Joyce Meyer - No Weapon Formed Against You Shall Prosper (Part 2)

January 2, 2025 | S25:E2

Jesus came to give us His peace. Today, Joyce continues teaching out of Isaiah 54:17 and shares ways to live a calm and peaceful life.

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - No Weapon Formed Against You Shall Prosper (Part 2) | January 2, 2025
  • >> joyce: the more
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  • >> joyce: the more peace we have,
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  • >> joyce: the more peace we have, the more powerful
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  • Peace we have, the more powerful we are against the enemy.
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  • The more powerful we are against the enemy. no peace equals no power,
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  • We are against the enemy. no peace equals no power, but peace equals power.
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  • >> joyce: i do what i do
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  • >> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's power
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  • >> joyce: i do what i do because i've seen god's power transform my own life,
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  • Because i've seen god's power transform my own life, and he will do it for you.
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  • Transform my own life, and he will do it for you. the key to everything
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  • And he will do it for you. the key to everything is found in god's word.
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  • The key to everything is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer,
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  • Is found in god's word. i'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can
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  • I'm joyce meyer, and i believe that god can heal you everywhere you hurt.
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  • First conference focused entirely
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  • "battlefield of the mind." freedom and peace
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  • Freedom and peace are possible.
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  • Are possible. the battlefield of the mind
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  • >> joyce: well, thank you
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  • >> joyce: well, thank you for joining me today on,
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  • >> joyce: well, thank you for joining me today on, "enjoying everyday life."
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  • For joining me today on, "enjoying everyday life." and i do believe that when you
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  • "enjoying everyday life." and i do believe that when you start your day with the word,
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  • And i do believe that when you start your day with the word, or you end it with the word,
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  • Start your day with the word, or you end it with the word, or you have the word
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  • Or you end it with the word, or you have the word in the middle of the day,
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  • Or you have the word in the middle of the day, i think it helps you
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  • In the middle of the day, i think it helps you to enjoy your life more,
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  • I think it helps you to enjoy your life more, because it shows you the path
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  • To enjoy your life more, because it shows you the path that you should walk in.
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  • Because it shows you the path that you should walk in. we're working from a scripture,
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  • That you should walk in. we're working from a scripture, right now, isaiah 54:17.
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  • We're working from a scripture, right now, isaiah 54:17. it's such an encouraging
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  • Right now, isaiah 54:17. it's such an encouraging scripture.
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  • It's such an encouraging scripture. it says, "no weapon
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  • Scripture. it says, "no weapon that's formed against
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  • It says, "no weapon that's formed against you shall prosper,
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  • That's formed against you shall prosper, but every tongue that shall
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  • You shall prosper, but every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment
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  • But every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you will show
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  • Rise against you in judgment you will show to be in the wrong."
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  • You will show to be in the wrong." isn't it nice to know
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  • That if people are talking
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  • That if people are talking about you in an unkind way,
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  • That if people are talking about you in an unkind way, that eventually they will
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  • About you in an unkind way, that eventually they will be shown to be in the wrong?
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  • That eventually they will be shown to be in the wrong? and the even better
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  • Be shown to be in the wrong? and the even better news is that you don't
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  • And the even better news is that you don't have to be the one that
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  • News is that you don't have to be the one that tries to show them.
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  • Have to be the one that tries to show them. god will protect you
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  • Tries to show them. god will protect you and he will take care of it.
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  • God will protect you and he will take care of it. "this [peace, righteousness,
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  • And he will take care of it. "this [peace, righteousness, security, and triumph
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  • "this [peace, righteousness, security, and triumph over opposition]
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  • Security, and triumph over opposition] is the heritage--"
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  • Over opposition] is the heritage--" or the inheritance,
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  • Is the heritage--" or the inheritance, "of the servants of the lord,
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  • Or the inheritance, "of the servants of the lord, those in whom the ideal servant
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  • "of the servants of the lord, those in whom the ideal servant of the lord is reproduced."
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  • Those in whom the ideal servant of the lord is reproduced." and so, peace is something
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  • Of the lord is reproduced." and so, peace is something that god gives us.
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  • And so, peace is something that god gives us. jesus said, "he left us his
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  • That god gives us. jesus said, "he left us his peace and that we should
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  • Jesus said, "he left us his peace and that we should stop allowing ourselves
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  • Peace and that we should stop allowing ourselves to get upset and disturbed."
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  • In ephesians 6,
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  • In ephesians 6, the bible tells us that
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  • In ephesians 6, the bible tells us that we're given weapons,
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  • The bible tells us that we're given weapons, or "armor," for our warfare
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  • We're given weapons, or "armor," for our warfare and that we have to,
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  • Or "armor," for our warfare and that we have to, "put it on."
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  • And that we have to, "put it on." and peace is one of the things
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  • "put it on." and peace is one of the things that's mentioned.
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  • And peace is one of the things that's mentioned. now, you know,
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  • That's mentioned. now, you know, i have a lot of shoes
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  • In my closet,
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  • In my closet, but none of them help
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  • In my closet, but none of them help me when i go outside
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  • But none of them help me when i go outside unless i put them on.
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  • Me when i go outside unless i put them on. and so, god gives us this armor,
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  • Unless i put them on. and so, god gives us this armor, but we have to put it on.
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  • And so, god gives us this armor, but we have to put it on. and peace is armor.
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  • But we have to put it on. and peace is armor. peace protects you
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  • And peace is armor. peace protects you from the enemy.
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  • Peace protects you from the enemy. nothing frustrates him
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  • From the enemy. nothing frustrates him more than if he's trying
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  • Nothing frustrates him more than if he's trying to get you upset and you
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  • More than if he's trying to get you upset and you are just determined
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  • To get you upset and you are just determined to stay calm and peaceful.
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  • Are just determined to stay calm and peaceful. now, peace is wonderful to have,
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  • To stay calm and peaceful. now, peace is wonderful to have, and it's true that
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  • Now, peace is wonderful to have, and it's true that jesus left us his peace,
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  • And it's true that jesus left us his peace, but it's not just gonna
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  • Jesus left us his peace, but it's not just gonna fall on us like ripe fruit
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  • But it's not just gonna fall on us like ripe fruit falling off of a tree.
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  • Fall on us like ripe fruit falling off of a tree. we have to purpose to pursue
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  • Falling off of a tree. we have to purpose to pursue this peace and to do whatever
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  • We have to purpose to pursue this peace and to do whatever we need to do to have it.
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  • This peace and to do whatever we need to do to have it. let's just say that every
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  • We need to do to have it. let's just say that every morning you find yourself
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  • Let's just say that every morning you find yourself rushing around and hurrying
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  • Morning you find yourself rushing around and hurrying and getting frustrated
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  • Rushing around and hurrying and getting frustrated and upset because you
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  • And getting frustrated and upset because you don't have enough time.
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  • And upset because you don't have enough time. well, you can continue
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  • Don't have enough time. well, you can continue to lose your peace
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  • Well, you can continue to lose your peace every morning,
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  • To lose your peace every morning, or you can adjust and you
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  • Every morning, or you can adjust and you can prepare a few things
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  • Or you can adjust and you can prepare a few things the night before that will
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  • Can prepare a few things the night before that will help you the next morning.
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  • The night before that will help you the next morning. like if you have children,
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  • Help you the next morning. like if you have children, you could get their
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  • Like if you have children, you could get their lunches ready early,
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  • You could get their lunches ready early, or you could decide what
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  • Lunches ready early, or you could decide what you're gonna wear the next day
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  • Or you could decide what you're gonna wear the next day and have that all ready early.
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  • You're gonna wear the next day and have that all ready early. there's always something
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  • And have that all ready early. there's always something in a situation that we can
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  • There's always something in a situation that we can do that will give us peace
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  • In a situation that we can do that will give us peace if we'll do it.
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  • Do that will give us peace if we'll do it. so many people, today,
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  • If we'll do it. so many people, today, are frustrated.
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  • So many people, today, are frustrated. they feel like they have
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  • Are frustrated. they feel like they have way too much to do,
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  • They feel like they have way too much to do, and they just feel
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  • Way too much to do, and they just feel all stressed out.
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  • And they just feel all stressed out. but, you know,
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  • All stressed out. but, you know, god will never give you
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  • But, you know, god will never give you more to do than what
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  • God will never give you more to do than what you can do peacefully.
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  • More to do than what you can do peacefully. so, if you think your
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  • You can do peacefully. so, if you think your schedule is causing
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  • So, if you think your schedule is causing you to lose your peace,
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  • Schedule is causing you to lose your peace, well, guess what?
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  • You to lose your peace, well, guess what? you made your schedule,
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  • Well, guess what? you made your schedule, and you're the only
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  • You made your schedule, and you're the only one that can change it.
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  • And you're the only one that can change it. all you have to do is write
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  • One that can change it. all you have to do is write down everything you're doing,
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  • All you have to do is write down everything you're doing, and then why you're doing it.
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  • Down everything you're doing, and then why you're doing it. and if you're honest,
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  • And then why you're doing it. and if you're honest, which a lot of people don't
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  • And if you're honest, which a lot of people don't have the ability to be honest
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  • Which a lot of people don't have the ability to be honest with themselves,
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  • Have the ability to be honest with themselves, but spiritual integrity
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  • With themselves, but spiritual integrity is the ability to be brutally
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  • But spiritual integrity is the ability to be brutally honest with yourself.
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  • Is the ability to be brutally honest with yourself. if you're honest about
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  • Honest with yourself. if you're honest about why you're doing some
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  • If you're honest about why you're doing some of those things,
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  • Why you're doing some of those things, some of them you're doing
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  • Of those things, some of them you're doing just to please somebody else
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  • Some of them you're doing just to please somebody else because you're concerned
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  • Just to please somebody else because you're concerned they'll get mad at you
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  • Because you're concerned they'll get mad at you if you don't do it,
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  • They'll get mad at you if you don't do it, you don't even wanna do it,
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  • If you don't do it, you don't even wanna do it, you don't like doing it,
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  • You don't even wanna do it, you don't like doing it, you don't feel god's presence
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  • You don't like doing it, you don't feel god's presence or power when you do it.
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  • We don't have to get
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  • We don't have to get rid of that many things
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  • We don't have to get rid of that many things in our life to bring us back
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  • Rid of that many things in our life to bring us back into a place of peace.
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  • In our life to bring us back into a place of peace. 1 peter 3:11 says,
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  • Into a place of peace. 1 peter 3:11 says, "let him turn away from
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  • 1 peter 3:11 says, "let him turn away from wickedness and shun it,
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  • "let him turn away from wickedness and shun it, and let him do right.
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  • Wickedness and shun it, and let him do right. let him search for peace--"
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  • And let him do right. let him search for peace--" search for peace.
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  • Let him search for peace--" search for peace. "(harmony; undisturbedness
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  • Search for peace. "(harmony; undisturbedness from fears, agitating passions,
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  • "(harmony; undisturbedness from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts)
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  • From fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts) and seek it eagerly."
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  • And moral conflicts) and seek it eagerly." you know, "seek" is a very
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  • And seek it eagerly." you know, "seek" is a very strong word.
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  • You know, "seek" is a very strong word. seek it; go after it with
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  • Strong word. seek it; go after it with all your heart,
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  • Seek it; go after it with all your heart, be determined that
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  • All your heart, be determined that you're gonna have it.
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  • Be determined that you're gonna have it. "[do not merely desire
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  • You're gonna have it. "[do not merely desire peaceful relationships]--"
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  • "[do not merely desire peaceful relationships]--" now listen.
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  • Peaceful relationships]--" now listen. "[with god,
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  • Now listen. "[with god, with your fellowman,
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  • "[with god, with your fellowman, and with yourself.]"
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  • With your fellowman, and with yourself.]" three areas where we need
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  • To have peace: peace with god,
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  • To have peace: peace with god, peace with ourself,
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  • To have peace: peace with god, peace with ourself, and peace with people.
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  • Peace with ourself, and peace with people. you know, if we stay
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  • And peace with people. you know, if we stay in peace with god,
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  • You know, if we stay in peace with god, then we can have peace
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  • In peace with god, then we can have peace about ourselves.
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  • Then we can have peace about ourselves. and when you have peace in you,
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  • About ourselves. and when you have peace in you, then you can bring that peace
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  • And when you have peace in you, then you can bring that peace into other situations and even
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  • Then you can bring that peace into other situations and even into other people's lives.
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  • Be aggressively determined
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  • Be aggressively determined to enjoy a peaceful life.
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  • Be aggressively determined to enjoy a peaceful life. i mean, if you really
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  • To enjoy a peaceful life. i mean, if you really get right down to it,
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  • I mean, if you really get right down to it, what's the purpose in having
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  • Get right down to it, what's the purpose in having anything if you don't have
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  • What's the purpose in having anything if you don't have peace to go along with it?
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  • Anything if you don't have peace to go along with it? a lot of people chase after
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  • Peace to go along with it? a lot of people chase after possessions and money
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  • A lot of people chase after possessions and money and positions and power,
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  • Possessions and money and positions and power, but they're some of the most
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  • And positions and power, but they're some of the most frustrated people in the world.
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  • But they're some of the most frustrated people in the world. we should pray all the time,
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  • Frustrated people in the world. we should pray all the time, "god give me only what
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  • We should pray all the time, "god give me only what i can have and still
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  • "god give me only what i can have and still maintain a peaceful life."
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  • I can have and still maintain a peaceful life." peace is one of the most
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  • Maintain a peaceful life." peace is one of the most precious things that
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  • Peace is one of the most precious things that god has given us.
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  • Well, what keeps
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  • Well, what keeps us frustrated so much?
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  • Well, what keeps us frustrated so much? well, one of the things
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  • Us frustrated so much? well, one of the things is works of the flesh.
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  • Well, one of the things is works of the flesh. works of the flesh
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  • Is works of the flesh. works of the flesh equal frustration.
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  • Works of the flesh equal frustration. "joyce, what is works
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  • Equal frustration. "joyce, what is works of the flesh?"
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  • "joyce, what is works of the flesh?" that's me trying to do what
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  • Of the flesh?" that's me trying to do what only god can do.
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  • That's me trying to do what only god can do. me trying to do something
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  • Only god can do. me trying to do something that god never asked me to do.
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  • Me trying to do something that god never asked me to do. me trying to solve my own
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  • That god never asked me to do. me trying to solve my own problem and only making
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  • Me trying to solve my own problem and only making it worse by doing so.
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  • Problem and only making it worse by doing so. frustration occurs when
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  • It worse by doing so. frustration occurs when we're trying to do something,
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  • Frustration occurs when we're trying to do something, and it isn't working.
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  • We're trying to do something, and it isn't working. we're working,
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  • And it isn't working. we're working, but we're not getting
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  • We're working, but we're not getting a good result,
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  • But we're not getting a good result, and that frustrates us.
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  • A good result, and that frustrates us. but peace is ours when
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  • And that frustrates us. but peace is ours when we totally trust god
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  • But peace is ours when we totally trust god and we follow his instructions.
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  • We totally trust god and we follow his instructions. frustration happens when we're
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  • And we follow his instructions. frustration happens when we're trying to change something
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  • Frustration happens when we're trying to change something that only god can change.
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  • Trying to change something that only god can change. for example, like ourselves,
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  • That only god can change. for example, like ourselves, have you ever tried
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  • For example, like ourselves, have you ever tried to change yourself?
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  • Have you ever tried to change yourself? boy, i was a master at that.
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  • To change yourself? boy, i was a master at that. go to church on sunday
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  • Boy, i was a master at that. go to church on sunday and hear about something
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  • Go to church on sunday and hear about something i shouldn't be doing
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  • And hear about something i shouldn't be doing or should be doing,
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  • I shouldn't be doing or should be doing, and i would be determined
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  • Or should be doing, and i would be determined i was gonna change.
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  • And i would be determined i was gonna change. and i always say,
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  • I was gonna change. and i always say, "i can lay in bed and make
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  • And i always say, "i can lay in bed and make my plan for holiness that
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  • "i can lay in bed and make my plan for holiness that day and it works just until
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  • My plan for holiness that day and it works just until i put my feet on the floor."
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  • We can't do any of this
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  • We can't do any of this without god.
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  • We can't do any of this without god. god can change you,
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  • Without god. god can change you, and you may need
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  • God can change you, and you may need to cooperate with him
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  • And you may need to cooperate with him in order for that to happen,
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  • To cooperate with him in order for that to happen, but you can't do it without god,
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  • In order for that to happen, but you can't do it without god, no matter how much you want
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  • But you can't do it without god, no matter how much you want to change yourself.
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  • No matter how much you want to change yourself. you might be able through
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  • Self-control to squeeze
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  • Self-control to squeeze in some good behavior
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  • Self-control to squeeze in some good behavior for a little while,
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  • In some good behavior for a little while, but wrong timing,
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  • For a little while, but wrong timing, wrong situation,
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  • But wrong timing, wrong situation, you'll let it go again.
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  • Wrong situation, you'll let it go again. we always need god
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  • You'll let it go again. we always need god in every situation.
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  • We always need god in every situation. jesus said, "apart from me,
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  • In every situation. jesus said, "apart from me, you can do nothing."
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  • Jesus said, "apart from me, you can do nothing." wow, if we could just get
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  • You can do nothing." wow, if we could just get that through our heads.
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  • Wow, if we could just get that through our heads. or what about trying
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  • That through our heads. or what about trying to change other people?
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  • Or what about trying to change other people? you know, we try to change
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  • To change other people? you know, we try to change other people too, don't we?
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  • You know, we try to change other people too, don't we? and that's really useless.
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  • Other people too, don't we? and that's really useless. we can pray for people,
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  • And that's really useless. we can pray for people, and we could
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  • We can pray for people, and we could be a good example,
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  • And we could be a good example, but we cannot nag
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  • Be a good example, but we cannot nag them into changing.
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  • But we cannot nag them into changing. only god can change people.
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  • Them into changing. only god can change people. i heard someone say that
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  • Only god can change people. i heard someone say that trying to change other
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  • I heard someone say that trying to change other people is the christian's
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  • Trying to change other people is the christian's favorite indoor sport.
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  • People is the christian's favorite indoor sport. who are you trying
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  • Favorite indoor sport. who are you trying to change right now?
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  • Who are you trying to change right now? one of your kids?
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  • To change right now? one of your kids? well, yes, you wanna
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  • One of your kids? well, yes, you wanna correct your kids.
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  • Well, yes, you wanna correct your kids. you wanna tell
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  • Correct your kids. you wanna tell them what's right,
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  • You wanna tell them what's right, but you can't force
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  • Them what's right, but you can't force them to change.
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  • But you can't force them to change. my children are all grown now,
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  • Them to change. my children are all grown now, but i remember when
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  • My children are all grown now, but i remember when they were growing up,
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  • But i remember when they were growing up, each and every one of them
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  • They were growing up, each and every one of them had something that
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  • Each and every one of them had something that i wanted changed,
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  • Had something that i wanted changed, and i tried so hard
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  • I wanted changed, and i tried so hard to change it.
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  • And i tried so hard to change it. and, you know, people just
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  • To change it. and, you know, people just end up not liking you
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  • And, you know, people just end up not liking you if you nag them all the time.
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  • End up not liking you if you nag them all the time. we are created for acceptance,
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  • If you nag them all the time. we are created for acceptance, and if you pray
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  • We are created for acceptance, and if you pray for people and accept
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  • And if you pray for people and accept them where they're at,
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  • For people and accept them where they're at, god will help them get
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  • Them where they're at, god will help them get to where they need to be.
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  • God will help them get to where they need to be. we can't love people the way
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  • To where they need to be. we can't love people the way we would like 'em to be.
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  • We can't love people the way we would like 'em to be. we need to love them the way
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  • We would like 'em to be. we need to love them the way they are and pray for them,
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  • We need to love them the way they are and pray for them, and let god do the changing.
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  • Romans 12 teaches us that
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  • Romans 12 teaches us that we're all different.
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  • Romans 12 teaches us that we're all different. and sometimes,
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  • We're all different. and sometimes, in our pride,
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  • And sometimes, in our pride, we think everybody
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  • In our pride, we think everybody should be like us.
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  • We think everybody should be like us. we all have different abilities,
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  • Should be like us. we all have different abilities, different capabilities.
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  • We all have different abilities, different capabilities. but we are supposed
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  • Different capabilities. but we are supposed to love one another,
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  • But we are supposed to love one another, and "love covers
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  • To love one another, and "love covers a multitude of sins."
  • 00:10:02.958 --> 00:10:04.860
  • And "love covers a multitude of sins." another thing we try
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  • To change is situations
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  • To change is situations and circumstances.
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  • To change is situations and circumstances. "i don't like this situation,
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  • And circumstances. "i don't like this situation, i'm gonna change it."
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  • "i don't like this situation, i'm gonna change it." "i don't like this circumstance,
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  • I'm gonna change it." "i don't like this circumstance, i'm gonna change it."
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  • "i don't like this circumstance, i'm gonna change it." well, we can pray,
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  • I'm gonna change it." well, we can pray, we can obey,
  • 00:10:18.607 --> 00:10:20.810
  • Well, we can pray, we can obey, but our plans fail
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  • We can obey, but our plans fail unless god initiates them;
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  • But our plans fail unless god initiates them; they must come from god.
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  • Unless god initiates them; they must come from god. god is the author
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  • They must come from god. god is the author and the finisher of our faith.
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  • And i love this scripture,
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  • And i love this scripture, it's part of 1 peter 5:5,
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  • And i love this scripture, it's part of 1 peter 5:5, "god opposes, frustrates,
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  • It's part of 1 peter 5:5, "god opposes, frustrates, and defeats those who in their
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  • "god opposes, frustrates, and defeats those who in their pride and presumption try
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  • And defeats those who in their pride and presumption try to work without relying on god."
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  • Pride and presumption try to work without relying on god." wow.
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  • To work without relying on god." wow. so, sometimes,
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  • Wow. so, sometimes, we think it's the devil
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  • That's opposing us,
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  • That's opposing us, and it's actually god
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  • That's opposing us, and it's actually god opposing us because
  • 00:10:50.272 --> 00:10:52.308
  • And it's actually god opposing us because we didn't ask him to help,
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  • Opposing us because we didn't ask him to help, and our pride, we tried
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  • We didn't ask him to help, and our pride, we tried to do it ourself,
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  • And our pride, we tried to do it ourself, and god says, "nope,
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  • To do it ourself, and god says, "nope, it's not gonna work.
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  • And god says, "nope, it's not gonna work. you gotta lean on me.
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  • It's not gonna work. you gotta lean on me. you gotta rely on me."
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  • You gotta lean on me. you gotta rely on me." you can get rid of so much
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  • You gotta rely on me." you can get rid of so much frustration in your life
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  • You can get rid of so much frustration in your life if you just learn to let go.
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  • Frustration in your life if you just learn to let go. learning to let go, wow.
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  • If you just learn to let go. learning to let go, wow. [phew]
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  • Learning to let go, wow. [phew] let it go.
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  • [phew] let it go. well, that's hard,
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  • Let it go. well, that's hard, isn't it?
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  • Well, that's hard, isn't it? well, why?
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  • Isn't it? well, why? well, we're afraid if we turn
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  • Well, why? well, we're afraid if we turn it over to god,
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  • Well, we're afraid if we turn it over to god, we may not get our way.
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  • It over to god, we may not get our way. that's part of it.
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  • We may not get our way. that's part of it. we know what we want,
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  • That's part of it. we know what we want, and we're kind of afraid
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  • We know what we want, and we're kind of afraid that god won't give it to us.
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  • And we're kind of afraid that god won't give it to us. but we should be smart
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  • That god won't give it to us. but we should be smart enough to realize that if god
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  • But we should be smart enough to realize that if god doesn't want us to have it,
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  • Enough to realize that if god doesn't want us to have it, the worst thing we could
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  • Doesn't want us to have it, the worst thing we could do is fight to get it.
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  • The worst thing we could do is fight to get it. "your will be done, god,
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  • Do is fight to get it. "your will be done, god, and not mine."
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  • "your will be done, god, and not mine." trade trying for trusting.
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  • And not mine." trade trying for trusting. god asks us to believe,
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  • Trade trying for trusting. god asks us to believe, not to frustrate ourselves
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  • God asks us to believe, not to frustrate ourselves by trying to do what
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  • Not to frustrate ourselves by trying to do what only he can do.
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  • "those who have believed
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  • "those who have believed do enter the rest of god,"
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  • "those who have believed do enter the rest of god," verse 4 tells us that.
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  • Do enter the rest of god," verse 4 tells us that. "those who have believed
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  • Verse 4 tells us that. "those who have believed enter the rest of god."
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  • Anytime you get frustrated,
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  • Anytime you get frustrated, ask yourself if you are working
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  • Anytime you get frustrated, ask yourself if you are working in the flesh apart from god.
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  • Ask yourself if you are working in the flesh apart from god. when we let go,
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  • In the flesh apart from god. when we let go, god goes to work.
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  • When we let go, god goes to work. think about that.
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  • God goes to work. think about that. you can let go today
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  • Think about that. you can let go today of something that
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  • You can let go today of something that you're trying to change
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  • Of something that you're trying to change and it's just not working.
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  • You're trying to change and it's just not working. and you can let it go and say,
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  • And it's just not working. and you can let it go and say, "god, i give it to you."
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  • And you can let it go and say, "god, i give it to you." and don't go take it back
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  • "god, i give it to you." and don't go take it back five minutes later.
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  • And don't go take it back five minutes later. and then, right then,
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  • Five minutes later. and then, right then, god goes to work.
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  • And then, right then, god goes to work. but it's either you're gonna
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  • God goes to work. but it's either you're gonna work or he's gonna work.
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  • But it's either you're gonna work or he's gonna work. you can work together
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  • Work or he's gonna work. you can work together as a team if you're working
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  • You can work together as a team if you're working to do what he wants you to do.
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  • As a team if you're working to do what he wants you to do. when we let go,
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  • To do what he wants you to do. when we let go, god goes to work.
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  • 1 peter 5:7 says,
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  • 1 peter 5:7 says, "cast all your care,
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  • 1 peter 5:7 says, "cast all your care, [all your anxieties,
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  • "cast all your care, [all your anxieties, all your worries,
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  • [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns once
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  • All your worries, all your concerns once and for all] on him for he cares
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  • All your concerns once and for all] on him for he cares for you affectionately
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  • And for all] on him for he cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully."
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  • For you affectionately and cares about you watchfully." boy, i love that scripture
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  • And cares about you watchfully." boy, i love that scripture in the amplified bible.
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  • Boy, i love that scripture in the amplified bible. listen to this.
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  • In the amplified bible. listen to this. "[all your anxieties,
  • 00:12:52.328 --> 00:12:53.562
  • Listen to this. "[all your anxieties, all your worries,
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  • "[all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns,
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  • All your worries, all your concerns, once and for all]."
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  • All your concerns, once and for all]." that means we don't need
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  • To be upset about anything.
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  • To be upset about anything. the more peace we have,
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  • To be upset about anything. the more peace we have, the more powerful we are
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  • The more peace we have, the more powerful we are against the enemy.
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  • The more powerful we are against the enemy. no peace equals no power,
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  • Against the enemy. no peace equals no power, but peace equals power.
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  • No peace equals no power, but peace equals power. do anything that
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  • But peace equals power. do anything that god leads you to do,
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  • Do anything that god leads you to do, but refuse to do anything
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  • God leads you to do, but refuse to do anything if you're merely
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  • But refuse to do anything if you're merely leading yourself.
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  • If you're merely leading yourself. pray and then wait to see if god
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  • Leading yourself. pray and then wait to see if god does lead you to do anything.
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  • Pray and then wait to see if god does lead you to do anything. if not, then wait on him,
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  • Does lead you to do anything. if not, then wait on him, and keep saying,
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  • If not, then wait on him, and keep saying, "god is working.
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  • And keep saying, "god is working. god is working."
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  • "god is working. god is working." i do that a lot if i've been
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  • God is working." i do that a lot if i've been waiting on something for a long
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  • I do that a lot if i've been waiting on something for a long time and nothing's happening.
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  • Waiting on something for a long time and nothing's happening. as long as i'm believing
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  • Time and nothing's happening. as long as i'm believing god is working,
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  • As long as i'm believing god is working, the bible tells me that.
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  • God is working, the bible tells me that. so, i just, instead of getting
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  • The bible tells me that. so, i just, instead of getting frustrated and upset,
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  • So, i just, instead of getting frustrated and upset, i just say,
  • 00:13:41.810 --> 00:13:42.378
  • Frustrated and upset, i just say, "well, god's working.
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  • I just say, "well, god's working. i haven't seen the result yet,
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  • "well, god's working. i haven't seen the result yet, but i will."
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  • I haven't seen the result yet, but i will." well, what's involved
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  • But i will." well, what's involved in letting go?
  • 00:13:47.383 --> 00:13:48.417
  • Well, what's involved in letting go? it's easy to say, "let go,"
  • 00:13:48.484 --> 00:13:49.685
  • In letting go? it's easy to say, "let go," but what does it actually take?
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  • It's easy to say, "let go," but what does it actually take? well, pray and commit
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  • But what does it actually take? well, pray and commit the problem to god.
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  • Well, pray and commit the problem to god. stop talking about
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  • The problem to god. stop talking about the care unnecessarily.
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  • Stop talking about the care unnecessarily. if you need to talk about it,
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  • The care unnecessarily. if you need to talk about it, do so,
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  • If you need to talk about it, do so, but if you're just talking
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  • Do so, but if you're just talking about it to be talking about it,
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  • But if you're just talking about it to be talking about it, don't talk about it anymore.
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  • About it to be talking about it, don't talk about it anymore. stop thinking
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  • Don't talk about it anymore. stop thinking about it excessively.
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  • Stop thinking about it excessively. when it comes to your mind, say,
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  • About it excessively. when it comes to your mind, say, "i believe god
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  • When it comes to your mind, say, "i believe god is working on this situation
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  • "i believe god is working on this situation and it is going to end well."
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  • Is working on this situation and it is going to end well." come on,
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  • And it is going to end well." come on, you talk to yourself anyway,
  • 00:14:18.447 --> 00:14:19.181
  • Come on, you talk to yourself anyway, you might as well say something
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  • You talk to yourself anyway, you might as well say something that's gonna help you.
  • 00:14:20.749 --> 00:14:22.051
  • And when other people
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  • And when other people bring the subject up,
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  • And when other people bring the subject up, which people do,
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  • Bring the subject up, which people do, "i heard you had a problem,
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  • Which people do, "i heard you had a problem, so what's happening?
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  • "i heard you had a problem, so what's happening? what are you doing?"
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  • So what's happening? what are you doing?" when other people
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  • Bring the subject up,
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  • Bring the subject up, be polite,
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  • Bring the subject up, be polite, but let them know that
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  • Be polite, but let them know that you prefer to talk about
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  • But let them know that you prefer to talk about something else if all they wanna
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  • You prefer to talk about something else if all they wanna do is rehearse your problem.
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  • Something else if all they wanna do is rehearse your problem. you don't need to keep
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  • Do is rehearse your problem. you don't need to keep rehearsing the problem
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  • You don't need to keep rehearsing the problem over and over and over.
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  • Rehearsing the problem over and over and over. and if you want god to help you,
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  • Over and over and over. and if you want god to help you, make sure that you're not
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  • And if you want god to help you, make sure that you're not holding anything against anyone.
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  • Make sure that you're not holding anything against anyone. our prayers cannot
  • 00:14:50.245 --> 00:14:51.213
  • Holding anything against anyone. our prayers cannot be answered if we have
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  • Our prayers cannot be answered if we have unforgiveness in our heart.
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  • Be answered if we have unforgiveness in our heart. be prepared to be patient.
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  • Unforgiveness in our heart. be prepared to be patient. oh, there's that word.
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  • Be prepared to be patient. oh, there's that word. patience really is not
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  • Oh, there's that word. patience really is not the ability to put up with
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  • Patience really is not the ability to put up with something unpleasant.
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  • The ability to put up with something unpleasant. patience is actually how
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  • Something unpleasant. patience is actually how you behave while you're
  • 00:15:08.964 --> 00:15:11.300
  • Patience is actually how you behave while you're waiting for god to work.
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  • You behave while you're waiting for god to work. patience in the greek says,
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  • Waiting for god to work. patience in the greek says, "it's a fruit of the spirit
  • 00:15:16.472 --> 00:15:17.406
  • Patience in the greek says, "it's a fruit of the spirit that only grows under trial."
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  • "it's a fruit of the spirit that only grows under trial." that's why a lot of people
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  • That only grows under trial." that's why a lot of people say, "man, don't pray
  • 00:15:21.844 --> 00:15:22.611
  • That's why a lot of people say, "man, don't pray for patience 'cause
  • 00:15:22.678 --> 00:15:23.312
  • Say, "man, don't pray for patience 'cause you'll get a problem."
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  • For patience 'cause you'll get a problem." well, in some ways that's true.
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  • You'll get a problem." well, in some ways that's true. but you gotta learn
  • 00:15:27.750 --> 00:15:28.851
  • Well, in some ways that's true. but you gotta learn sooner or later.
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  • But you gotta learn sooner or later. and you're gonna have problems.
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  • Sooner or later. and you're gonna have problems. life is not problem free,
  • 00:15:32.187 --> 00:15:33.589
  • And you're gonna have problems. life is not problem free, and jesus never told
  • 00:15:33.655 --> 00:15:34.556
  • Life is not problem free, and jesus never told us that it would be.
  • 00:15:34.623 --> 00:15:35.290
  • And jesus never told us that it would be. matter of fact, he said,
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  • Us that it would be. matter of fact, he said, "in the world there
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  • Matter of fact, he said, "in the world there will be tribulation.
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  • "in the world there will be tribulation. cheer up.
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  • Will be tribulation. cheer up. i have overcome the world."
  • 00:15:41.397 --> 00:15:44.133
  • Cheer up. i have overcome the world." refuse to spend your life
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  • I have overcome the world." refuse to spend your life in anything other than peace.
  • 00:15:45.634 --> 00:15:49.104
  • Refuse to spend your life in anything other than peace. the second thing that this
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  • In anything other than peace. the second thing that this scripture says that god
  • 00:15:50.272 --> 00:15:51.273
  • The second thing that this scripture says that god gives us is righteousness.
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  • Scripture says that god gives us is righteousness. righteousness.
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  • Gives us is righteousness. righteousness. nothing in life is right until
  • 00:15:57.713 --> 00:15:59.281
  • Righteousness. nothing in life is right until you know you're right.
  • 00:15:59.348 --> 00:16:01.984
  • Nothing in life is right until you know you're right. as long as you feel
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  • You know you're right. as long as you feel bad about yourself,
  • 00:16:02.885 --> 00:16:04.720
  • As long as you feel bad about yourself, you're constantly finding
  • 00:16:04.787 --> 00:16:05.654
  • Bad about yourself, you're constantly finding fault with yourself,
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  • You're constantly finding fault with yourself, continually making
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  • Fault with yourself, continually making an inventory of everything
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  • Continually making an inventory of everything that's wrong with you.
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  • It's not pleasing
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  • It's not pleasing to god because if you're
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  • It's not pleasing to god because if you're a born-again christian,
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  • To god because if you're a born-again christian, he has given you right
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  • A born-again christian, he has given you right standing with him as a gift,
  • 00:16:17.032 --> 00:16:18.967
  • He has given you right standing with him as a gift, a free gift that
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  • Standing with him as a gift, a free gift that you don't deserve,
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  • A free gift that you don't deserve, you can't earn,
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  • You don't deserve, you can't earn, but you can receive it by faith.
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  • You can't earn, but you can receive it by faith. and when you start
  • 00:16:25.741 --> 00:16:26.442
  • But you can receive it by faith. and when you start believing that you've
  • 00:16:26.508 --> 00:16:28.310
  • And when you start believing that you've been made right with god,
  • 00:16:28.377 --> 00:16:29.845
  • Believing that you've been made right with god, then you know
  • 00:16:29.912 --> 00:16:30.479
  • Been made right with god, then you know what's gonna happen?
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  • Then you know what's gonna happen? you're gonna start
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  • What's gonna happen? you're gonna start behaving gradually,
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  • You're gonna start behaving gradually, little by little,
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  • Behaving gradually, little by little, right, more right,
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  • Little by little, right, more right, more right, more right.
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  • Right, more right, more right, more right. i mean, i act so much different
  • 00:16:42.124 --> 00:16:43.392
  • More right, more right. i mean, i act so much different than i did 47, 48 years ago,
  • 00:16:43.459 --> 00:16:46.662
  • I mean, i act so much different than i did 47, 48 years ago, when i first began
  • 00:16:46.728 --> 00:16:47.463
  • Than i did 47, 48 years ago, when i first began to study the word.
  • 00:16:47.529 --> 00:16:49.064
  • When i first began to study the word. my goodness.
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  • To study the word. my goodness. i mean, i feel like i'm a whole
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  • Different person.
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  • Different person. but i needed to know that
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  • Different person. but i needed to know that god sees me as righteous.
  • 00:16:57.172 --> 00:17:01.143
  • But i needed to know that god sees me as righteous. i needed to put my faith
  • 00:17:01.210 --> 00:17:02.845
  • God sees me as righteous. i needed to put my faith in that because you can
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  • I needed to put my faith in that because you can never become what you
  • 00:17:04.780 --> 00:17:05.981
  • In that because you can never become what you don't believe that you are.
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  • Never become what you don't believe that you are. and god gives us these things
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  • Don't believe that you are. and god gives us these things and then he helps change
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  • And god gives us these things and then he helps change us into what we already
  • 00:17:14.189 --> 00:17:16.158
  • And then he helps change us into what we already are spiritually.
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  • Us into what we already are spiritually. spiritually,
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  • Are spiritually. spiritually, we're made right with god
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  • Spiritually, we're made right with god and then god changes our
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  • We're made right with god and then god changes our behavior to where we act right.
  • 00:17:22.197 --> 00:17:26.468
  • And then god changes our behavior to where we act right. we must believe god and receive
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  • Behavior to where we act right. we must believe god and receive his righteousness by faith,
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  • We must believe god and receive his righteousness by faith, or we fight with ourselves
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  • His righteousness by faith, or we fight with ourselves trying to earn righteousness
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  • Or we fight with ourselves trying to earn righteousness by good behavior.
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  • Trying to earn righteousness by good behavior. we try to be good
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  • By good behavior. we try to be good so we can feel good.
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  • We try to be good so we can feel good. we try to behave right
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  • So we can feel good. we try to behave right so we can feel right.
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  • We try to behave right so we can feel right. well, we are not created
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  • So we can feel right. well, we are not created to feel bad about ourselves.
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  • Well, we are not created to feel bad about ourselves. and so, when you do, it just
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  • To feel bad about ourselves. and so, when you do, it just makes everything haywire.
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  • And so, when you do, it just makes everything haywire. nothing works right because
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  • Makes everything haywire. nothing works right because you're not created to feel
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  • Nothing works right because you're not created to feel bad about yourself.
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  • You're not created to feel bad about yourself. paul talked about two
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  • Bad about yourself. paul talked about two kinds of righteousness.
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  • Paul talked about two kinds of righteousness. self-righteousness,
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  • Kinds of righteousness. self-righteousness, which god despises
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  • Self-righteousness, which god despises and does not like,
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  • Which god despises and does not like, or the righteousness of god.
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  • And paul said that we're to,
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  • And paul said that we're to, "put no confidence in the flesh
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  • And paul said that we're to, "put no confidence in the flesh and on outward privileges
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  • "put no confidence in the flesh and on outward privileges and physical advantages."
  • 00:18:16.585 --> 00:18:18.086
  • And on outward privileges and physical advantages." he said, "though i,
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  • And physical advantages." he said, "though i, for myself, [have grounds]
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  • He said, "though i, for myself, [have grounds] to rely on the flesh.
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  • For myself, [have grounds] to rely on the flesh. if any other man considers
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  • To rely on the flesh. if any other man considers that he has or seems to have
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  • If any other man considers that he has or seems to have reasons to rely on the flesh,
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  • That he has or seems to have reasons to rely on the flesh, i have more!
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  • Reasons to rely on the flesh, i have more! i was circumcised when
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  • I have more! i was circumcised when i was eight days old,
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  • I was circumcised when i was eight days old, i came from the race of israel,
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  • I was eight days old, i came from the race of israel, the tribe of benjamin,
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  • I came from the race of israel, the tribe of benjamin, a hebrew [and the son]
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  • The tribe of benjamin, a hebrew [and the son] of hebrews;
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  • A hebrew [and the son] of hebrews; i observed the law.
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  • Of hebrews; i observed the law. i was [a party of]
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  • I observed the law. i was [a party of] the pharisees--"
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  • I was [a party of] the pharisees--" who were the most religious
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  • The pharisees--" who were the most religious of the religious.
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  • Who were the most religious of the religious. "and as to my zeal,
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  • Of the religious. "and as to my zeal, i was even a persecutor
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  • "and as to my zeal, i was even a persecutor of the church,
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  • I was even a persecutor of the church, and by the law's standard
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  • Of the church, and by the law's standard of righteousness,
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  • And by the law's standard of righteousness, i was proven to be blameless
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  • Of righteousness, i was proven to be blameless and no fault was found in me."
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  • I was proven to be blameless and no fault was found in me." my goodness,
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  • And no fault was found in me." my goodness, who could say that?
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  • Well, that's self-righteousness.
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  • Well, that's self-righteousness. he looked at all he had
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  • Well, that's self-righteousness. he looked at all he had done and said, "i'm right,
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  • He looked at all he had done and said, "i'm right, i'm right, i'm right."
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  • Done and said, "i'm right, i'm right, i'm right." well, when he met christ,
  • 00:19:08.604 --> 00:19:12.674
  • I'm right, i'm right." well, when he met christ, he realized that
  • 00:19:12.741 --> 00:19:14.943
  • Well, when he met christ, he realized that he was not right.
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  • He realized that he was not right. and he got a revelation
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  • He was not right. and he got a revelation that he needed to have
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  • And he got a revelation that he needed to have the righteousness,
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  • That he needed to have the righteousness, the true righteousness of god
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  • The righteousness, the true righteousness of god that only comes by faith.
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  • But he says, "whatever former
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  • But he says, "whatever former things i had that might have
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  • But he says, "whatever former things i had that might have been a gain to me,
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  • Things i had that might have been a gain to me, i have come to consider
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  • Been a gain to me, i have come to consider as [one combined]
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  • I have come to consider as [one combined] loss for christ's sake."
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  • As [one combined] loss for christ's sake." he even calls it, "rubbish."
  • 00:19:39.868 --> 00:19:43.972
  • Loss for christ's sake." he even calls it, "rubbish." "all that stuff that i thought
  • 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:46.341
  • He even calls it, "rubbish." "all that stuff that i thought made me so right,
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  • "all that stuff that i thought made me so right, it was rubbish."
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  • Made me so right, it was rubbish." one translation says, "dumb."
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  • It was rubbish." one translation says, "dumb." it was useless.
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  • One translation says, "dumb." it was useless. "for his sake i have now lost
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  • It was useless. "for his sake i have now lost everything and consider
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  • "for his sake i have now lost everything and consider it all to be mere rubbish
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  • Everything and consider it all to be mere rubbish in order that i may win
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  • It all to be mere rubbish in order that i may win (and gain) christ
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  • In order that i may win (and gain) christ (the anointed one),
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  • (and gain) christ (the anointed one), and that i might [actually]
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  • (the anointed one), and that i might [actually] be found and known
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  • And that i might [actually] be found and known to be as in him."
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  • Those two words,
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  • Those two words, "in him," are two of the most
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  • Those two words, "in him," are two of the most important words in the bible.
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  • "in him," are two of the most important words in the bible. and i would say that probably
  • 00:20:16.004 --> 00:20:19.775
  • Important words in the bible. and i would say that probably the majority of christians don't
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  • And i would say that probably the majority of christians don't understand what that means.
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  • The majority of christians don't understand what that means. it separates my who and my do.
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  • Understand what that means. it separates my who and my do. who i am,
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  • It separates my who and my do. who i am, is a beloved child of god,
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  • Who i am, is a beloved child of god, who's been made right
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  • Is a beloved child of god, who's been made right with him by faith,
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  • Who's been made right with him by faith, and god is working that
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  • With him by faith, and god is working that righteousness out in my life;
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  • And god is working that righteousness out in my life; it's totally different
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  • Righteousness out in my life; it's totally different than what i do.
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  • It's totally different than what i do. we, in the world,
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  • Than what i do. we, in the world, we're judged by what we do.
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  • We, in the world, we're judged by what we do. and that's usually the first
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  • We're judged by what we do. and that's usually the first thing we ask everybody.
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  • And that's usually the first thing we ask everybody. well--you meet somebody
  • 00:20:46.802 --> 00:20:48.303
  • Thing we ask everybody. well--you meet somebody new and you're like,
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  • Well--you meet somebody new and you're like, "well, what do you
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  • New and you're like, "well, what do you do for a living?"
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  • "well, what do you do for a living?" and there are some things
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  • Do for a living?" and there are some things that are more impressive
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  • And there are some things that are more impressive than other things.
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  • That are more impressive than other things. you know,
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  • Than other things. you know, maybe if i'm a janitor,
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  • You know, maybe if i'm a janitor, that's not so impressing.
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  • Maybe if i'm a janitor, that's not so impressing. but if i'm a lawyer or a doctor,
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  • That's not so impressing. but if i'm a lawyer or a doctor, people are impressed.
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  • But if i'm a lawyer or a doctor, people are impressed. well, god is not
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  • People are impressed. well, god is not impressed by what we do,
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  • Well, god is not impressed by what we do, because all he wants
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  • Impressed by what we do, because all he wants us to do is what he has
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  • Because all he wants us to do is what he has assigned us to do.
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  • Us to do is what he has assigned us to do. and if he's assigned you
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  • Assigned us to do. and if he's assigned you to clean the toilets
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  • And if he's assigned you to clean the toilets at the church,
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  • To clean the toilets at the church, then that's just
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  • At the church, then that's just as great as the man
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  • Then that's just as great as the man preaching at the pulpit.
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  • As great as the man preaching at the pulpit. god doesn't see things or judge
  • 00:21:17.466 --> 00:21:18.934
  • Preaching at the pulpit. god doesn't see things or judge things the way that we do.
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  • God doesn't see things or judge things the way that we do. paul said, "i just want
  • 00:21:20.736 --> 00:21:22.003
  • Things the way that we do. paul said, "i just want to be found and known as in him,
  • 00:21:22.070 --> 00:21:24.206
  • Paul said, "i just want to be found and known as in him, not having any righteousness
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  • To be found and known as in him, not having any righteousness of my own based
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  • Not having any righteousness of my own based on my obedience to the law,
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  • Of my own based on my obedience to the law, but possessing that genuine
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  • On my obedience to the law, but possessing that genuine righteousness that comes
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  • But possessing that genuine righteousness that comes through faith in christ."
  • 00:21:35.917 --> 00:21:38.286
  • Righteousness that comes through faith in christ." righteousness by works
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  • Through faith in christ." righteousness by works or righteousness by faith.
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  • Righteousness by works or righteousness by faith. we want the god kind
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  • Or righteousness by faith. we want the god kind of righteousness.
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  • Romans 3:20 says,
  • 00:21:46.962 --> 00:21:49.131
  • Romans 3:20 says, "for no person will be justified
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  • Romans 3:20 says, "for no person will be justified and (made righteous, acquitted,
  • 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:52.667
  • "for no person will be justified and (made righteous, acquitted, and judged acceptable)."
  • 00:21:52.734 --> 00:21:54.403
  • And (made righteous, acquitted, and judged acceptable)." do you want
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  • And judged acceptable)." do you want to be acceptable to god?
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  • Do you want to be acceptable to god? the only way you can be is not
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  • To be acceptable to god? the only way you can be is not to try to earn it by following
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  • The only way you can be is not to try to earn it by following all the rules and regulations,
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  • To try to earn it by following all the rules and regulations, but to receive it as a gift
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  • All the rules and regulations, but to receive it as a gift of god by faith.
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  • But to receive it as a gift of god by faith. "i am the righteousness
  • 00:22:07.983 --> 00:22:09.217
  • Of god by faith. "i am the righteousness of god in christ by faith."
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  • "i am the righteousness of god in christ by faith." it's hard to say that.
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  • When you feel all wrong
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  • When you feel all wrong about yourself,
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  • When you feel all wrong about yourself, it's hard to say,
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  • About yourself, it's hard to say, "i am the righteousness of god,"
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  • It's hard to say, "i am the righteousness of god," but the key phrase is,
  • 00:22:21.062 --> 00:22:22.130
  • "i am the righteousness of god," but the key phrase is, "in christ."
  • 00:22:22.197 --> 00:22:23.799
  • But the key phrase is, "in christ." it's not, "i am
  • 00:22:23.865 --> 00:22:24.633
  • "in christ." it's not, "i am the righteousness of god,"
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  • It's not, "i am the righteousness of god," but, "i am
  • 00:22:26.501 --> 00:22:27.102
  • The righteousness of god," but, "i am the righteousness of god
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  • But, "i am the righteousness of god in christ."
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  • The righteousness of god in christ." god sees me.
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  • In christ." god sees me. he views me as right because
  • 00:22:30.906 --> 00:22:33.475
  • God sees me. he views me as right because he sees me in christ.
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  • He views me as right because he sees me in christ. "this righteousness of god--"
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  • He sees me in christ. "this righteousness of god--" romans 3:22,
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  • "this righteousness of god--" romans 3:22, "namely the righteousness
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  • Romans 3:22, "namely the righteousness of god, which comes
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  • "namely the righteousness of god, which comes by believing with personal
  • 00:22:43.885 --> 00:22:45.320
  • Of god, which comes by believing with personal trust and confident
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  • By believing with personal trust and confident reliance on jesus christ.
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  • Trust and confident reliance on jesus christ. and it is meant for all
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  • Reliance on jesus christ. and it is meant for all who believe;
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  • And it is meant for all who believe; there is no distinction."
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  • Verse 23, i love this.
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  • Verse 23, i love this. and 24, "all have sinned
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  • Verse 23, i love this. and 24, "all have sinned and fall short
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  • And 24, "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of god.
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  • And fall short of the glory of god. therefore, all are
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  • Of the glory of god. therefore, all are justified and put in right
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  • Therefore, all are justified and put in right standing in his sight."
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  • Justified and put in right standing in his sight." wow.
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  • "all have sinned and fallen
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  • "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of god,"
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  • "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of god," we receive that.
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  • Short of the glory of god," we receive that. "yes, i'm a sinner.
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  • We receive that. "yes, i'm a sinner. i've fallen short
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  • "yes, i'm a sinner. i've fallen short of the glory of god."
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  • I've fallen short of the glory of god." "therefore, all are justified."
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  • Of the glory of god." "therefore, all are justified." that means to be made
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  • "therefore, all are justified." that means to be made just as if you never sin.
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  • That means to be made just as if you never sin. all are justified
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  • Just as if you never sin. all are justified and made right with god
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  • All are justified and made right with god through faith in christ.
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  • And made right with god through faith in christ. your life will change
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  • Through faith in christ. your life will change dramatically if you'll
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  • Your life will change dramatically if you'll begin to believe that you've
  • 00:23:35.604 --> 00:23:36.905
  • Dramatically if you'll begin to believe that you've been made right with god
  • 00:23:36.972 --> 00:23:39.074
  • Begin to believe that you've been made right with god through faith in jesus christ.
  • 00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:41.843
  • Been made right with god through faith in jesus christ. it's in the bible.
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  • Through faith in jesus christ. it's in the bible. read romans.
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  • It's in the bible. read romans. i'm not making this up.
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  • Read romans. i'm not making this up. i'm not saying that you're
  • 00:23:46.047 --> 00:23:48.016
  • I'm not making this up. i'm not saying that you're right by yourself.
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  • I'm not saying that you're right by yourself. i'm saying it's "in christ."
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  • Right by yourself. i'm saying it's "in christ." you think about that today.
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  • I'm saying it's "in christ." you think about that today. and i hope you join
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  • You think about that today. and i hope you join us again tomorrow.
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  • And i hope you join us again tomorrow. i want you to know that
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  • Us again tomorrow. i want you to know that we do care about you.
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  • I want you to know that we do care about you. we love you.
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  • We do care about you. we love you. i have a connection and a bond
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  • We love you. i have a connection and a bond with the people that i teach.
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  • I have a connection and a bond with the people that i teach. even though i don't see you,
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  • With the people that i teach. even though i don't see you, there is a spiritual
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  • Even though i don't see you, there is a spiritual connection there.
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  • There is a spiritual connection there. and we love you
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  • Connection there. and we love you and pray for you.
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  • And we love you and pray for you. and god only wants
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  • And pray for you. and god only wants the best life for you
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  • And god only wants the best life for you that you can possibly have.
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  • The best life for you that you can possibly have. and i believe that you're
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  • That you can possibly have. and i believe that you're growing every day,
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  • And i believe that you're growing every day, closer and closer
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  • Growing every day, closer and closer to reaching that goal.
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  • Closer and closer to reaching that goal. god bless you.
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  • >> [♪♪]
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  • >> [♪♪] >> [cabinet closing]
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  • >> [cabinet closing] >> [refrigerator door
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  • >> [refrigerator door opening and closing]
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  • Opening and closing] >> announcer: as your day
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  • >> announcer: as your day begins, your thoughts
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  • Begins, your thoughts throughout the day matter.
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  • Throughout the day matter. >> [cereal pouring]
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  • >> [cereal pouring] >> announcer: and if
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  • >> announcer: and if they are negative,
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  • They are negative, it could be very--um...
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  • It could be very--um... >> [milk plopping]
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  • >> [milk plopping] >> announcer: shall we say,
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  • >> announcer: shall we say, risky?
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  • Risky? but this is exactly what our
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  • But this is exactly what our thought life can look like
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  • Thought life can look like when it's full of negativity;
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  • When it's full of negativity; the nice heaping bowl of trash.
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  • >> joyce: you know, it's very
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  • >> joyce: you know, it's very important to have a healthy
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  • Important to have a healthy spirit, soul, and body.
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  • Spirit, soul, and body. believe me, i know from
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  • Believe me, i know from experience, early on my
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  • Experience, early on my thoughts did not line up with
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  • Thoughts did not line up with god's word, and i started
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  • God's word, and i started to believe the wrong things.
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  • To believe the wrong things. it took me a while to learn
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  • It took me a while to learn about these negative
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  • About these negative thoughts, and how harmful
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  • Thoughts, and how harmful they were to me.
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  • They were to me. god showed me that there are
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  • God showed me that there are thoughts to reject, and healthy
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  • Thoughts to reject, and healthy thoughts to embrace.
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  • And that's exactly what
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  • And that's exactly what i will show you in my book,
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  • I will show you in my book, “power thoughts
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  • “power thoughts for your health.”
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  • For your health.” although we don't always have
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  • Although we don't always have the power to change every
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  • The power to change every unpleasant circumstance
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  • Unpleasant circumstance in our lives, we do have
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  • In our lives, we do have the power to change our
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  • The power to change our outlook through god's word.
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  • Outlook through god's word. >> announcer: "power
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  • >> announcer: "power thoughts for your health,"
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  • Thoughts for your health," is available to you for
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  • Is available to you for a gift of any amount.
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  • A gift of any amount. call us today at...
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  • Call us today at... or visit us online
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  • Or visit us online at joycemeyer.org.
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  • At joycemeyer.org. bring life
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  • Bring life to your mind,
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  • To your mind, soul, and body
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  • Soul, and body by replacing those
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  • By replacing those negative thoughts
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  • Negative thoughts with powerful thoughts
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  • With powerful thoughts straight from the bible.
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  • >> joyce: proverbs 23:7 says,
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  • >> joyce: proverbs 23:7 says, "for as he thinks in his heart,
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  • "for as he thinks in his heart, so is he."
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  • So is he." in other words,
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  • In other words, we become what we think.
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  • We become what we think. you can see that there
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  • You can see that there is a clear connection between
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  • Is a clear connection between our thoughts and our lives.
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  • Our thoughts and our lives. and your health is too valuable
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  • And your health is too valuable to risk on negative thinking.
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  • >> announcer: "power thoughts
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  • >> announcer: "power thoughts for your health,”
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  • For your health,” can be yours for your
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  • Can be yours for your gift of any amount.
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  • Gift of any amount. it's important to take steps
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  • It's important to take steps towards a healthy body, healthy
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  • Towards a healthy body, healthy emotions, and a healthy mind,
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  • Emotions, and a healthy mind, because it will mean
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  • Because it will mean a healthier you.
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  • A healthier you. >> joyce: and remember, you'll
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  • >> joyce: and remember, you'll not only receive today's
  • 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:13.461
  • Not only receive today's resource, but your gift today
  • 00:26:13.528 --> 00:26:15.363
  • Resource, but your gift today allows us to share
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  • Allows us to share the love of christ around
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  • The love of christ around the world through our
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  • The world through our hand of hope outreaches.
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  • >> [♪♪]
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  • >> [blender mixing]
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  • >> [blender mixing] >> [liquid bubbling]
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  • >> [liquid bubbling] >> announcer: again,
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  • >> announcer: again, you wouldn't
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  • You wouldn't purposefully put
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  • Purposefully put trash into
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  • Trash into your body;
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  • Your body; that's really
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  • That's really disgusting.
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  • Disgusting. so, take advantage of joyce's
  • 00:26:37.152 --> 00:26:38.586
  • So, take advantage of joyce's book, "power thoughts
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  • Book, "power thoughts for your health,"
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  • For your health," for a gift of any amount.
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  • For a gift of any amount. call us today at...
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  • Call us today at... or visit us online
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  • Or visit us online at joycemeyer.org.
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  • >> [♪♪]
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  • >> joyce: make a decision
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  • >> joyce: make a decision to grow in your walk with god
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  • To grow in your walk with god each and every morning.
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  • Each and every morning. whatever today holds,
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  • Whatever today holds, you can face it with
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  • You can face it with peace and confidence,
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  • Peace and confidence, and i want to help
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  • And i want to help you discover it.
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  • >> announcer:
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  • >> announcer: "mornings with god,"
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  • "mornings with god," from joyce meyer,
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  • From joyce meyer, order your copy today.
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  • >> announcer: we hope you
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  • >> announcer: we hope you enjoyed today's program.
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  • Enjoyed today's program. we are so grateful
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  • We are so grateful to our joyce meyer
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  • To our joyce meyer ministries partners
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  • Ministries partners who make this
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  • Who make this and all we do possible,
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  • And all we do possible, including sharing
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  • Including sharing god's word
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  • God's word and offering help
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  • And offering help to people in need
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  • To people in need all over the world.
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