Joyce Meyer - The Search For Self-Worth

December 22, 2024 | S

Did you know that God created you for a distinct purpose? Today, Joyce discusses being the best version of yourself, and the benefits that come from being the authentic person God created you to be!

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - The Search For Self-Worth | December 22, 2024

>> joyce: god doesn't want
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>> joyce: god doesn't want you just to have head knowledge
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>> joyce: god doesn't want you just to have head knowledge that he loves you.
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You just to have head knowledge that he loves you. he wants you to
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That he loves you. he wants you to experience his love.
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He wants you to experience his love. well, actually one of the ways
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Experience his love. well, actually one of the ways you can do that is by taking
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Well, actually one of the ways you can do that is by taking time daily to just sit in his
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You can do that is by taking time daily to just sit in his presence and just receive
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Time daily to just sit in his presence and just receive the love of god.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer. i've seen god's power
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer. i've seen god's power transform my own life
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I've seen god's power transform my own life and he will do it for you.
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>> joyce: now, in my life,
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>> joyce: now, in my life, i mean, i've been at this
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>> joyce: now, in my life, i mean, i've been at this 45 years, and i mean,
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I mean, i've been at this 45 years, and i mean, i look back at how hard
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45 years, and i mean, i look back at how hard i worked in the beginning
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I look back at how hard i worked in the beginning and i don't even know
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I worked in the beginning and i don't even know how i lived through it.
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I mean, i used to do 36 of these
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I mean, i used to do 36 of these conferences a year.
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I mean, i used to do 36 of these conferences a year. only then, they were
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Conferences a year. only then, they were like, three days long,
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Only then, they were like, three days long, five sessions, and i did
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Like, three days long, five sessions, and i did everything except the music;
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Five sessions, and i did everything except the music; they never let me do the music.
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Everything except the music; they never let me do the music. >> [audience laughing]
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They never let me do the music. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and then i took
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and then i took every speaking engagement,
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>> joyce: and then i took every speaking engagement, wrote books besides that and--
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Every speaking engagement, wrote books besides that and-- god gifts you and gives you
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Wrote books besides that and-- god gifts you and gives you grace in a different way when
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God gifts you and gives you grace in a different way when you're younger than when
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Grace in a different way when you're younger than when you start getting older
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You're younger than when you start getting older and everybody gets older.
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You start getting older and everybody gets older. if you're 20, don't think you're
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And everybody gets older. if you're 20, don't think you're gonna stay that way all your
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If you're 20, don't think you're gonna stay that way all your life because you won't.
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Gonna stay that way all your life because you won't. and you'll be 30 before you know
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Life because you won't. and you'll be 30 before you know it and then you'll be 40 before
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And you'll be 30 before you know it and then you'll be 40 before you know it and then you'll
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It and then you'll be 40 before you know it and then you'll be 50, and 60, and 70.
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You know it and then you'll be 50, and 60, and 70. [chuckling]
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Be 50, and 60, and 70. [chuckling] >> [audience laughing]
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[chuckling] >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i'll be 81 in june.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i'll be 81 in june. >> [audience cheering]
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>> joyce: i'll be 81 in june. >> [audience cheering] >> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience cheering] >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: somebody said,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: somebody said, "where do you get the energy
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>> joyce: somebody said, "where do you get the energy that you have?"
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"where do you get the energy that you have?" you know, there's two things
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That you have?" you know, there's two things you need as you get older;
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You know, there's two things you need as you get older; you need a purpose
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You need as you get older; you need a purpose and you need somebody to love.
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You need a purpose and you need somebody to love. >> [audience applauding]
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And you need somebody to love. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i have a purpose
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i have a purpose and i love you guys.
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>> joyce: and i have a purpose and i love you guys. >> [audience applauding]
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And i love you guys. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i love god
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and i love god and i love what i'm doing.
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>> joyce: and i love god and i love what i'm doing. and i love to help people.
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And i love what i'm doing. and i love to help people. i finally got it.
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And i love to help people. i finally got it. the only way to be happy
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I finally got it. the only way to be happy is to give yourself away.
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The only way to be happy is to give yourself away. >> [audience laughing]
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Is to give yourself away. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: when you try to keep
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: when you try to keep yourself and when you spend
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>> joyce: when you try to keep yourself and when you spend your life trying to make
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Yourself and when you spend your life trying to make yourself happy,
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Your life trying to make yourself happy, you're robbing god of his job
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Yourself happy, you're robbing god of his job because it's his job
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You're robbing god of his job because it's his job to make you happy.
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Because it's his job to make you happy. and if you tend to his business,
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To make you happy. and if you tend to his business, he'll tend to yours.
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And if you tend to his business, he'll tend to yours. come on, if you tend
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He'll tend to yours. come on, if you tend to god's business,
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Come on, if you tend to god's business, he'll tend to yours.
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To god's business, he'll tend to yours. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: you have
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>> joyce: you have so much value.
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>> joyce: you have so much value. you are so awesome.
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So much value. you are so awesome. actually, each one of you
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You are so awesome. actually, each one of you is a masterpiece.
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Actually, each one of you is a masterpiece. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: if you just read
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>> joyce: if you just read psalm 139 slowly,
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>> joyce: if you just read psalm 139 slowly, "god formed you in your mother's
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Psalm 139 slowly, "god formed you in your mother's womb with his own hand,"
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"god formed you in your mother's womb with his own hand," [chuckling]
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Womb with his own hand," [chuckling] "intricately and curiously--"
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[chuckling] "intricately and curiously--" you know what?
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"intricately and curiously--" you know what? i don't know where
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You know what? i don't know where we got the word
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"fetus," but i don't like it.
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"fetus," but i don't like it. >> [audience laughing]
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"fetus," but i don't like it. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: god never
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: god never called a child a fetus.
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>> joyce: god never called a child a fetus. and i think that's one good way
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Called a child a fetus. and i think that's one good way of mentally separating the fact
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And i think that's one good way of mentally separating the fact that what's inside of you is not
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Of mentally separating the fact that what's inside of you is not real and has no value and can
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That what's inside of you is not real and has no value and can therefore be disposed of.
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Real and has no value and can therefore be disposed of. >> [audience applauding]
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Therefore be disposed of. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: but if you realize
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: but if you realize that you're carrying
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>> joyce: but if you realize that you're carrying a child that's been
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That you're carrying a child that's been formed and fashioned
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A child that's been formed and fashioned by the hand of god.
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Formed and fashioned by the hand of god. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: oh, the devil gives
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>> joyce: oh, the devil gives us some screwed up thinking.
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>> joyce: oh, the devil gives us some screwed up thinking. i mean, weird thinking.
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Us some screwed up thinking. i mean, weird thinking. and i'll tell you what,
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I mean, weird thinking. and i'll tell you what, the devil is having a fit today,
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And i'll tell you what, the devil is having a fit today, but he is not gonna win.
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The devil is having a fit today, but he is not gonna win. >> [audience applauding]
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But he is not gonna win. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: he is not
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: he is not going to win.
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Our world has gone
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Our world has gone basically insane.
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Our world has gone basically insane. >> audience: yes.
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Basically insane. >> audience: yes. >> joyce: but things are
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>> audience: yes. >> joyce: but things are going to turn around.
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>> joyce: but things are going to turn around. i declare it in jesus' name,
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Going to turn around. i declare it in jesus' name, things are going to turn around.
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I declare it in jesus' name, things are going to turn around. >> [audience applauding]
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Things are going to turn around. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and one of the best
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and one of the best things we can do is love god,
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>> joyce: and one of the best things we can do is love god, have an appreciation
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Things we can do is love god, have an appreciation and a proper love
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Have an appreciation and a proper love for ourselves.
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And a proper love for ourselves. get up every day and feel
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For ourselves. get up every day and feel good about yourselves.
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Get up every day and feel good about yourselves. >> audience: amen.
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Good about yourselves. >> audience: amen. >> joyce: don't go around,
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>> audience: amen. >> joyce: don't go around, "i have no value,
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>> joyce: don't go around, "i have no value, why am i here?
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"i have no value, why am i here? i have no purpose."
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Why am i here? i have no purpose." you're here because
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I have no purpose." you're here because god wants you here!
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And he put you here because
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And he put you here because he wants to love you.
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He wants to love you. and he wants to love
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And he wants to love you into wholeness,
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You into wholeness, and he wants to heal
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And he wants to heal every hurt that you have.
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Every hurt that you have. he has redeemed us!
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He has redeemed us! he has bought us back from
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He has bought us back from the devil with his own blood.
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>> joyce: and you don't belong
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>> joyce: and you don't belong to the world and you
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>> joyce: and you don't belong to the world and you don't belong to the devil,
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To the world and you don't belong to the devil, you belong to god!
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Don't belong to the devil, you belong to god! >> [audience applauding]
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You belong to god! >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: "while we were
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: "while we were still in sin, he died for us."
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>> joyce: "while we were still in sin, he died for us." and he adopted us.
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Still in sin, he died for us." and he adopted us. i'll give you a good example.
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I had a child from
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I had a child from my first marriage.
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I had a child from my first marriage. interestingly enough,
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My first marriage. interestingly enough, i named him david.
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Interestingly enough, i named him david. [chuckling]
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I named him david. [chuckling] >> [audience laughing]
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[chuckling] >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: don't tell me god
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: don't tell me god don't know what he's doing.
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>> joyce: don't tell me god don't know what he's doing. >> [audience laughing]
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Don't know what he's doing. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, i happen
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, i happen to name him after my brother
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>> joyce: now, i happen to name him after my brother whose name was david.
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To name him after my brother whose name was david. but when my child, david,
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Whose name was david. but when my child, david, was nine months old,
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But when my child, david, was nine months old, i had to divorce my first
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Was nine months old, i had to divorce my first husband because he just--
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I had to divorce my first husband because he just-- he was unfaithful,
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Husband because he just-- he was unfaithful, ran around with other women,
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He was unfaithful, ran around with other women, wouldn't work,
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Ran around with other women, wouldn't work, wouldn't support me,
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Wouldn't work, wouldn't support me, it was just a nightmare.
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Wouldn't support me, it was just a nightmare. and i was married to him
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It was just a nightmare. and i was married to him for almost five years.
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And i was married to him for almost five years. and so, after 18 years
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For almost five years. and so, after 18 years of being sexually abused
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And so, after 18 years of being sexually abused and then another five years
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Of being sexually abused and then another five years of being abused in a different
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And then another five years of being abused in a different way by him, i mean,
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Of being abused in a different way by him, i mean, i didn't have the slightest
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Way by him, i mean, i didn't have the slightest idea what love was.
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You could have told me you loved
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You could have told me you loved me 100 times a day and it would
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You could have told me you loved me 100 times a day and it would have meant absolutely nothing
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Me 100 times a day and it would have meant absolutely nothing to me because anybody who
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Have meant absolutely nothing to me because anybody who had ever told me they loved
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To me because anybody who had ever told me they loved me hurt me.
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Had ever told me they loved me hurt me. so, i couldn't just be told
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Me hurt me. so, i couldn't just be told "i love you," i had to be shown.
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So, i couldn't just be told "i love you," i had to be shown. that's why it's so important
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"i love you," i had to be shown. that's why it's so important that we show love
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That's why it's so important that we show love to other people.
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That we show love to other people. because a lot of people,
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To other people. because a lot of people, those words mean
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Because a lot of people, those words mean nothing to them.
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Those words mean nothing to them. that's why we do so much
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Nothing to them. that's why we do so much mission work here in america
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That's why we do so much mission work here in america and outside the country,
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Mission work here in america and outside the country, because some people
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And outside the country, because some people are hurting so bad
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That to say to them,
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That to say to them, "jesus loves you,"
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That to say to them, "jesus loves you," means absolutely nothing.
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"jesus loves you," means absolutely nothing. because they've never
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Means absolutely nothing. because they've never experienced that love.
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Because they've never experienced that love. so, they need somebody to meet
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Experienced that love. so, they need somebody to meet the needs that they have
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So, they need somebody to meet the needs that they have and show them by being there
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The needs that they have and show them by being there and being there and consistently
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And show them by being there and being there and consistently being there and being there
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And being there and consistently being there and being there and being there and then pretty
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Being there and being there and being there and then pretty soon you break through
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And being there and then pretty soon you break through that darkness that they've
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Soon you break through that darkness that they've lived in and they're open
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That darkness that they've lived in and they're open to receiving the gospel
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Lived in and they're open to receiving the gospel of christ.
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You definitely
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You definitely are a masterpiece.
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You definitely are a masterpiece. each one,
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Are a masterpiece. each one, every person in this room,
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Each one, every person in this room, different fingerprints,
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Every person in this room, different fingerprints, different dna,
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Different fingerprints, different dna, not created to be like
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Different dna, not created to be like somebody else,
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Not created to be like somebody else, created to be an individual.
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Somebody else, created to be an individual. you're not created to do what
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Created to be an individual. you're not created to do what everybody else does,
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You're not created to do what everybody else does, you're created to do what
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Everybody else does, you're created to do what god has assigned you to do.
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You're created to do what god has assigned you to do. and it doesn't matter if you
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God has assigned you to do. and it doesn't matter if you think it's a little or a lot,
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And it doesn't matter if you think it's a little or a lot, all you're responsible
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Think it's a little or a lot, all you're responsible for is your part.
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All you're responsible for is your part. "oh, somebody says i'm gonna
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For is your part. "oh, somebody says i'm gonna be the next joyce meyer."
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"oh, somebody says i'm gonna be the next joyce meyer." please don't.
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Be the next joyce meyer." please don't. >> [audience laughing]
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Please don't. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: the world has
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: the world has had enough of me.
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>> joyce: the world has had enough of me. >> [audience laughing]
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Had enough of me. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well--
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: well-- >> audience: no!
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>> joyce: well-- >> audience: no! >> joyce: don't wanna
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>> audience: no! >> joyce: don't wanna be somebody else;
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>> joyce: don't wanna be somebody else; go beyond that.
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Be somebody else; go beyond that. be yourself; be who you are.
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Go beyond that. be yourself; be who you are. be the best version of you
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Be yourself; be who you are. be the best version of you that you can be,
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Be the best version of you that you can be, and don't apologize for it.
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That you can be, and don't apologize for it. >> [audience applauding]
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And don't apologize for it. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: don't ever apologize
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: don't ever apologize for who you are.
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>> joyce: don't ever apologize for who you are. >> audience member: thank you,
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For who you are. >> audience member: thank you, joyce!
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>> audience member: thank you, joyce! >> joyce: you're welcome!
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Joyce! >> joyce: you're welcome! >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: you're welcome! >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: good.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: good. now, you're getting louder.
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>> joyce: good. now, you're getting louder. maybe we'll get a shout or two
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Now, you're getting louder. maybe we'll get a shout or two before we get outta here.
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Maybe we'll get a shout or two before we get outta here. >> [audience cheering]
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Before we get outta here. >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: see, if we can
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>> [audience cheering] >> joyce: see, if we can hold our head up high
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>> joyce: see, if we can hold our head up high because we're in christ.
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Hold our head up high because we're in christ. so, i had a child
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Because we're in christ. so, i had a child and i named him
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So, i had a child and i named him david and then,
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And i named him david and then, well, i got divorced when he was
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David and then, well, i got divorced when he was nine months old and i met dave
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Well, i got divorced when he was nine months old and i met dave when he was 10 months old.
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Nine months old and i met dave when he was 10 months old. and when dave asked
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When he was 10 months old. and when dave asked me to marry him,
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And when dave asked me to marry him, he told me he love me.
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Me to marry him, he told me he love me. i couldn't even say it back
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He told me he love me. i couldn't even say it back because i didn't even know
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I couldn't even say it back because i didn't even know what it was.
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Because i didn't even know what it was. and so, my great answer was,
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What it was. and so, my great answer was, "well, you know
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And so, my great answer was, "well, you know i have a baby..."
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"well, you know i have a baby..." >> [audience laughing]
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I have a baby..." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "and...
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "and... he comes with me."
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>> joyce: "and... he comes with me." and i'll never forget
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He comes with me." and i'll never forget what dave said.
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And i'll never forget what dave said. he said, "well, i don't
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What dave said. he said, "well, i don't really know him.
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He said, "well, i don't really know him. i--you know, i can't--
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Really know him. i--you know, i can't-- i don't have a relationship
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I--you know, i can't-- i don't have a relationship with him yet,
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I don't have a relationship with him yet, but i can tell you this,
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With him yet, but i can tell you this, i love you and i love anything
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But i can tell you this, i love you and i love anything that's part of you."
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I love you and i love anything that's part of you." >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: so, literally,
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>> joyce: so, literally, god says to you--
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>> joyce: so, literally, god says to you-- when you think you're unlovable,
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God says to you-- when you think you're unlovable, god might even have
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When you think you're unlovable, god might even have to agree with you.
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God might even have to agree with you. but he says, "if you're
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To agree with you. but he says, "if you're in christ, i love him,
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But he says, "if you're in christ, i love him, and i love anything
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In christ, i love him, and i love anything that's part of him."
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And i love anything that's part of him." >> [audience applauding]
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That's part of him." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so therefore,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so therefore, you're adopted as god's child.
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>> joyce: so therefore, you're adopted as god's child. now, i remember when
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You're adopted as god's child. now, i remember when we went for the legal part
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Now, i remember when we went for the legal part of the adoption for david,
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We went for the legal part of the adoption for david, i remember the lawyer
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Of the adoption for david, i remember the lawyer telling dave,
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I remember the lawyer telling dave, "now, you realize in adopting
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Telling dave, "now, you realize in adopting him that he becomes your legal
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"now, you realize in adopting him that he becomes your legal son and he gets an equal share
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Him that he becomes your legal son and he gets an equal share of everything just like your
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Son and he gets an equal share of everything just like your natural born children do."
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Of everything just like your natural born children do." he became a joint heir
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Natural born children do." he became a joint heir through adoption.
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Come on, are you with me?
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Come on, are you with me? >> [audience applauding]
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Come on, are you with me? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and the bible says
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and the bible says we are "joint heirs
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>> joyce: and the bible says we are "joint heirs with christ."
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We are "joint heirs with christ." whatever he deserves, we get.
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With christ." whatever he deserves, we get. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: wow.
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>> joyce: wow. now, you know, if you
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>> joyce: wow. now, you know, if you would think about this
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Now, you know, if you would think about this stuff a little bit more,
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Would think about this stuff a little bit more, instead of thinking so much
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Stuff a little bit more, instead of thinking so much about what's wrong
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Instead of thinking so much about what's wrong with you all the time,
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About what's wrong with you all the time, you can see how you'd
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With you all the time, you can see how you'd get so much happier.
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You can see how you'd get so much happier. but the devil wants us to think
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Get so much happier. but the devil wants us to think all the time about,
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But the devil wants us to think all the time about, "what's wrong with me
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All the time about, "what's wrong with me and why aren't i like you
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"what's wrong with me and why aren't i like you and why can't i do what you do?"
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And why aren't i like you and why can't i do what you do?" aren't you glad you stayed
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And why can't i do what you do?" aren't you glad you stayed this afternoon?
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Aren't you glad you stayed this afternoon? >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: just think how
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>> joyce: just think how good you're going to feel
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>> joyce: just think how good you're going to feel and how mad you're
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Good you're going to feel and how mad you're going to make the devil.
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And how mad you're going to make the devil. when you wake up
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Going to make the devil. when you wake up in the morning and he says,
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When you wake up in the morning and he says, "you're no good."
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In the morning and he says, "you're no good." and you say,
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"you're no good." and you say, "you are a liar.
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And you say, "you are a liar. i am a masterpiece!"
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"you are a liar. i am a masterpiece!" >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: "there's nobody
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>> joyce: "there's nobody else in the world like me.
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>> joyce: "there's nobody else in the world like me. i'm one of a kind."
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Else in the world like me. i'm one of a kind." see, i used to think
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I'm one of a kind." see, i used to think i was weird,
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See, i used to think i was weird, now, i know i'm special.
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I was weird, now, i know i'm special. >> [audience laughing]
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Now, i know i'm special. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and so are you.
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Ok, i've got a few
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Ok, i've got a few scriptures here that i wanna
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Ok, i've got a few scriptures here that i wanna share with you about
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Scriptures here that i wanna share with you about how loved you are.
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Share with you about how loved you are. and i want you just to take
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How loved you are. and i want you just to take the time to take these in.
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Ephesians 3:17-19,
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Ephesians 3:17-19, paul's prayer,
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Ephesians 3:17-19, paul's prayer, "may christ through
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Paul's prayer, "may christ through your faith [actually] dwell
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"may christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, and make
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Your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, and make his permanent home)
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(settle down, abide, and make his permanent home) in your hearts!"
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His permanent home) in your hearts!" now i want you to think
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In your hearts!" now i want you to think about this,
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Now i want you to think about this, what it's saying.
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About this, what it's saying. "may christ through your faith,
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What it's saying. "may christ through your faith, come and make his home
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"may christ through your faith, come and make his home in your heart.
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Come and make his home in your heart. may you be rooted deep in love
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In your heart. may you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love,
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May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love, that you may have the power
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And founded securely on love, that you may have the power and be strong to apprehend
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That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp--" grab hold of,
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And be strong to apprehend and grasp--" grab hold of, "with all the saints
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And grasp--" grab hold of, "with all the saints [god's devoted people,
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"with all the saints [god's devoted people, the experience of that love]--"
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[god's devoted people, the experience of that love]--" hang on to the word
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The experience of that love]--" hang on to the word experience for a minute.
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Hang on to the word experience for a minute. "what is the breadth
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Experience for a minute. "what is the breadth and the length and the height
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"what is the breadth and the length and the height and the depth [of it];
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And the length and the height and the depth [of it]; [that you may really come]
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And the depth [of it]; [that you may really come] to know [practically through]--"
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[that you may really come] to know [practically through]--" there's the word again,
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To know [practically through]--" there's the word again, "[experience for yourselves]
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There's the word again, "[experience for yourselves] the love of christ,
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"[experience for yourselves] the love of christ, which far surpasses
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The love of christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge
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Which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]."
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Mere knowledge [without experience]." now, we're gonna talk
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[without experience]." now, we're gonna talk in a minute about how you
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Now, we're gonna talk in a minute about how you can experience the love of god.
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In a minute about how you can experience the love of god. it's not just words anymore,
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Can experience the love of god. it's not just words anymore, it becomes your experience.
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It's not just words anymore, it becomes your experience. "that you may be filled
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It becomes your experience. "that you may be filled [through all your being]
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"that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of god
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[through all your being] unto all the fullness of god [and may have the richest
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Unto all the fullness of god [and may have the richest measure of his divine presence,
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[and may have the richest measure of his divine presence, and become a body wholly
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Measure of his divine presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded
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And become a body wholly filled and flooded with god himself]!"
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Filled and flooded with god himself]!" whoo.
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Man, that's what i want.
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Man, that's what i want. i just wanna be a body
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Man, that's what i want. i just wanna be a body full of god.
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I just wanna be a body full of god. >> [audience applauding]
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Full of god. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: alright, now what
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: alright, now what about this experience thing?
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>> joyce: alright, now what about this experience thing? "experience god."
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About this experience thing? "experience god." now, this is the amplified
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"experience god." now, this is the amplified translation,
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Now, this is the amplified translation, you're not gonna find that
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Translation, you're not gonna find that in other translations but,
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You're not gonna find that in other translations but, god doesn't want you just
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In other translations but, god doesn't want you just to have head knowledge
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God doesn't want you just to have head knowledge that he loves you,
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To have head knowledge that he loves you, he wants you to experience
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That he loves you, he wants you to experience his love.
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He wants you to experience his love. well, actually, one of the ways
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His love. well, actually, one of the ways you can do that is by taking
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Well, actually, one of the ways you can do that is by taking time daily to just sit in his
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You can do that is by taking time daily to just sit in his presence and just receive
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Time daily to just sit in his presence and just receive the love of god.
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Presence and just receive the love of god. and you may actually
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The love of god. and you may actually really feel it,
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And you may actually really feel it, feel the love of god.
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Really feel it, feel the love of god. but when i read 1 john 4:16,
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Feel the love of god. but when i read 1 john 4:16, i'm sure i'd read it before,
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But when i read 1 john 4:16, i'm sure i'd read it before, but you know, one day,
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I'm sure i'd read it before, but you know, one day, i read it and it was
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But you know, one day, i read it and it was just, i guess, my time.
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And i was trying to really
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And i was trying to really get a hold of this
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And i was trying to really get a hold of this "god loves you" thing.
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Get a hold of this "god loves you" thing. and 1 john 4:16 says,
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"god loves you" thing. and 1 john 4:16 says, "and we know (understand,
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And 1 john 4:16 says, "and we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of--"
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"and we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of--" not unconscious but
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Recognize, are conscious of--" not unconscious but "conscious of, by observation--"
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Not unconscious but "conscious of, by observation--" which means to see something,
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"conscious of, by observation--" which means to see something, "and by experience)--"
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Which means to see something, "and by experience)--" that word again,
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"and by experience)--" that word again, "and we believe (adhere
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That word again, "and we believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on)
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"and we believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the love that god has for us."
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Okay, what is he saying?
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Okay, what is he saying? he's saying that we should
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Okay, what is he saying? he's saying that we should be conscious of and observe
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He's saying that we should be conscious of and observe the love of god.
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Be conscious of and observe the love of god. okay, what that means
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The love of god. okay, what that means is you need to watch
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Okay, what that means is you need to watch for god's love in your life.
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Is you need to watch for god's love in your life. now, i'm not talking
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For god's love in your life. now, i'm not talking about a feeling,
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Now, i'm not talking about a feeling, i'm talking about things
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About a feeling, i'm talking about things that god will do for you.
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I'm talking about things that god will do for you. maybe little things
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That god will do for you. maybe little things that don't really--
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Maybe little things that don't really-- wouldn't even mean anything
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That don't really-- wouldn't even mean anything to anybody else but to you,
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Wouldn't even mean anything to anybody else but to you, you know it's god showing
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To anybody else but to you, you know it's god showing up and showing out in your life.
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You know it's god showing up and showing out in your life. >> [audience applauding]
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Up and showing out in your life. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i'll never forget
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i'll never forget when dave and i were so poor
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>> joyce: i'll never forget when dave and i were so poor that we couldn't even
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When dave and i were so poor that we couldn't even buy new dish rags.
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That we couldn't even buy new dish rags. and i've still got it,
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Buy new dish rags. and i've still got it, i've still got the journal
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And i've still got it, i've still got the journal where i wrote down this
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I've still got the journal where i wrote down this little prayer list, "dear god,
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Where i wrote down this little prayer list, "dear god, would you please give me
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Little prayer list, "dear god, would you please give me 12 new wash--dish rags?"
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Would you please give me 12 new wash--dish rags?" and i think i asked for
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12 new wash--dish rags?" and i think i asked for a skillet and there
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And i think i asked for a skillet and there were some other
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A skillet and there were some other little things on that list
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Were some other little things on that list and i'll never forget
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Little things on that list and i'll never forget the day my doorbell rang
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And i'll never forget the day my doorbell rang and i went and there was
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The day my doorbell rang and i went and there was somebody i didn't know
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And i went and there was somebody i didn't know and she said, "i hope you don't
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Somebody i didn't know and she said, "i hope you don't think i have lost my mind
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And she said, "i hope you don't think i have lost my mind but i felt like god told
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Think i have lost my mind but i felt like god told me to bring you 12 dish rags."
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But i felt like god told me to bring you 12 dish rags." >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: wahoo!
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>> joyce: wahoo! >> [audience cheering]
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>> joyce: wahoo! >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: dish rags!
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>> [audience cheering] >> joyce: dish rags! and i knew god loved me.
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>> joyce: dish rags! and i knew god loved me. >> [audience laughing]
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And i knew god loved me. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: he knew where
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: he knew where i was at,
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>> joyce: he knew where i was at, he knew my address.
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I was at, he knew my address. he hadn't forgotten about me.
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He knew my address. he hadn't forgotten about me. and you know, we had such
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He hadn't forgotten about me. and you know, we had such a lacking for money because
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And you know, we had such a lacking for money because i had felt like god had called
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A lacking for money because i had felt like god had called me into this ministry
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I had felt like god had called me into this ministry and i felt like i didn't
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Me into this ministry and i felt like i didn't know the bible.
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And i felt like i didn't know the bible. "how could i teach the bible?
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Know the bible. "how could i teach the bible? i didn't know the bible."
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And i had three teenagers
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And i had three teenagers and a baby when god called me.
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And i had three teenagers and a baby when god called me. yes,
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And a baby when god called me. yes, three teenagers and a baby,
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Yes, three teenagers and a baby, you heard me.
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Three teenagers and a baby, you heard me. and so,
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You heard me. and so, i worked a full-time job.
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And so, i worked a full-time job. i didn't have time to study
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I worked a full-time job. i didn't have time to study so i felt like god pulling
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I didn't have time to study so i felt like god pulling me to quit my job.
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So i felt like god pulling me to quit my job. well, if i did, we weren't
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Me to quit my job. well, if i did, we weren't gonna have enough
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Well, if i did, we weren't gonna have enough money to pay our bills.
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Gonna have enough money to pay our bills. we were going to be like
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Money to pay our bills. we were going to be like $40 short every month of just
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We were going to be like $40 short every month of just paying our bills and then
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$40 short every month of just paying our bills and then if anything extra came along,
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Paying our bills and then if anything extra came along, we were gonna have to have
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If anything extra came along, we were gonna have to have money for that too.
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We were gonna have to have money for that too. and i can't even begin to tell
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Money for that too. and i can't even begin to tell you how scared i was.
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And i can't even begin to tell you how scared i was. so, i did what a lot
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You how scared i was. so, i did what a lot of people do,
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So, i did what a lot of people do, i quit my full-time job
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Of people do, i quit my full-time job and got a part-time job.
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I quit my full-time job and got a part-time job. >> [audience laughing]
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And got a part-time job. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: look at me while
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: look at me while i tell you that part-time
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>> joyce: look at me while i tell you that part-time obedience won't work.
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I tell you that part-time obedience won't work. come on.
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Obedience won't work. come on. >> [audience applauding]
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Come on. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know what that is?
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you know what that is? a sacrifice.
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>> joyce: you know what that is? a sacrifice. "well, i'll give up this
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A sacrifice. "well, i'll give up this but i'm not gonna obey you."
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"well, i'll give up this but i'm not gonna obey you." mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm.
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But i'm not gonna obey you." mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm. and so, i got fired
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Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm. and so, i got fired from my part-time job.
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And so, i got fired from my part-time job. >> [audience laughing]
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From my part-time job. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i was not the kind
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i was not the kind of employee that got fired.
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>> joyce: and i was not the kind of employee that got fired. and then i found out that
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Of employee that got fired. and then i found out that the office manager at the place
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And then i found out that the office manager at the place where i got my part-time job
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The office manager at the place where i got my part-time job was a witch.
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Where i got my part-time job was a witch. >> [audience groaning]
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Was a witch. >> [audience groaning] >> joyce: she had this big
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>> [audience groaning] >> joyce: she had this big book and she was copying
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>> joyce: she had this big book and she was copying it one day on the copy
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Book and she was copying it one day on the copy machine and i said,
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It one day on the copy machine and i said, "what are you copying?"
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Machine and i said, "what are you copying?" she said,
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"what are you copying?" she said, "a book on witchcraft."
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She said, "a book on witchcraft." and i thought--
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"a book on witchcraft." and i thought-- >> [audience laughing]
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And i thought-- >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "no wonder everything
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "no wonder everything i touch here goes wrong."
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>> joyce: "no wonder everything i touch here goes wrong." >> [audience laughing]
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I touch here goes wrong." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, i couldn't
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, i couldn't do anything right.
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>> joyce: i mean, i couldn't do anything right. i made mistakes that were
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Do anything right. i made mistakes that were mistakes that there would
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I made mistakes that were mistakes that there would be no way in the natural
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Mistakes that there would be no way in the natural i should make 'em.
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Be no way in the natural i should make 'em. so, god let me get
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I should make 'em. so, god let me get my part-time job,
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So, god let me get my part-time job, but he put me somewhere
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My part-time job, but he put me somewhere where...
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But he put me somewhere where... [chuckling]
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Where... [chuckling] they weren't exactly
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[chuckling] they weren't exactly gonna love me.
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They weren't exactly gonna love me. like, come on,
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Gonna love me. like, come on, some of you have made some
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Like, come on, some of you have made some real sacrifices in obedience
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Some of you have made some real sacrifices in obedience to god and you don't
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Real sacrifices in obedience to god and you don't understand why god's
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To god and you don't understand why god's not blessing you yet.
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Understand why god's not blessing you yet. well, it's not time.
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Not blessing you yet. well, it's not time. you still gotta
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Well, it's not time. you still gotta little ways to go.
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You still gotta little ways to go. you still gotta little
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Little ways to go. you still gotta little bit more to learn.
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You still gotta little bit more to learn. "but joyce it hurts."
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Bit more to learn. "but joyce it hurts." well, goin' to the cross didn't
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"but joyce it hurts." well, goin' to the cross didn't exactly feel good, either.
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Well, goin' to the cross didn't exactly feel good, either. amen?
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Exactly feel good, either. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: jesus asked three
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>> joyce: jesus asked three times, "father if possible,
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>> joyce: jesus asked three times, "father if possible, take this cup from me."
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Times, "father if possible, take this cup from me." three times!
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Take this cup from me." three times! he didn't wanna
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Three times! he didn't wanna go to the cross.
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He didn't wanna go to the cross. you don't have to want
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Go to the cross. you don't have to want to do everything to do it.
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He said, "nevertheless your
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He said, "nevertheless your will be done and not mine."
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He said, "nevertheless your will be done and not mine." "i don't wanna do this but
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Will be done and not mine." "i don't wanna do this but if it's your will i will do it."
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"i don't wanna do this but if it's your will i will do it." come on, some of you are dealing
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If it's your will i will do it." come on, some of you are dealing with some stuff in your life
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Come on, some of you are dealing with some stuff in your life right now and you know what god
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With some stuff in your life right now and you know what god wants you to do but you don't
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Right now and you know what god wants you to do but you don't wanna do it.
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Wants you to do but you don't wanna do it. now, it's time for you to say,
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Wanna do it. now, it's time for you to say, "well, god i don't wanna
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Now, it's time for you to say, "well, god i don't wanna do this but if it's what you
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"well, god i don't wanna do this but if it's what you want me to do, i will do it."
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Do this but if it's what you want me to do, i will do it." >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: maybe somebody
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>> joyce: maybe somebody over here, maybe i'm talkin'
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>> joyce: maybe somebody over here, maybe i'm talkin' to the wrong side of the room.
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Over here, maybe i'm talkin' to the wrong side of the room. i don't know.
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To the wrong side of the room. i don't know. >> [audience applauding]
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I don't know. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: now, i know,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: now, i know, some of you, you have a sinking
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>> joyce: now, i know, some of you, you have a sinking feeling in your belly right now,
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Some of you, you have a sinking feeling in your belly right now, you're like, "oh no."
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Feeling in your belly right now, you're like, "oh no." >> [audience laughing]
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You're like, "oh no." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: 'cause you've been
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: 'cause you've been trying so hard to ignore
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>> joyce: 'cause you've been trying so hard to ignore the voice of god.
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Trying so hard to ignore the voice of god. [chuckling]
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The voice of god. [chuckling] "surely that's not god.
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[chuckling] "surely that's not god. he wouldn't tell me to do
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"surely that's not god. he wouldn't tell me to do something that hurts that bad."
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He wouldn't tell me to do something that hurts that bad." oh yeah, he would.
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'cause, you know,
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'cause, you know, some things hurt good.
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Some things hurt good. someday you may find
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Someday you may find out that what you thought
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Out that what you thought was your worst enemy
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Was your worst enemy was actually your best friend.
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Was actually your best friend. >> [audience softly applauding]
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>> [audience softly applauding] >> joyce: thank you.
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>> joyce: thank you. >> [audience laughing]
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: did you hear
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>> joyce: did you hear what i said?
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What i said? someday you may find out that
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Someday you may find out that what you thought was your
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What you thought was your worst enemy was actually
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Worst enemy was actually your best friend.
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>> joyce: some of the things
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That i begged god to get
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That i begged god to get me out of and they went
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That i begged god to get me out of and they went on and on and on.
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Me out of and they went on and on and on. and it was six years after
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On and on and on. and it was six years after that great sacrifice before
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And it was six years after that great sacrifice before we saw any noticeable
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That great sacrifice before we saw any noticeable increase in our income.
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We saw any noticeable increase in our income. i didn't understand why god
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Increase in our income. i didn't understand why god didn't deliver us sooner.
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I didn't understand why god didn't deliver us sooner. but let me tell you something.
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Didn't deliver us sooner. but let me tell you something. god knows what
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But let me tell you something. god knows what he's doing in your life
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God knows what he's doing in your life and he is never wrong.
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He's doing in your life and he is never wrong. >> [audience applauding]
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And he is never wrong. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: yes, you matter.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: yes, you matter. you have a purpose.
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>> joyce: yes, you matter. you have a purpose. you never have to compare
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You have a purpose. you never have to compare yourself with anybody else.
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You never have to compare yourself with anybody else. you don't have to compete
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Yourself with anybody else. you don't have to compete with anybody else.
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You don't have to compete with anybody else. and you are free to do you.
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With anybody else. and you are free to do you. amen?
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And you are free to do you. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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Amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and you need
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and you need to be free to let everybody
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>> joyce: and you need to be free to let everybody else be themselves.
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To be free to let everybody else be themselves. >> [audience applauding]
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Else be themselves. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you are loved.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you are loved. amen?
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>> joyce: you are loved. amen? everybody say, "i am loved."
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Amen? everybody say, "i am loved." >> audience: i am loved.
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>> joyce: alright,
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>> joyce: alright, i want us all to pray
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>> joyce: alright, i want us all to pray this prayer together.
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I want us all to pray this prayer together. it's actually a prayer
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This prayer together. it's actually a prayer of salvation but i wanna make
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It's actually a prayer of salvation but i wanna make sure that nobody leaves
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Of salvation but i wanna make sure that nobody leaves here today without having
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Sure that nobody leaves here today without having christ in your heart.
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Here today without having christ in your heart. and so, i wanna close
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Christ in your heart. and so, i wanna close our conference like this.
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And so, i wanna close our conference like this. everybody pray this with me.
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Our conference like this. everybody pray this with me. "father, god, i love you."
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>> [audience repeating prayer]
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>> [audience repeating prayer] >> joyce: "jesus i believe
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>> [audience repeating prayer] >> joyce: "jesus i believe in you.
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>> joyce: "jesus i believe in you. i believe you love me.
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In you. i believe you love me. i believe you died for me.
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I believe you love me. i believe you died for me. you shed your blood for me.
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I believe you died for me. you shed your blood for me. you paid for my sin.
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You shed your blood for me. you paid for my sin. i believe in you.
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You paid for my sin. i believe in you. i want you in my life.
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I believe in you. i want you in my life. come and live in me.
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I want you in my life. come and live in me. forgive my sin.
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Come and live in me. forgive my sin. cleanse me.
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Forgive my sin. cleanse me. wash me in your blood.
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Cleanse me. wash me in your blood. take me as your child.
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Wash me in your blood. take me as your child. i give myself to you freely.
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Take me as your child. i give myself to you freely. and i receive you.
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I give myself to you freely. and i receive you. take me just the way i am.
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And i receive you. take me just the way i am. and make me what
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Take me just the way i am. and make me what you want me to be.
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And make me what you want me to be. amen."
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You want me to be. amen." alright, i had fun.
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Amen." alright, i had fun. i hope you did too.
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Alright, i had fun. i hope you did too. >> [audience applauding]
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I hope you did too. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: [kiss] god bless you.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: [kiss] god bless you. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: you need
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>> joyce: you need to pray big prayers
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To pray big prayers and you need to have
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And you need to have big dreams for your life.
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Big dreams for your life. >> announcer: god loves
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>> announcer: god loves us and has good plans
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Us and has good plans for our lives.
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For our lives. and to help you follow
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And to help you follow his plan for your
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His plan for your journey with him,
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Journey with him, we are offering
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We are offering the "dream big...
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The "dream big... pray bigger
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Pray bigger 2025 planner."
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This planner will help
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This planner will help you track your goals
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You track your goals for this coming year.
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For this coming year. it is available to you for...
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It is available to you for... or more.
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Or more. 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, and let's get started
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And let's get started on next year's journey.
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On next year's journey. >> joyce: well, you know,
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>> joyce: well, you know, i always say that i would
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I always say that i would prefer to pray for a lot
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Prefer to pray for a lot and get a little of it,
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And get a little of it, than to pray for a little
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Than to pray for a little and get all of it.
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And get all of it. don't be afraid
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Don't be afraid to pray big prayers.
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To pray big prayers. so, what do you say?
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So, what do you say? let's dream together.
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>> announcer: we know
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>> announcer: we know your daily intake
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Your daily intake of god's word
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Of god's word is a vital part
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Is a vital part of your week.
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Of your week. consider giving
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Consider giving a gift of...
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A gift of... or more,
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Or more, and you'll receive
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And you'll receive not only the planner,
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Not only the planner, but also, joyce's,
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But also, joyce's, "enjoying everyday life,"
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"enjoying everyday life," large print bible.
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Large print bible. it is loaded with features
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It is loaded with features that will bring you joy
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That will bring you joy and understanding
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And understanding in your time with god.
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In your time with god. request the, "dream big...
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Request the, "dream big... pray bigger planner," for...
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Pray bigger planner," for... or more,
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Or more, or go to the next
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Or go to the next level and also receive
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Level and also receive the large print,
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The large print, leather edition,
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Leather edition, "enjoying everyday
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"enjoying everyday life bible," for...
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Life bible," for... or more.
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>> joyce: your giving will
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>> joyce: your giving will not only help you
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Not only help you increase your joy,
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Increase your joy, but will also share the love
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But will also share the love of christ with people
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Of christ with people all around the world.
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All around the world. in fact,
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In fact, throughout 2024,
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Throughout 2024, with the help
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With the help of our partners,
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Of our partners, we were able to help
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We were able to help so many people together
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So many people together by sharing the love
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By sharing the love of christ in practical ways.
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Of christ in practical ways. hand of hope,
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Hand of hope, the mission's arm
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The mission's arm of joyce meyer ministries,
00:25:24.312 --> 00:25:25.647
Of joyce meyer ministries, provided free medical
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Provided free medical and dental care to more
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And dental care to more than 345,000 people
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Than 345,000 people in more than 16 countries
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In more than 16 countries around the world.
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Around the world. we also continue
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We also continue to provide clean water
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To provide clean water for needy communities
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For needy communities with our regular,
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With our regular, freshwater wells.
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Freshwater wells. places such as nepal,
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Places such as nepal, thailand, and india
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Thailand, and india all are receiving safe,
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All are receiving safe, clean, drinking water
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Clean, drinking water now, as well as,
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Now, as well as, other countries.
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Other countries. your generous giving
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Your generous giving also allowed
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Also allowed hand of hope to provide
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Hand of hope to provide more than 28 million
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More than 28 million meals to children
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Meals to children and individuals
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And individuals at more than 770 feeding
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At more than 770 feeding sites in 26 countries,
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Sites in 26 countries, including the united states.
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Including the united states. you've also enabled
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You've also enabled us to reach countless
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Us to reach countless people with the good
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People with the good news of the gospel
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News of the gospel through our,
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Through our, "enjoying everyday life,"
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"enjoying everyday life," tv and radio program,
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Tv and radio program, resulting in thousands
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Resulting in thousands of people giving their lives
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Of people giving their lives to jesus as their savior.
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To jesus as their savior. and in 2024,
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And in 2024, thousands were helped
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Thousands were helped through our projectgrl
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Through our projectgrl outreaches to guide,
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Outreaches to guide, restore, and love
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Restore, and love women and girls who
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Women and girls who have been abused.
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Have been abused. now, as we near
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Now, as we near the end of 2024,
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The end of 2024, i wanna encourage you
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I wanna encourage you to please consider
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To please consider giving a special,
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Giving a special, end-of-the-year gift,
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End-of-the-year gift, today, to join us
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Today, to join us in these much-needed
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In these much-needed outreaches into
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Outreaches into 2025 and beyond.
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2025 and beyond. your gift
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Your gift is tax-deductible,
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Is tax-deductible, and your generosity
00:26:35.483 --> 00:26:36.418
And your generosity and hope shared
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And hope shared with those in need
00:26:37.285 --> 00:26:38.286
With those in need is so valuable.
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Is so valuable. thank you
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Thank you for your commitment
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For your commitment to joyce meyer ministries.
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To joyce meyer ministries. i pray this holiday season
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I pray this holiday season is filled with peace,
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Is filled with peace, happiness, and increased
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Happiness, and increased joy for you.
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>> [♪♪]
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>> announcer: we hope you
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>> announcer: we hope you enjoyed today's program.
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Enjoyed today's program. we are so grateful
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We are so grateful to our joyce meyer
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To our joyce meyer ministries partners
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Ministries partners who make this
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Who make this and all we do possible,
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And all we do possible, including sharing
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Including sharing god's word
00:27:16.391 --> 00:27:17.292
God's word and offering help
00:27:17.358 --> 00:27:18.526
And offering help to people in need
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To people in need all over the world.
00:27:19.894 --> 00:27:22.697

Joyce Meyer - The Search For Self-Worth

December 22, 2024 | S

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