  • That word. >> joyce: you see, that's what people don't do.
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  • >> joyce: you see, that's what people don't do. they don't go to those extreme
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  • That's what people don't do. they don't go to those extreme measures to help themselves.
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  • They don't go to those extreme measures to help themselves. >> ginger: don't you think
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  • Measures to help themselves. >> ginger: don't you think part of that too,
  • 00:19:03.487 --> 00:19:04.522
  • >> ginger: don't you think part of that too, part of going to that extreme
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  • Part of that too, part of going to that extreme is when we understand our
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  • Part of going to that extreme is when we understand our need because until we know
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  • Is when we understand our need because until we know our need for thinking
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  • Differently and to be filled
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  • Differently and to be filled with god's word, we're not
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  • Differently and to be filled with god's word, we're not gonna do that because
  • 00:19:17.535 --> 00:19:18.236
  • With god's word, we're not gonna do that because we don't see the power in it.
  • 00:19:18.302 --> 00:19:19.704
  • Gonna do that because we don't see the power in it. but when you begin to do it,
  • 00:19:19.770 --> 00:19:20.871
  • We don't see the power in it. but when you begin to do it, you see the power in it.
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  • But when you begin to do it, you see the power in it. you have a need and you're
  • 00:19:22.373 --> 00:19:23.507
  • You see the power in it. you have a need and you're starting to question,
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  • You have a need and you're starting to question, "god, how am i gonna do this?
  • 00:19:24.609 --> 00:19:26.143
  • Starting to question, "god, how am i gonna do this? i stepped out and now i don't
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  • "god, how am i gonna do this? i stepped out and now i don't know if it's looking right.
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  • I stepped out and now i don't know if it's looking right. did i miss you?"
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  • Know if it's looking right. did i miss you?" that need becomes
  • 00:19:31.816 --> 00:19:32.817
  • Did i miss you?" that need becomes great enough that you'll
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  • That need becomes great enough that you'll go the extra mile to make
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  • Great enough that you'll go the extra mile to make it part of your standing
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  • Go the extra mile to make it part of your standing in line in the grocery store,
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  • It part of your standing in line in the grocery store, whatever it takes.
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  • In line in the grocery store, whatever it takes. >> joyce: yeah, even like
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  • Whatever it takes. >> joyce: yeah, even like people listening today,
  • 00:19:41.626 --> 00:19:42.393
  • >> joyce: yeah, even like people listening today, so many people are going,
  • 00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:43.194
  • People listening today, so many people are going, "what?
  • 00:19:43.261 --> 00:19:44.629
  • So many people are going, "what? huh?"
  • 00:19:44.695 --> 00:19:45.162
  • "what? huh?" >> ginger: right, right.
  • 00:19:45.229 --> 00:19:46.364
  • Huh?" >> ginger: right, right. >> joyce: yeah.
  • 00:19:46.430 --> 00:19:47.431
  • >> ginger: right, right. >> joyce: yeah. "what do i think about?"
  • 00:19:47.498 --> 00:19:49.033
  • >> joyce: yeah. "what do i think about?" you know, like you're standing
  • 00:19:49.100 --> 00:19:49.967
  • "what do i think about?" you know, like you're standing in the grocery line
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  • You know, like you're standing in the grocery line and you're thinking,
  • 00:19:51.269 --> 00:19:52.169
  • In the grocery line and you're thinking, "oh, god, this is gonna
  • 00:19:52.236 --> 00:19:52.937
  • And you're thinking, "oh, god, this is gonna take forever."
  • 00:19:53.004 --> 00:19:53.571
  • "oh, god, this is gonna take forever." you know,
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  • Take forever." you know, "could you be any slower?"
  • 00:19:54.338 --> 00:19:56.674
  • You know, "could you be any slower?" >> [ladies laughing]
  • 00:19:56.741 --> 00:19:58.509
  • "could you be any slower?" >> [ladies laughing] >> joyce: and then you
  • 00:19:58.576 --> 00:19:59.477
  • >> [ladies laughing] >> joyce: and then you prepare ahead of time.
  • 00:19:59.543 --> 00:20:00.244
  • >> joyce: and then you prepare ahead of time. "you're probably gonna run
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  • Prepare ahead of time. "you're probably gonna run out of tape right before i get
  • 00:20:00.878 --> 00:20:01.879
  • "you're probably gonna run out of tape right before i get there," and have to make sure,
  • 00:20:01.946 --> 00:20:03.714
  • Out of tape right before i get there," and have to make sure, "do i have prices
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  • There," and have to make sure, "do i have prices on all my items because
  • 00:20:04.649 --> 00:20:05.683
  • "do i have prices on all my items because that'll become an or--?"
  • 00:20:05.750 --> 00:20:06.717
  • On all my items because that'll become an or--?" so, you're just like,
  • 00:20:06.784 --> 00:20:07.585
  • That'll become an or--?" so, you're just like, we plan for disaster.
  • 00:20:07.652 --> 00:20:09.687
  • So, you're just like, we plan for disaster. >> kim: yeah, for sure.
  • 00:20:09.754 --> 00:20:10.688
  • We plan for disaster. >> kim: yeah, for sure. >> joyce: and we plan
  • 00:20:10.755 --> 00:20:11.656
  • >> kim: yeah, for sure. >> joyce: and we plan for things to be hard.
  • 00:20:11.722 --> 00:20:14.125
  • >> joyce: and we plan for things to be hard. but you know, you could say,
  • 00:20:14.191 --> 00:20:15.393
  • For things to be hard. but you know, you could say, "well, i'm in this line
  • 00:20:15.459 --> 00:20:18.729
  • But you know, you could say, "well, i'm in this line and it'll take however
  • 00:20:18.796 --> 00:20:19.897
  • "well, i'm in this line and it'll take however long it takes."
  • 00:20:19.964 --> 00:20:20.698
  • And it'll take however long it takes." and if you're outgoing,
  • 00:20:20.765 --> 00:20:23.701
  • Long it takes." and if you're outgoing, you could be friendly with some
  • 00:20:23.768 --> 00:20:25.936
  • And if you're outgoing, you could be friendly with some of the people around you.
  • 00:20:26.003 --> 00:20:27.171
  • You could be friendly with some of the people around you. or it's a great time to pray,
  • 00:20:27.238 --> 00:20:28.873
  • Of the people around you. or it's a great time to pray, or just think,
  • 00:20:28.939 --> 00:20:31.208
  • Or it's a great time to pray, or just think, "you're not gonna get me, devil.
  • 00:20:31.275 --> 00:20:32.510
  • Or just think, "you're not gonna get me, devil. i'm gonna be patient."
  • 00:20:32.576 --> 00:20:35.713
  • "you're not gonna get me, devil. i'm gonna be patient." and if you know--
  • 00:20:35.780 --> 00:20:36.514
  • I'm gonna be patient." and if you know-- you can make anything
  • 00:20:36.580 --> 00:20:37.748
  • And if you know-- you can make anything pleasant if you know how
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  • You can make anything pleasant if you know how to think about it the right way.
  • 00:20:40.518 --> 00:20:42.186
  • Pleasant if you know how to think about it the right way. >> ginger: that's such a good
  • 00:20:42.253 --> 00:20:44.088
  • To think about it the right way. >> ginger: that's such a good point because so much of it,
  • 00:20:44.155 --> 00:20:45.456
  • >> ginger: that's such a good point because so much of it, like you said,
  • 00:20:45.523 --> 00:20:46.123
  • Point because so much of it, like you said, is what we choose to think.
  • 00:20:46.190 --> 00:20:47.792
  • Like you said, is what we choose to think. i was with some wonderful
  • 00:20:47.858 --> 00:20:50.895
  • Is what we choose to think. i was with some wonderful friends who were just talking
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  • I was with some wonderful friends who were just talking about what they see in us.
  • 00:20:53.030 --> 00:20:56.067
  • Friends who were just talking about what they see in us. because we get together
  • 00:20:56.133 --> 00:20:57.568
  • About what they see in us. because we get together once a year and they're like,
  • 00:20:57.635 --> 00:20:59.203
  • Because we get together once a year and they're like, "i'm so grateful that
  • 00:20:59.270 --> 00:20:59.937
  • Once a year and they're like, "i'm so grateful that we have this time together."
  • 00:21:00.004 --> 00:21:01.072
  • "i'm so grateful that we have this time together." and when i see so-and-so,
  • 00:21:01.138 --> 00:21:03.207
  • We have this time together." and when i see so-and-so, i just--i think, "what a
  • 00:21:03.274 --> 00:21:04.975
  • And when i see so-and-so, i just--i think, "what a beautiful smile and how much
  • 00:21:05.042 --> 00:21:08.546
  • I just--i think, "what a beautiful smile and how much i appreciate the gorgeousness
  • 00:21:08.612 --> 00:21:12.383
  • Beautiful smile and how much i appreciate the gorgeousness that god has put in her."
  • 00:21:12.450 --> 00:21:13.250
  • I appreciate the gorgeousness that god has put in her." and then they started
  • 00:21:13.317 --> 00:21:14.318
  • That god has put in her." and then they started talking about me.
  • 00:21:14.385 --> 00:21:15.720
  • And then they started talking about me. and all i could think was,
  • 00:21:15.786 --> 00:21:19.390
  • Talking about me. and all i could think was, "do i not have a pretty smile?"
  • 00:21:19.457 --> 00:21:20.458
  • And all i could think was, "do i not have a pretty smile?" >> [ladies laughing]
  • 00:21:20.524 --> 00:21:22.259
  • "do i not have a pretty smile?" >> [ladies laughing] >> erin: that's so true.
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  • >> [ladies laughing] >> erin: that's so true. >> ginger: am i not--i guess i--
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  • >> erin: that's so true. >> ginger: am i not--i guess i-- i'm not as pretty, i get that.
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  • >> ginger: am i not--i guess i-- i'm not as pretty, i get that. and i wasn't hearing anything
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  • I'm not as pretty, i get that. and i wasn't hearing anything they said, all the nice things
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  • And i wasn't hearing anything they said, all the nice things that they were probably saying,
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  • They said, all the nice things that they were probably saying, i'm just thinking,
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  • That they were probably saying, i'm just thinking, "oh, my smile's not as pretty."
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  • I'm just thinking, "oh, my smile's not as pretty." that's ridiculous!
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  • "oh, my smile's not as pretty." that's ridiculous! >> joyce: well, you know
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  • That's ridiculous! >> joyce: well, you know what i think when i watch
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  • >> joyce: well, you know what i think when i watch our program, and like this,
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  • What i think when i watch our program, and like this, i'll think, "well, ginger smiles
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  • Our program, and like this, i'll think, "well, ginger smiles a lot more than i do.
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  • I'll think, "well, ginger smiles a lot more than i do. i need to smile more."
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  • A lot more than i do. i need to smile more." >> ginger: it's true.
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  • I need to smile more." >> ginger: it's true. our thinking is so skewed by--
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  • >> ginger: it's true. our thinking is so skewed by-- we block out the things.
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  • Our thinking is so skewed by-- we block out the things. we don't hear so much of what
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  • We block out the things. we don't hear so much of what god is telling us because
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  • We don't hear so much of what god is telling us because we get stuck on one
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  • God is telling us because we get stuck on one negative thing in our mind.
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  • We get stuck on one negative thing in our mind. >> joyce: right.
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  • Negative thing in our mind. >> joyce: right. and it changes our whole
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  • >> joyce: right. and it changes our whole perspective because we can't
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  • And it changes our whole perspective because we can't stop that little hamster
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  • Perspective because we can't stop that little hamster on the treadmill saying over
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  • Stop that little hamster on the treadmill saying over and over the same wrong thought.
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  • On the treadmill saying over and over the same wrong thought. >> joyce: and if you're
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  • And over the same wrong thought. >> joyce: and if you're thinking something
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  • >> joyce: and if you're thinking something and you don't know
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  • Thinking something and you don't know how to stop thinking it,
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  • And you don't know how to stop thinking it, the way to get it to stop
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  • How to stop thinking it, the way to get it to stop is to open your mouth
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  • The way to get it to stop is to open your mouth and say what the bible says.
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  • Is to open your mouth and say what the bible says. because you can't be saying one
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  • And say what the bible says. because you can't be saying one thing and thinking something
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  • Because you can't be saying one thing and thinking something else at the same time.
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  • Thing and thinking something else at the same time. so, i don't care if you have
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  • Else at the same time. so, i don't care if you have to say, "god loves me,"
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  • So, i don't care if you have to say, "god loves me," a hundred times every
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  • To say, "god loves me," a hundred times every day until you get it.
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  • A hundred times every day until you get it. repetition is important.
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  • Day until you get it. repetition is important. meditation is which
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  • Repetition is important. meditation is which the christian world is,
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  • Meditation is which the christian world is, let the devil turn that
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  • The christian world is, let the devil turn that into something, you know.
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  • Let the devil turn that into something, you know. "you meditate,
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  • Into something, you know. "you meditate, isn't that an eastern religion
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  • "you meditate, isn't that an eastern religion thing or whatever?"
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  • Isn't that an eastern religion thing or whatever?" and the bible tells
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  • Thing or whatever?" and the bible tells you to meditate.
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  • And the bible tells you to meditate. it starts right
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  • You to meditate. it starts right in the very beginning.
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  • It starts right in the very beginning. you meditate on the word of god.
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  • In the very beginning. you meditate on the word of god. and that just means--
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  • You meditate on the word of god. and that just means-- listen, if you know
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  • And that just means-- listen, if you know how to worry,
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  • Listen, if you know how to worry, you know how to meditate.
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  • How to worry, you know how to meditate. because that's
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  • You know how to meditate. because that's all worry is it's just,
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  • Because that's all worry is it's just, you can't get this
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  • All worry is it's just, you can't get this off your mind.
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  • You can't get this off your mind. you just keep thinking it over,
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  • Off your mind. you just keep thinking it over, and over, and over, and over.
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  • >> announcer: when faced
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  • >> announcer: when faced with life's inevitable
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  • With life's inevitable ups and downs,
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  • Ups and downs, having the resiliency
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  • Having the resiliency to stand up
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  • To stand up to new challenges
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  • To new challenges and meet them
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  • And meet them head on is imperative.
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  • Head on is imperative. we can't keep changes
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  • We can't keep changes from coming.
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  • From coming. but we can manage our
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  • But we can manage our reaction to it
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  • Reaction to it and even come
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  • And even come to welcome it
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  • To welcome it into our lives.
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  • >> joyce: you know,
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  • >> joyce: you know, life is full of changes.
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  • Life is full of changes. and sometimes,
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  • And sometimes, it can feel like
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  • It can feel like everything around
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  • Everything around us is shaking:
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  • Us is shaking: jobs are changing,
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  • Jobs are changing, relationships,
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  • Relationships, people's expectations.
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  • People's expectations. it's easy to get overwhelmed.
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  • It's easy to get overwhelmed. but i want to remind
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  • But i want to remind you today,
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  • You today, while change
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  • While change is inevitable,
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  • Is inevitable, you have the power
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  • You have the power to choose how
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  • To choose how to respond to it.
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  • To respond to it. in my book,
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  • In my book, "the courage
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  • "the courage to change,"
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  • To change," i'll show you
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  • I'll show you how to not only
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  • How to not only navigate life's
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  • Navigate life's transitions,
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  • Transitions, but to actually
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  • But to actually embrace them
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  • Embrace them with god's word
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  • With god's word as your foundation.
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  • As your foundation. you can face
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  • You can face each shift with
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  • Each shift with confidence,
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  • Confidence, knowing that the same
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  • Knowing that the same god who never
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  • God who never changed is working
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  • Changed is working all things for
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  • All things for your good,
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  • Your good, even in the midst
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  • Even in the midst of difficult moments.
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  • Of difficult moments. >> announcer: be the first
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  • >> joyce: if you're
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  • >> joyce: if you're weary from all
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  • Weary from all of life's changes,
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  • Of life's changes, i want you to know
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  • I want you to know that you can find
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  • That you can find peace in the storm.
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  • Peace in the storm. in "the courage
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  • In "the courage to change"
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  • To change" i'll show you
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  • I'll show you how god's word can
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  • How god's word can help you embrace
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  • Help you embrace every challenge with
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  • Every challenge with confidence.
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  • Confidence. you don't have
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  • You don't have to live in the fear
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  • To live in the fear of change.
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  • Of change. with the strength
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  • With the strength and the wisdom
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  • And the wisdom from god,
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  • From god, you can stand
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  • Firm through any storm and come
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  • Any storm and come out stronger
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  • Out stronger on the other side.
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  • On the other side. let's face
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  • >> joyce: boy, you know,
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  • >> joyce: boy, you know, in today's world,
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  • In today's world, there are many stressors,
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  • There are many stressors, so many things to deal
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  • So many things to deal with on a daily basis.
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  • With on a daily basis. how do we navigate
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  • How do we navigate all of life's pressures?
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  • All of life's pressures? well, god's word has
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  • Well, god's word has much to say about it.
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  • Much to say about it. so, i thought we could
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  • So, i thought we could all get together with
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  • All get together with some of my friends
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  • Some of my friends and talk about it.
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  • >> announcer: join us
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  • >> announcer: join us for the enjoying
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  • For the enjoying everyday life
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  • Everyday life conference.
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  • Conference. a weekend
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  • A weekend of practical messages
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  • Of practical messages and heartfelt worship
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  • And heartfelt worship with joyce
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  • With joyce and her guests,
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  • And her guests, dr. henry cloud,
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  • Dr. henry cloud, nona jones,
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  • Nona jones, and worship with
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  • And worship with naomi raine,
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  • April 10-11, in hershey, pennsylvania.
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  • In hershey, pennsylvania. >> joyce: you know,
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  • >> joyce: you know, i have such a passion
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  • I have such a passion for teaching god's word,
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  • For teaching god's word, and it's even better when
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  • And it's even better when we all get together
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  • We all get together under one roof.
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  • Under one roof. so, i really hope
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  • So, i really hope to see you there.
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  • >> announcer:
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  • >> ginger: real life.
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  • >> ginger: real life. real friends.
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  • Real friends. no pretense.
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  • Talk it out podcast. join joyce, erin cluley,
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  • Join joyce, erin cluley, and me, ginger stache,
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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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  • God says about it all. watch or listen to new
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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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