Joyce Meyer - What Is Faith and How Does It Work? (Part 2)

April 28, 2025 | S25:E19

Ever have trouble trusting people? Be encouraged to step out in faith, trusting God with your relationships.

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - What Is Faith and How Does It Work? (Part 2) | April 28, 2025

>> joyce: stay humble
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>> joyce: stay humble before god.
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>> joyce: stay humble before god. know that everything that you
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Before god. know that everything that you have is a gift from him, and
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Know that everything that you have is a gift from him, and every little bit of influence
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Have is a gift from him, and every little bit of influence you have is a gift from him,
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Every little bit of influence you have is a gift from him, and he can take it away from
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You have is a gift from him, and he can take it away from you a lot quicker than it took
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And he can take it away from you a lot quicker than it took you to get it.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer,
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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>> joyce: when the israelites
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>> joyce: when the israelites were coming out of egypt,
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>> joyce: when the israelites were coming out of egypt, when they were being
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Were coming out of egypt, when they were being delivered from the bondage
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When they were being delivered from the bondage in egypt, to me,
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Delivered from the bondage in egypt, to me, that's like a type and a shadow
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In egypt, to me, that's like a type and a shadow of our salvation.
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That's like a type and a shadow of our salvation. so to speak, before you're
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Of our salvation. so to speak, before you're saved, you've been living in
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So to speak, before you're saved, you've been living in egypt, a slave to everything
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Saved, you've been living in egypt, a slave to everything that the world wants to throw
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Egypt, a slave to everything that the world wants to throw at you.
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That the world wants to throw at you. well, god sent a deliverer,
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At you. well, god sent a deliverer, moses, to them.
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Well, god sent a deliverer, moses, to them. he sent us a deliverer, jesus.
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Moses, to them. he sent us a deliverer, jesus. and moses, when they came
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He sent us a deliverer, jesus. and moses, when they came to the red sea
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And moses, when they came to the red sea and they needed to cross over,
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To the red sea and they needed to cross over, the people didn't have to
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And they needed to cross over, the people didn't have to do anything, moses lifted out
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The people didn't have to do anything, moses lifted out his rod and he had all the
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Faith, and the sea parted and
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Faith, and the sea parted and they walked over as a free gift.
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Faith, and the sea parted and they walked over as a free gift. now, that's what happens when
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They walked over as a free gift. now, that's what happens when we're born again.
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Now, that's what happens when we're born again. jesus has done it.
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We're born again. jesus has done it. all we have to do is just
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Jesus has done it. all we have to do is just believe it.
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All we have to do is just believe it. however, when joshua was leading
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Believe it. however, when joshua was leading the people and it was time for
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However, when joshua was leading the people and it was time for them to cross the jordan,
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The people and it was time for them to cross the jordan, which they had to do before they
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Them to cross the jordan, which they had to do before they entered the promised land.
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Which they had to do before they entered the promised land. now, stay with me 'cause see,
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Entered the promised land. now, stay with me 'cause see, i think there's a gazillion
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Now, stay with me 'cause see, i think there's a gazillion christians that are born again.
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I think there's a gazillion christians that are born again. they've come out of egypt, but
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Christians that are born again. they've come out of egypt, but they're still wandering around
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They've come out of egypt, but they're still wandering around in the wilderness, they've never
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They're still wandering around in the wilderness, they've never entered into the promised land.
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In the wilderness, they've never entered into the promised land. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: those were
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>> joyce: those were two distinct different steps.
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>> joyce: those were two distinct different steps. they came out of egypt,
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Two distinct different steps. they came out of egypt, moses did everything.
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They came out of egypt, moses did everything. he parted the red sea,
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Moses did everything. he parted the red sea, free gift.
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He parted the red sea, free gift. all they had to do was take it.
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But when it came to the jordan,
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But when it came to the jordan, and i love this, the river did
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But when it came to the jordan, and i love this, the river did not part until they put their
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And i love this, the river did not part until they put their foot in it.
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Oh good, three people on
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Oh good, three people on the third row got it.
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Oh good, three people on the third row got it. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: salvation has been
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>> joyce: salvation has been bought and paid for.
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>> joyce: salvation has been bought and paid for. jesus did everything, but if you
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Bought and paid for. jesus did everything, but if you want to have the promises of
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Jesus did everything, but if you want to have the promises of god, then there's gonna be a few
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Want to have the promises of god, then there's gonna be a few things that you're gonna need
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God, then there's gonna be a few things that you're gonna need to do.
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Things that you're gonna need to do. you're gonna need to step out
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To do. you're gonna need to step out in faith.
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You're gonna need to step out in faith. you're gonna need to put your
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In faith. you're gonna need to put your foot in the water.
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You're gonna need to put your foot in the water. you're gonna have to maybe say
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Foot in the water. you're gonna have to maybe say goodbye to some stuff like we
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You're gonna have to maybe say goodbye to some stuff like we said last night.
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Goodbye to some stuff like we said last night. >> [audience applauding]
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Said last night. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: some of you have no
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: some of you have no idea what god would do for
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>> joyce: some of you have no idea what god would do for you and the only way
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Idea what god would do for you and the only way you're ever gonna know is
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You and the only way you're ever gonna know is to step out and find out.
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You're ever gonna know is to step out and find out. you say, "well, what does
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To step out and find out. you say, "well, what does that mean?
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You say, "well, what does that mean? what does that mean?"
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That mean? what does that mean?" well, i mean there's a gazillion
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What does that mean?" well, i mean there's a gazillion different examples.
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Well, i mean there's a gazillion different examples. i don't know, let's just say
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Different examples. i don't know, let's just say that you hate your job.
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I don't know, let's just say that you hate your job. i mean, all your do is
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That you hate your job. i mean, all your do is complain about it.
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I mean, all your do is complain about it. you don't like it.
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Complain about it. you don't like it. you don't like the people.
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You don't like it. you don't like the people. you don't like the work, and
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You don't like the people. you don't like the work, and you've really got something else
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You don't like the work, and you've really got something else in your heart that you'd love
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You've really got something else in your heart that you'd love to do but you live in fear that
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In your heart that you'd love to do but you live in fear that if you give that up, you might
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To do but you live in fear that if you give that up, you might not have anything.
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If you give that up, you might not have anything. "well, god, if you give me
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Not have anything. "well, god, if you give me another job--"
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"well, god, if you give me another job--" well, are you even looking?
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Another job--" well, are you even looking? >> [audience laughing]
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Well, are you even looking? >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: are you even trying?
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: are you even trying? i mean, the story of my life is
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>> joyce: are you even trying? i mean, the story of my life is so much like so many other
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I mean, the story of my life is so much like so many other stories, many of you have the
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So much like so many other stories, many of you have the same kinds of stories, but when
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Stories, many of you have the same kinds of stories, but when i felt like god told me that
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Same kinds of stories, but when i felt like god told me that he wanted me to teach
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I felt like god told me that he wanted me to teach a bible study, i didn't
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He wanted me to teach a bible study, i didn't have any idea how to do that.
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A bible study, i didn't have any idea how to do that. i didn't know the bible.
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Have any idea how to do that. i didn't know the bible. i didn't know how to do that,
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I didn't know the bible. i didn't know how to do that, but i had a deep desire to help
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I didn't know how to do that, but i had a deep desire to help people.
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But i had a deep desire to help people. "i want you to teach them,
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People. "i want you to teach them, teach a bible study."
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"i want you to teach them, teach a bible study." "well, who's gonna come,
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Teach a bible study." "well, who's gonna come, you know?
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"well, who's gonna come, you know? nobody knows me, nobody cares."
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You know? nobody knows me, nobody cares." and i remember saying,
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Nobody knows me, nobody cares." and i remember saying, "i don't know how to teach."
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And i remember saying, "i don't know how to teach." he said, "i do, i do."
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"i don't know how to teach." he said, "i do, i do." and you know what i had to do?
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He said, "i do, i do." and you know what i had to do? my first step was to say,
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And you know what i had to do? my first step was to say, "okay."
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My first step was to say, "okay." my second step was to invite
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"okay." my second step was to invite some people and oddly enough,
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My second step was to invite some people and oddly enough, they all said, "yes."
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Some people and oddly enough, they all said, "yes." >> [audience laughing]
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They all said, "yes." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: see, i could have been
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: see, i could have been so afraid of rejection that
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>> joyce: see, i could have been so afraid of rejection that i wouldn't have even tried.
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So afraid of rejection that i wouldn't have even tried. i could have been so afraid of
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I wouldn't have even tried. i could have been so afraid of failure, that i wouldn't have
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I could have been so afraid of failure, that i wouldn't have even tried, but i had to step
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Failure, that i wouldn't have even tried, but i had to step into the water before the water
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Even tried, but i had to step into the water before the water would part.
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Into the water before the water would part. now, i guess worst case
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Would part. now, i guess worst case scenario, if you step in,
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Now, i guess worst case scenario, if you step in, it doesn't part, you can
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Scenario, if you step in, it doesn't part, you can still step back.
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It doesn't part, you can still step back. >> [audience laughing]
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Still step back. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but some of you are
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but some of you are just sitting around passively
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>> joyce: but some of you are just sitting around passively waiting for all these things to
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Just sitting around passively waiting for all these things to fall on you and i can tell you
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Waiting for all these things to fall on you and i can tell you they're not going to.
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God told abraham, "you leave
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God told abraham, "you leave everything that you're familiar
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God told abraham, "you leave everything that you're familiar with and you go to a place that
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Everything that you're familiar with and you go to a place that i will show you."
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With and you go to a place that i will show you." he had to step out.
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I will show you." he had to step out. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: i wonder how many
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>> joyce: i wonder how many people live with dreams,
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>> joyce: i wonder how many people live with dreams, and visions, and amazingly
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People live with dreams, and visions, and amazingly great things in their heart, but
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And visions, and amazingly great things in their heart, but they're afraid to ever even take
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Great things in their heart, but they're afraid to ever even take one step in that direction
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They're afraid to ever even take one step in that direction to see what god might do.
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One step in that direction to see what god might do. so, i started the bible study,
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To see what god might do. so, i started the bible study, five years i taught that bible
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So, i started the bible study, five years i taught that bible study, 20, 25 people came.
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Five years i taught that bible study, 20, 25 people came. at first, i started it with
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Study, 20, 25 people came. at first, i started it with a dozen people and i wasn't
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At first, i started it with a dozen people and i wasn't too brilliant back then to
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A dozen people and i wasn't too brilliant back then to understand everything, but i was
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Too brilliant back then to understand everything, but i was the office manager where i
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Understand everything, but i was the office manager where i worked and so i invited all the
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The office manager where i worked and so i invited all the girls that worked for me, not
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Worked and so i invited all the girls that worked for me, not being smart enough to realize
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Girls that worked for me, not being smart enough to realize that since i was the boss, they
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Being smart enough to realize that since i was the boss, they probably felt compelled to come.
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That since i was the boss, they probably felt compelled to come. >> [audience laughing]
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Probably felt compelled to come. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but it gave me
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but it gave me enough faith.
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>> joyce: but it gave me enough faith. "my gosh, people are coming
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Enough faith. "my gosh, people are coming and they're come back."
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"my gosh, people are coming and they're come back." well, then eventually the
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And they're come back." well, then eventually the company, somebody complained
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Well, then eventually the company, somebody complained to the union and the union said,
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Company, somebody complained to the union and the union said, "you can't do this here."
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And so, i had to,
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And so, i had to, "well now what?
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And so, i had to, "well now what? well, should i quit?
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"well now what? well, should i quit? should i give up?"
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Well, should i quit? should i give up?" so, we decided to move it to our
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Should i give up?" so, we decided to move it to our house, which was like an hour
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So, we decided to move it to our house, which was like an hour away or 30 minutes away from
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House, which was like an hour away or 30 minutes away from where anybody lived that
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Away or 30 minutes away from where anybody lived that was coming.
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Where anybody lived that was coming. "well, i don't know that anybody
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Was coming. "well, i don't know that anybody will come," but i decided
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"well, i don't know that anybody will come," but i decided to take another step of faith.
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Will come," but i decided to take another step of faith. well guess what?
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To take another step of faith. well guess what? twelve people didn't come,
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Well guess what? twelve people didn't come, twenty-five started coming.
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Twelve people didn't come, twenty-five started coming. >> [audience applauding]
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Twenty-five started coming. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and they came week
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and they came week after week after week.
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>> joyce: and they came week after week after week. i'm not gonna stand here and
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After week after week. i'm not gonna stand here and tell you my whole testimony but
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I'm not gonna stand here and tell you my whole testimony but see, walking by faith, living by
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Tell you my whole testimony but see, walking by faith, living by faith, the just shall live by
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See, walking by faith, living by faith, the just shall live by faith, that's what god wants
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Us to do.
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Us to do. that means everything is a step
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Us to do. that means everything is a step of faith and sometimes it's
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That means everything is a step of faith and sometimes it's comfortable, and you've got
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Of faith and sometimes it's comfortable, and you've got all the details in place,
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Comfortable, and you've got all the details in place, but very rarely.
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All the details in place, but very rarely. most of the time if you're gonna
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But very rarely. most of the time if you're gonna live by faith, if you want to
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Most of the time if you're gonna live by faith, if you want to really find out what god can do
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Live by faith, if you want to really find out what god can do for you, you are gonna have to,
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Really find out what god can do for you, you are gonna have to, so to speak, take a chance.
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For you, you are gonna have to, so to speak, take a chance. >> [audience applauding]
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So to speak, take a chance. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on.
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Anybody who's doing anything for
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Anybody who's doing anything for god, i mean even like giving,
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Anybody who's doing anything for god, i mean even like giving, i mean, the bible says you,
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God, i mean even like giving, i mean, the bible says you, "give first
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I mean, the bible says you, "give first and you'll receive later."
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"give first and you'll receive later." but you know how many people
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And you'll receive later." but you know how many people don't do that?
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But i can tell you something,
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But i can tell you something, if you don't have enough money,
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But i can tell you something, if you don't have enough money, keeping everything you got is
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If you don't have enough money, keeping everything you got is never gonna get you more.
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Keeping everything you got is never gonna get you more. and i know it doesn't make any
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Never gonna get you more. and i know it doesn't make any sense because you think, "well,
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And i know it doesn't make any sense because you think, "well, you know, if i already don't
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Sense because you think, "well, you know, if i already don't have enough, then how can i give
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You know, if i already don't have enough, then how can i give part of it away?
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Have enough, then how can i give part of it away? then i'm just gonna have less."
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Part of it away? then i'm just gonna have less." but not according to god's
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Then i'm just gonna have less." but not according to god's arithmetic.
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But not according to god's arithmetic. well, it's a huge step of faith
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Arithmetic. well, it's a huge step of faith to start tithing, to start
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Well, it's a huge step of faith to start tithing, to start giving, or maybe if you are
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To start tithing, to start giving, or maybe if you are tithing, to start giving
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Giving, or maybe if you are tithing, to start giving beyond that.
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Tithing, to start giving beyond that. and really all we do when we
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Beyond that. and really all we do when we don't obey god is we're putting
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And really all we do when we don't obey god is we're putting limits on ourself.
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If you read the scriptures about
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If you read the scriptures about tithing and giving, god actually
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If you read the scriptures about tithing and giving, god actually says, "try it" in malachi.
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Tithing and giving, god actually says, "try it" in malachi. "try it.
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Says, "try it" in malachi. "try it. come on, "i dare you to try it
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"try it. come on, "i dare you to try it and prove me now by it so see if
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Come on, "i dare you to try it and prove me now by it so see if i will not open the windows of
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And prove me now by it so see if i will not open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing
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I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing so great that you cannot
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Heaven and pour out a blessing so great that you cannot contain it."
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>> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: you gotta take that
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>> joyce: you gotta take that step of faith.
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>> joyce: you gotta take that step of faith. well, i got one happy person
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Step of faith. well, i got one happy person out there anyway.
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Well, i got one happy person out there anyway. >> [audience laughing]
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Out there anyway. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: okay, what about--
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: okay, what about-- i mean, let's talk for a minute
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>> joyce: okay, what about-- i mean, let's talk for a minute about prosperity, success,
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I mean, let's talk for a minute about prosperity, success, favor, promotion.
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About prosperity, success, favor, promotion. you know, it's kind of sad but
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Favor, promotion. you know, it's kind of sad but today even if you use the word
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You know, it's kind of sad but today even if you use the word "prosperity," there's a certain
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Today even if you use the word "prosperity," there's a certain sector of christianity that just
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"prosperity," there's a certain sector of christianity that just gets up in a fit.
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Sector of christianity that just gets up in a fit. you know it's like, "eh, one of
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Gets up in a fit. you know it's like, "eh, one of those prosperity preachers,"
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You know it's like, "eh, one of those prosperity preachers," you know?
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Those prosperity preachers," you know? i'm still not sure what that is.
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You know? i'm still not sure what that is. i mean, would you rather i stand
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I'm still not sure what that is. i mean, would you rather i stand up here and tell you you're
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I mean, would you rather i stand up here and tell you you're never gonna have anything?
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Up here and tell you you're never gonna have anything? >> [audience laughing]
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Never gonna have anything? >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and that god wants you
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and that god wants you to be the tail end of everything
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>> joyce: and that god wants you to be the tail end of everything and be broke all your life?
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To be the tail end of everything and be broke all your life? i mean, is that really what you
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And be broke all your life? i mean, is that really what you want to hear?
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I mean, is that really what you want to hear? i don't know--see, it's
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Want to hear? i don't know--see, it's a religious spirit that gets on
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I don't know--see, it's a religious spirit that gets on people and they think that in
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A religious spirit that gets on people and they think that in order to be a christian,
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People and they think that in order to be a christian, you gotta have nothing.
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Order to be a christian, you gotta have nothing. well, let me tell ya something,
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You gotta have nothing. well, let me tell ya something, if the only way you can remain a
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Well, let me tell ya something, if the only way you can remain a christian is to have nothing,
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If the only way you can remain a christian is to have nothing, then go for it, but god would
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Christian is to have nothing, then go for it, but god would rather you have plenty to meet
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Then go for it, but god would rather you have plenty to meet your needs and more to give
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Rather you have plenty to meet your needs and more to give to other people.
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Your needs and more to give to other people. >> [audience applauding]
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To other people. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and hang on 'cause
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and hang on 'cause i'm not finished.
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>> joyce: and hang on 'cause i'm not finished. he only wants you to have it if
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I'm not finished. he only wants you to have it if you can have it and still keep
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He only wants you to have it if you can have it and still keep him first place in your life.
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You can have it and still keep him first place in your life. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: you know, the bible
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>> joyce: you know, the bible does say that it's hard for
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>> joyce: you know, the bible does say that it's hard for a wealthy man to get into heaven
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Does say that it's hard for a wealthy man to get into heaven and then uses an example of it's
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A wealthy man to get into heaven and then uses an example of it's harder for a wealthy man to get
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And then uses an example of it's harder for a wealthy man to get into heaven than for a camel to
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Harder for a wealthy man to get into heaven than for a camel to go through a needle's eye.
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Into heaven than for a camel to go through a needle's eye. you ever heard that?
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Well, you know, that always kind
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Well, you know, that always kind of--it's like well, you know?
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Well, you know, that always kind of--it's like well, you know? but here's the thing you gotta
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Of--it's like well, you know? but here's the thing you gotta understand, the needle's eye was
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But here's the thing you gotta understand, the needle's eye was a gate in jerusalem, a gate that
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Understand, the needle's eye was a gate in jerusalem, a gate that went into jerusalem, and it was
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A gate in jerusalem, a gate that went into jerusalem, and it was a very small gate.
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Went into jerusalem, and it was a very small gate. and camels was their mode of
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A very small gate. and camels was their mode of travel and so they might be
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And camels was their mode of travel and so they might be loaded up with bags and camels
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Travel and so they might be loaded up with bags and camels are rather big.
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Loaded up with bags and camels are rather big. well, the interesting thing is
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Are rather big. well, the interesting thing is the only way that a camel could
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Well, the interesting thing is the only way that a camel could get through that gate was if
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The only way that a camel could get through that gate was if they unloaded all the stuff
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Get through that gate was if they unloaded all the stuff and he got down on his knees
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They unloaded all the stuff and he got down on his knees and crawled through.
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And he got down on his knees and crawled through. let me tell ya something,
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And crawled through. let me tell ya something, the more you have, the more you
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Let me tell ya something, the more you have, the more you better stay on your knees.
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The more you have, the more you better stay on your knees. >> [audience applauding]
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Better stay on your knees. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on. come on, because here's the
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>> joyce: come on. come on, because here's the thing, yes, the more you have,
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Come on, because here's the thing, yes, the more you have, the more power you have,
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Thing, yes, the more you have, the more power you have, the more influence you have,
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The more power you have, the more influence you have, the greater the temptation is
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The more influence you have, the greater the temptation is to get proud and haughty.
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The greater the temptation is to get proud and haughty. and one of the worst mistakes
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To get proud and haughty. and one of the worst mistakes that we can ever make is then to
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And one of the worst mistakes that we can ever make is then to start to mistreat other people.
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That we can ever make is then to start to mistreat other people. that's why you better go
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Start to mistreat other people. that's why you better go through on your knees.
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That's why you better go through on your knees. stay humble before god.
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Through on your knees. stay humble before god. know that everything that you
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Stay humble before god. know that everything that you have is a gift from him, and
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Know that everything that you have is a gift from him, and every little bit of influence
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Have is a gift from him, and every little bit of influence you have is a gift from him, and
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Every little bit of influence you have is a gift from him, and he can take it away from you a
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You have is a gift from him, and he can take it away from you a lot quicker than it took you
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He can take it away from you a lot quicker than it took you to get it.
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Lot quicker than it took you to get it. >> [audience applauding]
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To get it. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: are you
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: are you understanding me?
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>> joyce: are you understanding me? all right, so, let's just take
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Understanding me? all right, so, let's just take one man's life and see how
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All right, so, let's just take one man's life and see how miserable god wants us to be.
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One man's life and see how miserable god wants us to be. >> [audience laughing]
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Miserable god wants us to be. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, if you want
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, if you want to buy into that,
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>> joyce: i mean, if you want to buy into that, you know, it's like--
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To buy into that, you know, it's like-- i mean, it's rather annoying but
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You know, it's like-- i mean, it's rather annoying but still, if you look my name up on
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I mean, it's rather annoying but still, if you look my name up on the internet, one of the things
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Still, if you look my name up on the internet, one of the things it's gonna say is that i'm
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The internet, one of the things it's gonna say is that i'm a "prosperity preacher."
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It's gonna say is that i'm a "prosperity preacher." it's like, labels that people
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A "prosperity preacher." it's like, labels that people give us are so annoying.
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It's like, labels that people give us are so annoying. it's like, i honestly don't even
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Give us are so annoying. it's like, i honestly don't even know what that is.
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It's like, i honestly don't even know what that is. "one of those faith
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Know what that is. "one of those faith and prosperity preachers."
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"one of those faith and prosperity preachers." well, do you want me to teach
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And prosperity preachers." well, do you want me to teach you that you can never have
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Well, do you want me to teach you that you can never have anything and god wants you to be
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You that you can never have anything and god wants you to be the tail end of everything?
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Anything and god wants you to be the tail end of everything? what i'm saying is you're
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The tail end of everything? what i'm saying is you're his child.
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What i'm saying is you're his child. now, i don't know about you but
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His child. now, i don't know about you but whatever i have, i want my kids
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Now, i don't know about you but whatever i have, i want my kids to get it.
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Whatever i have, i want my kids to get it. i want them to have it.
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To get it. i want them to have it. and your god's child and he
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I want them to have it. and your god's child and he wants you to have it.
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And your god's child and he wants you to have it. but you know what?
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Wants you to have it. but you know what? i'll tell you, now, i don't have
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But you know what? i'll tell you, now, i don't have to do this anymore because my
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I'll tell you, now, i don't have to do this anymore because my children are all older but in
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To do this anymore because my children are all older but in the beginning, the first time
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Children are all older but in the beginning, the first time dave and i made any kind of
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The beginning, the first time dave and i made any kind of provision for what we wanted
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Dave and i made any kind of provision for what we wanted done with anything we might have
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Provision for what we wanted done with anything we might have when we died, we had a child
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Done with anything we might have when we died, we had a child that was real young then and so
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When we died, we had a child that was real young then and so we did not just give him
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That was real young then and so we did not just give him an equal share.
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We did not just give him an equal share. he couldn't get his until he was
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An equal share. he couldn't get his until he was like 30 years old or something.
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You see, god wants you to have
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You see, god wants you to have everything but you gotta grow
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You see, god wants you to have everything but you gotta grow up and mature first.
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Everything but you gotta grow up and mature first. "beloved, i would above all else
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Up and mature first. "beloved, i would above all else that you prosper and be in
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"beloved, i would above all else that you prosper and be in health even as your soul
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That you prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers."
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Health even as your soul prospers." your spiritual maturity, your
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Prospers." your spiritual maturity, your spiritual growth is much more
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Your spiritual maturity, your spiritual growth is much more important to god than what
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Spiritual growth is much more important to god than what you own.
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Important to god than what you own. >> [audience applauding]
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You own. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: okay, an example.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: okay, an example. this just proves my point
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>> joyce: okay, an example. this just proves my point and i've told this story before
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This just proves my point and i've told this story before but it fits in here so well.
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One day i was shopping and i met
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One day i was shopping and i met a lady, she was a clerk
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One day i was shopping and i met a lady, she was a clerk in the store.
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A lady, she was a clerk in the store. and i forget how it came up but
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In the store. and i forget how it came up but i found out she was a christian,
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And i forget how it came up but i found out she was a christian, and she'd been going to this
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I found out she was a christian, and she'd been going to this certain church
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And she'd been going to this certain church for like 30 years.
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Certain church for like 30 years. she'd been a christian a long
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For like 30 years. she'd been a christian a long time and so we got to talking
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She'd been a christian a long time and so we got to talking and i was asking her how things
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Time and so we got to talking and i was asking her how things worked in the store.
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And i was asking her how things worked in the store. "you know do you get a salary?
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Worked in the store. "you know do you get a salary? do you get a percentage of what
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"you know do you get a salary? do you get a percentage of what you sell?
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Do you get a percentage of what you sell? how do things work?"
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You sell? how do things work?" and she said, "well, no, we get
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How do things work?" and she said, "well, no, we get a salary," but she said, "you
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And she said, "well, no, we get a salary," but she said, "you have quotas that you have to
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A salary," but she said, "you have quotas that you have to meet and so if we don't sell
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Have quotas that you have to meet and so if we don't sell enough, you can lose your job."
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Meet and so if we don't sell enough, you can lose your job." and so, she said, "it's really
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Enough, you can lose your job." and so, she said, "it's really hard when no customers come
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And so, she said, "it's really hard when no customers come to us," 'cause they're basically
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Hard when no customers come to us," 'cause they're basically just standing around waiting for
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To us," 'cause they're basically just standing around waiting for somebody to come to them.
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Just standing around waiting for somebody to come to them. and i said, knowing she was
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Somebody to come to them. and i said, knowing she was a christian, i said, "well, have
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And i said, knowing she was a christian, i said, "well, have you prayed for god to give you
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A christian, i said, "well, have you prayed for god to give you favor and cause people to just
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You prayed for god to give you favor and cause people to just drift toward you for no unknown
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Favor and cause people to just drift toward you for no unknown reason, to just want you to wait
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Drift toward you for no unknown reason, to just want you to wait on them just because for some
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Reason, to just want you to wait on them just because for some reason they like you and they
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On them just because for some reason they like you and they don't even know why?"
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Reason they like you and they don't even know why?" and she said, "well, it wouldn't
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Don't even know why?" and she said, "well, it wouldn't be right to do that, would it?"
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And she said, "well, it wouldn't be right to do that, would it?" >> [audience laughing]
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Be right to do that, would it?" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now see, 30 years
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now see, 30 years she'd been going to the same
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>> joyce: now see, 30 years she'd been going to the same church and nobody ever told her
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She'd been going to the same church and nobody ever told her that she could pray for favor.
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Church and nobody ever told her that she could pray for favor. well, you know what?
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That she could pray for favor. well, you know what? i was in the same situation,
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Well, you know what? i was in the same situation, i didn't know that i could
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I was in the same situation, i didn't know that i could believe god for favor.
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I didn't know that i could believe god for favor. you know what?
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Believe god for favor. you know what? i believe god for favor
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You know what? i believe god for favor every day of my life now.
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I believe god for favor every day of my life now. do you think for one minute that
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Every day of my life now. do you think for one minute that i walked out here this morning
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Do you think for one minute that i walked out here this morning without believing god that he'd
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I walked out here this morning without believing god that he'd give me favor with you?
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Without believing god that he'd give me favor with you? >> [audience applauding]
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Give me favor with you? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i don't want
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i don't want to be disliked.
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>> joyce: i don't want to be disliked. i want you to like me, but i
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To be disliked. i want you to like me, but i don't have the time to stand up
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I want you to like me, but i don't have the time to stand up here and try to make you like me
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Don't have the time to stand up here and try to make you like me so i trust god to make you
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Here and try to make you like me so i trust god to make you like me.
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So i trust god to make you like me. >> [audience laughing]
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Like me. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on, is anybody
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on, is anybody home out there today?
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>> joyce: come on, is anybody home out there today? >> [audience applauding]
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Home out there today? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: do you know how many
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: do you know how many political games that people play
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>> joyce: do you know how many political games that people play in--i mean, i remember even
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Political games that people play in--i mean, i remember even a church that i went to once,
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In--i mean, i remember even a church that i went to once, there was a certain little elite
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A church that i went to once, there was a certain little elite group, oh yeah, it's in
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There was a certain little elite group, oh yeah, it's in churches.
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Group, oh yeah, it's in churches. and i wanted to be in that
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Churches. and i wanted to be in that group.
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And i wanted to be in that group. and i tell you what, it was
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Group. and i tell you what, it was pathetic how i played up to the
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And i tell you what, it was pathetic how i played up to the girl who was kind of in charge
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Pathetic how i played up to the girl who was kind of in charge of that group trying to get
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Girl who was kind of in charge of that group trying to get favor with her so i could be
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Of that group trying to get favor with her so i could be accepted into the rest of
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Favor with her so i could be accepted into the rest of the group.
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Accepted into the rest of the group. and you know what?
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The group. and you know what? if that's what you do to buy
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And you know what? if that's what you do to buy friends, that's what you're
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If that's what you do to buy friends, that's what you're gonna have to do to keep them
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Friends, that's what you're gonna have to do to keep them every single day of your life.
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Gonna have to do to keep them every single day of your life. and sooner or later, you're
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Every single day of your life. and sooner or later, you're gonna get really tired of it
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And sooner or later, you're gonna get really tired of it and you're not gonna want
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Gonna get really tired of it and you're not gonna want to do that anymore.
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And you're not gonna want to do that anymore. but i found a new system that
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To do that anymore. but i found a new system that i like a whole lot more.
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But i found a new system that i like a whole lot more. "god, give me divine
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I like a whole lot more. "god, give me divine connections.
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"god, give me divine connections. whoever you want me to be
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Connections. whoever you want me to be friends with, you make it
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Whoever you want me to be friends with, you make it happen.
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Friends with, you make it happen. you cause people to
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Happen. you cause people to like me that you want me to be
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You cause people to like me that you want me to be in relationship with and if you
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Like me that you want me to be in relationship with and if you don't want it, then i don't want
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In relationship with and if you don't want it, then i don't want it either," amen?
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So, we're gonna take
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So, we're gonna take joseph as an example.
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So, we're gonna take joseph as an example. now, here's a guy who
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Joseph as an example. now, here's a guy who was thrown into a pit
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Now, here's a guy who was thrown into a pit by his own brothers.
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Was thrown into a pit by his own brothers. they were jealous of him.
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By his own brothers. they were jealous of him. and then, they decided to give
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They were jealous of him. and then, they decided to give him a break and just sell
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And then, they decided to give him a break and just sell him to some slave traders.
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Him a break and just sell him to some slave traders. so, he didn't start
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Out very good.
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Out very good. he was his father's favorite.
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Out very good. he was his father's favorite. which, you're god's
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He was his father's favorite. which, you're god's favorite, too.
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Which, you're god's favorite, too. it's so wonderful that
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Favorite, too. it's so wonderful that each one of us can say,
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It's so wonderful that each one of us can say, "i'm the apple of god's eye.
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Each one of us can say, "i'm the apple of god's eye. i'm his favorite,"
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"i'm the apple of god's eye. i'm his favorite," every single one of us.
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I'm his favorite," every single one of us. amen?
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So, he was the baby,
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So, he was the baby, and he was kinda the favorite
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So, he was the baby, and he was kinda the favorite and god gave him a special
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And he was kinda the favorite and god gave him a special coat and the brothers got
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And god gave him a special coat and the brothers got jealous, just like the world,
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Coat and the brothers got jealous, just like the world, just like the world.
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Jealous, just like the world, just like the world. let me tell you something,
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Just like the world. let me tell you something, if you wanna believe for god,
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Let me tell you something, if you wanna believe for god, to do great things
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If you wanna believe for god, to do great things in your life, you might
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To do great things in your life, you might as well get ready for
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In your life, you might as well get ready for people to be jealous
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As well get ready for people to be jealous of you and to reject you.
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People to be jealous of you and to reject you. you'd like to think that people
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Of you and to reject you. you'd like to think that people would love you enough
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You'd like to think that people would love you enough to be happy for your success,
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Would love you enough to be happy for your success, but i'm just gonna
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To be happy for your success, but i'm just gonna tell you ahead of time,
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But i'm just gonna tell you ahead of time, they won't be.
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Tell you ahead of time, they won't be. it always makes me mad when
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They won't be. it always makes me mad when people want what somebody
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It always makes me mad when people want what somebody else's got but they
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Don't wanna do what
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Don't wanna do what they did to get it.
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Don't wanna do what they did to get it. they wanna just sit around
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They did to get it. they wanna just sit around and dislike somebody
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They wanna just sit around and dislike somebody that's being successful,
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And dislike somebody that's being successful, but you don't know
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That's being successful, but you don't know the work they did
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But you don't know the work they did to have what they have.
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The work they did to have what they have. and so, joseph was
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To have what they have. and so, joseph was in a real mess.
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And so, joseph was in a real mess. well, long story short,
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In a real mess. well, long story short, he ended up from
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Well, long story short, he ended up from the pit to the palace.
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He ended up from the pit to the palace. he ended up being
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The pit to the palace. he ended up being in charge of everything.
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But let me show you this,
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But let me show you this, genesis 39:2-6: "the lord
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But let me show you this, genesis 39:2-6: "the lord was with joseph
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Genesis 39:2-6: "the lord was with joseph so that he prospered,
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Was with joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house
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So that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his egyptian master.
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And he lived in the house of his egyptian master. when his master--"
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Of his egyptian master. when his master--" i love this, "saw that
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When his master--" i love this, "saw that the lord was with him."
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I love this, "saw that the lord was with him." how many of you want
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The people that you
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The people that you work with to just think,
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The people that you work with to just think, "there's something
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Work with to just think, "there's something different about you.
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"there's something different about you. i don't know what it is.
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Different about you. i don't know what it is. but man, there's something
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I don't know what it is. but man, there's something going on in your life."
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But man, there's something going on in your life." >> [audience applauding]
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Going on in your life." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: "you're different."
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: "you're different." amen?
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>> joyce: "you're different." amen? you know, i love the way people,
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Amen? you know, i love the way people, in the world, try to describe
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You know, i love the way people, in the world, try to describe it when they don't know
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In the world, try to describe it when they don't know what they're talking about.
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It when they don't know what they're talking about. i remember,
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What they're talking about. i remember, one guy saying one time,
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I remember, one guy saying one time, "i don't know what it is,
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One guy saying one time, "i don't know what it is, but i can sense your aura."
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"i don't know what it is, but i can sense your aura." >> [audience laughing]
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But i can sense your aura." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, thankfully,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well, thankfully, i don't know what that is.
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>> joyce: well, thankfully, i don't know what that is. but i knew that what
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I don't know what that is. but i knew that what he was sensing was
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But i knew that what he was sensing was the presence of god,
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He was sensing was the presence of god, and the anointing,
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The presence of god, and the anointing, and he liked it,
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And the anointing, and he liked it, but he didn't even
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And he liked it, but he didn't even know what it was.
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But he didn't even know what it was. >> [audience applauding]
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Know what it was. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: c'mon,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: c'mon, you walk with god,
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>> joyce: c'mon, you walk with god, you get up and start
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You walk with god, you get up and start everyday with god,
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You get up and start everyday with god, you pray for favor.
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Everyday with god, you pray for favor. you go out to be a blessing
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You pray for favor. you go out to be a blessing and people are gonna like you
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You go out to be a blessing and people are gonna like you whether they want to or not.
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>> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: but how many
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: but how many people don't even know
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>> joyce: but how many people don't even know that it would be okay ask
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People don't even know that it would be okay ask god for something like this?
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That it would be okay ask god for something like this? that's why i'm telling you,
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God for something like this? that's why i'm telling you, there are all these promises
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In the word and you can
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In the word and you can just be as saved as you can,
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In the word and you can just be as saved as you can, possibly be, and still live
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Just be as saved as you can, possibly be, and still live a miserable wretched life.
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Possibly be, and still live a miserable wretched life. and to be honest,
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A miserable wretched life. and to be honest, that's one of my main missions
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And to be honest, that's one of my main missions in life is to teach people,
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That's one of my main missions in life is to teach people, who do love god,
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In life is to teach people, who do love god, what they're missing
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Who do love god, what they're missing because they don't know
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What they're missing because they don't know who they are in christ,
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Because they don't know who they are in christ, and they don't know how
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Who they are in christ, and they don't know how to access the promises of god
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And they don't know how to access the promises of god by releasing their faith
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To access the promises of god by releasing their faith and asking god to do so much
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By releasing their faith and asking god to do so much for them that it leaves
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And asking god to do so much for them that it leaves them in shock?
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For them that it leaves them in shock? >> [audience applauding]
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Them in shock? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and you start
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and you start trying to pray bold prayers,
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>> joyce: and you start trying to pray bold prayers, you start trying to ask god
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Trying to pray bold prayers, you start trying to ask god to do these outrageously
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You start trying to ask god to do these outrageously amazing things for you,
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To do these outrageously amazing things for you, and the first thing you're
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Amazing things for you, and the first thing you're gonna hear from the devil is,
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And the first thing you're gonna hear from the devil is, "well, don't deserve that.
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Gonna hear from the devil is, "well, don't deserve that. well, who do you think you are?"
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"well, don't deserve that. well, who do you think you are?" and you need to learn enough
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Well, who do you think you are?" and you need to learn enough to clap and cheer and say,
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And you need to learn enough to clap and cheer and say, "that's what's
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To clap and cheer and say, "that's what's so exciting about it,
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"that's what's so exciting about it, i don't deserve it.
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So exciting about it, i don't deserve it. but i can have it anyway,
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I don't deserve it. but i can have it anyway, because i'm god's kid."
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But i can have it anyway, because i'm god's kid." >> [audience cheering]
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Because i'm god's kid." >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: now, look at you guys.
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>> [audience cheering] >> joyce: now, look at you guys. just look at you.
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>> joyce: now, look at you guys. just look at you. you are excited.
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Just look at you. you are excited. you are smiling.
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You are excited. you are smiling. you are clapping about
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You are smiling. you are clapping about everything that i've said.
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You are clapping about everything that i've said. some of you have been
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Everything that i've said. some of you have been in church for 30 years,
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Some of you have been in church for 30 years, and you've never even
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In church for 30 years, and you've never even so much, as cracked a grin
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And you've never even so much, as cracked a grin in a church service.
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So much, as cracked a grin in a church service. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: come on.
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>> joyce: come on. going to the house
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>> joyce: come on. going to the house of god should be fun.
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Going to the house of god should be fun. we should learn.
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Of god should be fun. we should learn. we should laugh.
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We should learn. we should laugh. we should cry.
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We should laugh. we should cry. we should be in community
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We should cry. we should be in community with one another.
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And we should
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And we should go out with hope.
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And we should go out with hope. >> [audience applauding]
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Go out with hope. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: that all things
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: that all things are possible with god.
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>> joyce: that all things are possible with god. everything is possible
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Are possible with god. everything is possible with god.
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Everything is possible with god. and let me tell you something.
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We are all a mess.
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We are all a mess. >> [audience laughing]
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We are all a mess. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: all.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: all. a double l.
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>> joyce: all. a double l. we've all got our own
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A double l. we've all got our own little brand of weirdness.
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We've all got our own little brand of weirdness. >> [audience laughing]
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Little brand of weirdness. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: every single
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: every single one of us.
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>> joyce: every single one of us. and nobody is as spiritual
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One of us. and nobody is as spiritual as they look.
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And nobody is as spiritual as they look. >> audience member: you are,
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As they look. >> audience member: you are, joyce.
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>> audience member: you are, joyce. >> joyce: well, you don't live
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Joyce. >> joyce: well, you don't live with me, see.
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>> joyce: well, you don't live with me, see. >> [audience laughing]
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With me, see. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but here's the thing.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but here's the thing. god knows that too.
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>> joyce: but here's the thing. god knows that too. and he doesn't pour out his
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God knows that too. and he doesn't pour out his blessings on us because
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And he doesn't pour out his blessings on us because we deserve 'em.
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Blessings on us because we deserve 'em. he does it because we release
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We deserve 'em. he does it because we release our faith and believe
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He does it because we release our faith and believe that in spite of us,
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Our faith and believe that in spite of us, god can still do great things.
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That in spite of us, god can still do great things. because what god does for me
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God can still do great things. because what god does for me is not about what i do right,
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Because what god does for me is not about what i do right, it's about what jesus
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Is not about what i do right, it's about what jesus has done right.
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It's about what jesus has done right. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: okay, so,
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>> joyce: okay, so, back to joseph.
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>> joyce: okay, so, back to joseph. "the lord was with joseph
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Back to joseph. "the lord was with joseph and he prospered."
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"the lord was with joseph and he prospered." verse 3: "when his master
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And he prospered." verse 3: "when his master saw that the lord was with
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Verse 3: "when his master saw that the lord was with him and that god gave him
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Saw that the lord was with him and that god gave him success in everything he did."
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Him and that god gave him success in everything he did." you know, joseph went
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Success in everything he did." you know, joseph went to prison and he ended
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You know, joseph went to prison and he ended up in charge there, too.
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To prison and he ended up in charge there, too. i'll tell you what,
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Up in charge there, too. i'll tell you what, when you start
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I'll tell you what, when you start hanging out with god,
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When you start hanging out with god, i don't care what people
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Hanging out with god, i don't care what people try to do to you,
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I don't care what people try to do to you, you're gonna be a success
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Try to do to you, you're gonna be a success everywhere you go,
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You're gonna be a success everywhere you go, at everything that you do.
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Everywhere you go, at everything that you do. >> [audience applauding]
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At everything that you do. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and verse 4:
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and verse 4: "and joseph found favor
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>> joyce: and verse 4: "and joseph found favor in his eyes and became
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"and joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant."
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In his eyes and became his attendant." i love that.
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His attendant." i love that. joseph found favor
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I love that. joseph found favor with the guy,
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Joseph found favor with the guy, but you know how he got it?
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With the guy, but you know how he got it? by serving him.
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But you know how he got it? by serving him. he didn't go in looking for
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By serving him. he didn't go in looking for a position and to be in charge.
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He didn't go in looking for a position and to be in charge. he said, "i'm gonna make
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A position and to be in charge. he said, "i'm gonna make myself a servant here.
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He said, "i'm gonna make myself a servant here. i'm gonna bless this guy
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Myself a servant here. i'm gonna bless this guy so much that he can't
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I'm gonna bless this guy so much that he can't not like me."
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So much that he can't not like me." the way to keep friends
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Not like me." the way to keep friends is to be so valuable,
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The way to keep friends is to be so valuable, they can't get rid of you.
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Is to be so valuable, they can't get rid of you. "joseph found favor
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They can't get rid of you. "joseph found favor in his eyes and became
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"joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant.
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In his eyes and became his attendant. and potiphar put him
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His attendant. and potiphar put him in charge of his house
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And potiphar put him in charge of his house and entrusted everything
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In charge of his house and entrusted everything to his care.
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And entrusted everything to his care. and from the time,
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To his care. and from the time, he put him in charge
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And from the time, he put him in charge of his household
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He put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned
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Of his household and of all that he owned the lord blessed the whole
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And of all that he owned the lord blessed the whole household of the egyptian,
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The lord blessed the whole household of the egyptian, because i'm joseph."
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Household of the egyptian, because i'm joseph." how do you like that?
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Because i'm joseph." how do you like that? wherever you're at, not only,
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Will you be blessed but god
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Will you be blessed but god will bless everything that's
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Will you be blessed but god will bless everything that's around you just because
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Will bless everything that's around you just because you're there.
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Around you just because you're there. >> [audience applauding]
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[♪♪]
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>> joyce: well, we're all
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>> joyce: well, we're all getting older every day,
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Getting older every day, but you know what?
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But you know what? age is just a number.
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Age is just a number. old is a mindset.
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I wish that someone would've
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I wish that someone would've told me when i was 20 or 30,
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Told me when i was 20 or 30, the things that i'm trying
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The things that i'm trying to tell you now.
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To tell you now. you see,
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You see, early on,
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Early on, my mode was
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My mode was to get as much
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To get as much done as
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Done as i possibly could.
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I possibly could. nobody was gonna
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Nobody was gonna tell me,
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Tell me, "you can't
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"you can't handle life."
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Handle life." until one day
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Until one day i was forced
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I was forced to slow down
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To slow down and rest.
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And rest. this go-go
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This go-go mentality was
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Mentality was not sustainable.
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Not sustainable. and it was taking a toll
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And it was taking a toll on my body and threatening
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On my body and threatening how many years i had left.
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How many years i had left. that's why i'm happy
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That's why i'm happy to share with you
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To share with you what i've learned
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What i've learned in my book,
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In my book, “how to age
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“how to age without
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Without getting old.”
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I share with you some things
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I share with you some things that i've gone through
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That i've gone through personally, and the things
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Personally, and the things i believe i could've done
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I believe i could've done that would've helped
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That would've helped me to avoid some of those
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Me to avoid some of those painful experiences.
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Getting older
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Getting older doesn't have
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Doesn't have to be a downer,
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To be a downer, or a “dread what's
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Or a “dread what's ahead” mindset.
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Ahead” mindset. in fact, it can be something
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In fact, it can be something that you look forward to.
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That you look forward to. find joy for the future
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Find joy for the future by taking these steps
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By taking these steps to a stronger you.
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>> joyce: there's one
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>> joyce: there's one thing about getting
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Thing about getting older folks,
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Older folks, you know more.
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You know more. and we all say,
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And we all say, “oh, if i could just
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“oh, if i could just be young again and know
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Be young again and know what i know now.”
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What i know now.” >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: now, you know
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>> joyce: now, you know this isn't just a book
00:24:48.343 --> 00:24:49.010
This isn't just a book for someone that
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For someone that is 65 or 70 years old.
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Is 65 or 70 years old. i wanna share with you
00:24:51.513 --> 00:24:52.814
I wanna share with you practical ways to live
00:24:52.881 --> 00:24:54.082
Practical ways to live this incredible life
00:24:54.149 --> 00:24:55.517
This incredible life that god has given us,
00:24:55.584 --> 00:24:56.451
That god has given us, at all ages.
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At all ages. we can change the way
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We can change the way we think about
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We think about getting older.
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Getting older. you may not be able
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You may not be able to do all the things
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To do all the things you used to do,
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You used to do, but you can still
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But you can still do something.
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Do something. and equipping yourself
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And equipping yourself with knowledge now,
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With knowledge now, can help you put
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Can help you put effective practices
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Effective practices into place, as you
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Into place, as you age into your
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Age into your latter years.
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Latter years. i believe each season
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I believe each season of your life can be
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Of your life can be absolutely wonderful.
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Meeting physical and spiritual needs,
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And spiritual needs, as well as,
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As well as, spreading the gospel.
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Spreading the gospel. call us at...
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Call us at... or visit us at:
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Or visit us at: joycemeyer.org.
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Joycemeyer.org. the aging process
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The aging process is a normal part
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Is a normal part of life,
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Of life, and developing
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And developing the right attitude
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The right attitude toward it early
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Toward it early in life will
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In life will benefit you later.
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Benefit you later. again, call us
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Again, call us today at...
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Today at... or visit us online at:
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Or visit us online at: joycemeyer.org.
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>> announcer: it's your
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>> announcer: it's your opportunity to unplug
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Opportunity to unplug and discover what
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And discover what it means to be fully his.
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It means to be fully his. >> joyce: and we need to know
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>> joyce: and we need to know who our real enemy is,
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Who our real enemy is, and by the way,
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And by the way, if you're really full-on
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If you're really full-on walking with god,
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Walking with god, you don't have to be afraid
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You don't have to be afraid of the devil at all.
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Of the devil at all. >> [audience cheering]
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>> [audience cheering] >> announcer: come together
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>> announcer: come together with thousands who are
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With thousands who are ready to worship,
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Ready to worship, learn, laugh,
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Learn, laugh, and lean in.
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And lean in. >> cece: god calls
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>> cece: god calls us to holiness
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Us to holiness because he loves us.
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Because he loves us. y'all, it's beautiful.
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Y'all, it's beautiful. >> announcer: and go home,
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>> announcer: and go home, equipped for all
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Equipped for all of life's battles.
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Of life's battles. >> lysa: he's not trying
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>> lysa: he's not trying to hide from us.
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To hide from us. he's waiting to be seen by us.
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He's waiting to be seen by us. >> announcer: join us for
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>> announcer: join us for the 2025 love life
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The 2025 love life women's conference.
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Women's conference. with joyce meyer,
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With joyce meyer, cece winans,
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Cece winans, lysa terkeurst,
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Lysa terkeurst, and pat barrett.
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Register today
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Register today for the 2025 love life
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For the 2025 love life women's conference.
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Women's conference. go to joycemeyer.org/wc25.
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>> [music]
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>> [♪♪]
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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 - What Is Faith and How Does It Work? (Part 2)

April 28, 2025 | S25:E19

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