Joyce Meyer - Understanding Gifts vs. Fruit

October 6, 2025 | 29:29

As Christians, we're defined not by our gifts, but by the fruit of the Spirit we display. Today, Joyce explains the difference and what Scripture says about the essential character traits of every believer.

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>> joyce: in god's kingdom,
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>> joyce: in god's kingdom, we are not known or applauded
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>> joyce: in god's kingdom, we are not known or applauded by the gifts that god gives us,
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We are not known or applauded by the gifts that god gives us, but what god looks for is fruit.
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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: do we have
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>> ginger: do we have a treat for you?
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>> ginger: do we have a treat for you? do you know what
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A treat for you? do you know what the fruit of the spirit is?
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Do you know what the fruit of the spirit is? because we need it
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The fruit of the spirit is? because we need it desperately every, single day.
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Because we need it desperately every, single day. all this week, in one of her
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Desperately every, single day. all this week, in one of her most powerful teaching series,
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All this week, in one of her most powerful teaching series, joyce breaks down the benefits
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Of the fruit of the spirit.
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Of the fruit of the spirit. she brings us a wonderful visual
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Of the fruit of the spirit. she brings us a wonderful visual that you will not forget.
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She brings us a wonderful visual that you will not forget. it helps us to truly understand
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That you will not forget. it helps us to truly understand what scripture is saying and how
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It helps us to truly understand what scripture is saying and how we can benefit greatly from it.
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What scripture is saying and how we can benefit greatly from it. so, join us all week because
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We can benefit greatly from it. so, join us all week because there is so much gold
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So, join us all week because there is so much gold to take from every day.
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There is so much gold to take from every day. you will be blessed again
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To take from every day. you will be blessed again and again.
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>> joyce: the reason why
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>> joyce: the reason why i had this made was because
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>> joyce: the reason why i had this made was because i want to make a point.
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I had this made was because i want to make a point. the fruit of the spirit is love,
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I want to make a point. the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
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The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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Joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, which is humility,
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Goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, which is humility, and self-control.
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Gentleness, which is humility, and self-control. something that i began
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And self-control. something that i began to realize a long time ago
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Something that i began to realize a long time ago is that all of the fruit
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To realize a long time ago is that all of the fruit come out of love.
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You see, love really is
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You see, love really is "the fruit" of the spirit.
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You see, love really is "the fruit" of the spirit. and you're not really gonna
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"the fruit" of the spirit. and you're not really gonna have any of these
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And you're not really gonna have any of these if you don't have this.
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Have any of these if you don't have this. now, yes, there might be some
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If you don't have this. now, yes, there might be some that would be a little more
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Now, yes, there might be some that would be a little more naturally patient person.
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That would be a little more naturally patient person. my husband is a more naturally
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Naturally patient person. my husband is a more naturally patient person than i am.
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My husband is a more naturally patient person than i am. but the real fruit of
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Patient person than i am. but the real fruit of the holy spirit--
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But the real fruit of the holy spirit-- we're not just talking about
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The holy spirit-- we're not just talking about personality traits, but the real
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We're not just talking about personality traits, but the real fruit of the holy spirit
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Personality traits, but the real fruit of the holy spirit has to come because
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Fruit of the holy spirit has to come because the love of god has been put in
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Has to come because the love of god has been put in us and because the holy spirit
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The love of god has been put in us and because the holy spirit lives in us and where he is,
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Us and because the holy spirit lives in us and where he is, his fruit is.
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Lives in us and where he is, his fruit is. but then they're also all held
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His fruit is. but then they're also all held in place by self-control.
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But then they're also all held in place by self-control. so i kind of look at
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In place by self-control. so i kind of look at self-control and love as
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So i kind of look at self-control and love as two bookends and it's like
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Self-control and love as two bookends and it's like they all come out of love,
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Two bookends and it's like they all come out of love, but if i don't have
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They all come out of love, but if i don't have self-control,
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But if i don't have self-control, i'm not gonna be humble.
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Self-control, i'm not gonna be humble. if i don't have self-control,
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I'm not gonna be humble. if i don't have self-control, i'm not gonna be faithful.
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If i don't have self-control, i'm not gonna be faithful. i'm gonna give up on things
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I'm not gonna be faithful. i'm gonna give up on things when it gets hard.
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I'm gonna give up on things when it gets hard. if i don't have self-control,
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When it gets hard. if i don't have self-control, i'm not gonna be good to anybody
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If i don't have self-control, i'm not gonna be good to anybody or kind to anybody or patient.
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I'm not gonna be good to anybody or kind to anybody or patient. i'm not gonna be peaceful
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Or kind to anybody or patient. i'm not gonna be peaceful because when something upsets
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I'm not gonna be peaceful because when something upsets me, i'm just gonna have a fit
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Because when something upsets me, i'm just gonna have a fit and lose my temper
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Me, i'm just gonna have a fit and lose my temper and just lose my peace.
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And lose my temper and just lose my peace. i'm not gonna have joy
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And just lose my peace. i'm not gonna have joy if i don't have self-control
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I'm not gonna have joy if i don't have self-control because as soon as something
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If i don't have self-control because as soon as something happens that i don't like,
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Because as soon as something happens that i don't like, then i'm gonna be all upset.
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Happens that i don't like, then i'm gonna be all upset. so i want you
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Then i'm gonna be all upset. so i want you to see how these things
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So i want you to see how these things work together this weekend.
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But i wanna talk to you
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But i wanna talk to you tonight about the difference
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But i wanna talk to you tonight about the difference in the gifts and the fruit.
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Tonight about the difference in the gifts and the fruit. i want to talk to you about
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In the gifts and the fruit. i want to talk to you about character development
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I want to talk to you about character development because i think we have
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Character development because i think we have to understand how
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Because i think we have to understand how we have a tendency to look at
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To understand how we have a tendency to look at gifts compared to how god looks
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We have a tendency to look at gifts compared to how god looks at gifts and how we need to
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Gifts compared to how god looks at gifts and how we need to realize that gifts are something
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At gifts and how we need to realize that gifts are something that god gives us.
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Realize that gifts are something that god gives us. we don't do anything
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That god gives us. we don't do anything to earn 'em.
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We don't do anything to earn 'em. we don't really have to do
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To earn 'em. we don't really have to do anything to develop 'em.
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We don't really have to do anything to develop 'em. i mean, yes, we need to work
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Anything to develop 'em. i mean, yes, we need to work with 'em, you know, we need
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I mean, yes, we need to work with 'em, you know, we need to learn how to use our gifts.
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With 'em, you know, we need to learn how to use our gifts. but gifts are given.
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To learn how to use our gifts. but gifts are given. fruit, however, is not given.
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It's developed.
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It's developed. it's given to us in seed form
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It's developed. it's given to us in seed form when christ comes to live in us,
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It's given to us in seed form when christ comes to live in us, but the only way that we develop
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When christ comes to live in us, but the only way that we develop the fruit of the spirit is
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But the only way that we develop the fruit of the spirit is through being put in situations
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The fruit of the spirit is through being put in situations where we need to use them
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Through being put in situations where we need to use them and then using them.
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Where we need to use them and then using them. and it's like a muscle
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And then using them. and it's like a muscle that's inactive.
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And it's like a muscle that's inactive. it will become weak and wimpy,
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That's inactive. it will become weak and wimpy, but when you begin to use that
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It will become weak and wimpy, but when you begin to use that muscle, every time you use it,
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But when you begin to use that muscle, every time you use it, it gets a little bit stronger,
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Muscle, every time you use it, it gets a little bit stronger, a little bit stronger,
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It gets a little bit stronger, a little bit stronger, a little bit stronger
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A little bit stronger, a little bit stronger and a little bit stronger.
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A little bit stronger and a little bit stronger. you pray for patience and what
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And a little bit stronger. you pray for patience and what you're gonna get is a trial.
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You pray for patience and what you're gonna get is a trial. i might as well tell you
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You're gonna get is a trial. i might as well tell you the truth before we get into
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I might as well tell you the truth before we get into this; if you start praying for
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The truth before we get into this; if you start praying for the fruit of the spirit to be
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This; if you start praying for the fruit of the spirit to be developed in your life,
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The fruit of the spirit to be developed in your life, you are gonna get some people
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Developed in your life, you are gonna get some people that are hard to get along with.
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You are gonna get some people that are hard to get along with. you are gonna meet some
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That are hard to get along with. you are gonna meet some situations that are gonna be
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You are gonna meet some situations that are gonna be hard on your temperament,
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Situations that are gonna be hard on your temperament, but you need to be bold enough
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Hard on your temperament, but you need to be bold enough and brave enough to say, "god,
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But you need to be bold enough and brave enough to say, "god, whatever i gotta go through to
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And brave enough to say, "god, whatever i gotta go through to get to where you want me to be,
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Whatever i gotta go through to get to where you want me to be, i want to go through it.
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Get to where you want me to be, i want to go through it. i want to grow up.
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I want to go through it. i want to grow up. i want to be the person
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I want to grow up. i want to be the person you want me to be."
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I want to be the person you want me to be." because here's what's gonna
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You want me to be." because here's what's gonna happen if you don't, you're
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Because here's what's gonna happen if you don't, you're gonna spend your whole life
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Happen if you don't, you're gonna spend your whole life going around and around and
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Gonna spend your whole life going around and around and around and around and around
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Going around and around and around and around and around the same stupid mountains,
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Around and around and around the same stupid mountains, up and down and up and down
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The same stupid mountains, up and down and up and down and up and down.
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Feeling bad and wanting
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Feeling bad and wanting to do the right thing,
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Feeling bad and wanting to do the right thing, doing the wrong thing
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To do the right thing, doing the wrong thing and spending three days
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Doing the wrong thing and spending three days feeling guilty.
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And spending three days feeling guilty. we need to not be afraid
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Feeling guilty. we need to not be afraid to grow.
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We need to not be afraid to grow. everybody say,
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To grow. everybody say, "i'm not afraid to grow."
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Everybody say, "i'm not afraid to grow." >> audience: i'm not afraid
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"i'm not afraid to grow." >> audience: i'm not afraid to grow.
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>> joyce: now, god gives
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>> joyce: now, god gives gifts to men and women.
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>> joyce: now, god gives gifts to men and women. they are abilities.
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Gifts to men and women. they are abilities. everything that you can do
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They are abilities. everything that you can do that you're good at is
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Everything that you can do that you're good at is a gift that god has given you.
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That you're good at is a gift that god has given you. and to be honest, i think
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A gift that god has given you. and to be honest, i think in the world, we admire people
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And to be honest, i think in the world, we admire people for their gifts, perhaps,
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In the world, we admire people for their gifts, perhaps, a lot more than what we should.
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For their gifts, perhaps, a lot more than what we should. what we need to do is admire
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A lot more than what we should. what we need to do is admire the god more who gave
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What we need to do is admire the god more who gave them those gifts.
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The god more who gave them those gifts. >> [audience applauding]
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Them those gifts. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and so what happens
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and so what happens because people want admiration
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>> joyce: and so what happens because people want admiration and they want acceptance
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Because people want admiration and they want acceptance and they want applause.
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And they want acceptance and they want applause. even as christians, we get
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And they want applause. even as christians, we get overly concerned about our gifts
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Even as christians, we get overly concerned about our gifts or what we can do and
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Overly concerned about our gifts or what we can do and in the process of that sometimes
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Or what we can do and in the process of that sometimes we don't get nearly concerned
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In the process of that sometimes we don't get nearly concerned enough about our character.
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We don't get nearly concerned enough about our character. a lot of people have a gift
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Enough about our character. a lot of people have a gift that will take them somewhere,
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A lot of people have a gift that will take them somewhere, but they don't have enough
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That will take them somewhere, but they don't have enough character to keep them there
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But they don't have enough character to keep them there once they get there.
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Character to keep them there once they get there. that's why we see
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Once they get there. that's why we see so many rising stars.
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That's why we see so many rising stars. their gift take them to the top
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So many rising stars. their gift take them to the top of some plateau and then they
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Their gift take them to the top of some plateau and then they will make a total, complete fool
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Of some plateau and then they will make a total, complete fool out of themselves, fall into
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Will make a total, complete fool out of themselves, fall into sin, do something shameful
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Out of themselves, fall into sin, do something shameful and terrible and if they're
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Sin, do something shameful and terrible and if they're going it in christ's name,
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And terrible and if they're going it in christ's name, it's even worse.
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Going it in christ's name, it's even worse. and then people get confused
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It's even worse. and then people get confused and say, "well,
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And then people get confused and say, "well, i just don't understand."
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And say, "well, i just don't understand." that's why many times, even
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I just don't understand." that's why many times, even though you have a great gift,
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That's why many times, even though you have a great gift, and many of you do,
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Though you have a great gift, and many of you do, you have abilities and things
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And many of you do, you have abilities and things that you can do.
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You have abilities and things that you can do. and you do not understand
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That you can do. and you do not understand why god is not using you.
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And you do not understand why god is not using you. you don't understand
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Why god is not using you. you don't understand why the doors are not opening
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You don't understand why the doors are not opening for you.
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Why the doors are not opening for you. and i tell ya something you
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For you. and i tell ya something you better do, you better pray that
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And i tell ya something you better do, you better pray that no door opens for you until
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Better do, you better pray that no door opens for you until god has got your character
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No door opens for you until god has got your character to the place where
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God has got your character to the place where you can walk through it
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To the place where you can walk through it with a right attitude.
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You can walk through it with a right attitude. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: we get in too big of
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>> joyce: we get in too big of a hurry today to get promotion.
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>> joyce: we get in too big of a hurry today to get promotion. and then we have people that
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A hurry today to get promotion. and then we have people that have got a lot of gifts,
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And then we have people that have got a lot of gifts, but they don't have anything
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Have got a lot of gifts, but they don't have anything on the inside.
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But they don't have anything on the inside. the abilities that god gives us
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On the inside. the abilities that god gives us distinguish us from one another.
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The abilities that god gives us distinguish us from one another. they don't make us better than
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Distinguish us from one another. they don't make us better than one another, but they make us
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They don't make us better than one another, but they make us different from one another.
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One another, but they make us different from one another. i am a very good communicator,
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Different from one another. i am a very good communicator, but i'm not a singer.
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I am a very good communicator, but i'm not a singer. i'm a teacher,
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But i'm not a singer. i'm a teacher, but i'm not a musician.
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God doesn't give each one of us
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God doesn't give each one of us every gift, although he could.
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God doesn't give each one of us every gift, although he could. if he could give us one gift, he
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Every gift, although he could. if he could give us one gift, he could give us a hundred gifts,
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If he could give us one gift, he could give us a hundred gifts, but he doesn't let every one
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Could give us a hundred gifts, but he doesn't let every one of us do everything.
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But he doesn't let every one of us do everything. and i wonder why he does that?
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Of us do everything. and i wonder why he does that? because he wants us to need
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And i wonder why he does that? because he wants us to need each other.
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And if you can do something
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And if you can do something that i can't do but i need
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And if you can do something that i can't do but i need what you can do, then that means
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That i can't do but i need what you can do, then that means i'm gonna need you.
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What you can do, then that means i'm gonna need you. and what he wants us to realize
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I'm gonna need you. and what he wants us to realize is that he gives all of us
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And what he wants us to realize is that he gives all of us the gifts that he wants us
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Is that he gives all of us the gifts that he wants us to have.
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The gifts that he wants us to have. he doesn't want us to be jealous
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To have. he doesn't want us to be jealous of one another.
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He doesn't want us to be jealous of one another. he doesn't want us to covet
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Of one another. he doesn't want us to covet what somebody else has.
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He doesn't want us to covet what somebody else has. he doesn't want us to spend
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Our life trying to be
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Our life trying to be what somebody else is.
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Our life trying to be what somebody else is. come on now.
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What somebody else is. come on now. he wants us to get satisfied,
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Come on now. he wants us to get satisfied, content with the gift that
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He wants us to get satisfied, content with the gift that he has given us whether it's
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Content with the gift that he has given us whether it's a public gift or a private gift,
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He has given us whether it's a public gift or a private gift, whether it's a gift
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A public gift or a private gift, whether it's a gift that the world claps about
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Whether it's a gift that the world claps about or one they don't think
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That the world claps about or one they don't think there's all that much to.
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Or one they don't think there's all that much to. and you know we're all kind of
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There's all that much to. and you know we're all kind of like that to a certain degree.
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And you know we're all kind of like that to a certain degree. you meet a new person and you
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Like that to a certain degree. you meet a new person and you say, "well, what do you do?"
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You meet a new person and you say, "well, what do you do?" and if they say, "well,
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Say, "well, what do you do?" and if they say, "well, you know, i'm a waitress or,
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And if they say, "well, you know, i'm a waitress or, you know, i work on the assembly
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You know, i'm a waitress or, you know, i work on the assembly line at the car plant or,
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You know, i work on the assembly line at the car plant or, you know, i'm whatever."
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Line at the car plant or, you know, i'm whatever." you're like oh, that's nice.
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You know, i'm whatever." you're like oh, that's nice. but if somebody says, "i'm
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You're like oh, that's nice. but if somebody says, "i'm a scientist or i'm a doctor,"
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But if somebody says, "i'm a scientist or i'm a doctor," you're kind of like...[mumbling]
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A scientist or i'm a doctor," you're kind of like...[mumbling] >> [audience laughing]
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You're kind of like...[mumbling] >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but see, the truth is
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but see, the truth is one of those people is not any
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>> joyce: but see, the truth is one of those people is not any more important than another and
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One of those people is not any more important than another and one of them is not any better
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More important than another and one of them is not any better than the other because the only
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One of them is not any better than the other because the only reason the scientist can be
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Than the other because the only reason the scientist can be the scientist is because
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Reason the scientist can be the scientist is because god has given him the brains
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The scientist is because god has given him the brains to do it.
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God has given him the brains to do it. and many times, they get so
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To do it. and many times, they get so smart that they can't even
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And many times, they get so smart that they can't even glorify the god who gave
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Smart that they can't even glorify the god who gave them the ability to do
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Glorify the god who gave them the ability to do what they're able to do.
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Them the ability to do what they're able to do. >> [audience applauding]
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What they're able to do. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: one of the worst
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: one of the worst mistakes that we can make is
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>> joyce: one of the worst mistakes that we can make is to be proud of what we can do.
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Mistakes that we can make is to be proud of what we can do. and then we ramp it up to
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To be proud of what we can do. and then we ramp it up to another level and we get
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And then we ramp it up to another level and we get an attitude about other
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Another level and we get an attitude about other people who aren't good at
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An attitude about other people who aren't good at what we're good at.
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People who aren't good at what we're good at. "well, why are you so slow?"
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What we're good at. "well, why are you so slow?" well, the only reason why
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"well, why are you so slow?" well, the only reason why you're fast is because
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Well, the only reason why you're fast is because god made you that way.
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You're fast is because god made you that way. "well, how could you
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God made you that way. "well, how could you not understand that?"
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"well, how could you not understand that?" well, you wouldn't understand
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Not understand that?" well, you wouldn't understand it either if god didn't
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Well, you wouldn't understand it either if god didn't enable you to understand it.
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It either if god didn't enable you to understand it. i want some people tonight to
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Enable you to understand it. i want some people tonight to come to the point where, first
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I want some people tonight to come to the point where, first of all, they totally accept
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Come to the point where, first of all, they totally accept themselves for what they are.
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Of all, they totally accept themselves for what they are. learn to appreciate what god
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Themselves for what they are. learn to appreciate what god has enabled you to do, whether
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Learn to appreciate what god has enabled you to do, whether it's cooking, teaching children,
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Has enabled you to do, whether it's cooking, teaching children, being a helper, being
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It's cooking, teaching children, being a helper, being an administrator, being somebody
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Being a helper, being an administrator, being somebody who loves to clean houses.
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An administrator, being somebody who loves to clean houses. i'm telling you what.
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Who loves to clean houses. i'm telling you what. i'm glad that i've got somebody
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I'm telling you what. i'm glad that i've got somebody that loves to clean my house
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I'm glad that i've got somebody that loves to clean my house because i do not love to
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That loves to clean my house because i do not love to clean it, but i do hate dirt.
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Because i do not love to clean it, but i do hate dirt. so i am glad that i have got
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Clean it, but i do hate dirt. so i am glad that i have got somebody that loves--i am glad
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So i am glad that i have got somebody that loves--i am glad that i have got somebody
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Somebody that loves--i am glad that i have got somebody that knows how to fix my hair.
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That i have got somebody that knows how to fix my hair. i am glad for the people
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That knows how to fix my hair. i am glad for the people who invented this make-up
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I am glad for the people who invented this make-up that i'm wearing.
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Who invented this make-up that i'm wearing. >> [audience laughing]
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That i'm wearing. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i am glad because
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i am glad because all i can do is talk.
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>> joyce: i am glad because all i can do is talk. i'll talk to them all day long
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All i can do is talk. i'll talk to them all day long if they'll do the stuff
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I'll talk to them all day long if they'll do the stuff that i can't do.
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If they'll do the stuff that i can't do. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: you know, i came into
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>> joyce: you know, i came into a real strong walk with
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>> joyce: you know, i came into a real strong walk with god back in the '70s when
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A real strong walk with god back in the '70s when there was a great charismatic
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God back in the '70s when there was a great charismatic outpouring around the earth.
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There was a great charismatic outpouring around the earth. a lot of people being touched
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Outpouring around the earth. a lot of people being touched in a powerful way
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A lot of people being touched in a powerful way by the holy spirit.
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In a powerful way by the holy spirit. and there was a lot of teaching,
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By the holy spirit. and there was a lot of teaching, a lot of teaching about
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And there was a lot of teaching, a lot of teaching about the gifts of the spirit.
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A lot of teaching about the gifts of the spirit. and i'm gonna talk to you
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The gifts of the spirit. and i'm gonna talk to you a little bit tonight about
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And i'm gonna talk to you a little bit tonight about the gifts of the spirit because
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A little bit tonight about the gifts of the spirit because probably now we're
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The gifts of the spirit because probably now we're in a time where
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Probably now we're in a time where there's not enough teaching,
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In a time where there's not enough teaching, about the gifts of spirit.
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There's not enough teaching, about the gifts of spirit. god gives us gifts
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About the gifts of spirit. god gives us gifts and he wants us to learn how to
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God gives us gifts and he wants us to learn how to function in those gifts and use
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And he wants us to learn how to function in those gifts and use those gifts because what a gift
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Function in those gifts and use those gifts because what a gift from god is is a supernatural
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Those gifts because what a gift from god is is a supernatural endowment of power
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From god is is a supernatural endowment of power that distinguishes you
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Endowment of power that distinguishes you and keeps you from having
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That distinguishes you and keeps you from having to live an ordinary life.
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And keeps you from having to live an ordinary life. with the gifts of god,
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To live an ordinary life. with the gifts of god, you can live ordinary everyday
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With the gifts of god, you can live ordinary everyday life in a supernatural,
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You can live ordinary everyday life in a supernatural, extraordinary way.
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Life in a supernatural, extraordinary way. they are endowments of power.
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Extraordinary way. they are endowments of power. so we're gonna take a look
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They are endowments of power. so we're gonna take a look at some of these gifts.
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So we're gonna take a look at some of these gifts. i'm not gonna spend a lot of
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At some of these gifts. i'm not gonna spend a lot of time on it because i want you to
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I'm not gonna spend a lot of time on it because i want you to know that even though god gives
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Time on it because i want you to know that even though god gives us gifts and he wants us to use
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Know that even though god gives us gifts and he wants us to use them, what he really wants
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Us gifts and he wants us to use them, what he really wants more than anything is for us
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Them, what he really wants more than anything is for us to develop fruit.
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The bible says that we are
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The bible says that we are to bear roots downward
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The bible says that we are to bear roots downward and bear fruit upward.
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To bear roots downward and bear fruit upward. we get root downward
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And bear fruit upward. we get root downward and then fruit comes up.
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We get root downward and then fruit comes up. when you plant a seed in
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And then fruit comes up. when you plant a seed in the ground, you see nothing on
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The surface until those roots go
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The surface until those roots go down in the ground and take hold
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The surface until those roots go down in the ground and take hold way down deep inside, then
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Down in the ground and take hold way down deep inside, then there's some fruit on the top.
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Way down deep inside, then there's some fruit on the top. if you have a tree that doesn't
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There's some fruit on the top. if you have a tree that doesn't have deep roots and it bears
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If you have a tree that doesn't have deep roots and it bears much fruit, the first storm
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Have deep roots and it bears much fruit, the first storm that comes along,
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Much fruit, the first storm that comes along, it's gonna blow it over.
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That comes along, it's gonna blow it over. but if it's got deep, deep
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It's gonna blow it over. but if it's got deep, deep roots, storms won't destroy it.
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I used to sit in my living room,
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I used to sit in my living room, 30-some-odd years ago after god
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I used to sit in my living room, 30-some-odd years ago after god had called me to teach, and i
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30-some-odd years ago after god had called me to teach, and i would watch people preaching on
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Had called me to teach, and i would watch people preaching on television and i would think:
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Would watch people preaching on television and i would think: i do not understand why god
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Television and i would think: i do not understand why god will not let me go out and have
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A public ministry and why all
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A public ministry and why all i'm getting to do is teach this
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A public ministry and why all i'm getting to do is teach this little, bitty home bible study
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I'm getting to do is teach this little, bitty home bible study in my living room every tuesday
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Little, bitty home bible study in my living room every tuesday night and i've been doing this
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In my living room every tuesday night and i've been doing this for five years already.
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Night and i've been doing this for five years already. and i would look at some of
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For five years already. and i would look at some of those people and think, "i could
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And i would look at some of those people and think, "i could teach circles around you."
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Those people and think, "i could teach circles around you." now, how many of you can
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Teach circles around you." now, how many of you can guess why i was in my living
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Now, how many of you can guess why i was in my living room floor and they weren't?
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Guess why i was in my living room floor and they weren't? >> [audience laughing]
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Room floor and they weren't? >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i could teach then
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i could teach then like i can now, but i didn't
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>> joyce: and i could teach then like i can now, but i didn't have any character.
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Like i can now, but i didn't have any character. i was full of pride.
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Have any character. i was full of pride. i had no humility.
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I was full of pride. i had no humility. i had no gentleness.
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I had no humility. i had no gentleness. i had no patience.
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I had no gentleness. i had no patience. my joy was controlled
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I had no patience. my joy was controlled by my circumstances.
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My joy was controlled by my circumstances. i didn't know the first thing
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By my circumstances. i didn't know the first thing about love, not the first thing.
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I didn't know the first thing about love, not the first thing. oh, i could pat somebody
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About love, not the first thing. oh, i could pat somebody in church and say, "i love you
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Oh, i could pat somebody in church and say, "i love you with the love of the lord."
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In church and say, "i love you with the love of the lord." >> [audience laughing]
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With the love of the lord." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: oh, my gosh,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: oh, my gosh, we have so overdone that.
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>> joyce: oh, my gosh, we have so overdone that. >> [audience laughing]
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We have so overdone that. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, every week
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, every week in church somebody'd tell me,
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>> joyce: i mean, every week in church somebody'd tell me, "now go hug somebody and tell
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In church somebody'd tell me, "now go hug somebody and tell 'em you love 'em with
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"now go hug somebody and tell 'em you love 'em with the love of the lord."
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'em you love 'em with the love of the lord." i didn't even like the people.
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The love of the lord." i didn't even like the people. >> [audience laughing]
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I didn't even like the people. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and then i was
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and then i was probably gonna leave church and
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>> joyce: and then i was probably gonna leave church and go gossip about 'em, but i loved
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Probably gonna leave church and go gossip about 'em, but i loved them with the love of the lord.
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Go gossip about 'em, but i loved them with the love of the lord. and i didn't understand why god
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Them with the love of the lord. and i didn't understand why god wouldn't loose me on the world.
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And i didn't understand why god wouldn't loose me on the world. >> [audience laughing]
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Wouldn't loose me on the world. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "let me at 'em!
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "let me at 'em! here i come!
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>> joyce: "let me at 'em! here i come! preacher joyce."
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Here i come! preacher joyce." is anybody understanding
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Preacher joyce." is anybody understanding what i'm saying?
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Is anybody understanding what i'm saying? >> [audience applauding]
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What i'm saying? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, you can understand
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, you can understand that we need to work on
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>> joyce: so, you can understand that we need to work on this a little bit before
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That we need to work on this a little bit before we go anywhere else.
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This a little bit before we go anywhere else. so, in god's kingdom,
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We go anywhere else. so, in god's kingdom, we are not known or applauded
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So, in god's kingdom, we are not known or applauded by the gifts that god gives us,
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We are not known or applauded by the gifts that god gives us, but what god looks for is fruit.
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By the gifts that god gives us, but what god looks for is fruit. he looks for character.
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But what god looks for is fruit. he looks for character. he says you will know them
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He looks for character. he says you will know them by their fruit.
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He says you will know them by their fruit. the world admires gifts.
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By their fruit. the world admires gifts. boy, if you can do something
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The world admires gifts. boy, if you can do something that the world think is great,
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Boy, if you can do something that the world think is great, you're in.
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That the world think is great, you're in. but god admires character.
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You're in. but god admires character. gifts are easy, they're given.
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But god admires character. gifts are easy, they're given. we're not better
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Gifts are easy, they're given. we're not better than one another because
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We're not better than one another because we can do something
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Than one another because we can do something that someone else can't do.
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We can do something that someone else can't do. we must learn to live deeper.
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"either make the tree sound
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"either make the tree sound (healthy and good), and its
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"either make the tree sound (healthy and good), and its fruit sound (healthy and good),
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(healthy and good), and its fruit sound (healthy and good), or make the tree rotten
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Fruit sound (healthy and good), or make the tree rotten (diseased and bad), and its
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Or make the tree rotten (diseased and bad), and its fruit rotten (diseased and bad);
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(diseased and bad), and its fruit rotten (diseased and bad); for the tree is known
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Fruit rotten (diseased and bad); for the tree is known and recognized and judged
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For the tree is known and recognized and judged by its fruit."
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And recognized and judged by its fruit." fruit.
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We need to learn how
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We need to learn how to be fruit inspectors.
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We need to learn how to be fruit inspectors. we need to live deeper.
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To be fruit inspectors. we need to live deeper. we need to look deeper,
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We need to live deeper. we need to look deeper, at the people's lives that
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We need to look deeper, at the people's lives that we're around and the people
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At the people's lives that we're around and the people that we get hooked up with.
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We're around and the people that we get hooked up with. you know, a peach tree--
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That we get hooked up with. you know, a peach tree-- you know that a peach tree
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You know, a peach tree-- you know that a peach tree is a peach tree because
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You know that a peach tree is a peach tree because it bears peaches, right?
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Is a peach tree because it bears peaches, right? a peach tree doesn't go around
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It bears peaches, right? a peach tree doesn't go around with a megaphone yelling,
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A peach tree doesn't go around with a megaphone yelling, "i'm a peach tree!
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With a megaphone yelling, "i'm a peach tree! i'm a peach tree!
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"i'm a peach tree! i'm a peach tree! yo, look at me!
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I'm a peach tree! yo, look at me! i'm a peach tree!"
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Yo, look at me! i'm a peach tree!" people come up and say,
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I'm a peach tree!" people come up and say, "yeah, well, where's your
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People come up and say, "yeah, well, where's your peaches?"
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>> [audience laughing]
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, that's what
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, that's what happens with christians.
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>> joyce: well, that's what happens with christians. "oh, i'm a christian!
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Happens with christians. "oh, i'm a christian! i've got a bumper sticker.
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"oh, i'm a christian! i've got a bumper sticker. i've got a jesus pin.
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I've got a bumper sticker. i've got a jesus pin. i've got a tape recorder.
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I've got a jesus pin. i've got a tape recorder. i say 'hallelujah,
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I've got a tape recorder. i say 'hallelujah, praise the lord!
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I say 'hallelujah, praise the lord! thank you, jesus!'
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Praise the lord! thank you, jesus!' i cast out devils.
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Thank you, jesus!' i cast out devils. whoa-ho!
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I cast out devils. whoa-ho! i'm a christian."
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Whoa-ho! i'm a christian." yeah, well, where's your fruit?
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I'm a christian." yeah, well, where's your fruit? you're known by your fruit.
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Yeah, well, where's your fruit? you're known by your fruit. are you helping anybody?
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You're known by your fruit. are you helping anybody? are you patient?
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Are you helping anybody? are you patient? are you loving people?
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Are you patient? are you loving people? are you a giver?
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Are you loving people? are you a giver? are you quick to apologize?
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Are you gentle?
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Are you gentle? are you faithful?
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Are you gentle? are you faithful? are you sticking with something
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Are you faithful? are you sticking with something and refusing to give up
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Are you sticking with something and refusing to give up on anything?
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And refusing to give up on anything? how do you treat people?
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On anything? how do you treat people? those are the things that
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How do you treat people? those are the things that are important to god.
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Those are the things that are important to god. somebody say, "amen."
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Are important to god. somebody say, "amen." >> audience: amen.
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>> joyce: all right, let's look
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>> joyce: all right, let's look at some gifts for a minute.
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>> joyce: all right, let's look at some gifts for a minute. 1 corinthians 12.
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At some gifts for a minute. 1 corinthians 12. "now about the spiritual gifts
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1 corinthians 12. "now about the spiritual gifts (the special endowments
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"now about the spiritual gifts (the special endowments of supernatural energy),
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(the special endowments of supernatural energy), brethren, i do not
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Of supernatural energy), brethren, i do not want you to be misinformed."
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Brethren, i do not want you to be misinformed." so god wants us to be educated
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About the gifts of the spirit.
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About the gifts of the spirit. how many of you really
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About the gifts of the spirit. how many of you really have never heard that much about
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How many of you really have never heard that much about the gifts of the spirit?
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Have never heard that much about the gifts of the spirit? let's see your hand if you've
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The gifts of the spirit? let's see your hand if you've never heard all that much
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Let's see your hand if you've never heard all that much about the gifts of the spirit?
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Never heard all that much about the gifts of the spirit? okay, well, i think that
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About the gifts of the spirit? okay, well, i think that that number is only gonna
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Okay, well, i think that that number is only gonna get more and more and more
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That number is only gonna get more and more and more as years go by if we don't
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Get more and more and more as years go by if we don't start doing some teaching
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As years go by if we don't start doing some teaching about these gifts.
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Start doing some teaching about these gifts. and you know, i went to
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About these gifts. and you know, i went to a church for a lot of years
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And you know, i went to a church for a lot of years and i never knew about
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A church for a lot of years and i never knew about the gifts of the spirit.
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And i never knew about the gifts of the spirit. i didn't know that, you know,
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The gifts of the spirit. i didn't know that, you know, there were supernatural
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I didn't know that, you know, there were supernatural things available to me.
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There were supernatural things available to me. and you know we have
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Things available to me. and you know we have a desire for the supernatural,
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And you know we have a desire for the supernatural, do you know that?
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A desire for the supernatural, do you know that? because there's a spiritual
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Do you know that? because there's a spiritual part to us, we have a desire
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Because there's a spiritual part to us, we have a desire for spiritual things.
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Part to us, we have a desire for spiritual things. we want to be able to
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For spiritual things. we want to be able to know things that we don't
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We want to be able to know things that we don't know how we know them.
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Know things that we don't know how we know them. we want these gifts.
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Know how we know them. we want these gifts. we want these supernatural gifts
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We want these gifts. we want these supernatural gifts and yet, very often, people are
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We want these supernatural gifts and yet, very often, people are afraid to teach about them
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And yet, very often, people are afraid to teach about them because they don't understand
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Afraid to teach about them because they don't understand them or they're afraid that
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Because they don't understand them or they're afraid that people will get out of balance
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Them or they're afraid that people will get out of balance and lean on them too much.
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People will get out of balance and lean on them too much. so, it goes on and talks about
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And lean on them too much. so, it goes on and talks about a lot of different things
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So, it goes on and talks about a lot of different things in here i want you to study it
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A lot of different things in here i want you to study it all for yourself later.
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But it starts out in verse 8
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But it starts out in verse 8 and says, "to one is given in
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But it starts out in verse 8 and says, "to one is given in and through the [holy] spirit
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And says, "to one is given in and through the [holy] spirit [the power to speak]
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And through the [holy] spirit [the power to speak] a message of wisdom, and to
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[the power to speak] a message of wisdom, and to another [the power to express]
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A message of wisdom, and to another [the power to express] a word of knowledge."
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Another [the power to express] a word of knowledge." and these are
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A word of knowledge." and these are very practical gifts.
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Many times,
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Many times, i will get words of knowledge.
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Many times, i will get words of knowledge. it's not something where i have
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I will get words of knowledge. it's not something where i have to stand up in a service
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It's not something where i have to stand up in a service and say, "yo-ho, look at me.
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To stand up in a service and say, "yo-ho, look at me. i'm about to operate in a gift.
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And say, "yo-ho, look at me. i'm about to operate in a gift. i have a word of knowledge,"
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I'm about to operate in a gift. i have a word of knowledge," which was some of what was
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I have a word of knowledge," which was some of what was going on back in the '70s
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Which was some of what was going on back in the '70s that got a little bit wacky.
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Going on back in the '70s that got a little bit wacky. you know, it was like everybody
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That got a little bit wacky. you know, it was like everybody was trying to display
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You know, it was like everybody was trying to display their gift.
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And i got so sick of
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And i got so sick of people saying to me,
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And i got so sick of people saying to me, "well, what's your gift?
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People saying to me, "well, what's your gift? well, what's your gift?
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"well, what's your gift? well, what's your gift? well, what's your gift?"
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Well, what's your gift? well, what's your gift?" you know everybody was confused
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Well, what's your gift?" you know everybody was confused about what their gift was and
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You know everybody was confused about what their gift was and what their call was and nobody
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About what their gift was and what their call was and nobody wasn't doing much of anything,
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What their call was and nobody wasn't doing much of anything, certainly not growing up.
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Wasn't doing much of anything, certainly not growing up. was anybody back around
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Certainly not growing up. was anybody back around those days, you remember
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Was anybody back around those days, you remember what i'm talking about?
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Those days, you remember what i'm talking about? amen.
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What i'm talking about? amen. so, it's important
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Amen. so, it's important that we're taught about them,
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So, it's important that we're taught about them, but we want to understand
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That we're taught about them, but we want to understand the real value of them.
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But we want to understand the real value of them. so but i get words of knowledge
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The real value of them. so but i get words of knowledge all the time.
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So but i get words of knowledge all the time. i believe when i'm preaching,
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All the time. i believe when i'm preaching, that god speaks things
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I believe when i'm preaching, that god speaks things through me.
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That god speaks things through me. and you're out there going,
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Through me. and you're out there going, "how in the world could
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You have known that?
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You have known that? i can't believe
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You have known that? i can't believe that you said that.
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I can't believe that you said that. i came here tonight
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That you said that. i came here tonight asking god if you don't tell
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I came here tonight asking god if you don't tell me thus and so."
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Asking god if you don't tell me thus and so." i mean i have people tell me
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Me thus and so." i mean i have people tell me that kind of stuff all the time.
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I mean i have people tell me that kind of stuff all the time. have any of you ever had that
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That kind of stuff all the time. have any of you ever had that happen when i've been speaking
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Have any of you ever had that happen when i've been speaking on television, you're like,
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Happen when i've been speaking on television, you're like, "how did you know that?"
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On television, you're like, "how did you know that?" well, i don't even know that
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"how did you know that?" well, i don't even know that it's happening, but god has
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Well, i don't even know that it's happening, but god has given me a word of knowledge.
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It's happening, but god has given me a word of knowledge. there's times
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Given me a word of knowledge. there's times when i will lose something and
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There's times when i will lose something and i will just see where it's at.
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When i will lose something and i will just see where it's at. i'll just get like this,
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I will just see where it's at. i'll just get like this, and i'll know where it's at.
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I'll just get like this, and i'll know where it's at. and i'll go and there it is.
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And i'll know where it's at. and i'll go and there it is. looking all over the house for
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And i'll go and there it is. looking all over the house for my keys and all of a sudden,
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Looking all over the house for my keys and all of a sudden, i'll see the front seat of my
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My keys and all of a sudden, i'll see the front seat of my car and that's where they were.
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I'll see the front seat of my car and that's where they were. go out there and find the keys.
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So, these gifts are very
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So, these gifts are very valuable: word of wisdom,
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So, these gifts are very valuable: word of wisdom, word of knowledge.
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Valuable: word of wisdom, word of knowledge. it talks about faith,
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Word of knowledge. it talks about faith, wonder-working faith.
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It talks about faith, wonder-working faith. the gift of faith is different
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Wonder-working faith. the gift of faith is different than the ordinary faith
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The gift of faith is different than the ordinary faith that we live by every day.
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Than the ordinary faith that we live by every day. we all have faith, but then god
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Sometimes will give you a gift
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Sometimes will give you a gift of faith for something that
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Sometimes will give you a gift of faith for something that there's no way in the world
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Of faith for something that there's no way in the world that you could do it if god
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There's no way in the world that you could do it if god didn't give you that gift.
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That you could do it if god didn't give you that gift. but to you,
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Didn't give you that gift. but to you, it's not that big a deal.
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But to you, it's not that big a deal. see, dave and i have
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It's not that big a deal. see, dave and i have a gift of faith when it
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See, dave and i have a gift of faith when it comes to running this ministry.
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A gift of faith when it comes to running this ministry. do you know that if we didn't
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Comes to running this ministry. do you know that if we didn't have that, i would fall over
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Do you know that if we didn't have that, i would fall over dead from fright right now just
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Have that, i would fall over dead from fright right now just thinking about the bills that
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Dead from fright right now just thinking about the bills that i have to pay in the next month?
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Thinking about the bills that i have to pay in the next month? i mean, it would just
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I have to pay in the next month? i mean, it would just completely do me in.
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I mean, it would just completely do me in. if i didn't have that gift,
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Completely do me in. if i didn't have that gift, i would be afraid to stand up in
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If i didn't have that gift, i would be afraid to stand up in front of the crowds and be bold.
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I would be afraid to stand up in front of the crowds and be bold. and i didn't even know i had
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Front of the crowds and be bold. and i didn't even know i had that gift for a long time
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And i didn't even know i had that gift for a long time and several years ago,
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That gift for a long time and several years ago, another minister said to me,
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And several years ago, another minister said to me, "well, don't you realize
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Another minister said to me, "well, don't you realize that you have a gift of faith
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"well, don't you realize that you have a gift of faith to run this ministry?"
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That you have a gift of faith to run this ministry?" because to me, it's no big deal.
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To run this ministry?" because to me, it's no big deal. it's not that big of a thing.
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Because to me, it's no big deal. it's not that big of a thing. that's why i say when god gives
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It's not that big of a thing. that's why i say when god gives us gifts, we don't need to go
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That's why i say when god gives us gifts, we don't need to go around patting ourselves on
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Us gifts, we don't need to go around patting ourselves on the back because god enables us
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Around patting ourselves on the back because god enables us to do what we do and we need
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The back because god enables us to do what we do and we need to give him the glory for it.
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To do what we do and we need to give him the glory for it. >> [audience applauding]
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To give him the glory for it. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and that's also why
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and that's also why we don't need to look at other
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>> joyce: and that's also why we don't need to look at other people and think if we're not
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We don't need to look at other people and think if we're not like them, there's something
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People and think if we're not like them, there's something wrong with us.
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Like them, there's something wrong with us. come on now.
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Wrong with us. come on now. i said, we don't need to look at
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Come on now. i said, we don't need to look at other people and think if we're
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I said, we don't need to look at other people and think if we're not like them that something
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Other people and think if we're not like them that something is wrong with us.
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Not like them that something is wrong with us. >> [audience applauding]
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Is wrong with us. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen?
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen? i had breast cancer
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>> joyce: amen? i had breast cancer 23 years ago.
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I had breast cancer 23 years ago. had to have a surgery.
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23 years ago. had to have a surgery. i know other people that have
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Had to have a surgery. i know other people that have had cancer and gotten
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I know other people that have had cancer and gotten supernatural healings.
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Had cancer and gotten supernatural healings. well, there would have been
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Supernatural healings. well, there would have been a time in my life
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Well, there would have been a time in my life where i would have thought,
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A time in my life where i would have thought, "well, what's wrong with me?
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Where i would have thought, "well, what's wrong with me? what's wrong with my faith?
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"well, what's wrong with me? what's wrong with my faith? doesn't god love me?"
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What's wrong with my faith? doesn't god love me?" but i tell you when you get to
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Doesn't god love me?" but i tell you when you get to the point where you understand
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But i tell you when you get to the point where you understand these things and you know
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The point where you understand these things and you know that god loves you but his plan
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These things and you know that god loves you but his plan for everybody is not
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That god loves you but his plan for everybody is not exactly the same.
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For everybody is not exactly the same. he healed me.
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Exactly the same. he healed me. he just didn't do it
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He healed me. he just didn't do it the same way that he did her.
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He just didn't do it the same way that he did her. i had to have a surgery, but
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The same way that he did her. i had to have a surgery, but i never had to have any chemo.
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I had to have a surgery, but i never had to have any chemo. never had to have any radiation.
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I never had to have any chemo. never had to have any radiation. i get checked every year.
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Never had to have any radiation. i get checked every year. i've never had any kind of
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I get checked every year. i've never had any kind of cancer since then.
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God took care of me.
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God took care of me. i missed two weeks preaching
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God took care of me. i missed two weeks preaching and went right back to work.
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I missed two weeks preaching and went right back to work. but if you don't know who you
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And went right back to work. but if you don't know who you are, then you don't understand
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But if you don't know who you are, then you don't understand that god gives some people gifts
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Are, then you don't understand that god gives some people gifts and if he chooses not to give
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That god gives some people gifts and if he chooses not to give that to you, then god will
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Still meet your need,
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Still meet your need, but it may just not be the same
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Still meet your need, but it may just not be the same way that he met their need.
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But it may just not be the same way that he met their need. and then you don't have to
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Way that he met their need. and then you don't have to compare yourself with other
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And then you don't have to compare yourself with other people always wondering what is
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Compare yourself with other people always wondering what is wrong with you because
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People always wondering what is wrong with you because you're not getting it
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Wrong with you because you're not getting it the way they got it.
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You're not getting it the way they got it. >> [audience applauding]
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The way they got it. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i felt like
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i felt like by the time we got done tonight
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>> joyce: i felt like by the time we got done tonight that some people would
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By the time we got done tonight that some people would be able to go, "ah...
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That some people would be able to go, "ah... you mean i'm okay?"
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Be able to go, "ah... you mean i'm okay?" >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: and so then there's
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>> joyce: and so then there's working of miracles.
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>> joyce: and so then there's working of miracles. discerning of spirits.
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Working of miracles. discerning of spirits. that's such a great gift
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Discerning of spirits. that's such a great gift to have.
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That's such a great gift to have. so you can look and somebody
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And they may look perfectly good
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And they may look perfectly good on the outside--and you've all
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And they may look perfectly good on the outside--and you've all had this experience, but yet,
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On the outside--and you've all had this experience, but yet, you just "something's not right.
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Had this experience, but yet, you just "something's not right. eh--something's not right."
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You just "something's not right. eh--something's not right." where we make our mistake if
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Eh--something's not right." where we make our mistake if we're not operating in the fruit
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Where we make our mistake if we're not operating in the fruit of the spirit is instead of
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We're not operating in the fruit of the spirit is instead of keeping that between us
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Of the spirit is instead of keeping that between us and god and praying about it
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Keeping that between us and god and praying about it and just watching,
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And god and praying about it and just watching, we'll go tell 20 people.
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And just watching, we'll go tell 20 people. "you know something's
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We'll go tell 20 people. "you know something's just not right about them."
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"you know something's just not right about them." >> [audience laughing]
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Just not right about them." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: that's why if we have
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: that's why if we have a gift, but we don't have fruit
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>> joyce: that's why if we have a gift, but we don't have fruit to balance it out,
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A gift, but we don't have fruit to balance it out, then those gifts can actually
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To balance it out, then those gifts can actually become very dangerous.
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Then those gifts can actually become very dangerous. i've known people that had real
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Become very dangerous. i've known people that had real sharp gifts of discernment,
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I've known people that had real sharp gifts of discernment, i mean, spiritual gifts of
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Sharp gifts of discernment, i mean, spiritual gifts of discernment but they never
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I mean, spiritual gifts of discernment but they never matured in god and they did not
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Discernment but they never matured in god and they did not have the fruit of the spirit.
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Matured in god and they did not have the fruit of the spirit. and i'm telling you,
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Have the fruit of the spirit. and i'm telling you, those people saw a devil
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And i'm telling you, those people saw a devil in every doorknob.
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Those people saw a devil in every doorknob. it was like "ooh, ooh.
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In every doorknob. it was like "ooh, ooh. ooh, ooh."
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It was like "ooh, ooh. ooh, ooh." sitting in a restaurant
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Ooh, ooh." sitting in a restaurant with a girl one day.
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Sitting in a restaurant with a girl one day. "you see that angel
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With a girl one day. "you see that angel over there in the corner?"
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"you see that angel over there in the corner?" i'm trying to eat
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Over there in the corner?" i'm trying to eat a bowl of soup.
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I'm trying to eat a bowl of soup. >> [audience laughing]
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A bowl of soup. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: she claimed to see
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: she claimed to see angels all the time and
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>> joyce: she claimed to see angels all the time and i never saw 'em, and you know?
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Angels all the time and i never saw 'em, and you know? so, i'm like, "well,
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I never saw 'em, and you know? so, i'm like, "well, what's wrong with me, god?
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So, i'm like, "well, what's wrong with me, god? why don't i see angels?"
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What's wrong with me, god? why don't i see angels?" well, i'm not sure she was
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Why don't i see angels?" well, i'm not sure she was seeing them either, but even
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Well, i'm not sure she was seeing them either, but even if she was, she should have kept
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Seeing them either, but even if she was, she should have kept her mouth shut about it.
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If she was, she should have kept her mouth shut about it. >> [audience laughing]
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Her mouth shut about it. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: she didn't need to be
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: she didn't need to be telling me over soup that there
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>> joyce: she didn't need to be telling me over soup that there was an angel in the corner
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Telling me over soup that there was an angel in the corner because what she was doing
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Was an angel in the corner because what she was doing was trying to impress me,
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Because what she was doing was trying to impress me, and we don't need to try
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Was trying to impress me, and we don't need to try to impress one another.
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And we don't need to try to impress one another. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: the bible says
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>> joyce: the bible says that these gifts are given as
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>> joyce: the bible says that these gifts are given as the spirit wills and they are
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That these gifts are given as the spirit wills and they are given for the good
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The spirit wills and they are given for the good and the profit of all
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Given for the good and the profit of all and for the glory of god.
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And the profit of all and for the glory of god. we don't use them to show out.
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We don't use 'em feel like
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We don't use 'em feel like we're better than other people.
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We don't use 'em feel like we're better than other people. i'm not better than anybody
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We're better than other people. i'm not better than anybody else because i'm up here
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I'm not better than anybody else because i'm up here preaching tonight.
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Else because i'm up here preaching tonight. phil's not better than
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Preaching tonight. phil's not better than anybody else because he's
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Phil's not better than anybody else because he's obviously a great songwriter
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Anybody else because he's obviously a great songwriter and a great singer.
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Obviously a great songwriter and a great singer. we're not better than anybody
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And a great singer. we're not better than anybody else just because we happen
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We're not better than anybody else just because we happen to be up here tonight.
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Else just because we happen to be up here tonight. let me tell ya something.
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To be up here tonight. let me tell ya something. there are people in this room
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Let me tell ya something. there are people in this room tonight that are
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There are people in this room tonight that are more famous in heaven,
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Tonight that are more famous in heaven, than any one of us will ever be
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More famous in heaven, than any one of us will ever be standing up here on a platform.
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Than any one of us will ever be standing up here on a platform. >> [audience applauding]
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Standing up here on a platform. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i know that.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i know that. i know that i know
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>> joyce: and i know that. i know that i know that i know that.
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I know that i know that i know that. i mean, there are people in here
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That i know that. i mean, there are people in here tonight that are so valuable to
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I mean, there are people in here tonight that are so valuable to the kingdom of god that it is
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Tonight that are so valuable to the kingdom of god that it is absolutely mind boggling, and
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The kingdom of god that it is absolutely mind boggling, and yet, nobody will ever know their
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Absolutely mind boggling, and yet, nobody will ever know their name, but god knows their name.
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>> announcer: fruit takes time.
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>> announcer: fruit takes time. it grows through care
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It grows through care and connection.
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And connection. like the branch clings
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Like the branch clings to the vine for life,
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To the vine for life, we too, must stay
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We too, must stay attached to the vine.
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Attached to the vine. cut off, growth fades,
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Cut off, growth fades, and the fruit never comes.
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And the fruit never comes. >> joyce: in john 15,
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>> joyce: in john 15, jesus speaks clearly:
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Jesus speaks clearly: "i am the vine,
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"i am the vine, you are the branches.
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If you remain in me
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If you remain in me and i in you,
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And i in you, you will bear much fruit."
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You will bear much fruit." that fruit is the fruit
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That fruit is the fruit of the spirit: love, joy, peace,
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Of the spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
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Patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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Faithfulness, gentleness,
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Gentleness, and self-control.
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And self-control. when we receive jesus,
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When we receive jesus, we receive the fruit
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We receive the fruit of the spirit.
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Of the spirit. and those qualities take root
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And those qualities take root like seeds as we water them
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Like seeds as we water them with the word and live them out;
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With the word and live them out; they grow stronger.
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They grow stronger. in my book, "fruit of the spirit
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In my book, "fruit of the spirit scriptures," you'll find
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Scriptures," you'll find practical ways to grow
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Practical ways to grow through encouragement,
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Through encouragement, powerful scriptures,
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Powerful scriptures, and prayer starters.
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And prayer starters. >> announcer: joyce's book
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>> announcer: joyce's book "fruit of the spirit
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"fruit of the spirit scriptures" is available
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Scriptures" is available to you right now,
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To you right now, for your gift of...
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For your gift of... or more.
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And when you give...
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And when you give... or more,
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Or more, you'll receive joyce's book,
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You'll receive joyce's book, plus 10 hours
00:24:41.803 --> 00:24:43.071
Plus 10 hours of her teachings
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Of her teachings on the fruit
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On the fruit of the spirit
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Of the spirit as a digital download
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As a digital download or on 10 cds,
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Or on 10 cds, your choice.
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Your choice. call us today at...
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Call us today at... or visit us online at:
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Or visit us online at: joycemeyer.org,
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Joycemeyer.org, to get your book,
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To get your book, and start developing
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And start developing the fruit of the spirit
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The fruit of the spirit in your life today.
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In your life today. >> joyce: i tried
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>> joyce: i tried for many years
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For many years to make the fruit
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To make the fruit of the spirit
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Of the spirit grow in me,
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Grow in me, and it actually caused
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And it actually caused me to fail more
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Me to fail more often than not.
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Often than not. and when i allowed
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And when i allowed god to help me
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God to help me instead of trying
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Instead of trying to force it myself,
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To force it myself, then, and only then,
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Then, and only then, did i begin to make
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Did i begin to make real progress.
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Real progress. my prayer
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My prayer is that this book
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Is that this book of scriptures
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Of scriptures will help you
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Will help you the same way that
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The same way that god's word has
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God's word has impacted my life.
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Impacted my life. and remember,
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And remember, your financial gift will
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Your financial gift will help make a difference
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Help make a difference all around the world,
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All around the world, reaching the lost,
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Reaching the lost, feeding the hungry,
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Feeding the hungry, and helping women
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And helping women and girls find freedom.
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And girls find freedom. so, please do your best.
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So, please do your best. >> announcer: your
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>> announcer: your donation of...
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Donation of... or more for
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Or more for joyce's book,
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Joyce's book, "fruit of the spirit
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"fruit of the spirit scriptures"
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Scriptures" can help you
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Can help you exercise and grow
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Exercise and grow the fruit
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The fruit of the spirit within you.
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Of the spirit within you. and when you give...
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And when you give... or more,
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Or more, you'll receive joyce's book
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You'll receive joyce's book plus 10 hours of her teachings
00:25:46.334 --> 00:25:48.269
Plus 10 hours of her teachings on the fruit of the spirit
00:25:48.336 --> 00:25:49.137
On the fruit of the spirit as a digital download
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As a digital download or on 10 cds,
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Or on 10 cds, your choice.
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Your choice. call us today at...
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Call us today at... or visit us online at:
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Or visit us online at: joycemeyer.org
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Joycemeyer.org to get your book.
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To get your book. and in time
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And in time you'll see it:
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You'll see it: fruit that
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Fruit that changes everything.
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>> joyce: well, rejection
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>> joyce: well, rejection is definitely painful.
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Is definitely painful. it's something we've all
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It's something we've all endured in one way or another.
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Endured in one way or another. >> ginger: our experiences
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>> ginger: our experiences may be different,
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May be different, but the damage is very real.
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But the damage is very real. whether it comes from
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Whether it comes from a stranger, a friend,
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A stranger, a friend, or someone we love,
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Or someone we love, rejection leaves us feeling
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Rejection leaves us feeling unwanted and wounded.
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Unwanted and wounded. >> joyce: we both know how
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>> joyce: we both know how devastating rejection can be.
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Devastating rejection can be. the good news is
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The good news is healing is possible.
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Healing is possible. >> ginger: m-hmm.
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>> ginger: m-hmm. >> joyce: that's why i invited
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>> joyce: that's why i invited ginger to write
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Ginger to write a very important
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A very important book with me,
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Book with me, "healing the wounds
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"healing the wounds of rejection."
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Of rejection." i believe now is the time
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I believe now is the time to overcome those
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To overcome those wounds and embrace
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Wounds and embrace our true identity in christ.
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Our true identity in christ. >> ginger: you may not
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>> ginger: you may not even realize the effects
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Even realize the effects of rejection on your life.
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Of rejection on your life. i know i didn't for a time.
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I know i didn't for a time. but you don't have
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But you don't have to remain stuck
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To remain stuck in the past or let what
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In the past or let what others have done
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Others have done define your worth.
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Define your worth. >> joyce: in our book,
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>> joyce: in our book, we share the truths that
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We share the truths that have helped both of us,
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And the things that
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And the things that we went through.
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We went through. >> ginger: and together,
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>> ginger: and together, we can all move
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We can all move forward with strength
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Forward with strength and confidence.
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And confidence. >> announcer: "healing
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>> announcer: "healing the wounds of rejection"
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The wounds of rejection" by joyce meyer
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By joyce meyer and ginger stache
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And ginger stache request your copy today.
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>> announcer: we hope you
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>> announcer: we hope you enjoyed today's program.
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Enjoyed today's program. we are so grateful
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We are so grateful to our joyce meyer
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To our joyce meyer ministries partners
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Ministries partners who make this
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Who make this and all we do possible,
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And all we do possible, including sharing
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Including sharing god's word
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God's word and offering help
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And offering help to people in need
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To people in need all over the world.
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Joyce Meyer - Understanding Gifts vs. Fruit

October 6, 2025 | 29:29

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