Joyce Meyer - What Is Love? (Part 3)

February 17, 2026 | 27:29

Bible teacher Joyce Meyer shares timeless scriptural principles to show us how we can embrace the best God has for us each and every day of our lives.

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - What Is Love? (Part 3) | February 17, 2026

>> joyce: just make a decision
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>> joyce: just make a decision that you are gonna walk
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>> joyce: just make a decision that you are gonna walk in love and part of that
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That you are gonna walk in love and part of that is you are gonna be a blessing
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In love and part of that is you are gonna be a blessing to everybody that you can.
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Is you are gonna be a blessing to everybody that you can. amen?
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>> joyce: i do what
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>> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's
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>> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's power transform my own life,
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I do because i've seen god's power transform my own life, and he will do it for you.
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Power transform my own life, and he will do it for you. the key to everything
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And he will do it for you. the key to everything is found in god's word.
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The key to everything is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer,
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Is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal
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I'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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>> joyce: you've
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>> joyce: you've decided that you want
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>> joyce: you've decided that you want to be a loving person.
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Decided that you want to be a loving person. you don't want to be quick
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To be a loving person. you don't want to be quick to get angry.
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You don't want to be quick to get angry. you don't want to stay
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To get angry. you don't want to stay mad at people.
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You don't want to stay mad at people. how many of you want that?
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Mad at people. how many of you want that? you don't--you want that?
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How many of you want that? you don't--you want that? >> [audience applauding]
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You don't--you want that? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: okay, so i'm gettin'
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: okay, so i'm gettin' ready to tell you
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>> joyce: okay, so i'm gettin' ready to tell you how you can get it.
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Ready to tell you how you can get it. >> [audience laughing]
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How you can get it. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: it's not gonna
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: it's not gonna happen because you go get
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>> joyce: it's not gonna happen because you go get in some prayer line and ask some
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Happen because you go get in some prayer line and ask some preacher to lay hands on you.
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In some prayer line and ask some preacher to lay hands on you. you can do that if you want to,
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Preacher to lay hands on you. you can do that if you want to, but you're gonna have
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You can do that if you want to, but you're gonna have to make a decision,
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But you're gonna have to make a decision, and you're going
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To make a decision, and you're going to have to do some work.
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And you're going to have to do some work. you're gonna have to put
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To have to do some work. you're gonna have to put some effort into it because
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It's something you have
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It's something you have to do on purpose.
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It's something you have to do on purpose. how many of you want
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To do on purpose. how many of you want to get good at forgiveness?
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How many of you want to get good at forgiveness? i mean, you want
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To get good at forgiveness? i mean, you want to just be like, bang,
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I mean, you want to just be like, bang, "i'm not staying mad at you.
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To just be like, bang, "i'm not staying mad at you. i'm not wasting the time."
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"i'm not staying mad at you. i'm not wasting the time." because really,
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I'm not wasting the time." because really, if somebody offends you,
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Because really, if somebody offends you, they're really offending god.
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If somebody offends you, they're really offending god. jesus said, "if they reject you,
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They're really offending god. jesus said, "if they reject you, they're rejecting me."
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Jesus said, "if they reject you, they're rejecting me." he takes it personally
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They're rejecting me." he takes it personally when people mistreat you.
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And if you will release them
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And if you will release them to god and pray for them,
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And if you will release them to god and pray for them, god will take care
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To god and pray for them, god will take care of it and turn it around.
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God will take care of it and turn it around. and isaiah 61 says, "god will
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Of it and turn it around. and isaiah 61 says, "god will give you a double blessing
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And isaiah 61 says, "god will give you a double blessing for your former trouble."
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Give you a double blessing for your former trouble." >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: so, you write
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>> joyce: so, you write these scriptures out
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>> joyce: so, you write these scriptures out and at least twice a day,
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These scriptures out and at least twice a day, you declare them out loud.
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And at least twice a day, you declare them out loud. and you write em' out
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You declare them out loud. and you write em' out in a first-person form.
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And you write em' out in a first-person form. "i am impossible to offend.
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In a first-person form. "i am impossible to offend. i am quick to forgive.
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"i am impossible to offend. i am quick to forgive. i am not easily angered."
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I am quick to forgive. i am not easily angered." and after every one of those
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I am not easily angered." and after every one of those things you put the scripture,
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And after every one of those things you put the scripture, that you got it from,
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Things you put the scripture, that you got it from, that helps you renew your mind.
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That you got it from, that helps you renew your mind. we can never act right until
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That helps you renew your mind. we can never act right until we start thinking right.
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We can never act right until we start thinking right. >> [audience applauding]
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We start thinking right. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: the problem
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: the problem is up here.
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>> joyce: the problem is up here. when you start thinking right,
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Is up here. when you start thinking right, where the mind goes,
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When you start thinking right, where the mind goes, the man follows.
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Where the mind goes, the man follows. your behavior will
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The man follows. your behavior will follow right thinking,
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Your behavior will follow right thinking, but your behavior will
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Follow right thinking, but your behavior will also follow wrong thinking.
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But your behavior will also follow wrong thinking. that's why if you sit around
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Also follow wrong thinking. that's why if you sit around all day and you think about
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That's why if you sit around all day and you think about what some person did to you,
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All day and you think about what some person did to you, that is unfair, and then you
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What some person did to you, that is unfair, and then you talk about it to everybody
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That is unfair, and then you talk about it to everybody that you can talk to about it.
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Talk about it to everybody that you can talk to about it. i can tell you, you are not
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That you can talk to about it. i can tell you, you are not gonna get over hating them.
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I can tell you, you are not gonna get over hating them. you just cannot do it.
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In god's economy,
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In god's economy, you have to believe
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In god's economy, you have to believe it first before you see it.
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You have to believe it first before you see it. "consider yourself dead to sin."
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It first before you see it. "consider yourself dead to sin." that means think yourself
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"consider yourself dead to sin." that means think yourself dead to sin, "i am dead to sin."
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That means think yourself dead to sin, "i am dead to sin." >> [audience applauding]
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Dead to sin, "i am dead to sin." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: if i can get this
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: if i can get this across to you today,
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>> joyce: if i can get this across to you today, i am giving you a big secret
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Of how to have victory
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Of how to have victory over any sin in your life.
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Of how to have victory over any sin in your life. you know, if you have
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Over any sin in your life. you know, if you have an eating disorder,
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You know, if you have an eating disorder, don't go around
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An eating disorder, don't go around and say 20 times a day,
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Don't go around and say 20 times a day, "i have an eating disorder,
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And say 20 times a day, "i have an eating disorder, i have an eating disorder."
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"i have an eating disorder, i have an eating disorder." everybody you see,
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I have an eating disorder." everybody you see, "i have an eating disorder."
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Everybody you see, "i have an eating disorder." while you still have
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"i have an eating disorder." while you still have the eating disorder say,
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While you still have the eating disorder say, "i do not have
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The eating disorder say, "i do not have an eating disorder.
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"i do not have an eating disorder. i am more than a conquer.
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An eating disorder. i am more than a conquer. greater is he that
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I am more than a conquer. greater is he that is in me than he that
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Greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world."
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Is in me than he that is in the world." come on.
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Is in the world." come on. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: now, you might have
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>> joyce: now, you might have to do that for six months
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>> joyce: now, you might have to do that for six months or a year, but who cares?
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To do that for six months or a year, but who cares? at least you're making some
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Or a year, but who cares? at least you're making some progress in the right direction.
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At least you're making some progress in the right direction. you're not staying
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Progress in the right direction. you're not staying in the same place all the time.
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Now, i don't know
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Now, i don't know if you believe me or not,
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Now, i don't know if you believe me or not, if you think this'll work,
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If you believe me or not, if you think this'll work, but i tell you what,
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If you think this'll work, but i tell you what, i made a list of 65 things that
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But i tell you what, i made a list of 65 things that i wanted to see happen
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I made a list of 65 things that i wanted to see happen in my life, and i said
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I wanted to see happen in my life, and i said all of them were
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In my life, and i said all of them were a reality and not one
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All of them were a reality and not one of them was a reality.
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A reality and not one of them was a reality. and right now, i can tell you,
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Of them was a reality. and right now, i can tell you, honestly, every one of those
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And right now, i can tell you, honestly, every one of those things is a reality in my life.
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Honestly, every one of those things is a reality in my life. >> [audience applauding]
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Things is a reality in my life. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: every single,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: every single, solitary, one of them.
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>> joyce: every single, solitary, one of them. you've got to change
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Solitary, one of them. you've got to change your thinking, because
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You've got to change your thinking, because what's in your heart
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Your thinking, because what's in your heart comes out of your
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What's in your heart comes out of your mouth and "words carry
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Comes out of your mouth and "words carry the power of life and death."
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Mouth and "words carry the power of life and death." >> [audience applauding]
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The power of life and death." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: it's not that hard
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: it's not that hard to put this together.
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>> joyce: it's not that hard to put this together. the bible doesn't say talk
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To put this together. the bible doesn't say talk about the mountain,
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The bible doesn't say talk about the mountain, it says, "talk to the mountain."
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About the mountain, it says, "talk to the mountain." now, i'm gonna talk
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It says, "talk to the mountain." now, i'm gonna talk to somebody that's
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Now, i'm gonna talk to somebody that's understanding what i'm saying.
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To somebody that's understanding what i'm saying. >> [audience cheering]
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Understanding what i'm saying. >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: now, you take anything
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>> [audience cheering] >> joyce: now, you take anything that is a bondage, a habit,
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>> joyce: now, you take anything that is a bondage, a habit, a problem in your life--
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That is a bondage, a habit, a problem in your life-- let's say, you have a problem
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A problem in your life-- let's say, you have a problem with jealousy, or you have
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Let's say, you have a problem with jealousy, or you have a problem with envy,
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With jealousy, or you have a problem with envy, or pride, or whatever.
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A problem with envy, or pride, or whatever. there's so many problems
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Or pride, or whatever. there's so many problems out there, we could
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There's so many problems out there, we could never count them all.
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Out there, we could never count them all. but whatever your problem is,
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Never count them all. but whatever your problem is, take the word like
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But whatever your problem is, take the word like medicine for that area.
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If i've got a headache,
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If i've got a headache, i don't put a band-aid
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If i've got a headache, i don't put a band-aid on my head.
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I don't put a band-aid on my head. if i cut myself,
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On my head. if i cut myself, i don't stick an aspirin in it.
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If i cut myself, i don't stick an aspirin in it. >> [audience laughing]
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I don't stick an aspirin in it. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: we have enough
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: we have enough sense to know what kind
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>> joyce: we have enough sense to know what kind of medicine to take
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Sense to know what kind of medicine to take for our physical ailments.
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Well, the word of god
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Well, the word of god is medicine.
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Well, the word of god is medicine. >> [audience applauding]
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Is medicine. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: it is medicine
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: it is medicine for your soul.
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>> joyce: it is medicine for your soul. >> [audience applauding]
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For your soul. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and refills are free.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and refills are free. there's no limit on refills.
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>> joyce: and refills are free. there's no limit on refills. dr. jesus says you can
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There's no limit on refills. dr. jesus says you can refill this until you
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Dr. jesus says you can refill this until you are completely well.
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Refill this until you are completely well. come on.
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Are completely well. come on. >> [audience applauding]
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Come on. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: but let me tell you
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: but let me tell you something, you can't be lazy
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>> joyce: but let me tell you something, you can't be lazy and be victorious.
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Something, you can't be lazy and be victorious. you can't just keep goin'
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And be victorious. you can't just keep goin' somewhere and sitting there
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You can't just keep goin' somewhere and sitting there hoping somebody else says
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Somewhere and sitting there hoping somebody else says something that sets you free.
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Hoping somebody else says something that sets you free. but you need to do something.
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You need to put some
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You need to put some work and effort into it.
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You need to put some work and effort into it. "the measure [of thought
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Work and effort into it. "the measure [of thought and study] that you give
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"the measure [of thought and study] that you give [to the truth that you hear]
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And study] that you give [to the truth that you hear] is the measure [of virtue]--"
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[to the truth that you hear] is the measure [of virtue]--" which is power, "that will
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Is the measure [of virtue]--" which is power, "that will come back to you again."
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Which is power, "that will come back to you again." >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: love is kind.
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>> joyce: love is kind. wow, this is so important.
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>> joyce: love is kind. wow, this is so important. kind.
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Wow, this is so important. kind. ephesians 4:32, "be kind
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Kind. ephesians 4:32, "be kind and compassionate."
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Ephesians 4:32, "be kind and compassionate." i love the scriptures that say,
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And compassionate." i love the scriptures that say, "and jesus was moved
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I love the scriptures that say, "and jesus was moved with compassion."
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"and jesus was moved with compassion." when you have compassion,
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It moves you.
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It moves you. it's not pity.
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It moves you. it's not pity. you can feel sorry
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It's not pity. you can feel sorry for somebody and never
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You can feel sorry for somebody and never do anything for them.
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For somebody and never do anything for them. but if you have real,
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Do anything for them. but if you have real, true compassion,
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But if you have real, true compassion, born out of love,
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True compassion, born out of love, it will move you
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Born out of love, it will move you to help somebody.
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It will move you to help somebody. you'll sacrifice to do it.
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To help somebody. you'll sacrifice to do it. you hear things about
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You'll sacrifice to do it. you hear things about random acts of kindness.
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You hear things about random acts of kindness. how many have ever heard that
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Random acts of kindness. how many have ever heard that term, random acts of kindness?
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How many have ever heard that term, random acts of kindness? i love it.
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Term, random acts of kindness? i love it. i love doing stuff like that.
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I love it. i love doing stuff like that. i love to see how people react.
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I love doing stuff like that. i love to see how people react. and i believe that
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I love to see how people react. and i believe that a lot of people could
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And i believe that a lot of people could be brought to christ,
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A lot of people could be brought to christ, if more christians would just
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Be brought to christ, if more christians would just do random acts of kindness.
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If more christians would just do random acts of kindness. >> [audience applauding]
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Do random acts of kindness. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: one of the things
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: one of the things that agape is, is doing
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>> joyce: one of the things that agape is, is doing something kind for
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That agape is, is doing something kind for someone that you don't know,
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Something kind for someone that you don't know, that can never pay you back.
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Someone that you don't know, that can never pay you back. doing things in secret.
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That can never pay you back. doing things in secret. i told you yesterday,
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Doing things in secret. i told you yesterday, somebody bought
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I told you yesterday, somebody bought our lunch, here.
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Somebody bought our lunch, here. we went to pay for our lunch,
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Our lunch, here. we went to pay for our lunch, we were at houston's
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We went to pay for our lunch, we were at houston's and they said, "somebody's
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We were at houston's and they said, "somebody's already paid your bill."
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And they said, "somebody's already paid your bill." they did it anonymously.
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Already paid your bill." they did it anonymously. well, you know what i do?
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They did it anonymously. well, you know what i do? i take those things
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Well, you know what i do? i take those things as winks from god.
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I take those things as winks from god. it's like god's saying...
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As winks from god. it's like god's saying... [winks]
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It's like god's saying... [winks] >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: "i gotcha.
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>> joyce: "i gotcha. i'll take care of ya."
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>> joyce: "i gotcha. i'll take care of ya." just a little something to let
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I'll take care of ya." just a little something to let me know that he's there.
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Just a little something to let me know that he's there. you say, "well sure, people
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Me know that he's there. you say, "well sure, people would pay for your lunch.
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You say, "well sure, people would pay for your lunch. you're famous and on tv,"
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Would pay for your lunch. you're famous and on tv," you know?
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You're famous and on tv," you know? >> [audience laughing]
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You know? >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: no, i buy--
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: no, i buy-- i pay for people's lunch
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>> joyce: no, i buy-- i pay for people's lunch that i don't know,
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I pay for people's lunch that i don't know, and they never know
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That i don't know, and they never know that i did it.
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And they never know that i did it. sometimes, i'll see a young
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That i did it. sometimes, i'll see a young couple with four or five
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Sometimes, i'll see a young couple with four or five kids eating at a table.
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Couple with four or five kids eating at a table. and i remember when dave
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Kids eating at a table. and i remember when dave and i, maybe, could eat
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And i remember when dave and i, maybe, could eat out once a year.
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And i, maybe, could eat out once a year. maybe.
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Out once a year. maybe. you need to remember
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Maybe. you need to remember where you came from.
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You need to remember where you came from. >> [audience applauding]
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Where you came from. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and start helping
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and start helping people that are still where
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>> joyce: and start helping people that are still where you used to be.
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People that are still where you used to be. amen?
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You used to be. amen? >> audience: amen.
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>> joyce: luke 6:35 says,
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>> joyce: luke 6:35 says, "love your enemies,
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>> joyce: luke 6:35 says, "love your enemies, do good to them, and lend
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"love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting
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Do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.
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To them without expecting to get anything back. then your reward will be great,
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To get anything back. then your reward will be great, and you will be children
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Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the most high, because
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And you will be children of the most high, because he is kind to the ungrateful
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Of the most high, because he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked."
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He is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked." colossians 3:12 and 13,
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And the wicked." colossians 3:12 and 13, "therefore, as god's chosen
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Colossians 3:12 and 13, "therefore, as god's chosen people, holy and dearly beloved,
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"therefore, as god's chosen people, holy and dearly beloved, clothe yourselves with
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People, holy and dearly beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility,
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Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience."
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Compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience." these are the attitudes
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That a believer in christ
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That a believer in christ should be wearing.
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That a believer in christ should be wearing. don't you leave this meeting,
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Should be wearing. don't you leave this meeting, after hearing me preach
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Don't you leave this meeting, after hearing me preach like this, and get out
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After hearing me preach like this, and get out in the parking lot--
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Like this, and get out in the parking lot-- >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: and give somebody
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>> joyce: and give somebody some bad sign.
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>> joyce: and give somebody some bad sign. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: and don't go out
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>> joyce: and don't go out to that resource table
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>> joyce: and don't go out to that resource table and nearly knock
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To that resource table and nearly knock somebody down because
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And nearly knock somebody down because you're in a hurry.
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Somebody down because you're in a hurry. see, that's a problem,
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You're in a hurry. see, that's a problem, we can hear this kind
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See, that's a problem, we can hear this kind of stuff and just walk out.
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We can hear this kind of stuff and just walk out. hearing it is not what's
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Of stuff and just walk out. hearing it is not what's gonna change you.
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Hearing it is not what's gonna change you. it's doing it.
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Gonna change you. it's doing it. you got--if you got a bad
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It's doing it. you got--if you got a bad temper, you need to make
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You got--if you got a bad temper, you need to make a college course out
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Temper, you need to make a college course out of learning how to walk in love.
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A college course out of learning how to walk in love. go to the college
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Of learning how to walk in love. go to the college of the holy ghost.
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Go to the college of the holy ghost. examples of random acts
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Of the holy ghost. examples of random acts of kindness.
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Examples of random acts of kindness. now, i can only tell you
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Of kindness. now, i can only tell you examples from my life
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Now, i can only tell you examples from my life and maybe some from my kids,
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Examples from my life and maybe some from my kids, because that's all i know,
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And maybe some from my kids, because that's all i know, so i'm not bragging on us,
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Because that's all i know, so i'm not bragging on us, but i'm trying to just show
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So i'm not bragging on us, but i'm trying to just show you the power of this stuff.
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But i'm trying to just show you the power of this stuff. random act of kindness
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You the power of this stuff. random act of kindness is doing something good
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Random act of kindness is doing something good for someone you may not
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Is doing something good for someone you may not know just for the purpose
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For someone you may not know just for the purpose of showing kindness.
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Know just for the purpose of showing kindness. you have no other
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Of showing kindness. you have no other motive in mind.
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You have no other motive in mind. you just--you just wanna
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Motive in mind. you just--you just wanna bless 'em.
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You just--you just wanna bless 'em. and for me, i want to bless
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Bless 'em. and for me, i want to bless 'em because god has
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And for me, i want to bless 'em because god has done so much for me.
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'em because god has done so much for me. i just--he's done so much
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Done so much for me. i just--he's done so much for me.
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I just--he's done so much for me. so, i've told these stories
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For me. so, i've told these stories a couple of times.
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So, i've told these stories a couple of times. i don't know if i've heard--
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A couple of times. i don't know if i've heard-- told 'em here, or if you've
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I don't know if i've heard-- told 'em here, or if you've seen them on tv,
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Told 'em here, or if you've seen them on tv, but it's--they're still
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Seen them on tv, but it's--they're still good stories, so you just
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But it's--they're still good stories, so you just have to listen again.
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Good stories, so you just have to listen again. >> [audience laughing]
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Have to listen again. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: you know, we have ideas about people
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>> joyce: you know, we have ideas about people and sometimes we don't
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We have ideas about people and sometimes we don't like to hang out with
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And sometimes we don't like to hang out with anybody that's not like us.
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Like to hang out with anybody that's not like us. and some of the young people,
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Anybody that's not like us. and some of the young people, today, just are not like us.
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And some of the young people, today, just are not like us. you know, they've got--
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Today, just are not like us. you know, they've got-- >> [audience laughing]
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You know, they've got-- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: they might have five
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: they might have five different colors in their
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>> joyce: they might have five different colors in their hair and body piercings
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Different colors in their hair and body piercings all over the place,
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Hair and body piercings all over the place, and everything tattooed,
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All over the place, and everything tattooed, and wearing black lipstick,
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And everything tattooed, and wearing black lipstick, and you know, whatever.
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And wearing black lipstick, and you know, whatever. and so, if you're
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And you know, whatever. and so, if you're a "religious" christian,
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And so, if you're a "religious" christian, which are the absolute worst.
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A "religious" christian, which are the absolute worst. >> [audience laughing]
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Which are the absolute worst. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, religious people are some
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>> joyce: i mean, religious people are some of the meanest people
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Religious people are some of the meanest people on the face of the earth.
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Of the meanest people on the face of the earth. >> [audience applauding]
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On the face of the earth. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: they're like
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: they're like the pharisees.
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>> joyce: they're like the pharisees. you cannot do anything right.
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The pharisees. you cannot do anything right. they're gonna find
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You cannot do anything right. they're gonna find something wrong with it.
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They're gonna find something wrong with it. so, i was at a starbucks,
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Something wrong with it. so, i was at a starbucks, and i wanted what's
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So, i was at a starbucks, and i wanted what's called a pour over
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And i wanted what's called a pour over and i'm a coffee snob,
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Called a pour over and i'm a coffee snob, it's gotta be a certain
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And i'm a coffee snob, it's gotta be a certain way or i don't want it.
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It's gotta be a certain way or i don't want it. and she said, "oh, let me make
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Way or i don't want it. and she said, "oh, let me make you a cup of coffee out
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And she said, "oh, let me make you a cup of coffee out of this new press that we have."
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You a cup of coffee out of this new press that we have." i said, "ah, i don't really
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Of this new press that we have." i said, "ah, i don't really like a press, the coffee's
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I said, "ah, i don't really like a press, the coffee's always too strong."
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Like a press, the coffee's always too strong." she said, "no, let me make
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Always too strong." she said, "no, let me make this for you."
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She said, "no, let me make this for you." she said, "and if you don't
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This for you." she said, "and if you don't like it, i'll make you
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She said, "and if you don't like it, i'll make you anything else you want."
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Like it, i'll make you anything else you want." well, her hair was going
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Anything else you want." well, her hair was going in about every direction,
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Well, her hair was going in about every direction, and every piece of it was
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In about every direction, and every piece of it was a different color.
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And every piece of it was a different color. wouldn't have been, you know,
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A different color. wouldn't have been, you know, like somebody i would have
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Wouldn't have been, you know, like somebody i would have hung out with, but by now,
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Like somebody i would have hung out with, but by now, i'm learnin' to have a little
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Hung out with, but by now, i'm learnin' to have a little bit of brains, that just
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I'm learnin' to have a little bit of brains, that just because they're not like me,
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Bit of brains, that just because they're not like me, that doesn't mean that
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Because they're not like me, that doesn't mean that god doesn't love 'em.
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That doesn't mean that god doesn't love 'em. did you hear me?
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God doesn't love 'em. did you hear me? >> audience: yes!
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Did you hear me? >> audience: yes! >> joyce: just because
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>> audience: yes! >> joyce: just because they're not like you.
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>> joyce: just because they're not like you. and some of you have
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They're not like you. and some of you have an attitude about tattoos.
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And some of you have an attitude about tattoos. do you know the bible says
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An attitude about tattoos. do you know the bible says in the old testament that people
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Do you know the bible says in the old testament that people had tattooed on their body,
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In the old testament that people had tattooed on their body, "i belong to the lord."
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Had tattooed on their body, "i belong to the lord." "well--"
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"i belong to the lord." "well--" >> [audience laughing]
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"well--" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "well, i just
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "well, i just think that's wrong."
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>> joyce: "well, i just think that's wrong." >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: well, i'm about
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>> joyce: well, i'm about to get one.
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>> joyce: well, i'm about to get one. >> [audience cheering]
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To get one. >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: and i'm gonna
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>> [audience cheering] >> joyce: and i'm gonna do it just to make the devil
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>> joyce: and i'm gonna do it just to make the devil mad and just to make
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Do it just to make the devil mad and just to make religious people mad.
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Mad and just to make religious people mad. >> [audience applauding]
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Religious people mad. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i'm gonna have
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i'm gonna have it put right back here,
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>> joyce: i'm gonna have it put right back here, a cross and under it,
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It put right back here, a cross and under it, it's gonna say,
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A cross and under it, it's gonna say, "i belong to jesus."
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It's gonna say, "i belong to jesus." >> [audience cheering]
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>> joyce: it just makes
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The devil so mad
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The devil so mad when you get free.
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The devil so mad when you get free. "well, well, mabel,
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When you get free. "well, well, mabel, i never heard of anything--"
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"well, well, mabel, i never heard of anything--" >> [audience laughing]
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I never heard of anything--" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "i mean, we're not
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "i mean, we're not coming back this afternoon.
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>> joyce: "i mean, we're not coming back this afternoon. that woman's crazy."
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Coming back this afternoon. that woman's crazy." >> [audience laughing]
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That woman's crazy." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: can you imagine that,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: can you imagine that, 78 and a half years old
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>> joyce: can you imagine that, 78 and a half years old and going to get a tattoo?
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78 and a half years old and going to get a tattoo? >> [audience cheering]
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And going to get a tattoo? >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: angels' mouths
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>> [audience cheering] >> joyce: angels' mouths are...[mumbling].
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>> joyce: angels' mouths are...[mumbling]. >> [audience laughing]
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Are...[mumbling]. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: anyway, this gal had
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: anyway, this gal had tattoos all over.
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>> joyce: anyway, this gal had tattoos all over. she had her tongue pierced.
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Tattoos all over. she had her tongue pierced. she had her eyelashes pierced.
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She had her tongue pierced. she had her eyelashes pierced. she had--
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She had her eyelashes pierced. she had-- so, she says to me, she said,
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She had-- so, she says to me, she said, "yeah, i just love
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So, she says to me, she said, "yeah, i just love this coffee pot."
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"yeah, i just love this coffee pot." she said, "you can just
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This coffee pot." she said, "you can just use it anywhere."
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She said, "you can just use it anywhere." she said, "i--i'm gonna save
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Use it anywhere." she said, "i--i'm gonna save up my money so i can get one.
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She said, "i--i'm gonna save up my money so i can get one. it's just gonna take
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Up my money so i can get one. it's just gonna take me a while to do it."
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It's just gonna take me a while to do it." well, it was about $100.
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Me a while to do it." well, it was about $100. so, she made me a cup
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Well, it was about $100. so, she made me a cup of coffee and sure enough,
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So, she made me a cup of coffee and sure enough, it was really good.
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Of coffee and sure enough, it was really good. and so, i started to walk away,
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It was really good. and so, i started to walk away, and i just sensed that
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And so, i started to walk away, and i just sensed that i was missing an opportunity,
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And i just sensed that i was missing an opportunity, and i felt like the lord said,
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I was missing an opportunity, and i felt like the lord said, "buy her the coffee
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And i felt like the lord said, "buy her the coffee pot she wants."
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"buy her the coffee pot she wants." okay, now listen.
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You feel really stupid,
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You feel really stupid, going up to somebody
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You feel really stupid, going up to somebody you don't know and saying,
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Going up to somebody you don't know and saying, "i'd like to buy you
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You don't know and saying, "i'd like to buy you that coffee pot,"
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"i'd like to buy you that coffee pot," especially today.
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That coffee pot," especially today. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: so, i walked
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>> joyce: so, i walked around a little bit,
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>> joyce: so, i walked around a little bit, and get my nerve up.
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>> [audience laughing]
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i went back,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i went back, and called her over,
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>> joyce: and i went back, and called her over, and i said, "listen,
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And called her over, and i said, "listen, i just--i wanna bless you.
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And i said, "listen, i just--i wanna bless you. i wanna buy you one
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I just--i wanna bless you. i wanna buy you one of those coffee pots."
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I wanna buy you one of those coffee pots." and so, i just gave her $110.
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Of those coffee pots." and so, i just gave her $110. and she's like,
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And so, i just gave her $110. and she's like, "well, no, wha--wha--?"
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And she's like, "well, no, wha--wha--?" and she starts crying.
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"well, no, wha--wha--?" and she starts crying. and so, of course,
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And she starts crying. and so, of course, i'm wantin' to get out
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And so, of course, i'm wantin' to get out of there as fast as i can.
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I'm wantin' to get out of there as fast as i can. >> [audience laughing]
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Of there as fast as i can. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "here's the money
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "here's the money for your coffee pot."
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>> joyce: "here's the money for your coffee pot." i've obeyed god, i'm gone.
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For your coffee pot." i've obeyed god, i'm gone. >> [audience laughing]
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I've obeyed god, i'm gone. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: done and gone.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: done and gone. well--and things like
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>> joyce: done and gone. well--and things like this don't just happen.
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Well--and things like this don't just happen. so, it's two hours later
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This don't just happen. so, it's two hours later and i go to the bathroom
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So, it's two hours later and i go to the bathroom in another store.
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And i go to the bathroom in another store. and i start to come in the door,
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In another store. and i start to come in the door, and she is coming out the door.
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And i start to come in the door, and she is coming out the door. and she looked at me--
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And she is coming out the door. and she looked at me-- now, this is the effect
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And she looked at me-- now, this is the effect this can have on people.
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Now, this is the effect this can have on people. she looked at me and she said,
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This can have on people. she looked at me and she said, "why are you the kindest person
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She looked at me and she said, "why are you the kindest person in the whole world?"
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"why are you the kindest person in the whole world?" >> [audience applauding]
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In the whole world?" >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: which, obviously,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: which, obviously, i'm not, but.
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>> joyce: which, obviously, i'm not, but. >> [audience laughing]
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I'm not, but. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: nobody had
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: nobody had ever showed her
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>> joyce: nobody had ever showed her that kind of kindness.
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Ever showed her that kind of kindness. do you know how many people
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That kind of kindness. do you know how many people there are in the world who
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Do you know how many people there are in the world who have never seen kindness?
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There are in the world who have never seen kindness? they've never--
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Have never seen kindness? they've never-- nobody's ever
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They've never-- nobody's ever really loved them.
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Nobody's ever really loved them. the world is full
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Really loved them. the world is full of people that nobody
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The world is full of people that nobody has ever loved them.
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Of people that nobody has ever loved them. and you have the love
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Has ever loved them. and you have the love of god in you.
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And you have the love of god in you. you have the ability
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Of god in you. you have the ability to change people's lives.
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>> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and so, i said,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and so, i said, "well, tell you what."
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>> joyce: and so, i said, "well, tell you what." i said, "god's been really
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"well, tell you what." i said, "god's been really good to me and you just
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I said, "god's been really good to me and you just look to me like you could
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Good to me and you just look to me like you could use a blessing and so i just
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Look to me like you could use a blessing and so i just wanted to bless you."
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Use a blessing and so i just wanted to bless you." and she said, "well, to tell you
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Wanted to bless you." and she said, "well, to tell you the truth, i've been kind
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And she said, "well, to tell you the truth, i've been kind of mad at the man upstairs."
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The truth, i've been kind of mad at the man upstairs." i love it when people
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Of mad at the man upstairs." i love it when people call him the man upstairs,
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I love it when people call him the man upstairs, that tells me right away
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Call him the man upstairs, that tells me right away they don't know him.
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That tells me right away they don't know him. and she said,
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They don't know him. and she said, "my mother died with
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And she said, "my mother died with cancer and i've been
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"my mother died with cancer and i've been mad at him ever since."
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But she said, "after this,
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But she said, "after this, i may have to rethink it."
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But she said, "after this, i may have to rethink it." now, she didn't get saved
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I may have to rethink it." now, she didn't get saved right there on the spot,
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Now, she didn't get saved right there on the spot, but that had to have
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Right there on the spot, but that had to have an impact on that woman's life.
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But that had to have an impact on that woman's life. another story, you'll give me
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An impact on that woman's life. another story, you'll give me a few more minutes, right,
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Another story, you'll give me a few more minutes, right, if i'm telling you good stories?
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A few more minutes, right, if i'm telling you good stories? >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: another story,
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>> joyce: another story, my son is in line waiting
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>> joyce: another story, my son is in line waiting to pay for some jeans
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My son is in line waiting to pay for some jeans that he got.
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To pay for some jeans that he got. see, you can teach your
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That he got. see, you can teach your kids this kind of stuff.
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See, you can teach your kids this kind of stuff. and there's a young man in front
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Kids this kind of stuff. and there's a young man in front of him that was putting one
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And there's a young man in front of him that was putting one pair of jeans in layaway.
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Well, my son, didn't even
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Well, my son, didn't even have to think about it.
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Well, my son, didn't even have to think about it. he just said, "i'll pay for
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Have to think about it. he just said, "i'll pay for the jeans, let him have 'em."
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He just said, "i'll pay for the jeans, let him have 'em." this is the kinda stuff
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The jeans, let him have 'em." this is the kinda stuff we ought to be doing.
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This is the kinda stuff we ought to be doing. i remember when i used to have
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We ought to be doing. i remember when i used to have to put stuff in layaway.
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I remember when i used to have to put stuff in layaway. i don't have to put
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To put stuff in layaway. i don't have to put it in layaway, now.
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I don't have to put it in layaway, now. i can pay for it.
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It in layaway, now. i can pay for it. amen?
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I can pay for it. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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Amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: my daughter does
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: my daughter does this stuff all the time.
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>> joyce: my daughter does this stuff all the time. she'll be--if she's
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This stuff all the time. she'll be--if she's in the grocery store
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She'll be--if she's in the grocery store and somebody realizes they've
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In the grocery store and somebody realizes they've got more than what they
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And somebody realizes they've got more than what they can pay for and they start
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Got more than what they can pay for and they start trying to take items out--
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Can pay for and they start trying to take items out-- i've been there.
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Trying to take items out-- i've been there. she says, "no, nope,
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I've been there. she says, "no, nope, i'll pay the whole bill.
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She says, "no, nope, i'll pay the whole bill. just give 'em to her."
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I'll pay the whole bill. just give 'em to her." why do you think
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Just give 'em to her." why do you think god blesses you?
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Why do you think god blesses you? he doesn't bless you just
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God blesses you? he doesn't bless you just so you can be blessed.
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He doesn't bless you just so you can be blessed. he blesses you so you can
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So you can be blessed. he blesses you so you can be a blessing to other people.
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He blesses you so you can be a blessing to other people. >> [audience cheering]
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>> joyce: and it doesn't have
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>> joyce: and it doesn't have to be somebody you like,
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>> joyce: and it doesn't have to be somebody you like, or know, or somebody who can
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To be somebody you like, or know, or somebody who can do something back for you.
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Or know, or somebody who can do something back for you. it's even better if it's
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Do something back for you. it's even better if it's somebody you don't know.
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It's even better if it's somebody you don't know. then story,
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Somebody you don't know. then story, after story, after story.
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Then story, after story, after story. we were in a restaurant
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After story, after story. we were in a restaurant sometime this year.
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We were in a restaurant sometime this year. and, you know, everybody's
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Sometime this year. and, you know, everybody's been short on workers
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And, you know, everybody's been short on workers and so we had to wait,
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Been short on workers and so we had to wait, like, a long time to even
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And so we had to wait, like, a long time to even get a glass of water.
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Like, a long time to even get a glass of water. and since i'm so patient,
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Get a glass of water. and since i'm so patient, you know?
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And since i'm so patient, you know? >> [audience laughing]
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You know? >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i looove waiting.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i looove waiting. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: i looove waiting. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: finally, this girl
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: finally, this girl comes over to wait on us.
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>> joyce: finally, this girl comes over to wait on us. she said, "i'm so sorry you
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Comes over to wait on us. she said, "i'm so sorry you had to wait so long."
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She said, "i'm so sorry you had to wait so long." she said, "we just--
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Had to wait so long." she said, "we just-- we're short on workers."
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She said, "we just-- we're short on workers." and she said, "i've been
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We're short on workers." and she said, "i've been working 14-hour days."
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And she said, "i've been working 14-hour days." and you know, "i'm just
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Working 14-hour days." and you know, "i'm just really worn out."
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And you know, "i'm just really worn out." she was sweating.
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Really worn out." she was sweating. you could tell she
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She was sweating. you could tell she was really tired.
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You could tell she was really tired. and so, we talked to her
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Was really tired. and so, we talked to her a little bit, in the course
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And so, we talked to her a little bit, in the course of the conversation, she said,
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A little bit, in the course of the conversation, she said, "i have to work these hours
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Of the conversation, she said, "i have to work these hours because when everything
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"i have to work these hours because when everything was closed down during covid,
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Because when everything was closed down during covid, i got behind on my bills."
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Was closed down during covid, i got behind on my bills." and she said, "i'm way
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I got behind on my bills." and she said, "i'm way behind on my electric bill
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And she said, "i'm way behind on my electric bill and i'm afraid they're
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Behind on my electric bill and i'm afraid they're gonna turn my electric off,
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And i'm afraid they're gonna turn my electric off, and i've got a child."
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Gonna turn my electric off, and i've got a child." well, see, once you get
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And i've got a child." well, see, once you get good at this, you don't have
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Well, see, once you get good at this, you don't have to go have a 25-minute prayer
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Good at this, you don't have to go have a 25-minute prayer session to see if god wants
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To go have a 25-minute prayer session to see if god wants you to do something.
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Session to see if god wants you to do something. >> [audience laughing]
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You to do something. >> [audience laughing] >> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience laughing] >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, we left
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, we left her a $100 tip, but no,
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>> joyce: so, we left her a $100 tip, but no, that didn't suit god.
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Her a $100 tip, but no, that didn't suit god. we left and on the way home,
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That didn't suit god. we left and on the way home, i said, "dave, we need
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We left and on the way home, i said, "dave, we need to pay her electric bill."
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I said, "dave, we need to pay her electric bill." so, we were already
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To pay her electric bill." so, we were already almost home.
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So, we were already almost home. so, i was gonna send one
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Almost home. so, i was gonna send one of my employees back
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So, i was gonna send one of my employees back the next day to do it...
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Of my employees back the next day to do it... >> [audience laughing]
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The next day to do it... >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: 'cause i thought,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: 'cause i thought, "i'm gonna feel stupid."
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>> joyce: 'cause i thought, "i'm gonna feel stupid." and god said, "no, you're
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"i'm gonna feel stupid." and god said, "no, you're gonna go do it yourself."
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And god said, "no, you're gonna go do it yourself." okay, so i went back,
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Gonna go do it yourself." okay, so i went back, and she wasn't working that day.
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Okay, so i went back, and she wasn't working that day. but i said to the girl--
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And she wasn't working that day. but i said to the girl-- the hostess, i said--i kinda
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But i said to the girl-- the hostess, i said--i kinda described her, i said,
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The hostess, i said--i kinda described her, i said, "do you know who this girl is?"
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Described her, i said, "do you know who this girl is?" and she said, "oh, yeah,
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"do you know who this girl is?" and she said, "oh, yeah, i know who she is."
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And she said, "oh, yeah, i know who she is." and she said,
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I know who she is." and she said, "i know who you are, too."
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And she said, "i know who you are, too." and i said, "okay, i need you
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"i know who you are, too." and i said, "okay, i need you to help me with somethin'.
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And i said, "okay, i need you to help me with somethin'. she was telling me
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To help me with somethin'. she was telling me yesterday how she thought
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She was telling me yesterday how she thought her electric might get
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Yesterday how she thought her electric might get turned off and i want
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Her electric might get turned off and i want to pay her electric bill.
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Turned off and i want to pay her electric bill. can you give her this
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To pay her electric bill. can you give her this email address?"
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Can you give her this email address?" gave her my daughter's
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Email address?" gave her my daughter's email address.
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Gave her my daughter's email address. and i said, "tell her
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Email address. and i said, "tell her if she'll send the electric
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And i said, "tell her if she'll send the electric bill to my daughter,
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If she'll send the electric bill to my daughter, we'll pay it."
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Bill to my daughter, we'll pay it." well, she did, and we did.
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We'll pay it." well, she did, and we did. and i haven't seen her since.
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Well, she did, and we did. and i haven't seen her since. but i'll tell you one
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And i haven't seen her since. but i'll tell you one thing that happened,
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But i'll tell you one thing that happened, that lady at that hostess desk
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Thing that happened, that lady at that hostess desk knows that i'm not a phony.
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That lady at that hostess desk knows that i'm not a phony. >> [audience applauding]
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Knows that i'm not a phony. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: that i'm not just
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: that i'm not just preaching something
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>> joyce: that i'm not just preaching something that i don't love.
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Preaching something that i don't love. now, i'm not just trying to say,
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That i don't love. now, i'm not just trying to say, "oh, i am so good,"
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Now, i'm not just trying to say, "oh, i am so good," because, you know--
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"oh, i am so good," because, you know-- you know where i started
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Because, you know-- you know where i started 40 years ago?
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You know where i started 40 years ago? i felt like god was putting
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40 years ago? i felt like god was putting it on my heart to give
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I felt like god was putting it on my heart to give somebody $10 and i didn't
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It on my heart to give somebody $10 and i didn't wanna give 'em $10.
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Somebody $10 and i didn't wanna give 'em $10. i wanted to keep my $10.
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Wanna give 'em $10. i wanted to keep my $10. and i said, "now, god,
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I wanted to keep my $10. and i said, "now, god, if this is really you."
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And i said, "now, god, if this is really you." >> [audience laughing]
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If this is really you." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: c'mon,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: c'mon, you ever been there?
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>> joyce: c'mon, you ever been there? i mean, "if this is really you."
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You ever been there? i mean, "if this is really you." you know, we wanna have
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I mean, "if this is really you." you know, we wanna have angels appear and three
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You know, we wanna have angels appear and three prophecies and four
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Angels appear and three prophecies and four confirmations to give away $5.
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Prophecies and four confirmations to give away $5. >> [audience laughing]
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Confirmations to give away $5. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "if this
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "if this is really you, i'll do it."
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>> joyce: "if this is really you, i'll do it." and you know what
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Is really you, i'll do it." and you know what the lord said, "even if it's not
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And you know what the lord said, "even if it's not really me, i won't get mad
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The lord said, "even if it's not really me, i won't get mad at you if you bless somebody"?
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Really me, i won't get mad at you if you bless somebody"? >> [audience applauding]
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At you if you bless somebody"? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: see, you don't have
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: see, you don't have to have a prayer meeting
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>> joyce: see, you don't have to have a prayer meeting every time you wanna bless
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To have a prayer meeting every time you wanna bless somebody, just make
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Every time you wanna bless somebody, just make a decision that you are
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Somebody, just make a decision that you are gonna walk in love.
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A decision that you are gonna walk in love. and part of that is you
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Gonna walk in love. and part of that is you are gonna be a blessing
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And part of that is you are gonna be a blessing to everybody that you can.
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Are gonna be a blessing to everybody that you can. amen.
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>> [cabinet closing]
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>> [cabinet closing] >> [refrigerator door
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Opening and closing] >> announcer: as your day
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>> [cereal pouring] >> announcer: and if
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>> announcer: and if they are negative,
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>> announcer: shall we say, risky?
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When it's full of negativity; the nice heaping bowl of trash.
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>> joyce: you know, it's very
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>> joyce: you know, it's very important to have a healthy
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Important to have a healthy spirit, soul, and body.
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Spirit, soul, and body. believe me,
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I know from experience. early on, my thoughts
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Early on, my thoughts did not line up with
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Did not line up with god's word, and i started
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God's word, and i started to believe the wrong things.
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About these negative thoughts, and how harmful
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Thoughts, and how harmful they were to me.
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They were to me. god showed me that there are
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God showed me that there are thoughts to reject, and healthy
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Thoughts to reject, and healthy thoughts to embrace.
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How do we navigate all of life's pressures?
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All of life's pressures? well, god's word has
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Well, god's word has much to say about it.
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Much to say about it. so, i thought we could
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So, i thought we could all get together with
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All get together with some of my friends
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Some of my friends and talk about it.
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>> announcer: join us
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>> announcer: join us for the enjoying
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For the enjoying everyday life
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Everyday life conference.
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Conference. a weekend
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A weekend of practical messages
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Of practical messages and heartfelt worship
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And heartfelt worship with joyce
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With joyce and her guests,
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And her guests, dr. henry cloud,
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Dr. henry cloud, nona jones,
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Nona jones, and worship with
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And worship with naomi raine,
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Naomi raine, april 10-11,
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April 10-11, in hershey, pennsylvania.
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In hershey, pennsylvania. >> joyce: you know,
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>> joyce: you know, i have such a passion
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I have such a passion for teaching god's word,
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For teaching god's word, and it's even better when
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And it's even better when we all get together
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We all get together under one roof.
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Under one roof. so, i really hope
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So, i really hope to see you there.
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>> announcer:
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>> announcer: register today.
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Register today. go to:
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Go to: joycemeyer.org.
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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 Love? (Part 3)

February 17, 2026 | 27:29

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