Joyce Meyer - Your Life Is What You Make It! (Part 3)

March 8, 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 - Your Life Is What You Make It! (Part 3) | March 8, 2026

>> ginger: do you ever deal
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>> ginger: do you ever deal with stress or anxiety?
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With stress or anxiety? who doesn't?
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Who doesn't? well, joyce's teaching
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Well, joyce's teaching is coming up, but first i'd like
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Is coming up, but first i'd like to personally invite you
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To personally invite you to an event that could
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To an event that could positively affect the rest
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Positively affect the rest of your life.
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Of your life. joyce's enjoying everyday life
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Joyce's enjoying everyday life conference is happening
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Conference is happening in hershey, pennsylvania.
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In hershey, pennsylvania. here are a few
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Reasons why you
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Reasons why you should join us.
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Should join us. naomi rain will
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Naomi rain will help us enter
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Help us enter god's presence
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God's presence through worship.
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Through worship. psychologist
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Psychologist and author,
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And author, dr. henry cloud
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Dr. henry cloud will give us insight
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Will give us insight on our mind,
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On our mind, emotions, and facing
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Emotions, and facing the challenges
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The challenges of life.
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Of life. nona jones will
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Nona jones will help us to overcome
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Help us to overcome challenges
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Challenges like trauma.
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Like trauma.
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And joyce will be there with
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And joyce will be there with practical ways to understand
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Practical ways to understand god's word to deal with
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God's word to deal with the daily stressors of life.
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The daily stressors of life.
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It will be a weekend
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It will be a weekend of healing,
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Of healing, restoration,
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Restoration, and rejuvenation.
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And rejuvenation. so go to:
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So go to: joycemeyer.org
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Joycemeyer.org to register.
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To register. it's april
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It's april 10th and 11th
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10th and 11th in hershey,
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In hershey, pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania. we will see you
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We will see you in hershey!
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>> joyce: there are so many ways
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>> joyce: there are so many ways that god shows his love and care
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>> joyce: there are so many ways that god shows his love and care for you on a regular basis,
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That god shows his love and care for you on a regular basis, but we miss it because
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For you on a regular basis, but we miss it because we think it's just chance
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But we miss it because we think it's just chance or coincidence or we don't
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We think it's just chance or coincidence or we don't know what we think,
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Or coincidence or we don't know what we think, but it's god reaching out.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer,
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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>> joyce: well, we're
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>> joyce: well, we're talking about "your life
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>> joyce: well, we're talking about "your life is what you make it,"
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Talking about "your life is what you make it," and everybody can have
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Is what you make it," and everybody can have a good life because god
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And everybody can have a good life because god is no respecter of persons.
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A good life because god is no respecter of persons. he says he's got a good
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Is no respecter of persons. he says he's got a good plan for you, and you,
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And you, and you, and you,
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And you, and you, and you, and there's nobody left out.
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And you, and you, and you, and there's nobody left out. the promises of god
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And there's nobody left out. the promises of god are for whosoever will.
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The promises of god are for whosoever will. but i will tell you that
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Are for whosoever will. but i will tell you that you have to be determined
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But i will tell you that you have to be determined to have it because the devil
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You have to be determined to have it because the devil will try to steal it from you.
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So, it's not just a matter of,
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So, it's not just a matter of, "oh, that's nice.
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So, it's not just a matter of, "oh, that's nice. i'm just gonna wait
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"oh, that's nice. i'm just gonna wait here for my good life."
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I'm just gonna wait here for my good life." you're gonna need to study
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Here for my good life." you're gonna need to study the word and resist the enemy
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You're gonna need to study the word and resist the enemy and stand strong when you're
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The word and resist the enemy and stand strong when you're having trials and tribulations
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And stand strong when you're having trials and tribulations and learn how to trust god
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Having trials and tribulations and learn how to trust god and how to put him first
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And learn how to trust god and how to put him first in everything in your life.
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And how to put him first in everything in your life. and, you know, our walk
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In everything in your life. and, you know, our walk with god is a journey,
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And, you know, our walk with god is a journey, and really life is more
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With god is a journey, and really life is more about the journey
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And really life is more about the journey than the destination.
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About the journey than the destination. we're constantly growing.
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Than the destination. we're constantly growing. i'm still growing.
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We're constantly growing. i'm still growing. you're growing.
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I'm still growing. you're growing. and, when jesus comes
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Back to get us, the bible says
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Back to get us, the bible says that we'll all be "changed
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Back to get us, the bible says that we'll all be "changed in the twinkling of an eye."
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That we'll all be "changed in the twinkling of an eye." so, i like to look
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In the twinkling of an eye." so, i like to look at it like this.
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Whatever's still wrong with us,
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Whatever's still wrong with us, and we'll be
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Whatever's still wrong with us, and we'll be at different places,
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And we'll be at different places, just like that,
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At different places, just like that, he'll fix it all
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Just like that, he'll fix it all and finish it up.
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He'll fix it all and finish it up. i don't think that god is gonna
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And finish it up. i don't think that god is gonna be upset with anybody
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I don't think that god is gonna be upset with anybody if they haven't fully arrived,
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Be upset with anybody if they haven't fully arrived, but what he wants to see
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If they haven't fully arrived, but what he wants to see us do is continue pressing on.
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But what he wants to see us do is continue pressing on. >> [audience applauding]
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Us do is continue pressing on. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: continue pressing on.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: continue pressing on. now, i believe that our
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>> joyce: continue pressing on. now, i believe that our attitude has a lot to do with
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Now, i believe that our attitude has a lot to do with what kind of life we have,
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Attitude has a lot to do with what kind of life we have, because i do believe that
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What kind of life we have, because i do believe that god wants everybody
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Because i do believe that god wants everybody to have a good life,
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God wants everybody to have a good life, and i believe everybody can
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To have a good life, and i believe everybody can have a good life no matter
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And i believe everybody can have a good life no matter how many sins you've
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Have a good life no matter how many sins you've committed in the past.
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How many sins you've committed in the past. god's willing to forgive you.
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Committed in the past. god's willing to forgive you. all you have to do is ask.
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God's willing to forgive you. all you have to do is ask. no matter what kind
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All you have to do is ask. no matter what kind of life you've had,
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No matter what kind of life you've had, no matter how bad it's been,
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Of life you've had, no matter how bad it's been, it can be turned around.
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No matter how bad it's been, it can be turned around. there's a couple of little
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It can be turned around. there's a couple of little words in the bible
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There's a couple of little words in the bible that say, "but god,"
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Words in the bible that say, "but god," and i love those words.
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Joseph's brothers hated him,
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Joseph's brothers hated him, but god, gave him favor.
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Joseph's brothers hated him, but god, gave him favor. and so, i can say the devil
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Tried to destroy my life,
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Tried to destroy my life, but god got in the middle of it.
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Tried to destroy my life, but god got in the middle of it. >> [audience applauding]
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But god got in the middle of it. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and you all have
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and you all have a "but god" too.
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>> joyce: and you all have a "but god" too. no matter what's happened
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A "but god" too. no matter what's happened in the past, but god is for you.
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The enemy may be against you,
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The enemy may be against you, but god is for you.
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The enemy may be against you, but god is for you. "the righteous man falls seven
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But god is for you. "the righteous man falls seven times and gets up again."
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"the righteous man falls seven times and gets up again." that's all you gotta keep
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Times and gets up again." that's all you gotta keep doing is just getting up again,
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That's all you gotta keep doing is just getting up again, and getting up again,
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Doing is just getting up again, and getting up again, and getting up again,
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And getting up again.
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And getting up again. amen?
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And getting up again. amen? >> audience: amen.
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Amen? >> audience: amen. >> joyce: and every bit
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>> audience: amen. >> joyce: and every bit of effort that you put into your
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>> joyce: and every bit of effort that you put into your relationship with god brings
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Of effort that you put into your relationship with god brings you a little bit closer
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Relationship with god brings you a little bit closer to having the fullness of that
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You a little bit closer to having the fullness of that life that god wants you to have.
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Which, i believe--
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Which, i believe-- the bible says,
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Which, i believe-- the bible says, i think it's romans 14:17,
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The bible says, i think it's romans 14:17, "the kingdom of god
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I think it's romans 14:17, "the kingdom of god is not meat and drink--"
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"the kingdom of god is not meat and drink--" so, it's not about things,
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Is not meat and drink--" so, it's not about things, but it is righteousness,
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So, it's not about things, but it is righteousness, knowing who you are in christ,
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But it is righteousness, knowing who you are in christ, and having a great
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Knowing who you are in christ, and having a great relationship with him.
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Do you enjoy god?
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Do you enjoy god? are you at peace with god?
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Do you enjoy god? are you at peace with god? are you comfortable with him?
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Are you at peace with god? are you comfortable with him? do you realize that
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Are you comfortable with him? do you realize that he's not mad at you?
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Do you realize that he's not mad at you? my dad was an angry man,
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He's not mad at you? my dad was an angry man, and he was always angry
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My dad was an angry man, and he was always angry about something,
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And he was always angry about something, and it took me a long time
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About something, and it took me a long time to get it through my head
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And it took me a long time to get it through my head that god wasn't mad at me every
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To get it through my head that god wasn't mad at me every time i made a mistake.
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That god wasn't mad at me every time i made a mistake. he didn't stay mad for days
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Time i made a mistake. he didn't stay mad for days and days like my dad did.
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He didn't stay mad for days and days like my dad did. the moment you ask
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And days like my dad did. the moment you ask god to forgive you,
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The moment you ask god to forgive you, actually, all the forgiveness
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God to forgive you, actually, all the forgiveness you need has already
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Actually, all the forgiveness you need has already been paid for.
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You need has already been paid for. all you need to do
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Been paid for. all you need to do is repent of sin.
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Which means to be willing
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Which means to be willing to turn away from it,
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Which means to be willing to turn away from it, confess it, and god forgets
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To turn away from it, confess it, and god forgets it and moves it as far
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Confess it, and god forgets it and moves it as far as the east is from the west.
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It and moves it as far as the east is from the west. that's amazing!
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As the east is from the west. that's amazing! you know that?
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That's amazing! you know that? there's a scripture.
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You know that? there's a scripture. it says that he "forgives
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There's a scripture. it says that he "forgives our sins for his own sake."
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It says that he "forgives our sins for his own sake." i like that.
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He doesn't want anything
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He doesn't want anything between us, and i think
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He doesn't want anything between us, and i think that's why he tells us
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Between us, and i think that's why he tells us to forgive other people.
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That's why he tells us to forgive other people. it's not for them.
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To forgive other people. it's not for them. it's for us.
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It's not for them. it's for us. because you know,
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It's for us. because you know, when you're really
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Because you know, when you're really mad at somebody,
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When you're really mad at somebody, you can't be happy
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Mad at somebody, you can't be happy and enjoy your life.
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You can't be happy and enjoy your life. so, i think every day that
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And enjoy your life. so, i think every day that god gives us is a gift,
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So, i think every day that god gives us is a gift, and i believe he wants
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God gives us is a gift, and i believe he wants us to enjoy every
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And i believe he wants us to enjoy every day that we have.
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Us to enjoy every day that we have. and some of those days,
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Day that we have. and some of those days, you're gonna have problems,
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And some of those days, you're gonna have problems, and so you have to learn
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You're gonna have problems, and so you have to learn how to trust god,
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And so you have to learn how to trust god, and that's an attitude we're
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How to trust god, and that's an attitude we're gonna talk about right now.
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And that's an attitude we're gonna talk about right now. just having a trusting attitude.
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Gonna talk about right now. just having a trusting attitude. so, where are you putting
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Just having a trusting attitude. so, where are you putting your trust?
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So, where are you putting your trust? are you putting it in the bank?
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Your trust? are you putting it in the bank? are you putting
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Are you putting it in the bank? are you putting it in your friends?
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Are you putting it in your friends? are you putting
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It in your friends? are you putting it in the government?
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Are you putting it in the government? are you putting it in yourself?
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It in the government? are you putting it in yourself? you know, you'll let
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Are you putting it in yourself? you know, you'll let yourself down.
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You know, you'll let yourself down. your friends will let you down.
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Yourself down. your friends will let you down. the government
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Your friends will let you down. the government will let you down.
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The government will let you down. we never know what's gonna
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Will let you down. we never know what's gonna happen with the banks
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We never know what's gonna happen with the banks and the financial system,
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Happen with the banks and the financial system, but you can put your
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And the financial system, but you can put your trust in the lord.
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But you can put your trust in the lord. we wanna start living with
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Trust in the lord. we wanna start living with a trusting attitude,
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We wanna start living with a trusting attitude, and every time you start
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A trusting attitude, and every time you start to worry, open your mouth,
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And every time you start to worry, open your mouth, and say, "god, i trust you."
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To worry, open your mouth, and say, "god, i trust you." say something.
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And say, "god, i trust you." say something. say it out loud.
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Say something. say it out loud. "god, i trust you."
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Say it out loud. "god, i trust you." >> [audience applauding]
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"god, i trust you." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: the minute that
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: the minute that the devil starts to torment
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>> joyce: the minute that the devil starts to torment you with worry,
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The devil starts to torment you with worry, you interrupt that thought
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You with worry, you interrupt that thought pattern by saying,
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You interrupt that thought pattern by saying, "god, i trust you."
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Pattern by saying, "god, i trust you." and if you have to say
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"god, i trust you." and if you have to say it a hundred times in a day,
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And if you have to say it a hundred times in a day, just keep it up until he goes
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It a hundred times in a day, just keep it up until he goes away and leaves you alone.
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Just keep it up until he goes away and leaves you alone. every time that you feel afraid,
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Away and leaves you alone. every time that you feel afraid, say, "god, i trust you.
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Every time that you feel afraid, say, "god, i trust you. i will not fear what
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Say, "god, i trust you. i will not fear what man can do unto me.
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I will not fear what man can do unto me. if god be for me,
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Man can do unto me. if god be for me, who can be against me?
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If god be for me, who can be against me? if god is on my side,
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Who can be against me? if god is on my side, whom shall i fear?"
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If god is on my side, whom shall i fear?" >> [audience cheering]
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Whom shall i fear?" >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: you know,
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>> [audience cheering] >> joyce: you know, if you know how to worry,
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>> joyce: you know, if you know how to worry, then you know how to meditate.
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If you know how to worry, then you know how to meditate. >> [audience laughing]
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Then you know how to meditate. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but we're not told
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but we're not told to meditate on our problems.
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>> joyce: but we're not told to meditate on our problems. we're told to meditate
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To meditate on our problems. we're told to meditate on the word of god.
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We're told to meditate on the word of god. and so, i'm a firm believer
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On the word of god. and so, i'm a firm believer in speaking the word
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And so, i'm a firm believer in speaking the word of god out loud.
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And, you know, everybody that's
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And, you know, everybody that's a teacher or a preacher
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And, you know, everybody that's a teacher or a preacher has a little, i think,
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A teacher or a preacher has a little, i think, special assignment from god.
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Has a little, i think, special assignment from god. and i delight to see people
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Special assignment from god. and i delight to see people give their life to the lord.
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And i delight to see people give their life to the lord. that's the most
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Give their life to the lord. that's the most important thing,
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That's the most important thing, but the thing that's always
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Important thing, but the thing that's always been on my heart from
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But the thing that's always been on my heart from the very beginning when
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Been on my heart from the very beginning when god called me to teach,
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The very beginning when god called me to teach, was that i wanted to help people
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Learn how to really enjoy
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Learn how to really enjoy what jesus died to give them.
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Learn how to really enjoy what jesus died to give them. to really grow up and mature,
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What jesus died to give them. to really grow up and mature, and not just go to church,
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To really grow up and mature, and not just go to church, and go home and never
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And not just go to church, and go home and never change and go to church,
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And go home and never change and go to church, and go home and never change,
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Change and go to church, and go home and never change, and go to church and go home,
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And go home and never change, and go to church and go home, and never change.
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And go to church and go home, and never change. god has changed me.
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And never change. god has changed me. man, i think dave's been
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God has changed me. man, i think dave's been married to 20, 25 different
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Man, i think dave's been married to 20, 25 different women over the 57 years,
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Married to 20, 25 different women over the 57 years, because i just keep changing.
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Women over the 57 years, because i just keep changing. >> [audience laughing]
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Because i just keep changing. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how many of you have
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: how many of you have seen changes in yourself since
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>> joyce: how many of you have seen changes in yourself since you've began to walk with god?
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Seen changes in yourself since you've began to walk with god? >> [audience applauding]
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You've began to walk with god? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: see.
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So, you know,
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So, you know, jesus had an attitude,
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So, you know, jesus had an attitude, philippians 2:5 says,
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Jesus had an attitude, philippians 2:5 says, "let this same attitude
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Philippians 2:5 says, "let this same attitude and purpose and [humble]
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"let this same attitude and purpose and [humble] mind be in you
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And purpose and [humble] mind be in you which was in christ jesus:
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Mind be in you which was in christ jesus: [let him be your
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Which was in christ jesus: [let him be your example in humility]."
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[let him be your example in humility]." do you know that humility has
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Example in humility]." do you know that humility has a lot to do with trusting god?
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Do you know that humility has a lot to do with trusting god? in 1 peter it says,
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A lot to do with trusting god? in 1 peter it says, "humble yourself under
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In 1 peter it says, "humble yourself under the mighty hand of god,
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"humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, that in due time
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The mighty hand of god, that in due time he might exalt you,
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That in due time he might exalt you, casting all your care on him,
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He might exalt you, casting all your care on him, because he cares for you."
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Casting all your care on him, because he cares for you." now those two scriptures
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Because he cares for you." now those two scriptures are right together.
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Now those two scriptures are right together. "humble yourself under
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Are right together. "humble yourself under the mighty hand of god,
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"humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, that in due time
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The mighty hand of god, that in due time he may exalt you,
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That in due time he may exalt you, casting all your care on him,
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He may exalt you, casting all your care on him, because he cares for you."
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Casting all your care on him, because he cares for you." so, what does casting your
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Because he cares for you." so, what does casting your care have to do with humility?
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Well, as long as i'm worrying,
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Well, as long as i'm worrying, i'm still thinking i can
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Well, as long as i'm worrying, i'm still thinking i can take care of myself
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I'm still thinking i can take care of myself and solve my own problem.
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Take care of myself and solve my own problem. but when i humble myself
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And solve my own problem. but when i humble myself unto the mighty hand of god,
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But when i humble myself unto the mighty hand of god, i'm saying, "i can't do this.
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Unto the mighty hand of god, i'm saying, "i can't do this. i cast my care on you,
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I'm saying, "i can't do this. i cast my care on you, and i believe you will
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I cast my care on you, and i believe you will take care of me."
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And i believe you will take care of me." see, god can't take care
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Of us until we stop trying
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Of us until we stop trying to take care of ourself.
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Of us until we stop trying to take care of ourself. and, you know,
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To take care of ourself. and, you know, one of the things that has
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And, you know, one of the things that has helped me to trust god
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One of the things that has helped me to trust god is really knowing that i know,
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Helped me to trust god is really knowing that i know, that i know that i know,
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Is really knowing that i know, that i know that i know, that he loves me.
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In 1 john it says,
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In 1 john it says, "perfect love casts out fear."
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In 1 john it says, "perfect love casts out fear." and that perfect love is,
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"perfect love casts out fear." and that perfect love is, the love of god for us.
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And that perfect love is, the love of god for us. he's the only one
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The love of god for us. he's the only one that loves perfectly.
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He's the only one that loves perfectly. and if we know how
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Much he loves us,
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Much he loves us, then we know that
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Much he loves us, then we know that he will take care of us.
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Then we know that he will take care of us. he may not do what we want,
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He will take care of us. he may not do what we want, in our timing, the way we want,
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He may not do what we want, in our timing, the way we want, but god will not let you down.
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In our timing, the way we want, but god will not let you down. he will take care of you.
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But god will not let you down. he will take care of you. and you might say,
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He will take care of you. and you might say, "well, wait a minute,
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And you might say, "well, wait a minute, god already did let me down
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"well, wait a minute, god already did let me down because i wanted this,
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God already did let me down because i wanted this, or i asked for this,
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Because i wanted this, or i asked for this, and it didn't happen."
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Or i asked for this, and it didn't happen." well, it's not about
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And it didn't happen." well, it's not about us getting what we want.
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Well, it's not about us getting what we want. you're still here, aren't you?
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Us getting what we want. you're still here, aren't you? so, god's still working
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You're still here, aren't you? so, god's still working in your life.
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So, god's still working in your life. amen?
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In your life. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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Amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: sometimes we pray
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: sometimes we pray for things and ask for
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>> joyce: sometimes we pray for things and ask for things that we think
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For things and ask for things that we think would be the best,
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Things that we think would be the best, but god knows better.
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Would be the best, but god knows better. and that's--we have to trust
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But god knows better. and that's--we have to trust that god knows better.
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How many of you can trust that
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How many of you can trust that god is smarter than you are?
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How many of you can trust that god is smarter than you are? >> [audience applauding]
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God is smarter than you are? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: but in 1 john,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: but in 1 john, i think it's chapter 4 verse 16,
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>> joyce: but in 1 john, i think it's chapter 4 verse 16, in the amplified bible,
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I think it's chapter 4 verse 16, in the amplified bible, this was actually
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In the amplified bible, this was actually a life-changing thing for me.
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You know, there's certain
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You know, there's certain scriptures that you
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You know, there's certain scriptures that you come across at different
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Scriptures that you come across at different times that are just like,
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Come across at different times that are just like, they just reach out
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Times that are just like, they just reach out and grab you and it's like,
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They just reach out and grab you and it's like, it might not make as much sense
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And grab you and it's like, it might not make as much sense to somebody else, but boy,
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It might not make as much sense to somebody else, but boy, it's a life changer for you.
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To somebody else, but boy, it's a life changer for you. and in the amplified bible,
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It's a life changer for you. and in the amplified bible, it says, "to be conscious
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And in the amplified bible, it says, "to be conscious and aware of god's love
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It says, "to be conscious and aware of god's love for you."
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And aware of god's love for you." conscious and aware.
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For you." conscious and aware. and what i got out of that was--
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Conscious and aware. and what i got out of that was-- what god put in my heart was,
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Start watching
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Start watching for my love in your life.
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Start watching for my love in your life. i like to catch god loving me.
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For my love in your life. i like to catch god loving me. i like to catch him doing
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I like to catch god loving me. i like to catch him doing something for me that only
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I like to catch him doing something for me that only he knows is in my heart.
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Something for me that only he knows is in my heart. there are so many ways that
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He knows is in my heart. there are so many ways that god shows his love and care
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There are so many ways that god shows his love and care for you on a regular basis,
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God shows his love and care for you on a regular basis, but we miss it because
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For you on a regular basis, but we miss it because we think it's just chance
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But we miss it because we think it's just chance or coincidence or we don't
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We think it's just chance or coincidence or we don't know what we think.
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Or coincidence or we don't know what we think. but i've learned that when
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Know what we think. but i've learned that when somebody gives me a compliment,
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But i've learned that when somebody gives me a compliment, i appreciate them
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Somebody gives me a compliment, i appreciate them letting god use them,
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I appreciate them letting god use them, but i think it's god
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Letting god use them, but i think it's god speaking through them,
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But i think it's god speaking through them, encouraging me.
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Speaking through them, encouraging me. you know, i've been through
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Encouraging me. you know, i've been through a lot in the last year
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You know, i've been through a lot in the last year and a half with the broken
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A lot in the last year and a half with the broken leg and the messed-up
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And a half with the broken leg and the messed-up nerves in the other leg
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Leg and the messed-up nerves in the other leg and the blood clot and falling
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Nerves in the other leg and the blood clot and falling on my back and hurting my back.
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And the blood clot and falling on my back and hurting my back. but you know what?
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On my back and hurting my back. but you know what? god got me through
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But you know what? god got me through everything that i needed
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God got me through everything that i needed to do and i'm still here.
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Everything that i needed to do and i'm still here. >> [audience applauding]
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To do and i'm still here. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: but my husband
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: but my husband said to me the other day--
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>> joyce: but my husband said to me the other day-- dave, he came and put
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Said to me the other day-- dave, he came and put his arm around me,
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Dave, he came and put his arm around me, he said, "i just want you
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His arm around me, he said, "i just want you to know that i'm really
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He said, "i just want you to know that i'm really proud of you for the good
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To know that i'm really proud of you for the good attitude that you've had
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Proud of you for the good attitude that you've had through everything you've
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Attitude that you've had through everything you've gone through with your back."
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Through everything you've gone through with your back." well, i took that
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Gone through with your back." well, i took that as a compliment from god.
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Well, i took that as a compliment from god. i appreciate dave
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As a compliment from god. i appreciate dave complimenting me,
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I appreciate dave complimenting me, but i believe it was god saying,
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Complimenting me, but i believe it was god saying, "hey, joyce, i'm proud of you
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But i believe it was god saying, "hey, joyce, i'm proud of you for the good attitude
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"hey, joyce, i'm proud of you for the good attitude that you had."
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For the good attitude that you had." >> [audience applauding]
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That you had." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and the more that you
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and the more that you see god working in your life,
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>> joyce: and the more that you see god working in your life, like that, the closer
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See god working in your life, like that, the closer of a relationship you're
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Like that, the closer of a relationship you're gonna have with him,
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Of a relationship you're gonna have with him, the easier it's gonna
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Gonna have with him, the easier it's gonna be for you to trust him.
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The easier it's gonna be for you to trust him. not with just little things,
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Be for you to trust him. not with just little things, but with big things.
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Not with just little things, but with big things. god's got you covered.
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But with big things. god's got you covered. amen?
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God's got you covered. amen? >> audience: amen.
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Amen? >> audience: amen. >> joyce: and you know,
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>> audience: amen. >> joyce: and you know, you might be thinking,
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>> joyce: and you know, you might be thinking, "well, i wish i had
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You might be thinking, "well, i wish i had a husband that would
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"well, i wish i had a husband that would compliment me like that."
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A husband that would compliment me like that." well, you know, that's not
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Compliment me like that." well, you know, that's not a daily event at my house.
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Well, you know, that's not a daily event at my house. >> [audience laughing]
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A daily event at my house. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but let's just say
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: but let's just say that you're married to somebody
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>> joyce: but let's just say that you're married to somebody who's not even saved,
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That you're married to somebody who's not even saved, so, you're like,
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Who's not even saved, so, you're like, "well, that would be nice,
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So, you're like, "well, that would be nice, but i, you know, i never get
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"well, that would be nice, but i, you know, i never get a compliment from my husband."
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But i, you know, i never get a compliment from my husband." well, you know what?
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A compliment from my husband." well, you know what? don't get bitter about that.
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Well, you know what? don't get bitter about that. just let god use
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Don't get bitter about that. just let god use whoever he wants to.
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Just let god use whoever he wants to. sometimes we want something
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Whoever he wants to. sometimes we want something from this person and god can't
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Sometimes we want something from this person and god can't get them to give it to us,
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From this person and god can't get them to give it to us, but if we trust god
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Get them to give it to us, but if we trust god to give it to us--
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But if we trust god to give it to us-- come on, now.
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To give it to us-- come on, now. >> [audience applauding]
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Come on, now. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: instead of trusting
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: instead of trusting you to give it to me
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>> joyce: instead of trusting you to give it to me or you to give it to me
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You to give it to me or you to give it to me and then getting mad at you
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Or you to give it to me and then getting mad at you because you don't give it to me,
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And then getting mad at you because you don't give it to me, i need to trust god to give
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Because you don't give it to me, i need to trust god to give it to me and trust him to work
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I need to trust god to give it to me and trust him to work through whoever he wants to.
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It to me and trust him to work through whoever he wants to. >> [audience applauding]
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Through whoever he wants to. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, i want you
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, i want you to start watching for god
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>> joyce: so, i want you to start watching for god to kinda show up in your
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To start watching for god to kinda show up in your life and show out.
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To kinda show up in your life and show out. amen?
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Life and show out. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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Amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i feel like,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i feel like, i work for god.
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And the bible says that
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And the bible says that he will never forget
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And the bible says that he will never forget our labor in the lord.
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He will never forget our labor in the lord. and i believe that
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Our labor in the lord. and i believe that whatever i need,
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God will get it to me.
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God will get it to me. if he can't get it to me
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God will get it to me. if he can't get it to me through one person,
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If he can't get it to me through one person, he'll get it to me through
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Through one person, he'll get it to me through something else.
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He'll get it to me through something else. but god uses people and,
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Something else. but god uses people and, you need to let him use you.
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But god uses people and, you need to let him use you. pay attention to the things
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You need to let him use you. pay attention to the things that come on your heart.
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Pay attention to the things that come on your heart. one day last week,
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That come on your heart. one day last week, i kept thinking about a woman
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One day last week, i kept thinking about a woman that used to work for me.
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I kept thinking about a woman that used to work for me. she had--i mean,
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That used to work for me. she had--i mean, it's probably been 10 years ago.
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She had--i mean, it's probably been 10 years ago. and, i kept thinking about her
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It's probably been 10 years ago. and, i kept thinking about her and thinking about her.
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And, i kept thinking about her and thinking about her. so, i took that like, "well,
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And thinking about her. so, i took that like, "well, maybe i need to call her."
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So, i called her,
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So, i called her, and she didn't answer.
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So, i called her, and she didn't answer. and she texted me back
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And she didn't answer. and she texted me back and she said,
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And she texted me back and she said, "i'm in the emergency room,
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And she said, "i'm in the emergency room, i fell this morning
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"i'm in the emergency room, i fell this morning and broke both of my wrists."
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I fell this morning and broke both of my wrists." well, god just wanted to use
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And broke both of my wrists." well, god just wanted to use me to tell her we loved her
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Well, god just wanted to use me to tell her we loved her that i would pray for her.
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Me to tell her we loved her that i would pray for her. the same as god wants to use
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That i would pray for her. the same as god wants to use other people to minister to you,
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The same as god wants to use other people to minister to you, he wants to use you
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Other people to minister to you, he wants to use you to minister to other people.
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He wants to use you to minister to other people. i don't know how we think
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To minister to other people. i don't know how we think god does things,
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I don't know how we think god does things, but you know,
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God does things, but you know, he works through people.
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But you know, he works through people. amen?
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He works through people. amen? >> audience: amen.
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Amen? >> audience: amen. >> joyce: trust god,
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>> audience: amen. >> joyce: trust god, put your trust in god.
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>> joyce: trust god, put your trust in god. make a decision to put
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Your trust in god.
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Your trust in god. and don't forget,
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Your trust in god. and don't forget, casting your care
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And don't forget, casting your care shows humility.
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Casting your care shows humility. it shows that you know
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Shows humility. it shows that you know that you can't do it,
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It shows that you know that you can't do it, but you believe that god can.
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That you can't do it, but you believe that god can. jesus certainly had a trusting
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But you believe that god can. jesus certainly had a trusting attitude in luke 22:42-43.
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Jesus certainly had a trusting attitude in luke 22:42-43. he was in the garden
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Attitude in luke 22:42-43. he was in the garden of gethsemane and,
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He was in the garden of gethsemane and, it's very interesting.
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Of gethsemane and, it's very interesting. i really noticed
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It's very interesting. i really noticed this a lot last year,
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I really noticed this a lot last year, that three times he asked god
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This a lot last year, that three times he asked god to remove the cup from him.
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That three times he asked god to remove the cup from him. not once, not twice,
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To remove the cup from him. not once, not twice, three times.
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Not once, not twice, three times. and so, he--
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Three times. and so, he-- he didn't want to go
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And so, he-- he didn't want to go to the cross, in his natural,
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He didn't want to go to the cross, in his natural, son of man side of him,
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To the cross, in his natural, son of man side of him, he didn't want
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Son of man side of him, he didn't want to go through that.
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He didn't want to go through that. but here's the thing,
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To go through that. but here's the thing, he wanted to obey god
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But here's the thing, he wanted to obey god more than he wanted
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He wanted to obey god more than he wanted to get what he wanted.
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Now, we're gonna be talking
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Now, we're gonna be talking a little bit more about
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Now, we're gonna be talking a little bit more about having an obedient attitude
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A little bit more about having an obedient attitude in a few minutes,
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Having an obedient attitude in a few minutes, but the thing i wanna get
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In a few minutes, but the thing i wanna get out of this is that he said,
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But the thing i wanna get out of this is that he said, "father, if you can
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Out of this is that he said, "father, if you can remove this cup from me,
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"father, if you can remove this cup from me, nevertheless,
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Remove this cup from me, nevertheless, your will be done and not mine."
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Nevertheless, your will be done and not mine." so, what's he saying?
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Your will be done and not mine." so, what's he saying? "i don't wanna do this,
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So, what's he saying? "i don't wanna do this, but i'll trust you,
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Whatever you decide,
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Whatever you decide, i'm okay with that."
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Whatever you decide, i'm okay with that." can we get like that?
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I'm okay with that." can we get like that? can we get to the point
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Can we get like that? can we get to the point where we say,
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Can we get to the point where we say, "god, this is what i want
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Where we say, "god, this is what i want or this is what i don't want,
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"god, this is what i want or this is what i don't want, but if it doesn't happen
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Or this is what i don't want, but if it doesn't happen that way, i trust you
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But if it doesn't happen that way, i trust you to take care of me."
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That way, i trust you to take care of me." >> [audience applauding]
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To take care of me." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: do you know how nice
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: do you know how nice your life will get if you trust
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>> joyce: do you know how nice your life will get if you trust god to take care of you?
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Your life will get if you trust god to take care of you? you stop having to get mad
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God to take care of you? you stop having to get mad at everybody else because
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You stop having to get mad at everybody else because they're not doing--
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At everybody else because they're not doing-- "well, my boss should
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They're not doing-- "well, my boss should be paying me more,
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"well, my boss should be paying me more, i deserve a raise
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Be paying me more, i deserve a raise and i'm mad at him,
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I deserve a raise and i'm mad at him, so i'm gonna spend every lunch
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And i'm mad at him, so i'm gonna spend every lunch hour gossiping about what
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So i'm gonna spend every lunch hour gossiping about what a bad place this is to work."
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Hour gossiping about what a bad place this is to work." well, you're just shutting
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A bad place this is to work." well, you're just shutting yourself off from
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Well, you're just shutting yourself off from ever being blessed.
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You pray that god will
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You pray that god will give you favor and let
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You pray that god will give you favor and let me tell you something,
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Give you favor and let me tell you something, if he can't get your boss
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Me tell you something, if he can't get your boss to do what he should do,
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If he can't get your boss to do what he should do, he'll get you a better job
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To do what he should do, he'll get you a better job somewhere else or he'll get
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He'll get you a better job somewhere else or he'll get rid of that boss and get
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Somewhere else or he'll get rid of that boss and get you another boss that--
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Rid of that boss and get you another boss that-- god never runs out
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You another boss that-- god never runs out of ways to get your
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God never runs out of ways to get your blessings to you.
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Of ways to get your blessings to you. you know, it took me a while
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Blessings to you. you know, it took me a while because of the way i grew up
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You know, it took me a while because of the way i grew up and never really having
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Because of the way i grew up and never really having anybody to do anything for me.
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And never really having anybody to do anything for me. i always--i had started having
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Anybody to do anything for me. i always--i had started having to take care of myself
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I always--i had started having to take care of myself when i was pretty young,
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And i especially didn't
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And i especially didn't trust men because
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And i especially didn't trust men because i'd been hurt by men.
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Trust men because i'd been hurt by men. and i married the first guy
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I'd been hurt by men. and i married the first guy that came along when
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And i married the first guy that came along when i was 18 and that was a 5-year
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That came along when i was 18 and that was a 5-year nightmare on top of an already
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I was 18 and that was a 5-year nightmare on top of an already 18-year nightmare.
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Nightmare on top of an already 18-year nightmare. and he ran around with other
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18-year nightmare. and he ran around with other women all the time and was
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And he ran around with other women all the time and was a petty thief and a con man.
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Women all the time and was a petty thief and a con man. i ended up finally
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A petty thief and a con man. i ended up finally divorcing him.
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I ended up finally divorcing him. i had a miscarriage and then
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Divorcing him. i had a miscarriage and then i had a baby right at the end
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I had a miscarriage and then i had a baby right at the end and he was living with another
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I had a baby right at the end and he was living with another woman just a couple of blocks
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And he was living with another woman just a couple of blocks from where i lived and telling
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Woman just a couple of blocks from where i lived and telling everybody the baby wasn't his.
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From where i lived and telling everybody the baby wasn't his. i was just--
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Everybody the baby wasn't his. i was just-- it was just very hard
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I was just-- it was just very hard for me to trust men because,
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It was just very hard for me to trust men because, even when dave asked
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For me to trust men because, even when dave asked me to marry him,
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Even when dave asked me to marry him, i mean we only had five dates
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Me to marry him, i mean we only had five dates and he asked me to marry him.
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I mean we only had five dates and he asked me to marry him. so, i don't highly recommend it,
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And he asked me to marry him. so, i don't highly recommend it, but it worked for us.
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So, i don't highly recommend it, but it worked for us. >> [audience laughing]
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But it worked for us. >> [audience laughing] >> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience laughing] >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i always tell him
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i always tell him that he had to marry me real
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>> joyce: and i always tell him that he had to marry me real quick before he found
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That he had to marry me real quick before he found out what he was gettin'.
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Quick before he found out what he was gettin'. >> [audience laughing]
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Out what he was gettin'. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: 'cause i was
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: 'cause i was pretty messed up.
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>> joyce: 'cause i was pretty messed up. i tell this story often
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Pretty messed up. i tell this story often but it's just--
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I tell this story often but it's just-- dave was 26; i was 23.
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But it's just-- dave was 26; i was 23. he was a spirit-filled
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Dave was 26; i was 23. he was a spirit-filled christian,
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He was a spirit-filled christian, loved god and he was
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Christian, loved god and he was praying for a wife.
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Loved god and he was praying for a wife. and he believed that faith
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Praying for a wife. and he believed that faith without works was dead,
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And he believed that faith without works was dead, so he was dating three different
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Without works was dead, so he was dating three different women when he met me.
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So he was dating three different women when he met me. >> [audience laughing]
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Women when he met me. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: he wasn't just
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: he wasn't just sitting around waiting for god
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>> joyce: he wasn't just sitting around waiting for god to throw somebody in his lap.
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Sitting around waiting for god to throw somebody in his lap. >> [audience laughing]
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To throw somebody in his lap. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: he got out
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: he got out there shopping around.
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>> joyce: he got out there shopping around. >> [audience laughing]
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There shopping around. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and he prayed a prayer
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and he prayed a prayer that had to be a holy ghost
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>> joyce: and he prayed a prayer that had to be a holy ghost led prayer.
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That had to be a holy ghost led prayer. surely, he didn't really
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Led prayer. surely, he didn't really know what he was doing.
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Surely, he didn't really know what he was doing. but when he asked
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Know what he was doing. but when he asked god to give him a wife,
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But when he asked god to give him a wife, he said, "make it somebody
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God to give him a wife, he said, "make it somebody that needs help."
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He said, "make it somebody that needs help." >> [audience laughing]
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That needs help." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, have any of you
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, have any of you that wannna get married ever
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>> joyce: now, have any of you that wannna get married ever prayed that god would give you
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That wannna get married ever prayed that god would give you somebody that needs help?
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Prayed that god would give you somebody that needs help? no, i'm sure you prayed
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Somebody that needs help? no, i'm sure you prayed for the perfect specimen.
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No, i'm sure you prayed for the perfect specimen. >> [audience laughing]
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For the perfect specimen. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: amen?
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: amen? and so, we'd been married
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>> joyce: amen? and so, we'd been married three weeks and he looked
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And so, we'd been married three weeks and he looked at me and said,
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Three weeks and he looked at me and said, "what's wrong with you?"
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At me and said, "what's wrong with you?" >> [audience laughing]
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"what's wrong with you?" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i thought,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i thought, "what do you mean,
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>> joyce: i thought, "what do you mean, what's wrong with me?
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"what do you mean, what's wrong with me? what's wrong with you?"
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What's wrong with me? what's wrong with you?" >> [audience laughing]
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What's wrong with you?" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and we were
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and we were married in 1967 and in 1976,
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>> joyce: and we were married in 1967 and in 1976, i was filled with
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Married in 1967 and in 1976, i was filled with the spirit back in the--
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I was filled with the spirit back in the-- they call it
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The spirit back in the-- they call it the charismatic outpouring.
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They call it the charismatic outpouring. i started learning the word
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The charismatic outpouring. i started learning the word and when i came across
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I started learning the word and when i came across that women were supposed
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And when i came across that women were supposed to be submissive
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That women were supposed to be submissive to their husbands, i thought,
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To be submissive to their husbands, i thought, "h-uh..."
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To their husbands, i thought, "h-uh..." >> [audience laughing]
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"h-uh..." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "we're in deep
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "we're in deep trouble here."
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>> joyce: "we're in deep trouble here." >> [audience laughing]
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Trouble here." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i remember
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i remember dave saying to me, one time,
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>> joyce: and i remember dave saying to me, one time, "why do you always act
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Dave saying to me, one time, "why do you always act like i'm your enemy?"
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"why do you always act like i'm your enemy?" and i guess, kind of in the back
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Like i'm your enemy?" and i guess, kind of in the back of my mind, men were my enemy.
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And i guess, kind of in the back of my mind, men were my enemy. and when dave asked
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Of my mind, men were my enemy. and when dave asked me to marry him,
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And when dave asked me to marry him, and he told me he loved me,
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Me to marry him, and he told me he loved me, i couldn't even say
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And he told me he loved me, i couldn't even say it back because i didn't
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I couldn't even say it back because i didn't know what love was.
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It back because i didn't know what love was. anybody who had ever said
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Know what love was. anybody who had ever said they loved me had hurt me.
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Anybody who had ever said they loved me had hurt me. and a lot of you know exactly
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They loved me had hurt me. and a lot of you know exactly what i'm talking about.
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And a lot of you know exactly what i'm talking about. you've been hurt.
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What i'm talking about. you've been hurt. i'm not the lone ranger,
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You've been hurt. i'm not the lone ranger, here, in the room.
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I'm not the lone ranger, here, in the room. there's a lot of you
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Here, in the room. there's a lot of you that know exactly
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There's a lot of you that know exactly what i'm talking about.
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That know exactly what i'm talking about. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: so sometimes
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>> joyce: so sometimes when you've been hurt a lot,
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>> joyce: so sometimes when you've been hurt a lot, you tend to not trust,
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When you've been hurt a lot, you tend to not trust, and especially not trust people.
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You tend to not trust, and especially not trust people. and we got to talk about
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And especially not trust people. and we got to talk about that a little bit too because
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And we got to talk about that a little bit too because living your life being
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That a little bit too because living your life being suspicious of everybody
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Living your life being suspicious of everybody is miserable.
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Suspicious of everybody is miserable. just miserable.
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Is miserable. just miserable. and i remember dave wanting
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Just miserable. and i remember dave wanting me to do something
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And i remember dave wanting me to do something one time and i didn't wanna
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Me to do something one time and i didn't wanna do it and god was dealing
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One time and i didn't wanna do it and god was dealing with me to trust him
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Do it and god was dealing with me to trust him and to be submissive.
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With me to trust him and to be submissive. and i just said to the lord,
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And to be submissive. and i just said to the lord, "how can you expect
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And i just said to the lord, "how can you expect me to trust him after
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"how can you expect me to trust him after what i've been through?"
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Me to trust him after what i've been through?" and what the lord
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What i've been through?" and what the lord put in my heart was,
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And what the lord put in my heart was, "i'm not asking you
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Put in my heart was, "i'm not asking you to trust him,
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"i'm not asking you to trust him, i'm asking you to trust
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To trust him, i'm asking you to trust me with him."
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I'm asking you to trust me with him." >> [audience applauding]
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Me with him." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: now, i'm not gonna
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: now, i'm not gonna tell you if you open your
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>> joyce: now, i'm not gonna tell you if you open your heart to people that
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Tell you if you open your heart to people that you won't get hurt.
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Heart to people that you won't get hurt. but i will tell you
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You won't get hurt. but i will tell you that if you do,
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But i will tell you that if you do, the healer lives inside you.
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>> [baby crying]
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>> [baby crying]
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>> [music]
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>> [music]
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>> announcer: you were meant
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>> announcer: you were meant for more than busyness.
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For more than busyness. you don't have to live tired,
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You don't have to live tired, stressed, or stretched
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Stressed, or stretched too thin any longer.
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Too thin any longer. you were made for rest.
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You were made for rest. and rest is not a weakness,
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And rest is not a weakness, it's wisdom.
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It's wisdom. press pause on life's
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Press pause on life's distractions.
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Distractions.
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>> joyce: i know firsthand
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>> joyce: i know firsthand how easy it is to keep
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How easy it is to keep pushing until you're
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Pushing until you're completely worn out,
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Completely worn out, but god has created us to rest.
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But god has created us to rest. even in our go-go-go world,
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Even in our go-go-go world, it's possible to operate
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It's possible to operate from a place of rest,
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From a place of rest, while managing daily demands.
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While managing daily demands.
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In my book,
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In my book, “learning how to rest,”
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“learning how to rest,” you'll find practical
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You'll find practical strategies on how
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Strategies on how to let go,
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To let go, find balance,
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Find balance, and trust god
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And trust god to handle everything.
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To handle everything.
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>> announcer: cast your
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>> announcer: cast your care and step into
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Care and step into learning how to rest,
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Learning how to rest, a pathway to rest
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A pathway to rest in a world that
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In a world that never stops.
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>> joyce: remembering
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>> joyce: remembering that god is
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That god is ultimately
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Ultimately in control,
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In control, enables us to live
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Enables us to live aligned with scripture
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Aligned with scripture and the ability
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And the ability to shift our focus
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To shift our focus away from worry
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Away from worry to focusing
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To focusing on god's love.
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On god's love. knowing how to rest
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Knowing how to rest isn't always easy,
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Isn't always easy, but learning how
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But learning how to rest makes
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To rest makes it possible.
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It possible. and when you give
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To the poor, and we don't want
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>> announcer: find peace
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>> announcer: find peace in your spirit, soul, and body
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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 - Your Life Is What You Make It! (Part 3)

March 8, 2026 | 27:29

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