Joyce Meyer - Unshakeable Trust (Part 2)

May 20, 2025 | S25:E18

When bad things happen, we can still trust that God loves us and that He has a good plan for our lives. Be encouraged to trust Him at all times.

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - Unshakeable Trust (Part 2) | May 20, 2025

>> joyce: see, i think that's
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>> joyce: see, i think that's what real trust is,
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>> joyce: see, i think that's what real trust is, i don't have to know,
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What real trust is, i don't have to know, because god knows.
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I don't have to know, because god knows. and i trust that he will
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Because god knows. and i trust that he will take care of me.
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>> joyce: i do what
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>> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's
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>> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's power transform my own life,
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I do because i've seen god's power transform my own life, and he will do it for you.
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Power transform my own life, and he will do it for you. the key to everything
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And he will do it for you. the key to everything is found in god's word.
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The key to everything is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer,
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Is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal
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I'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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>> joyce: psalm 37:1-5:
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>> joyce: psalm 37:1-5: "fret not yourself
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>> joyce: psalm 37:1-5: "fret not yourself because of evildoers,
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"fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious against
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Because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness
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Neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness (that which is not upright
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Those who work unrighteousness (that which is not upright or in right standing with god).
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(that which is not upright or in right standing with god). for they shall soon
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Or in right standing with god). for they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
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For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb."
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Be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb." now, there's a lot
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And wither as the green herb." now, there's a lot of concern over what's
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Now, there's a lot of concern over what's going on in the world today.
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Of concern over what's going on in the world today. and people say often,
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Going on in the world today. and people say often, "do you really think that
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And people say often, "do you really think that we're living in the last days?
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"do you really think that we're living in the last days? do you think this is it?
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We're living in the last days? do you think this is it? do you think jesus
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Do you think this is it? do you think jesus is coming back soon?
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Do you think jesus is coming back soon? what do you think
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Is coming back soon? what do you think is gonna happen?"
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What do you think is gonna happen?" and a lot of people
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Is gonna happen?" and a lot of people are living in fear.
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And a lot of people are living in fear. but one of the privileges
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That we have, as believers,
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That we have, as believers, is we don't have
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That we have, as believers, is we don't have to live in fear,
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Is we don't have to live in fear, because here's the thing,
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To live in fear, because here's the thing, no matter what happens,
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Because here's the thing, no matter what happens, god's gonna take care of us.
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No matter what happens, god's gonna take care of us. did you hear me?
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God's gonna take care of us. did you hear me? no matter what happens,
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Did you hear me? no matter what happens, god is going to take care of us.
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No matter what happens, god is going to take care of us. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: so, we don't need
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>> joyce: so, we don't need to fret over it.
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>> joyce: so, we don't need to fret over it. and i believe that those
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To fret over it. and i believe that those of us that are alive,
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And i believe that those of us that are alive, in this day and hour,
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Of us that are alive, in this day and hour, are here for a very
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In this day and hour, are here for a very special purpose.
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Are here for a very special purpose. and i think one of the things
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Special purpose. and i think one of the things that god really wants us
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And i think one of the things that god really wants us to do is turn the lights up.
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That god really wants us to do is turn the lights up. did you hear me?
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To do is turn the lights up. did you hear me? he wants us to turn
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Did you hear me? he wants us to turn the lights up.
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He wants us to turn the lights up. the darker it gets in the world,
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The lights up. the darker it gets in the world, the brighter the light
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The darker it gets in the world, the brighter the light is gonna shine.
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The brighter the light is gonna shine. you know, if you've got
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Is gonna shine. you know, if you've got a light on, in a light room,
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You know, if you've got a light on, in a light room, nobody notices the light.
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A light on, in a light room, nobody notices the light. but if you're in a dark
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Nobody notices the light. but if you're in a dark room and somebody
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But if you're in a dark room and somebody turns on one little light,
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Room and somebody turns on one little light, everybody's attention
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Turns on one little light, everybody's attention is drawn to that.
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Everybody's attention is drawn to that. well, no wonder
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Is drawn to that. well, no wonder jesus said that we are
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Well, no wonder jesus said that we are the light of the world.
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Jesus said that we are the light of the world. he's the light of the world,
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The light of the world. he's the light of the world, but now, he's passed
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He's the light of the world, but now, he's passed that on to us.
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But now, he's passed that on to us. we are the light of the world.
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That on to us. we are the light of the world. and it's so important,
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We are the light of the world. and it's so important, for us, that we make
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And it's so important, for us, that we make a decision that our main job--
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For us, that we make a decision that our main job-- can i tell you something?
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A decision that our main job-- can i tell you something? your main job, right here,
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Can i tell you something? your main job, right here, right now, in the earth,
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Your main job, right here, right now, in the earth, is to get out into your
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Right now, in the earth, is to get out into your corner of the world,
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Is to get out into your corner of the world, and represent jesus.
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Corner of the world, and represent jesus. >> [audience applauding]
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And represent jesus. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: now, i don't know.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: now, i don't know. maybe that doesn't
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>> joyce: now, i don't know. maybe that doesn't interest you like it should,
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Maybe that doesn't interest you like it should, but that's why you're here.
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Interest you like it should, but that's why you're here. it's not just to get
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But that's why you're here. it's not just to get everything you want.
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It's not just to get everything you want. although god will give us many
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Everything you want. although god will give us many of the things that we want.
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Although god will give us many of the things that we want. we are--listen to me.
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Of the things that we want. we are--listen to me. we are going to go through
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We are--listen to me. we are going to go through some of the same things,
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We are going to go through some of the same things, that other people
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Some of the same things, that other people in the world go through.
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That other people in the world go through. we're in the world but
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In the world go through. we're in the world but we're not of the world.
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We're in the world but we're not of the world. and god wants us to trust,
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We're not of the world. and god wants us to trust, trust, trust, trust, trust,
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And god wants us to trust, trust, trust, trust, trust, and then, trust, and then,
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Trust, trust, trust, trust, and then, trust, and then, trust, and then, trust
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And then, trust, and then, trust, and then, trust some more, that however
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Trust, and then, trust some more, that however it works out we're his kids
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Some more, that however it works out we're his kids and he's gonna take care of us.
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Verse three--
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Verse three-- psalm 37:3.
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Verse three-- psalm 37:3. actually, i did a whole
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Psalm 37:3. actually, i did a whole series on psalm 37:3.
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Actually, i did a whole series on psalm 37:3. "trust in the lord
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Series on psalm 37:3. "trust in the lord and do good."
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"trust in the lord and do good." we don't just trust god,
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But while we're trusting god,
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But while we're trusting god, we keep doing what's right.
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But while we're trusting god, we keep doing what's right. so often, when we're hurting,
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We keep doing what's right. so often, when we're hurting, we don't wanna go to church,
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So often, when we're hurting, we don't wanna go to church, we don't wanna read the bible,
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We don't wanna go to church, we don't wanna read the bible, we certainly don't wanna
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We don't wanna read the bible, we certainly don't wanna be good to anybody,
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We certainly don't wanna be good to anybody, we're not interested in giving,
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Be good to anybody, we're not interested in giving, you know.
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We're not interested in giving, you know. we just wanna go somewhere
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You know. we just wanna go somewhere and nurse our wounds
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We just wanna go somewhere and nurse our wounds and feel bad for ourself.
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And nurse our wounds and feel bad for ourself. and i remember pastor
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And feel bad for ourself. and i remember pastor charles saying the first
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And i remember pastor charles saying the first thing he wanted to do,
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Charles saying the first thing he wanted to do, he couldn't wait
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Thing he wanted to do, he couldn't wait to get to church.
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He couldn't wait to get to church. he couldn't wait to get
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To get to church. he couldn't wait to get back into church because
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He couldn't wait to get back into church because this was where his life was
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Back into church because this was where his life was and helping you guys was--
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This was where his life was and helping you guys was-- brought healing
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And helping you guys was-- brought healing and comfort to him.
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Brought healing and comfort to him. and when you're hurting,
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And comfort to him. and when you're hurting, don't withdraw.
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And when you're hurting, don't withdraw. get more busy than ever
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Don't withdraw. get more busy than ever reaching out to other
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Get more busy than ever reaching out to other people helping them
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Reaching out to other people helping them because that's where your
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People helping them because that's where your healing is gonna come in.
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Because that's where your healing is gonna come in. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: it's so tempting
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>> joyce: it's so tempting to just sit home and isolate
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>> joyce: it's so tempting to just sit home and isolate ourselves and nurse our wounds
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To just sit home and isolate ourselves and nurse our wounds and feel sorry for ourselves.
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Ourselves and nurse our wounds and feel sorry for ourselves. but that's the last
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And feel sorry for ourselves. but that's the last thing that you wanna
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But that's the last thing that you wanna do in a situation like that.
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Thing that you wanna do in a situation like that. "delight yourself
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Do in a situation like that. "delight yourself in the lord--"
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"delight yourself in the lord--" verse four, "and he will give
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In the lord--" verse four, "and he will give you the desires of your heart."
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Verse four, "and he will give you the desires of your heart." won't that be fun?
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You the desires of your heart." won't that be fun? let's talk about
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Won't that be fun? let's talk about reasoning for a minute.
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How many of you have the kind
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How many of you have the kind of mind where you just like
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How many of you have the kind of mind where you just like to figure things out?
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Of mind where you just like to figure things out? well, i have to admit, i do too,
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To figure things out? well, i have to admit, i do too, you know?
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Well, i have to admit, i do too, you know? my favorite types of movies
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You know? my favorite types of movies are mysteries.
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My favorite types of movies are mysteries. i honestly think if i wouldn't
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Are mysteries. i honestly think if i wouldn't have been a preacher,
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I honestly think if i wouldn't have been a preacher, i could have been a detective.
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Have been a preacher, i could have been a detective. >> [audience laughing]
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I could have been a detective. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: seriously, it's like
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: seriously, it's like i just love to figure it out.
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>> joyce: seriously, it's like i just love to figure it out. i love the surprise
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I just love to figure it out. i love the surprise and the mystery of it.
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I love the surprise and the mystery of it. and so, it's hard for me not
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And the mystery of it. and so, it's hard for me not to get into trying to figure out
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And so, it's hard for me not to get into trying to figure out why this happened, or why that
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To get into trying to figure out why this happened, or why that happened, and why something else
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Why this happened, or why that happened, and why something else happened.
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Happened, and why something else happened. and, you know, i had
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Happened. and, you know, i had the privilege of being part
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And, you know, i had the privilege of being part of what is known as
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The privilege of being part of what is known as "the word of faith movement."
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Of what is known as "the word of faith movement." and i'd been a christian
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"the word of faith movement." and i'd been a christian for a long time,
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And i'd been a christian for a long time, but there was a great outpouring
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For a long time, but there was a great outpouring of the holy spirit in
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But there was a great outpouring of the holy spirit in the church, and just a lot of
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Of the holy spirit in the church, and just a lot of teaching about faith and a lot
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The church, and just a lot of teaching about faith and a lot of teaching about healing.
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Teaching about faith and a lot of teaching about healing. and, you know, it was wonderful.
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Of teaching about healing. and, you know, it was wonderful. it was a wonderful time, but i
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And, you know, it was wonderful. it was a wonderful time, but i also wanna tell ya, and i do it
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It was a wonderful time, but i also wanna tell ya, and i do it respectfully, some of the truths
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Also wanna tell ya, and i do it respectfully, some of the truths that were being taught were
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Respectfully, some of the truths that were being taught were taken to such an extreme that
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That were being taught were taken to such an extreme that they then began to be a problem.
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Taken to such an extreme that they then began to be a problem. even like the teaching that god
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They then began to be a problem. even like the teaching that god wanted to bless us, and he does.
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Even like the teaching that god wanted to bless us, and he does. and god wants us to have
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Wanted to bless us, and he does. and god wants us to have our needs met.
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And god wants us to have our needs met. and he wants us to have
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Our needs met. and he wants us to have an abundance of things.
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And he wants us to have an abundance of things. why would he want all
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An abundance of things. why would he want all the sinners in the world to have
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Why would he want all the sinners in the world to have all the good stuff while we sit
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The sinners in the world to have all the good stuff while we sit around and just have nothin'
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All the good stuff while we sit around and just have nothin' all the time?
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Around and just have nothin' all the time? god wants to bless us, but he
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All the time? god wants to bless us, but he doesn't want, nor will he bless
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God wants to bless us, but he doesn't want, nor will he bless us beyond our level
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Doesn't want, nor will he bless us beyond our level of spiritual maturity.
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Well, i guess i better say
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Well, i guess i better say that again.
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Well, i guess i better say that again. >> [audience applauding]
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That again. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: think about a tree.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: think about a tree. first, when a tree is planted,
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>> joyce: think about a tree. first, when a tree is planted, before any fruit comes on
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First, when a tree is planted, before any fruit comes on the branches, a long time has
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Before any fruit comes on the branches, a long time has to be taken for that tree to get
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The branches, a long time has to be taken for that tree to get deep roots in the ground.
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Otherwise, when the fruit does
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Otherwise, when the fruit does come on the branches,
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Otherwise, when the fruit does come on the branches, the good stuff that you can see,
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Come on the branches, the good stuff that you can see, when that comes on the branches,
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The good stuff that you can see, when that comes on the branches, it will cause the whole thing
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When that comes on the branches, it will cause the whole thing to topple over and fall.
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It will cause the whole thing to topple over and fall. if god gives any person more
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To topple over and fall. if god gives any person more than they are spiritually ready
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If god gives any person more than they are spiritually ready to handle, he's not
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Than they are spiritually ready to handle, he's not helping them;
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To handle, he's not helping them; he's hurting them.
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Helping them; he's hurting them. and so, don't just pray for god
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He's hurting them. and so, don't just pray for god to give you everything you want.
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And so, don't just pray for god to give you everything you want. pray that god will give you what
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To give you everything you want. pray that god will give you what you can handle.
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Pray that god will give you what you can handle. and pray that he will never give
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You can handle. and pray that he will never give you more than what you can
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And pray that he will never give you more than what you can handle because stuff can take us
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You more than what you can handle because stuff can take us away from god if we're not ready
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Handle because stuff can take us away from god if we're not ready to handle it.
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Away from god if we're not ready to handle it. so, the teaching was great.
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To handle it. so, the teaching was great. it taught me that god wanted
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So, the teaching was great. it taught me that god wanted to bless me, and i learned
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It taught me that god wanted to bless me, and i learned how to believe god for
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To bless me, and i learned how to believe god for greater things than ever before,
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How to believe god for greater things than ever before, and i learned how to give,
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Greater things than ever before, and i learned how to give, and i saw a lot of amazing
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And i learned how to give, and i saw a lot of amazing things happening in my life.
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And i saw a lot of amazing things happening in my life. but if i'm truthful, i think
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Things happening in my life. but if i'm truthful, i think we're still dealing with some
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But if i'm truthful, i think we're still dealing with some of the results of selfishness
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We're still dealing with some of the results of selfishness in christians that, that time
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Of the results of selfishness in christians that, that time in church history caused.
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In christians that, that time in church history caused. people today are addicted
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In church history caused. people today are addicted to their own comfort.
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>> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: do you know
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: do you know who watchman nee is?
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>> joyce: do you know who watchman nee is? anybody ever heard of him?
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Who watchman nee is? anybody ever heard of him? well, he's a chinese christian
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Anybody ever heard of him? well, he's a chinese christian that wrote a lot of stuff that
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Well, he's a chinese christian that wrote a lot of stuff that you'd better be ready to grow up
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That wrote a lot of stuff that you'd better be ready to grow up before you try to read it.
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You'd better be ready to grow up before you try to read it. >> [audience laughing]
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Before you try to read it. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: if you think i'm
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: if you think i'm straightforward, you ought to
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>> joyce: if you think i'm straightforward, you ought to read a little bit of his stuff.
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Straightforward, you ought to read a little bit of his stuff. and i don't necessarily agree
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Read a little bit of his stuff. and i don't necessarily agree with his views on everything,
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And i don't necessarily agree with his views on everything, but i learned.
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With his views on everything, but i learned. i mean, really, his material
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But i learned. i mean, really, his material really helped me see some
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I mean, really, his material really helped me see some of the imbalance of some
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Really helped me see some of the imbalance of some of the things that i believed.
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Of the imbalance of some of the things that i believed. because one of the other things
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Of the things that i believed. because one of the other things that we were taught was that,
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Really, if you had enough faith,
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Really, if you had enough faith, you wouldn't have to have
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Really, if you had enough faith, you wouldn't have to have problems.
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You wouldn't have to have problems. well, that's just not biblical.
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Problems. well, that's just not biblical. and so, when somebody would get
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Well, that's just not biblical. and so, when somebody would get sick or somebody would be havin'
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And so, when somebody would get sick or somebody would be havin' problems in their life,
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Sick or somebody would be havin' problems in their life, back then, we always felt like
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Problems in their life, back then, we always felt like we had to find a reason for it.
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Back then, we always felt like we had to find a reason for it. "well, they must have sin
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We had to find a reason for it. "well, they must have sin in their life."
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"well, they must have sin in their life." "they must've not had enough
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In their life." "they must've not had enough faith."
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"they must've not had enough faith." and i hate all of that,
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Faith." and i hate all of that, hate all of that.
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Just because you're havin'
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Just because you're havin' problems, that doesn't mean that
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Just because you're havin' problems, that doesn't mean that you've done anything wrong.
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Problems, that doesn't mean that you've done anything wrong. the bible says that
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You've done anything wrong. the bible says that "the righteous will suffer."
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The bible says that "the righteous will suffer." and we can't always figure that
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"the righteous will suffer." and we can't always figure that out, but there's no promise in
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The word that we're gonna always
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The word that we're gonna always have everything comin' up roses
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The word that we're gonna always have everything comin' up roses all the time.
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Have everything comin' up roses all the time. what god does promise us is that
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All the time. what god does promise us is that he will do the best thing for us
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What god does promise us is that he will do the best thing for us at the time, but he also
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He will do the best thing for us at the time, but he also sometimes wants to use us to be
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At the time, but he also sometimes wants to use us to be a blessing to other people.
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Sometimes wants to use us to be a blessing to other people. is anybody home today
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A blessing to other people. is anybody home today in the house?
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Is anybody home today in the house? >> [audience applauding]
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In the house? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know, i don't know
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know, i don't know what it is you wanna hear
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>> joyce: you know, i don't know what it is you wanna hear every time you go to church.
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What it is you wanna hear every time you go to church. but one of the things that
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Every time you go to church. but one of the things that watchman nee said that i really
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But one of the things that watchman nee said that i really like is he said, "we don't go
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Watchman nee said that i really like is he said, "we don't go to church to be entertained."
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Like is he said, "we don't go to church to be entertained." >> [audience applauding]
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To church to be entertained." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i can tell ya--
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i can tell ya-- i can tell ya from runnin'
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>> joyce: and i can tell ya-- i can tell ya from runnin' conferences, and we get in these
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I can tell ya from runnin' conferences, and we get in these big arenas, and you have
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Conferences, and we get in these big arenas, and you have thousands and thousands of
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Big arenas, and you have thousands and thousands of people come and--not everybody,
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Thousands and thousands of people come and--not everybody, but people want a show.
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People come and--not everybody, but people want a show. and when you're in this
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But people want a show. and when you're in this position, it's heartbreaking
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And when you're in this position, it's heartbreaking sometimes when you really wanna
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Position, it's heartbreaking sometimes when you really wanna get in deeper with somebody and
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Sometimes when you really wanna get in deeper with somebody and teach them how to grow up
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Get in deeper with somebody and teach them how to grow up in god and how to really
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Teach them how to grow up in god and how to really serve god, and all they want
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In god and how to really serve god, and all they want you to do is entertain 'em.
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Serve god, and all they want you to do is entertain 'em. and so, keep in mind, every time
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You to do is entertain 'em. and so, keep in mind, every time you go to church, you don't have
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And so, keep in mind, every time you go to church, you don't have to be entertained.
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You go to church, you don't have to be entertained. you don't even have to like what
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To be entertained. you don't even have to like what the preacher's sayin'.
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You don't even have to like what the preacher's sayin'. that doesn't mean you don't
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The preacher's sayin'. that doesn't mean you don't need it just 'cause you
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That doesn't mean you don't need it just 'cause you don't like it.
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Need it just 'cause you don't like it. >> [audience applauding]
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Don't like it. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we don't go to church
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: we don't go to church to be entertained.
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>> joyce: we don't go to church to be entertained. we go to grow up, amen?
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To be entertained. we go to grow up, amen? i think that every time
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We go to grow up, amen? i think that every time we go to church, we should
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I think that every time we go to church, we should hear something that encourages
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We go to church, we should hear something that encourages us and convicts us, something
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Hear something that encourages us and convicts us, something that makes us feel better,
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Us and convicts us, something that makes us feel better, and something that makes us
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That makes us feel better, and something that makes us wanna grow and go on.
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And something that makes us wanna grow and go on. so, i thank god for what
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Wanna grow and go on. so, i thank god for what i learned about faith, but
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So, i thank god for what i learned about faith, but the thing that i'm tryin' to get
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I learned about faith, but the thing that i'm tryin' to get across to you today is you can
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The thing that i'm tryin' to get across to you today is you can be a great man or a great woman
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Across to you today is you can be a great man or a great woman of faith and that doesn't mean
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Be a great man or a great woman of faith and that doesn't mean that you are never gonna
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Of faith and that doesn't mean that you are never gonna have problems.
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That you are never gonna have problems. it doesn't mean that you're
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Have problems. it doesn't mean that you're always gonna get everything
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It doesn't mean that you're always gonna get everything the way that you want it.
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Always gonna get everything the way that you want it. i think it takes one level
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The way that you want it. i think it takes one level of faith to believe god
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I think it takes one level of faith to believe god and get what you want.
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Of faith to believe god and get what you want. but, this is my opinion,
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And get what you want. but, this is my opinion, i think it takes a greater faith
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But, this is my opinion, i think it takes a greater faith to believe god for what you
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I think it takes a greater faith to believe god for what you want and not get it and still
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To believe god for what you want and not get it and still love god just as much.
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Want and not get it and still love god just as much. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: so, let me just say,
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>> joyce: so, let me just say, if you're mad at god today,
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>> joyce: so, let me just say, if you're mad at god today, you're mad at the wrong person.
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If you're mad at god today, you're mad at the wrong person. because he is not
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You're mad at the wrong person. because he is not the author and source of your
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Because he is not the author and source of your problems, the enemy is, amen?
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The author and source of your problems, the enemy is, amen? and the only way to get
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Problems, the enemy is, amen? and the only way to get the devil back is to do as much
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And the only way to get the devil back is to do as much good as you can possibly
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The devil back is to do as much good as you can possibly do every day of your life.
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Good as you can possibly do every day of your life. >> [audience applauding]
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Do every day of your life. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i can tell you that
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i can tell you that every time i get up on
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>> joyce: i can tell you that every time i get up on the pulpit and i open my mouth
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Every time i get up on the pulpit and i open my mouth to preach a sermon, i'm getting
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The pulpit and i open my mouth to preach a sermon, i'm getting the devil back for what he did
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To preach a sermon, i'm getting the devil back for what he did to me in my childhood.
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The devil back for what he did to me in my childhood. >> [audience cheering]
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To me in my childhood. >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: and every time
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>> [audience cheering] >> joyce: and every time pastor charles
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>> joyce: and every time pastor charles gets up and he ministers
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Pastor charles gets up and he ministers the word--and i know you're
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Gets up and he ministers the word--and i know you're starting a satellite church now,
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The word--and i know you're starting a satellite church now, and him and his children are
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Starting a satellite church now, and him and his children are gonna be involved in that.
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Do you have any idea how mad it
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Do you have any idea how mad it makes the devil when he throws
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Do you have any idea how mad it makes the devil when he throws his greatest punch and you just
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Makes the devil when he throws his greatest punch and you just take it to another level?
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His greatest punch and you just take it to another level? >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: we're gonna keep
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>> joyce: we're gonna keep goin' on with god.
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>> joyce: we're gonna keep goin' on with god. trust is a belief in someone
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Goin' on with god. trust is a belief in someone or something, a belief that
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Trust is a belief in someone or something, a belief that they're reliable, good,
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Or something, a belief that they're reliable, good, honest, and effective.
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They're reliable, good, honest, and effective. now, got a whole bunch of stuff
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Honest, and effective. now, got a whole bunch of stuff i can't get to.
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Now, got a whole bunch of stuff i can't get to. so, here's a question.
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I can't get to. so, here's a question. what if i don't get what i want?
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So, here's a question. what if i don't get what i want? hmm, well, better have a back-up
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What if i don't get what i want? hmm, well, better have a back-up plan, i guess.
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Hmm, well, better have a back-up plan, i guess. >> [audience laughing]
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Plan, i guess. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: see, that's our
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: see, that's our problem sometimes.
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>> joyce: see, that's our problem sometimes. we don't get all the way
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Problem sometimes. we don't get all the way in with god.
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We don't get all the way in with god. we just get in far enough that
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In with god. we just get in far enough that if he don't come through,
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We just get in far enough that if he don't come through, we can still take over and--
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If he don't come through, we can still take over and-- >> [audience applauding]
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We can still take over and-- >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: find a way to get
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: find a way to get what we want.
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>> joyce: find a way to get what we want. that fear of not getting what we
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What we want. that fear of not getting what we want keeps us from totally
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That fear of not getting what we want keeps us from totally trusting god, totally
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Want keeps us from totally trusting god, totally trusting god.
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Trusting god, totally trusting god. "well, what if i totally
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Trusting god. "well, what if i totally trust god and i don't
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"well, what if i totally trust god and i don't get what i want?"
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Trust god and i don't get what i want?" well, then i guess you weren't
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Get what i want?" well, then i guess you weren't supposed to have it.
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Well, then i guess you weren't supposed to have it. you know, somewhere along
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Supposed to have it. you know, somewhere along the line, we have to realize
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You know, somewhere along the line, we have to realize that we don't know everything,
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The line, we have to realize that we don't know everything, and everything we want may
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That we don't know everything, and everything we want may not be the best thing for us.
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And everything we want may not be the best thing for us. and another thing that i think
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Not be the best thing for us. and another thing that i think we need to remember is we're not
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And another thing that i think we need to remember is we're not the only person on the planet
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We need to remember is we're not the only person on the planet that god's interested in doin'
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The only person on the planet that god's interested in doin' anything with and for.
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He doesn't make all of his
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He doesn't make all of his decisions just based
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He doesn't make all of his decisions just based on what i want, but he makes
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Decisions just based on what i want, but he makes his decisions based
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On what i want, but he makes his decisions based on a lot of things.
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His decisions based on a lot of things. you know, jesus said, "father,
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On a lot of things. you know, jesus said, "father, if you're willing, take this cup
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You know, jesus said, "father, if you're willing, take this cup from me."
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If you're willing, take this cup from me." he didn't want to go through
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From me." he didn't want to go through what he was gonna go through.
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He didn't want to go through what he was gonna go through. you know, we don't have to want
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What he was gonna go through. you know, we don't have to want to do everything that we do.
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You know, we don't have to want to do everything that we do. we just have to know it's
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To do everything that we do. we just have to know it's the will of god and be willing
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We just have to know it's the will of god and be willing to do it.
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The will of god and be willing to do it. "father, remove this cup
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To do it. "father, remove this cup from me.
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"father, remove this cup from me. nevertheless, your will be done
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From me. nevertheless, your will be done and not mine."
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Nevertheless, your will be done and not mine." well, you know what?
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And not mine." well, you know what? the father didn't enjoy watching
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His son suffer like that.
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His son suffer like that. he may have preferred to save
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His son suffer like that. he may have preferred to save him from it, but he didn't,
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He may have preferred to save him from it, but he didn't, because that wasn't all
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Him from it, but he didn't, because that wasn't all he needed to consider.
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Because that wasn't all he needed to consider. when jesus was dying on
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He needed to consider. when jesus was dying on the cross, you know what
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When jesus was dying on the cross, you know what the father was thinkin' about?
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The cross, you know what the father was thinkin' about? yes, he saw the suffering that
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The father was thinkin' about? yes, he saw the suffering that his son was goin' through,
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Yes, he saw the suffering that his son was goin' through, but you know what he was
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His son was goin' through, but you know what he was thinkin' about?
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But you know what he was thinkin' about? you,
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Thinkin' about? you, and me and all the millions
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You, and me and all the millions of people that would ever live
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And me and all the millions of people that would ever live that had to have a savior.
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Of people that would ever live that had to have a savior. >> [audience applauding]
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That had to have a savior. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: maybe when i was that
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>> joyce: maybe when i was that little 10 or 12-year-old girl
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>> joyce: maybe when i was that little 10 or 12-year-old girl and i was prayin' for god to get
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Little 10 or 12-year-old girl and i was prayin' for god to get me out of that situation,
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And i was prayin' for god to get me out of that situation, maybe he had all the other
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Me out of that situation, maybe he had all the other millions of women
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Maybe he had all the other millions of women that would be sexually abused,
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Millions of women that would be sexually abused, in mind, and he wanted
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That would be sexually abused, in mind, and he wanted somebody that would be bold
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In mind, and he wanted somebody that would be bold enough to get up in a pulpit
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Somebody that would be bold enough to get up in a pulpit and tell them--
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Enough to get up in a pulpit and tell them-- >> [audience cheering]
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And tell them-- >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: see, for years
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>> [audience cheering] >> joyce: see, for years and years and years, one of
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>> joyce: see, for years and years and years, one of the reasons why my mother didn't
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And years and years, one of the reasons why my mother didn't help me in the situation i was
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The reasons why my mother didn't help me in the situation i was in was because she couldn't
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Help me in the situation i was in was because she couldn't face the scandal.
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In was because she couldn't face the scandal. nobody talked about
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Face the scandal. nobody talked about sexual abuse.
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Nobody talked about sexual abuse. nobody talked about incest
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Sexual abuse. nobody talked about incest in families.
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Nobody talked about incest in families. you just didn't talk about it.
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In families. you just didn't talk about it. you didn't tell anybody and you
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You just didn't talk about it. you didn't tell anybody and you didn't talk about it.
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You didn't tell anybody and you didn't talk about it. well, i--somebody needed to talk
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Didn't talk about it. well, i--somebody needed to talk about it, and god picked me.
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Well, i--somebody needed to talk about it, and god picked me. but i had to know what i was
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About it, and god picked me. but i had to know what i was talkin' about.
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But i had to know what i was talkin' about. >> [audience applauding]
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Talkin' about. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and of course,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and of course, now people talk about it
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>> joyce: and of course, now people talk about it all the time.
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Now people talk about it all the time. it's just--it's out there,
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All the time. it's just--it's out there, and people are getting
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It's just--it's out there, and people are getting the help that they need.
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And people are getting the help that they need. but when you're askin' god to do
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The help that they need. but when you're askin' god to do something, he doesn't just
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But when you're askin' god to do something, he doesn't just always just have you in mind.
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Something, he doesn't just always just have you in mind. there may be things involved
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Always just have you in mind. there may be things involved that you just don't
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There may be things involved that you just don't understand yet.
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That you just don't understand yet. we live life forward,
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Understand yet. we live life forward, but we understand it backward.
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We live life forward, but we understand it backward. and what you don't understand
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But we understand it backward. and what you don't understand now you may understand at some
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And what you don't understand now you may understand at some point, but you may never
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Now you may understand at some point, but you may never understand, and that's okay too,
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Point, but you may never understand, and that's okay too, amen?
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Understand, and that's okay too, amen? >> audience: amen.
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>> joyce: romans 11:33 and 34:
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>> joyce: romans 11:33 and 34: "oh, the depth of the riches
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>> joyce: romans 11:33 and 34: "oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom
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"oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of god!
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And the wisdom and the knowledge of god! how unfathomable (inscrutable,
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And the knowledge of god! how unfathomable (inscrutable, and unsearchable) are his
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How unfathomable (inscrutable, and unsearchable) are his judgments (his decisions)!
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And unsearchable) are his judgments (his decisions)! and how untraceable (mysterious,
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Judgments (his decisions)! and how untraceable (mysterious, undiscoverable) are his ways
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And how untraceable (mysterious, undiscoverable) are his ways (his methods, his plans)!
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Undiscoverable) are his ways (his methods, his plans)! for who has known the mind of
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(his methods, his plans)! for who has known the mind of the lord and who has understood
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For who has known the mind of the lord and who has understood his thoughts, or who has [ever]
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The lord and who has understood his thoughts, or who has [ever] been his counselor?"
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His thoughts, or who has [ever] been his counselor?" so, if i would've walked in here
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Been his counselor?" so, if i would've walked in here today and if i would've said,
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"how many of you are in a time
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"how many of you are in a time of confusion right now
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"how many of you are in a time of confusion right now in your life?"
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Of confusion right now in your life?" there would have been a lot
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In your life?" there would have been a lot of hands up.
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There would have been a lot of hands up. and you know what?
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Of hands up. and you know what? you can't get confused if you
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And you know what? you can't get confused if you refuse to get into reasoning.
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You can't get confused if you refuse to get into reasoning. that's the only thing that
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Refuse to get into reasoning. that's the only thing that confuses us, is when we try
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That's the only thing that confuses us, is when we try to figure things out that only
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Confuses us, is when we try to figure things out that only god knows and he's not
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To figure things out that only god knows and he's not ready to tell yet.
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God knows and he's not ready to tell yet. so, how 'bout if we get
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Ready to tell yet. so, how 'bout if we get comfortable not knowing?
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So, how 'bout if we get comfortable not knowing? >> [audience softly applauding]
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Comfortable not knowing? >> [audience softly applauding] >> joyce: hmm.
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>> [audience softly applauding] >> joyce: hmm. come on, i already told ya.
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>> joyce: hmm. come on, i already told ya. don't make me work hard.
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Come on, i already told ya. don't make me work hard. >> [audience laughing]
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Don't make me work hard. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how 'bout if we get
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how 'bout if we get comfortable not knowing?
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>> joyce: how 'bout if we get comfortable not knowing? how 'bout if we trust god so
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Comfortable not knowing? how 'bout if we trust god so much that we don't have to know?
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How 'bout if we trust god so much that we don't have to know? >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: boy, i hope there's
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>> joyce: boy, i hope there's some people watching
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>> joyce: boy, i hope there's some people watching by television that you're
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Some people watching by television that you're getting this.
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By television that you're getting this. how 'bout if you just don't
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Getting this. how 'bout if you just don't have to know?
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How 'bout if you just don't have to know? see, i think that's what
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Have to know? see, i think that's what real trust is, "i don't
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See, i think that's what real trust is, "i don't have to know, because god knows.
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Real trust is, "i don't have to know, because god knows. and i trust that he will take
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Have to know, because god knows. and i trust that he will take care of me."
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And i trust that he will take care of me." "why, god, why?"
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Care of me." "why, god, why?" "when, god, when?"
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"why, god, why?" "when, god, when?" "how, god, how?"
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"when, god, when?" "how, god, how?" >> [audience laughing]
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"how, god, how?" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on. how 'bout if we just
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>> joyce: come on. how 'bout if we just stop all that and have a whole
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How 'bout if we just stop all that and have a whole bunch of peace
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Stop all that and have a whole bunch of peace and a bunch of joy?
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Bunch of peace and a bunch of joy? now, a lot of our requests are
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And a bunch of joy? now, a lot of our requests are for god to change other people.
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Now, a lot of our requests are for god to change other people. >> [audience laughing]
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For god to change other people. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, well,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, well, everybody relates to that.
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>> joyce: well, well, everybody relates to that. >> [audience laughing]
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Everybody relates to that. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, here's the thing
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, here's the thing we have to realize.
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>> joyce: well, here's the thing we have to realize. i am not gonna stand here
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We have to realize. i am not gonna stand here and tell you that if you've got
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I am not gonna stand here and tell you that if you've got somebody in your life that's
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And tell you that if you've got somebody in your life that's not treating you right,
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Somebody in your life that's not treating you right, that you can pray for them
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Not treating you right, that you can pray for them to change, and bing-bong,
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That you can pray for them to change, and bing-bong, god's gonna do it.
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To change, and bing-bong, god's gonna do it. he'll try.
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God's gonna do it. he'll try. if what they're doing
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He'll try. if what they're doing is really wrong, god will try.
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If what they're doing is really wrong, god will try. your prayers open up a door
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Is really wrong, god will try. your prayers open up a door for god to work in their life.
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Your prayers open up a door for god to work in their life. but every person has a free
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For god to work in their life. but every person has a free will and a free choice.
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But every person has a free will and a free choice. and god is not gonna make
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Will and a free choice. and god is not gonna make somebody else do what's right,
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And god is not gonna make somebody else do what's right, because that's what
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Somebody else do what's right, because that's what you want him to do.
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Because that's what you want him to do. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: you know, sometimes,
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>> joyce: you know, sometimes, god would rather change
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>> joyce: you know, sometimes, god would rather change you than change them.
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God would rather change you than change them. >> [audience applauding]
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You than change them. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i'll be honest
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i'll be honest with you.
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>> joyce: and i'll be honest with you. you think some of the people--
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With you. you think some of the people-- you might say that person
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You think some of the people-- you might say that person is just like sandpaper to me.
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You might say that person is just like sandpaper to me. >> [audience laughing]
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Is just like sandpaper to me. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, guess what
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, guess what sandpaper is for?
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>> joyce: well, guess what sandpaper is for? it's to rub off all
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Sandpaper is for? it's to rub off all the rough edges.
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It's to rub off all the rough edges. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: oh, my gosh!
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>> joyce: oh, my gosh! i'm the kind of person that's
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>> joyce: oh, my gosh! i'm the kind of person that's always in a pretty good hurry.
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I'm the kind of person that's always in a pretty good hurry. i'm like full-on got a plan.
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Always in a pretty good hurry. i'm like full-on got a plan. here we go.
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I'm like full-on got a plan. here we go. and you know, i don't really
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Here we go. and you know, i don't really apologize for that.
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And you know, i don't really apologize for that. i wouldn't get done
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Apologize for that. i wouldn't get done what i do if i wasn't.
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I wouldn't get done what i do if i wasn't. but in the process of that,
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What i do if i wasn't. but in the process of that, if i'm not really careful,
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But in the process of that, if i'm not really careful, and i'm not always
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If i'm not really careful, and i'm not always careful enough,
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And i'm not always careful enough, i can be impatient with
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Careful enough, i can be impatient with people that aren't moving
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I can be impatient with people that aren't moving along at my speed.
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People that aren't moving along at my speed. so, what does god do?
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Along at my speed. so, what does god do? he surrounds me with
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So, what does god do? he surrounds me with people that never get
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He surrounds me with people that never get in a hurry about anything.
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People that never get in a hurry about anything. >> [audience laughing]
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In a hurry about anything. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: come on. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know dave is real
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know dave is real easygoing and he's adaptable;
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>> joyce: you know dave is real easygoing and he's adaptable; and it's a good thing god gave
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Easygoing and he's adaptable; and it's a good thing god gave me a husband like that
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And it's a good thing god gave me a husband like that otherwise i might have been
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Me a husband like that otherwise i might have been married 200 times; i don't know.
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Otherwise i might have been married 200 times; i don't know. >> [audience laughing]
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Married 200 times; i don't know. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: because i was not
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: because i was not adaptable and easygoing,
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>> joyce: because i was not adaptable and easygoing, i've gotten a lot better.
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Adaptable and easygoing, i've gotten a lot better. but, you know,
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I've gotten a lot better. but, you know, there's just a lot of things
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But, you know, there's just a lot of things that dave just don't care.
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There's just a lot of things that dave just don't care. he's like...
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That dave just don't care. he's like... you know, like,
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He's like... you know, like, i know by 6 a.m.
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You know, like, i know by 6 a.m. what i'm gonna eat for dinner.
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I know by 6 a.m. what i'm gonna eat for dinner. >> [audience laughing]
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What i'm gonna eat for dinner. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: dave will figure
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: dave will figure it out when he gets
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>> joyce: dave will figure it out when he gets hungry at dinner, you know.
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It out when he gets hungry at dinner, you know. >> [audience laughing]
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Hungry at dinner, you know. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and so, sometimes,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and so, sometimes, you know, i might say,
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>> joyce: and so, sometimes, you know, i might say, "where do you wanna eat?"
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You know, i might say, "where do you wanna eat?" "i don't care."
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"where do you wanna eat?" "i don't care." you know, personally,
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"i don't care." you know, personally, i can't imagine anybody
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You know, personally, i can't imagine anybody not caring where they
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I can't imagine anybody not caring where they eat or what they eat.
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Not caring where they eat or what they eat. you know why?
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Eat or what they eat. you know why? because i care about everything.
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You know why? because i care about everything. i wish, sometimes,
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Because i care about everything. i wish, sometimes, that i didn't care so much,
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I wish, sometimes, that i didn't care so much, but here's the thing,
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That i didn't care so much, but here's the thing, we are what we are,
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But here's the thing, we are what we are, and we all want the freedom
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We are what we are, and we all want the freedom to be ourselves, but guess what?
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And we all want the freedom to be ourselves, but guess what? so does everybody else.
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>> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: and so, i'll leave
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>> joyce: and so, i'll leave you with this thought before
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>> joyce: and so, i'll leave you with this thought before i move on to just a couple
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You with this thought before i move on to just a couple of things i wanna end
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I move on to just a couple of things i wanna end this morning's session with.
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Of things i wanna end this morning's session with. when you pray for
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This morning's session with. when you pray for somebody to change,
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When you pray for somebody to change, make sure you're praying
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Somebody to change, make sure you're praying that for them,
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Make sure you're praying that for them, and not just for yourself
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That for them, and not just for yourself and your comfort.
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>> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on, really,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on, really, you don't really want everybody
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>> joyce: come on, really, you don't really want everybody in your life to be like you.
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You don't really want everybody in your life to be like you. most of you don't
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In your life to be like you. most of you don't even like yourself.
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Most of you don't even like yourself. what makes you think
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Even like yourself. what makes you think that you would--?
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What makes you think that you would--? >> [audience laughing]
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That you would--? >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, it's the truth, you know.
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>> joyce: i mean, it's the truth, you know. and god's always gonna
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It's the truth, you know. and god's always gonna put people around us that
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And god's always gonna put people around us that are gonna be annoying.
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Put people around us that are gonna be annoying. i don't know how else to say it.
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Are gonna be annoying. i don't know how else to say it. >> [audience laughing]
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I don't know how else to say it. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and you know,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and you know, i've prayed and prayed
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>> joyce: and you know, i've prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed
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I've prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed for different people
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And prayed and prayed and prayed for different people to change and you know,
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And prayed for different people to change and you know, finally i just kind of learned
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To change and you know, finally i just kind of learned to adapt and just love
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Finally i just kind of learned to adapt and just love 'em the way they are.
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To adapt and just love 'em the way they are. you know, we need to learn
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'em the way they are. you know, we need to learn how to value people the way
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You know, we need to learn how to value people the way they are and not the way
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How to value people the way they are and not the way we'd like them to be.
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They are and not the way we'd like them to be. >> [audience applauding]
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We'd like them to be. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: now...
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: now... let's just think,
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>> joyce: now... let's just think, for a minute,
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Let's just think, for a minute, about the long-range
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For a minute, about the long-range plan that god has.
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About the long-range plan that god has. you know, i was all bothered
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Plan that god has. you know, i was all bothered about something--
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You know, i was all bothered about something-- some petty thing, last week.
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About something-- some petty thing, last week. and i was out taking my walk,
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Some petty thing, last week. and i was out taking my walk, and i was thinking about
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And i was out taking my walk, and i was thinking about eternity, and all of a sudden,
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And i was thinking about eternity, and all of a sudden, i just thought, "this thing,
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Eternity, and all of a sudden, i just thought, "this thing, that i have been letting bug me,
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I just thought, "this thing, that i have been letting bug me, is just nothing in light
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That i have been letting bug me, is just nothing in light of eternity."
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Is just nothing in light of eternity." and so, many of the things
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Of eternity." and so, many of the things that we let upset us,
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And so, many of the things that we let upset us, or bother us, they're nothing.
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That we let upset us, or bother us, they're nothing. they're petty.
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Or bother us, they're nothing. they're petty. they're nothing.
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They're petty. they're nothing. there's so many other
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They're nothing. there's so many other things that are so much more
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There's so many other things that are so much more important than those things.
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Things that are so much more important than those things. and you know, something i think,
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Important than those things. and you know, something i think, i don't think we talk
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And you know, something i think, i don't think we talk about heaven enough.
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I don't think we talk about heaven enough. i don't think we talk about,
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About heaven enough. i don't think we talk about, jesus is coming
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I don't think we talk about, jesus is coming back soon, enough.
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Jesus is coming back soon, enough. and i'm not just talking about,
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Back soon, enough. and i'm not just talking about, you know, trying to understand
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And i'm not just talking about, you know, trying to understand the book of revelation.
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You know, trying to understand the book of revelation. i mean, the apostles,
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The book of revelation. i mean, the apostles, they talked all the time
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I mean, the apostles, they talked all the time about jesus is coming soon.
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They talked all the time about jesus is coming soon. i mean, if you go and read it,
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About jesus is coming soon. i mean, if you go and read it, it's amazing how often
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I mean, if you go and read it, it's amazing how often they talked about that.
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It's amazing how often they talked about that. and paul said,
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They talked about that. and paul said, "he's coming soon."
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And paul said, "he's coming soon." and here, we are, thousands
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"he's coming soon." and here, we are, thousands of years down the road,
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And here, we are, thousands of years down the road, and he hasn't come back yet,
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Of years down the road, and he hasn't come back yet, and we're saying,
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And he hasn't come back yet, and we're saying, "he's coming soon."
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And we're saying, "he's coming soon." and you know why i think
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"he's coming soon." and you know why i think that we--that it's like that?
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And you know why i think that we--that it's like that? i think because that's the way
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That we--that it's like that? i think because that's the way god wants us to live.
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I think because that's the way god wants us to live. i don't know when jesus
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God wants us to live. i don't know when jesus is gonna come back.
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I don't know when jesus is gonna come back. but whenever he does,
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Is gonna come back. but whenever he does, i want to be ready.
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But whenever he does, i want to be ready. and when he does come back,
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I want to be ready. and when he does come back, we may not have time
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And when he does come back, we may not have time to go get ready.
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We may not have time to go get ready. so, that means we need
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To go get ready. so, that means we need to live ready.
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So, that means we need to live ready. >> [audience applauding]
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>> announcer: are you facing
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>> announcer: are you facing tough decisions right now
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Tough decisions right now and wondering how to know
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And wondering how to know god's will for your life?
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God's will for your life? god never intended
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God never intended for us to walk through
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For us to walk through life without his direction.
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In our journey with god,
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In our journey with god, he wants us to be led
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He wants us to be led by his spirit.
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By his spirit. you can learn how
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You can learn how to hear his voice,
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To hear his voice, follow his lead,
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Follow his lead, and discover how
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And discover how to walk out
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To walk out your purpose.
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Your purpose. joyce wants to help,
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Joyce wants to help, with her book,
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With her book, "hearing from god."
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"hearing from god." >> joyce: if you take too much
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>> joyce: if you take too much of a "supernatural" look
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Of a "supernatural" look at what it means to be led
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At what it means to be led by the holy spirit,
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By the holy spirit, many times you're gonna
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Many times you're gonna miss what god really wants
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Miss what god really wants you to do because in many ways,
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You to do because in many ways, the way that god speaks to us
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The way that god speaks to us and deals with us is a lot
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And deals with us is a lot more "normal" than what
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More "normal" than what you might think.
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You might think. this is what makes
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This is what makes our personal relationship
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Our personal relationship with god precious and exciting.
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With god precious and exciting. when you walk with
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When you walk with him in your ordinary,
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Him in your ordinary, everyday life and you want,
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Everyday life and you want, with all your heart,
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With all your heart, to obey him
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To obey him and to be the kind of person
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And to be the kind of person that he wants you to be.
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That he wants you to be. >> [audience applauding]
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Emotions, and receive
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>> male: that's one
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Of the greatest
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Reliefs in my life
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Is learning that
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I have an advocator
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For me,
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That i do not have
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To do this by myself.
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Even if i'm alone,
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By myself,
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Or wherever i am,
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That i have
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The holy spirit,
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That jesus lives
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Inside me.
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And for me,
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As a man,
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I think that
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Was the greatest
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Relief,
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Is understanding
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That i'm not alone.
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>> joyce: this is how
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We hear from god.
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How many times
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Do you "know"
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What you need to do?
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Well, one of the main
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Ways that god speaks
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To us is through
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Just knowing.
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There's no need to try
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To explain how you know;
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You just know.
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>> announcer: whether
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You're facing big decisions,
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Or need help with
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The smaller things,
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God's wisdom
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Is available to you.
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Learn to recognize
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His voice and find
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Guidance in every
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Area of your life.
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Contact us today
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And request
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Joyce's free book,
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"hearing from god."
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Call us at...
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Or download a digital copy at:
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Joycemeyer.org,
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Or through the joyce meyer app.
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>> announcer: discover
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>> announcer: discover strength for your challenges,
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Strength for your challenges, the tools to fight your battles,
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The tools to fight your battles, and the joy and peace you crave.
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And the joy and peace you crave. love life 2025.
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Love life 2025. >> joyce: cece winans,
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>> joyce: cece winans, lysa terkeurst,
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Lysa terkeurst, and pat barrett,
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And pat barrett, so exciting!
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So exciting! need i say more?
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Need i say more? it's the love life women's
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It's the love life women's conference 2025.
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Conference 2025. oh, and i'll be there too!
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>> announcer: register now.
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>> announcer: register now. go to joycemeyer.org.
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>> joyce: do you ever feel
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>> joyce: do you ever feel like change is constantly
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Like change is constantly shaking up your life?
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Shaking up your life? well, change is inevitable,
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Well, change is inevitable, but how we respond
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But how we respond to it is up to us.
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To it is up to us. in my book,
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In my book, “the courage to change,”
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“the courage to change,” i'll show you how to stand
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I'll show you how to stand firm in god's promises,
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Firm in god's promises, embrace the changes ahead,
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Embrace the changes ahead, and discover how he can
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And discover how he can use even the toughest
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Use even the toughest moments for your good.
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Moments for your good. with the power of god's word,
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With the power of god's word, you can face anything with
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You can face anything with courage and confidence.
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Courage and confidence. let's walk through
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Let's walk through this together.
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>> announcer:
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>> announcer: “the courage to change,”
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“the courage to change,” by joyce meyer.
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By joyce meyer. 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 - Unshakeable Trust (Part 2)

May 20, 2025 | S25:E18

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