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Be A Lifetime Learner PLUS Budget Video Lighting - s1e234 - Duration: 17:31.
Welcome to Episode 234… another total darkness episode. They're not even the
keys to the Acura. I don't know what I'm doing. Let's get going!
In this episode I want to explore an idea of lifetime learning, of continuing
to learn throughout your entire life. To… to… consider learning to be something
that ends when you graduate college or graduate high school… That's just wrong.
That that's going to ultimately lead to stagnation. It's going to ultimately lead
to being stuck in in a single place, and and I would argue that the healthiest
happiest people are the people who are lifetime learners, who follow their
curiosity from one learning experience to another throughout their life,
continuing to add to who they are and what they're able to do and things like
that. There's a lot of research that is suggesting that continuing to push
yourself into into old age and it is a way of keeping Alzheimer's from
developing that you are constantly creating new neural paths and new new
connections from old information to new information outpaces the degradation of
the neural pathways that seems to be a contributor to the Alzheimer symptoms so
lifetime learner be someone who learns and tries things and experiments so
let's see if you know these lights off and I got this headlamp thing it's all
these LEDs I know this awesome there there's your and now it's dark I've
already got the keys out of car turning off the lights
let's see if we can get in this would be the day that have extra bags
so I'm gonna shoot the tutorial video today I was gonna shoot it yesterday the
it's a Photoshop plug-in called portrait Pro I'm gonna shoot it this afternoon I
was goodbye I said I was gonna shoot it yesterday except I couldn't get the
license activated through the firewall so I had to go to my laptop home and
activate license and now I'm ready to go ready to shoot this thing alright we've
got to the door see if we can get in alright
Coffee time
I'm sure this is how all the AC and Peter and Maddy that's how they do it
I'm sure that that's how they carry all their alright we'll get this thing
started in just a second so I'm in I'm settled now I'm gonna make
coffee for me you may have noticed why am i like my coffee a certain
temperature and this fits too cold it's like and if it's too hot it's like ah so
this is kind of still in there those aren't really words you may have noticed
the disarray as I was coming in this is where I did I did the I dropped uh be
the BB this morning my eyes what in the Hat always I don't know who is that
talking about oh yeah the mess so that turned out to be B the BB filming that
that that turned out to be far more complicated in reality than in concept
the concept I thought this is easy I'm gonna roll some steel balls down a hot
wheel track first of all the BB is so small you can't really see it on the
camera at 24 frames you know for per second no BB mm couldn't see it so I
just started with the medium you know the little small ball bearing but just
getting them to all the the shotput resists so there's momentum the shotput
weighs four kilograms and the golf ball weighs about 44 grams big big difference
there so i had the chocolate had to be so perfectly balanced almost ready to
roll in order for the do the math if you're a
you know engineer or physicist or something anyway I haven't cleaned up
yet but I have students in this room today and they can move the desks back
like each each student can move one desk and done so that's be the baby I think
that is a cool concept the idea that one small act of kindness one small gesture
one small word of encouragement one small word of endorsement can begin a
domino effect that has a huge huge reaction be that thing in someone's life
say something nice to the manager say something nice to whomever be that be be
well where are we going today we're trying to be lifetime learners today
don't stop learning just just keep at it keep learning keep adding things even if
it's just learning a hobby and on and as you become older pick up a new hobby if
you're in the middle of a hobby if you're if you're making videos try
something different try moving your lights around try moving your microphone
try using a different camera inside your car while you're while you're driving
keep trying different things if you're a painter and you've been painting and in
watercolors for 20 years and you're a master at watercolors jump into a
different medium use acrylics or oils or something do something a little
different I really don't know what I'm talking about I should I should take an
art class at some point but I've seen them use those little metal thingies
like spatulas and there's a hand gesture that we will not know what that ever
we'll never know what that means I'm gonna I'm gonna do a rant now
I was gonna do a rant about something that I just learned about something I
learned about yesterday and it is so stupid but I'm afraid if I just rant
about it that the people who haven't heard about it will go home we'll the
try to it's a stupid thing someone is like stupid and then they go hey guess
what I just did and like what and then everybody else Jake followed lemmings
off the cliff lemmings jumping off the cliff into stupidity I'm not going to
tell you what it is I'm just going to tell you that I was so I was like I was
like facepalm I roll head bang that's how stupid this thing is it's like what
are you thinking and and after the first person did it why would other people do
it I can't even it's so I can't I'm just afraid to even mention what it is
because there's so many stupid people who would be like I've never heard of
that I'm gonna try it too it is just more evidence that the entire fabric of
society is on the brink of anarchy that that's all so there's there was my not
rant I'm sorry that was that was a not rant I don't know what that was but it
was random at least random at least alright be a lifetime learner be a
lifetime learner I'm gonna drink some coffee and kind of get ready get ready
for the day
I've had I've had a question - believe it or not over like how do you do your
lighting how do you do your how do you do your setup so I'm gonna take a real
quick video of my of my setup so we'll start the camera there's all kinds of
light so there's there's the camera on the the very cluttered and desk and then
I have a little desk lamp I'll turn the lights on to show you right back so I
have this desk lamp here and the desk lamp came it came in a this bag thing
that's my diffuser is the the bag that that came with with the desk lamp that
is a LED household LED bulb that is a clamp like like you would clamp on to a
shelf and that is a there's a JCPenney bag that's my diffuser it's also an LED
this one's 100 watt I don't that is I got that a little extra cable and I got
the mic the mic is just right there almost in frame sometimes it is in frame
because I'm not careful enough there there's the mic that's my that's my
setup in my classroom that is that's my photography area of where I do you know
photography club and that's my clutter area and so I put all my clutter that's
all photography junk and then that's junk mail and then boom this there it is
there it is in all its glory and then there's a shelf when I've got jumping
rocks by alright wow that that had to be so
all right I'm gonna follow up on the lighting thing just just kind of an
editorial here then this is also this will be your science lesson for for this
episode people be like I spent all this money on this big light thing I'm just
big and it's the big diffuser thing is a great idea and the really bright bulb
was a great idea that lights up that whole diffuser but in at the end of the
day photons go through the lens and strike the the sensor and where those
photons come from is not very important if they come from a seven dollar Walmart
LED bulb and shine through a piece of plastic wrap as a diffuser they are
still photons the the direction the diffuser changes the direction but it
does not change the frequency of the photon the photon is the photon is the
photon it has a energy level and that energy level is a color we perceive that
energy of the wavelength of the light it doesn't matter where it comes from if it
comes from the farthest star in the galaxy and it's still a photon it still
is traveling at the speed of light it still has a set energy level so the
point is that seven dollar bulb that I bought at Walgreens creates the same
energy as the 700 dollar lighting kit that someone may buy for their studio
now what is the advantage of the 700 are like he has remote controls and being
able to vary the brightness of the ball and having the mechanism of holding the
diffuser in place and the bigger the diffuser and the the more that the
softer the light becomes and the angles of the light all kind of becomes it
becomes like a parallel wave rather than a radial way there's a lot of reasons to
have really expensive lighting gear but at the end of the day photons go through
that lens and if they come from a seven dollar bulb
they're still photons you can't get it back on the desk do you have to spend a
lot of money to have a good light no just need to understand light that's why
we take science classes that's why we take physics this was a lot longer than
I thought it was going to be it's a good lesson one more quick thought on the
photons it doesn't matter where they come from but it does matter what color
temperature they are if you're if you know if you're in the video you know
we've got color temperature and that is basically a measure of the energy of the
photon and what we want is things that are natural daylight and LEDs come in
daylight color the or those sometimes we'll say 5,000 K or 5400 K so something
in that range if you're if you're buying bulbs the ones I bought from Walgreens
that said daylight bulb color temperature you're looking for is like
fifty five fifty four fifty to five thousand something something along there
to give you a nice daylight color there now now it doesn't matter if you get
fifty if you get something if you get a daylight color ball but doesn't matter
how much the bulb it's still a photon the wavelength is the same and in the
lens and on the sensor creates a pixel that's how it works
so $7.00 bulb
that's lamb it's flexible bends I spent way too long on this
I saw an interesting thing happened today this guy some person has acquired
my picture and has created an imposter Facebook account
my my actual facebook address is bill dot Snodgrass one not 756 756 not me I
reported this obvious imposter account to Facebook so not me emails my picture
anyway reminds me of the Instagram the Joe
Rossi incident which occurred while back on Instagram all right
lifetime learner you you've got a you got to keep learning things and let's
let your mind continue to expand let your mind continue to grow don't don't
just settle for what you already know or you'll be stagnant you won't you won't
grow you won't change and and with without change you know that's kind of a
scary prospect you're always doing things the way that you always used to
do things
and I could go into a big long technology and if you tried to still
make you know the old ways and blot all that stuff I will spare you that I hope
you enjoyed my long science lesson on light with photons and photon energy
hopefully if you're into photography or videography that would be something that
would be interesting to you so then once you understand how why it works then you
can use it to your advantage that should probably be enough for this episode be a
lifetime learner keep learning things keep trying things keep doing things
just don't don't give up and don't settle for the way things always have
been thank you for watching hope you enjoy this episode do all that stuff
with the likes and the clicks and all that things they'll love your comments I
love to interact with you down in the comments section that is all I have for
this one lunch time is almost over I got about five minutes and so I'll see you
tomorrow
you
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Connecting with a Bride's Deceased Grandfather | Mama Medium - Duration: 2:52.
Jennie: SO, I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHO I SEE FIRST.
HE'S AN OLDER MAN.
HE'S SITTING DOWN, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A CHAIR.
I ALMOST FEEL LIKE IT'S A WHEELCHAIR.
I FEEL LIKE AS I ENTER THE HOUSE, LIKE,
HE'D WANT TO HUG ME, BUT HE CAN'T HUG ME.
-MM-HMM. -HE FEELS VERY WARM,
AND I WOULD WANT TO HUG HIM.
HE'S, LIKE, TRYING TO LIFT HIS ARMS, AND HE CAN'T.
I NEED TO TELL YOU THAT HIS SOUL WANTS TO HUG,
BUT HIS BODY IS NOT LETTING HIM.
MY GRANDFATHER AND THEIR FATHER HAD
LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE, WHICH IS A.L.S.
OH, I'M SO SORRY.
IT'S -- HE WAS DEF-- CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR
FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS OF HIS LIFE, SO THAT MAKES --
THAT MAKES COMPLETE SENSE.
SO HE WASN'T ABLE TO MOVE FROM THE NECK DOWN.
-OR LIFT HIS ARMS. -OR LIFT HIS ARMS AT ALL.
HE'S TRYING TO TALK TO ME, BUT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT,
AND I KNOW THAT HE HAD LOU GEHRIG'S,
BUT DID HE ALSO HAVE BROKEN ENGLISH?
-YES! -YES!
OKAY, THANK GOD 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO
SAY IT 'CAUSE I FELT LIKE A JERK BECAUSE
THAT DISEASE CAN DO THAT.
PLEASE KNOW THAT IT'S BROKEN ENGLISH.
-YEAH. -SO, HE WANTS ME TO VALIDATE
THAT TO YOU SO THAT'S HOW YOU REMEMBER HIM.
I DON'T KNOW. HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
SOMEBODY'S HOUSE, BUT IT'S THE BACKYARD.
DID YOU JUST HAVE A CELEBRATION IN A BACKYARD?
-YESTERDAY! -YESTERDAY!
JUST LAST NIGHT.
IT WAS LITERALLY LAST NIGHT.
-IT WAS HER 16th BIRTHDAY. -IT WAS HER 16th BIRTHDAY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
[ LAUGHTER ]
PLEASE KNOW HE HASN'T LEFT.
HE SPENT THE NIGHT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
PLEASE KNOW THAT THAT'S HIM SAYING "I LOVED THE CELEBRATION.
I WAS HERE. I'M CELEBRATING YOUR BIRTHDAY WITH YOU."
-THAT'S GREAT. -THAT'S WONDERFUL.
OH, MY GOSH.
HE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT HIS EYES.
THERE MUST'VE BEEN A SIGNIFICANCE TO HIS EYES.
WERE THEY BLUE? DID HE HAVE SOMEBODY'S...
-MM-HMM. -YEAH.
-MM-HMM. -BLUE.
'CAUSE YOU ALL HAVE BROWN EYES.
-EXCEPT ALICIA. -OH, MY GOD!
[ LAUGHTER ] EXCEPT FOR ALICIA.
-EXCEPT ALICIA. YEP. -OH, STOP.
-[ LAUGHS ] -HE LOVES YOUR --
YOU AND HIM HAVING THOSE BLUE EYES.
I GOT MY EYES FROM MY GRANDFATHER,
SO IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY DAD COMING THROUGH.
HE WAS GONNA FIND A WAY TO COMMUNICATE TO US,
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
Grace: MY FATHER, SAL, WAS THE CENTER OF OUR FAMILY,
AND ALL THE TRADITIONS THAT WE HAVE, HE FORMED THAT FOUNDATION.
HE WAS A WONDERFUL MAN.
HE'S VALIDATING "I'M HERE FOR YOU TODAY.
I'M CELEBRATING THIS."
Alicia: MY GRANDFATHER WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
PEOPLE IN MY LIFE.
HAVING THAT VALIDATION JUST MEANS THE WORLD TO ME.
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[막달렌] 임신한 "사람"이 뭐가 문제인건데? - Duration: 2:13.
Hi everyone. Just to follow on from the last video I made, I just want to talk about a related issue with the British government.
Back in January, a feminist called Sarah Ditum wrote an article criticising the British Medical Association's policy
of referring to pregnant women as "pregnant people."
So that they can be more inclusive.
And now what the British government have done is, they've actually recommended that the UN mend one of its treaties
so that it uses this kind of inclusive language which obscure the reality of sex differences between men and women.
I think for someone like me, who is transgender, but doesn't consider themselves either male or female,
and sort of goes through the world being treated as sometimes a man and sometimes a woman,
A YouTuber named Bearing did a video on this quite recently, which I think is worth a look.
Bearing: I hate to say it, but I agree with the feminists.
He asks the question by the end, "what's wrong with 'pregnant female' instead of 'pregnant woman'"? so that everybody will be happy.
Bearing: In certain scenarios, like when the UN reviews the wording of its treaties,
we need a term that describes what was once meant by "pregnant woman" as thoroughly and accurately as "pregnant woman" once did.
So what's wrong with "pregnant female"?
To quickly answer that question, firstly, trans activists will never be happy, no matter what you do.
'Cause physical sex is a fact of biological reality. (Trans activist): I'm going to jump in there again...
Sarah: ...with which trans people have to negotiate.
As this is my academic speciality, ("academic speciality" slowed down)
The idea of sex as we know it now really emerged in the 19th century in French sexology.
No.
We can't talk about sex without talking of gender and the body.
I'm getting fed up with this, you know.
The other issue about it is when you're dealing with human rights, you have to make clear that you're talking about human beings
and the term "female" could refer to any animal.
And obviously, "pregnant person", you know..
Bearing: You simply cannot change a biological sex.
So really, if you want to concisely get about a human pregnant female,
then the best one to stick with is the term "pregnant woman", because then you're making it clear that you're talking about a female and a human being.
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Exploring Kiev | Ukraine - Duration: 6:18.
Good morning guys, I'm in Kiev
Today is sunday and i'm in the main street
that i don't know how to pronunciate so i'll written it (Khreshchatyk st.)
During the weekends a small part of this street is closed to traffic
So it's possibile to walk without issues
Before i start to talk about the city, if you come from the central bus station
like me, i recommend you to buy before a local SIM(for internet)
so you can call a Uber that is very cheap
or you can take the subway
or you can also take a taxi but it will be expensive
so it' better to split the taxi,because it costs about 10€ to reach the city centre from the bus station
that is too much for the Kiev life
Moreover it's better to reach the bus station with the local currency
that is the Hryvnia
Because at the bus station you will'not have any information about ATMs
and obviously...in the central bus station there aren't ATMs...
We are outside the European Union so you need the passport
Here English is not so common
I just bought a SIM card for 4€(that is too much)
with only 2gb data
but in this case the salesman spoke English
While in my hostel, "Hostel-Home", they are not speaking English at all
So they didn't give me any information, except by gestures...
I'm at the Independence Monument square
and here you should do a slalom to avoid the people who propose you
To take pictures with a eagle, with a monkey or big puppets
In short, they will stop you every 20 seconds
From this point there is a beautiful view
The distances seem short but in reality you have to walk a lot
After another climb, here i am at the Saint Sophia's Cathedral
With just over 5€ you'll have full access
to the museums and the cathedral
While if you just want to walk in here
you can pay just 60 Euro cents (0.60€)
And now I'm at the St. Michael's Monastery
The entrance is free
But officially you can't take photos or videos inside the monastery :(
I took the metro and it costs 8 Hryvnia
that is about 20 Euro cents (0.20€)
The ticket is just one way
So...you can take all the trains you want
But once you get out of the metro you will not be able to use this ticket again
and this ticket is just a token
So you'll need 2 tokens
if you have to go back to where you came from
Anyway the subway is very fast, efficient and trains are very frequent
And now I'm at the People's Friendship Arch
So,suddenly after a lot of buildings
I'm still in the city centre
in a beautiful small park
Today there is bad weather and in fact I am about to freeze to death
I'm at the St. Andrew's Church
Admission is 20 hryvnia
to access this part
So entering from there
I'm going to the other side of the city
And now I'm walking on the bridge over the Dnieper river
In conclusion, go to Kiev?
I recommend it!
Nightlife is lively
There are a lot of things to see
In fact I recommend you stay at least two days,
three days would be perfect
to see the city centre
and the surroundings
I obviously didn't see everything
But I think I saw the main things
Be aware that in Kiev there is the deepest underground station in the world
I absolutely recommend it also for nature
There is the Dnieper river
that is beautiful
Also in summer the river beach is a meeting place
So is definitely worth seeing Kiev in summer too
80% of the time writings are only in Cyrillic
many restaurants don't have the English menu
Many don't speak English
Anyway you can survive
In the video description, you can find a lot of useful links and more details
as a map with the main things to see
So if you liked the video, hit the like button and subscribe to the channel. Thank you! :D
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Establishing Boundaries - Part 2 | Enjoying Everyday Life - Duration: 28:31.
ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU SOMETHING, HOWEVER YOU START
IN ANY RELATIONSHIP, YOU BETTER MAKE SURE THAT YOU START IT
WISELY BECAUSE WHATEVER YOU START GIVING TO SOMEBODY
IN THE BEGINNING IS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA EXPECT LATER ON.
YOU CAN GIVE SOMEBODY A PRIVILEGE TODAY THAT BECOMES
AN EXPECTATION A YEAR FROM NOW.
[MUSIC]
JOYCE: BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES.
THIS IS THE BOUNDARY FOR OUR LIFE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOUR WORD, OH GOD, IS A LIGHT TO ME AND A LAMP
TO MY PATH.
NOW, WHAT KIND OF BOUNDARIES
COULD WE SET?
WELL, LET'S JUST DO SOME PRACTICAL THINGS.
IF YOU'RE STRESSED, THEN LEARN WHAT THE CAUSE IS AND MAKE
SOME CHANGES.
IF YOU'RE DOING TOO MUCH OF SOMETHING,
THEN CUT SOMETHING OUT.
I'VE GOT A GOOD IDEA, IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP--HOW
MANY YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH SLEEP?
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILES YOU CAME TO HEAR ME SAY THIS,
BUT HERE IT COMES.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: GO TO BED EARLIER.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DON'T STAY UP AT NIGHT DOING STUPID STUFF.
DAVE AND I STILL LAUGH, AND THIS HAS BEEN PROBABLY 35 YEARS AGO,
MAYBE 40 YEARS AGO.
WE STILL LAUGH, IT WAS DUMB THEN, BUT IT'S FUNNY WHEN WE
LOOK BACK.
WE STAYED UP ONE NIGHT TILL, LIKE, 1 O'CLOCK
IN THE MORNING WATCHING THIS MOVIE ABOUT
A BABY DINOSAUR NAMED BABY AND HONESTLY, IT LOOKED LIKE
A CARDBOARD-CUTOUT DINOSAUR AND WE LOST A NIGHT'S SLEEP
OVER THAT THING.
AND YOU CAN LAUGH AT ME ALL YOU WANT TO, BUT HOW MANY OF YOU DO
EQUALLY DUMB THINGS?
GO TO BED.
"DON'T YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO TELL ME OTHER THAN THAT?"
HAVE BEDTIME BOUNDARIES.
I HAVE BOUNDARIES ON MY BEDTIME, AND YOU DON'T ALL CERTAINLY HAVE
TO DO, OR NEED TO DO, OR YOU'RE NOT EVEN GONNA WANT TO DO WHAT I
DO, BUT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW I'M STILL DOING WHAT I'M DOING
AT THE SPEED AT WHICH I'M DOING IT WITH THE ENERGY
AT WHICH I'M DOING IT WITH AT 72 YEARS OF AGE,
LET ME TELL YOU--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT I HAVE A BEDTIME.
WHEN I'M HOME, I HEAD BACK
TO MY BEDROOM AT 7 P.M.
NOW, I DON'T GO TO SLEEP THEN, BUT SOMETHING THAT I NEED FOR ME
IS I NEED 2, PREFERABLY 3 HOURS, 3 HOURS IS BETTER,
IN THE EVENING WHERE I AM JUST LEFT ALONE BECAUSE I DON'T
HAVE MUCH TIME IN MY LIFE WHEN I'M LEFT ALONE,
SO THAT IS LIKE MY SPACE.
AND MY HUSBAND CAN TELL YOU, I HAVE GOT BOUNDARIES AROUND
MY EVENING TIMES.
IT'S LIKE, YOU BETTER HAVE SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT
IF YOU WANT ME TO GO OUT IN THE EVENING.
I DON'T GO TO PARTIES IN THE EVENING.
I DON'T CARE TO EAT OUT IN THE EVENING.
I DO WHAT I DO FROM 4:30 IN THE MORNING
UNTIL ABOUT 6 O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING.
AFTER THAT, I'M DONE.
MY SON TEASES ME.
HE SAYS, "YOU BETTER GET HOME, MOM, THE STREET LIGHTS
ARE COMING ON."
I'M LIKE, THAT'S RIGHT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DON'T LIKE TO EAT AT 7, 8, 9 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT
AND I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I LIKE.
IT DOESN'T WORK WELL FOR ME.
I DON'T SLEEP GOOD AND I'M NOT GONNA DO IT.
THAT'S CALLED A BOUNDARY, AMEN?
NOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO WHAT I DO.
MATTER OF FACT, YOU SHOULDN'T DO WHAT I DO, BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO AND YOU NEED
TO SET A BOUNDARY AND DO THAT.
AND LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, WHEN YOU SET A BOUNDARY,
EVERYBODY ELSE IS NOT ALWAYS GONNA LIKE IT, AND THEY MAY EVEN
GET JUDGMENTAL AND CRITICAL AND THINK YOU'RE SILLY.
BUT LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF YOU,
NOBODY ELSE IS PROBABLY GOING TO DO IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, I HAVE A JOB TO FINISH FOR GOD, AND BELIEVE
IT OR NOT, HAVING A REGULAR BEDTIME FOR ME IS PART OF ME
BEING ABLE TO FINISH THAT JOB.
NOW, SOME OF YOU MAY--I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THOUGHT YOU
WERE COMING TO HEAR.
YOU WANTED SOME DEEP, THEOLOGICAL THING, BUT LET ME
TELL YA SOMETHING, WHEN ELIJAH WAS FALLING APART, HE GOT A NAP
AND A GOOD MEAL, SO DON'T TELL ME THIS IS NOT BIBLE.
IT IS BIBLE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
THAT'S OUR PROBLEM NOW.
WE GET SO SPIRITUAL THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT WE'RE DOING.
"WHOA, OH BOY, DID YOU-- WHOA, THAT WAS SO GOOD."
"WELL, WHAT DID YOU LEARN?" "I DON'T KNOW, MAN,
BUT IT WAS REALLY GOOD."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: WELL, WHEN YOU GO HOME FROM HERE AND SOMEBODY SAYS,
"WHAT DID YOU LEARN?" YOU CAN SAY, "GO TO BED."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IF YOU'RE EATING SO BAD THAT IT COULD NEVER
SUSTAIN A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, THEN CHANGE YOUR DIET.
MMM, I KNOW YOU'D RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT THIS KIND OF STUFF,
BUT I'M GOING TO ANYWAY.
IT'S MY MEETING AND I'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT I WANT TO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: OKAY NOW LOOK, HERE'S THE WAY IT WORKS WITH EATING.
CAN I HAVE A PERMISSION TO TALK TO YOU FOR A FEW MINUTES
ABOUT EATING?
OKAY.
YOU SET BOUNDARIES ON YOUR EATING.
YOU SAY, "OKAY, I'M GONNA EAT DESSERT ONE TIME A WEEK."
CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?
NOW, I KNOW THAT MOST YOU DON'T THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE
POSSIBLE, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO COME
TO HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA
AND NOT EAT ONE BITE OF CHOCOLATE THE WHOLE TIME
YOU'RE HERE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT IS TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY POSSIBLE.
AND SEE, HERE'S WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE GO OFF.
WELL, IT'S LIKE, "WELL, IT'S CHRISTMAS.
WELL, IT'S THANKSGIVING."
WELL, WHY DOES EVERY HOLIDAY HAVE TO BE AN EXCUSE TO GET
SO FULL THAT YOU'RE MISERABLE?
OH, BOY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU MAKE YOUR OWN PLAN.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT YOU GOTTA HAVE SOME BOUNDARIES.
OKAY, IF YOU LOVE SODA POP, THEN DON'T EAT--DON'T DRINK
THREE A DAY, HAVE THREE A WEEK.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: EAT PASTA ONCE A WEEK.
NOW, HERE'S A GREAT ONE.
WHEN YOU FIRST FEEL FULL, WHEN YOU FIRST FEEL THE FEELING
OF FULL, QUIT EATING.
YOU KNOW WHAT I DO WITH MY PLATE, I MAKE THEM
COME GET IT, TAKE IT.
HERE'S ANOTHER GOOD ONE.
DON'T KEEP THINGS IN YOUR HOUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO EAT,
THAT'S A BOUNDARY.
JUST DON'T TAKE IT HOME.
DON'T TAKE THE CHOCOLATE HOME FROM HERSHEY THAT YOU'RE ALL
GONNA WANT TO TAKE HOME UNLESS YOU WANT TO EAT IT.
NOW, IF YOU WANT TO EAT IT, HAVE AT IT.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH EATING IT.
I'M JUST TALKING TO PEOPLE THAT EITHER WANT TO LOSE SOME
WEIGHT, YOU WANT TO FEEL BETTER.
AND I DON'T EVEN DO THIS KIND OF STUFF.
I MEAN, YES, I DO IT PARTIALLY BECAUSE I WANT TO KEEP MY WEIGHT
AT A CERTAIN PLACE, BUT MAINLY, I HAVE TO FEEL GOOD TO DO
WHAT I'M DOING.
AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST
THAT ARE SICK AND TIRED, AND YOU GET SICK AND TIRED
OF LISTENING TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK AND TIRED.
WE SHOULD BE FULL OF ENERGY AND ZEAL AND ENTHUSIASM,
AND WE'RE NOT GONNA GET IT JUST BY PRAYING.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I CAN TELL YOU VERY SINCERELY, AND I WOULD HAVE
NO REASON TO TELL YOU THIS OTHER THAN I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT.
HOW YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY AND HOW YOU FEEL DOES AFFECT YOU
SPIRITUALLY.
IF YOU DON'T FEEL GOOD, YOU DON'T WANT TO SERVE.
IF YOU DON'T FEEL GOOD, YOU DON'T WANT TO STUDY,
YOU DON'T WANT TO PRAY.
IF YOU DON'T FEEL GOOD, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THE SENSITIVITY
TO HEAR FROM GOD LIKE YOU WOULD IF YOU FELT GOOD.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO YOUR PART.
NOW, SOME YOU HAVE THINGS WRONG WITH YOU THAT ONLY GOD CAN FIX,
BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT DOING YOUR PART
AND IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED.
ARE YOU STRESSED OUT BECAUSE YOU'RE RUNNING BEHIND SCHEDULE
MOST DAYS AND USUALLY LATE FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING?
OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA SET A BOUNDARY.
I'M ONLY MAKING SUGGESTIONS.
WHY DON'T YOU SET A BOUNDARY IN YOUR LIFE THAT FROM NOW ON,
YOU'RE GONNA GET EVERYWHERE YOU GO AT LEAST A FEW MINUTES EARLY?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: RUSHING IS A HUGE PROBLEM.
BOY, YOU TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WILL STRESS YOU OUT,
IT IS RUSHING, RUSHING, RUSHING.
LEAVE MARGIN BETWEEN THINGS.
HURRYING IS A DETRIMENTAL TO YOUR HEALTH.
TECHNOLOGY, INTERNET, EMAILS, TEXTING, IPAD, FACEBOOK,
TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, PERISCOPE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THAT ONE IS YET.
SNAPCHAT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE YOU TAKE A BUNCH OF PICTURES
AND THE PEOPLE HAVE ONLY GOT A FEW SECONDS TO SEE THEM
AND THEN THEY DISAPPEAR, YOU KNOW?
SO NOW, WE NOT ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF, WE GOTTA DO
IT FAST.
IT'S LIKE...
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND THEN THERE'S SELFIES.
YOU KNOW, I WAS GIVEN A SELFIE STICK FOR MY BIRTHDAY
WHERE YOU CAN PUT YOUR PHONE ON THIS STICK AND GET THE STICK
WAY OUT HERE SO THEN IT'S EASIER TO GO AROUND AND TAKE PICTURES
OF OURSELF ALL DAY AND SEND THEM TO EVERYBODY.
I MEAN, ARE WE IN LOVE WITH OURSELVES OR WHAT?
"LOOK AT ME, I'M CHEWING."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THERE'S ACTUALLY A DISORDER NOW CALLED FOMO,
F-O-M-O, AND IT'S THE FEAR OF MISSING OUT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND MATT SENT ME THIS JUST BEFORE THE MEETING AND SO I
WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.
ADDICTED TO PHONES.
"I COULD NOT BELIEVE, JOYCE, THAT THERE'S AN ACTUAL
CLINICAL TERM FOR THE FEAR OF BEING AWAY FROM YOUR PHONE.
IT IS CALLED NOMOPHOBIA."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: NOW, HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT TO BET ME THAT THERE ARE
PEOPLE GETTING COUNSELING FOR THIS?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I CAN SAVE YOU A LOT OF MONEY.
TURN THE DUMB THING OFF.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
JOYCE: IF I GOT PAID FOR WHAT I'M DOING,
I WOULD BE DOING WELL.
"NOMOPHOBIA, AN IRRATIONAL FEAR OF BEING AWAY FROM YOUR PHONE
OR BEING UNABLE TO CHECK IT,
OR THE SUDDEN URGE TO CHECK YOUR PHONE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
THERE WAS A BUZZ OR A NOTIFICATION THAT YOU
EVEN GOT A MESSAGE."
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "AND HAVING DIFFICULTY," NOW LISTEN,
"AND HAVING DIFFICULTY WAITING TO CHECK YOUR PHONE
IN SITUATIONS WHERE YOU SHOULD NOT CHECK YOUR PHONE," LIKE
DURING A JOYCE MEYER MEETING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: OR WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE.
I AM TIRED OF LOOKING AT THE TOP OF PEOPLE'S HEADS WHILE I
TRY TO TALK TO THEM WHILE THEY'RE--THERE ACTUALLY IS EVEN
A QUIZ THAT YOU CAN TAKE ONLINE TO FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE
NOMOPHOBIA.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE LAUGHING?
BECAUSE IT IS REALLY STUPID.
BUT HERE AGAIN, WE'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN DO ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.
I REMEMBER WHEN IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE A PHONE CALL,
YOU HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, GET OUT
OF YOUR CAR, FIND A PAY PHONE.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD FOUR-WAY PARTY LINES.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT?
THAT MEANS YOU'RE CLOSE TO MY AGE, WHOO.
I MEAN, CAN SOME OF YOU YOUNG PEOPLE IMAGINE PICKING UP
THE PHONE AND SOMEBODY ELSE BEING ON IT, AND YOU HAVING
TO WAIT UNTIL THEY GOT OFF?
BOY, TALK ABOUT A CHANCE TO BE NOSEY, HONEY, THAT WAS IT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: ARE YOU STRESSED OUT FROM FINANCIAL PRESSURE?
CUT UP THE CREDIT CARDS AND MAKE A PLAN TO GET OUT OF DEBT.
PSALM 37:21, "THE WICKED BORROW AND PAY NOT AGAIN [FOR THEY MAY
BE UNABLE], BUT THE RIGHTEOUS DEAL KINDLY AND GIVE [FOR THEY
ARE ABLE]."
NOW, IT'S NOT A SIN TO BORROW MONEY, BUT IT IS A SIN TO BORROW
IT AND NOT PAY IT BACK, HMM?
BOY, THAT DIDN'T GO SO WELL, DID IT?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: A MAN VOID OF GOOD SENSE PLEDGES AND BECOMES
A SECURITY FOR ANOTHER, THAT MEANS THAT YOU COSIGN
ON SOMEBODY'S LOAN, HMM.
THE BIBLE TELLS YOU NOT TO DO THAT.
NOW, YOU KNOW, BE HONEST IF IT'S ONE OF YOUR KIDS AND YOU WANT
TO DO IT, I SUPPOSE THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
BUT EVEN THEN, EVEN IF IT'S ONE OF YOUR KIDS, YOU GOTTA REALIZE
IF YOU SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE, YOU MAY HAVE TO END UP
PAYING IT.
BE PREPARED TO LIVE LEAN UNTIL YOU GET OUT OF DEBT.
BOUNDARIES AND RELATIONSHIPS, ARE YOU RESENTFUL BECAUSE PEOPLE
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU?
I REMEMBER SOMEBODY WHO WAS A CONTROLLER AND THEY
CONTROLLED ME FOR A LONG TIME.
AND WHEN I FINALLY REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON,
I GOT SO MAD AT THEM.
AND I REMEMBER GOD SAYING TO ME, "YOU'RE JUST AS GUILTY,
YOU LET THEM DO IT."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES ARE LIKE FENCES, THEY KEEP
UNWANTED THINGS OUT.
LIKE I'VE SAID A COUPLE OF OTHER TIMES, IF YOU HAVE A FENCE,
YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DOG CAN'T COME AND POO ON YOUR YARD.
DOES YOUR MOUTH SAY YES WHILE YOUR HEART'S SAYING NO?
IF YOU'RE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, COULD IT BE YOUR OWN FAULT?
ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A CHANGE?
IS IT EVER LOVING NOT TO HELP SOMEONE?
"WELL, I DON'T KNOW, JOYCE, WHAT ABOUT LUKE 6:30, GIVE AWAY
TO EVERYONE WHO BEGS OF YOU, AND EVERYBODY WHO'S IN WANT
OF NECESSITY, AND HIM WHO TAKES AWAY FROM YOU YOUR GOODS.
DON'T EVEN DEMAND THEM BACK AGAIN."
WOW, EVERYBODY WHO ASKS ME, I GOTTA GIVE TO THEM?
WELL, LET'S ALSO LOOK AT 2 THESSALONIANS 3:10
WITH THAT.
"FOR WHILE WE WERE YET WITH YOU, WE GAVE YOU THIS RULE
AND CHARGE: IF ANYONE WILL NOT WORK, NEITHER SHOULD HE EAT."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WOW, WE'VE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS ONE IN OUR SOCIETY.
NOW LISTEN, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN CANNOT WORK
AND WILL NOT WORK.
IF SOMEBODY CANNOT, IF THEY TRULY FIT THE GUIDELINES
OF SOMEBODY BEING POOR, ACCORDING THE BIBLE, THEN WE
NEED TO FULL-ON HELP THEM.
THAT IS OUR JOB AS BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST.
BUT IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO KEEP RESCUING SOMEBODY
WHO DOESN'T WANT TO DO THEIR PART TO RUN THEIR LIFE,
EVEN IF IT'S YOUR OWN KIDS.
HERE'S A MADE-UP STORY, BUT NONETHELESS YOU'LL LIKE IT.
"LIFELONG FRIENDS SARAH AND JEN WENT OUT TO LUNCH ONE DAY
AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT THEIR KIDS WHO WERE NOW MOVING
INTO ADULTHOOD.
THEY DISCUSSED ALL THE CHALLENGES THEY FACED
THROUGH THE YEARS AS PARENTS.
'I CAN'T BELIEVE EDDIE IS STILL LIVING AT HOME,'
HIS MOTHER SAID.
'I KNOW IT'S PATHETIC, BUT HE'S OUR ONLY CHILD AND WE JUST CAN'T
BRING OURSELVES TO PUSH HIM OUT IN THE COLD, HARSH WORLD.'
SARAH SAID, 'THE COLD HARSH WORLD?
HE'S 27 YEARS OLD.' 'I KNOW, I KNOW, BUT EDDIE
JUST CAN'T SEEM TO GET HIS LIFE TOGETHER, AND I'M BEGINNING
TO THINK HE NEVER WILL.
BUT YOUR KIDS SEEM TO BE DOING GREAT, SARAH.
GIVE ME SOME ADVICE.
WHAT SHALL I DO?'" FEMALE: KICK HIM OUT!
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "SHE SAID, 'WELL, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU
NEED A LESSON IN PERSONAL BOUNDARIES.'
SARAH AND HER HUSBAND HAVE THREE CHILDREN, THEY DID
THEIR BEST TO RAISE THEM RIGHT.
ALTHOUGH THEY WEREN'T PERFECT, ALL THEIR KIDS DID WELL
IN SCHOOL, AVOIDED DRUGS AND THE MAJOR PITFALLS
OF THE TEENAGE YEARS AND WERE BECOMING
RESPONSIBLE ADULTS.
JEN AND HER HUSBAND HAD ONE SON, THAT SON NAMED EDDIE.
FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE, EDDIE WAS CONSTANTLY STRUGGLING IN SCHOOL,
REFUSING TO DO HIS CHORES OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE FAMILY,
EVENTUALLY GOT INTO DRUGS, HANGING OUT
WITH THE WRONG CROWD.
IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT HIS PARENTS LOVED HIM DEARLY,
BUT WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS, THEY TRIED TO PROTECT HIM
FROM EVER FEELING ANY NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES IN LIFE,
EVEN IF THOSE CONSEQUENCES WERE A RESULT OF HIS OWN MISTAKES.
DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS, JAN ASKED, 'WHAT DO YOU MEAN
BY PERSONAL BOUNDARIES?' 'WELL,' SAID SARAH, 'TO TELL YOU
THE TRUTH, ALL THROUGH EDDIE'S LIFE, YOU SEEMED TO SHELTER HIM
FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS ACTIONS.
HE SEEMED TO GET WHATEVER HE WANTED WHENEVER HE WANTED IT
WHETHER HE'D EARNED IT OR NOT.
IF HE DIDN'T FINISH HIS HOMEWORK, YOU COVERED
FOR HIM OR TRIED TO CONVINCE HIS TEACHER TO LET HIM
MAKE UP THE TEST.
IF HE DIDN'T DO HIS CHORES, YOU STILL PAID HIS ALLOWANCE
IN FULL.
HE RELIED ON YOU TO SUPPLY HIS MONEY THROUGH COLLEGE
SO HE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK AND TAKE TIME OUT
OF HIS SOCIAL LIFE.
WHEN HE FLUNKED OUT OF CLASS, YOU FELT THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN
THE TEACHER'S FAULT AND YOU WERE MORE HAPPY TO PAY FOR HIM
TO RETAKE THE CLASS WITH A DIFFERENT TEACHER.'
'WOW,' SAID JEN, 'I'VE NEVER LOOKED AT IT QUITE THAT WAY.
IT SEEMS OUR HELPING HIM WAS NOT HELPING HIM AT ALL.'
SARAH REPLIED, 'BASICALLY YOU WERE ALWAYS WILLING TO EXTEND
AND COMPROMISE YOUR PERSONAL BOUNDARIES SO THAT EDDIE
WOULD NEVER HAVE TO LEARN TO DEVELOP AND CREATE HIS OWN.
THIS RESULTED IN STRESS AND FRUSTRATION FOR YOU
AND DEPENDENCY AND IMMATURITY FOR EDDIE.
IF YOU HAD SET YOUR BOUNDARIES AND STUCK TO THEM, DEFINED
WHAT LINES YOU WERE NOT WILLING TO CROSS TO SHELTER HIM,
IT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED EDDIE TO EXPERIENCE THE CONSEQUENCES
OF HIS OWN ACTIONS.
IT WOULD HAVE FORCED HIM TO FEEL THE STRESS
AND THE FRUSTRATION OF LIVING WITH NO PERSONAL BOUNDARIES.'
WITH A LOOK OF RELIEF AND DETERMINATION
ON HER FACE, JEN DECLARED, 'IT APPEARS THAT MY HUSBAND
AND I HAVE SOME LINES TO DRAW AND SOME BOUNDARIES TO REBUILD,
AND EDDIE IS ABOUT TO LEARN THAT HE'S GONNA HAVE
SOME CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE LONG OVERDUE,'" AMEN?
NOW LISTEN, I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE CHILDREN THAT PROBABLY
SOUND JUST LIKE EDDIE, AND IT MAY NOT BE FROM ANYTHING
YOU'VE DONE OR NOT DONE.
THERE ARE KIDS THAT GO HAYWIRE THAT ARE RAISED BY GREAT,
WONDERFUL PARENTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
BUT I'M A RESCUER.
I GOT HURT A LOT IN MY YOUNG LIFE AND BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH
A LOT OF PAIN, I DON'T DO WELL LETTING PEOPLE HURT.
MY HUSBAND'S MUCH BETTER AT IT THAN I AM.
AND I DON'T MEAN THAT LIKE HE'S MEAN, BUT I MEAN HE
WILL LET THE KIDS BEAR THEIR CONSEQUENCES.
NOW, OUR KIDS ARE ALL GROWN NOW AND, PRAISE GOD, THEY ALL TURNED
OUT REAL WELL, BUT THERE WERE MANY TIMES WHEN DAVE AND I WOULD
HAVE SOME HEATED CONVERSATIONS OVER PUNISHMENT, AND STICKING
WITH THINGS THAT WE TOLD OUR KIDS WE WOULD DO
AND WE WOULDN'T DO.
AND LET ME JUST TELL YA SOMETHING, HOWEVER YOU START
IN ANY RELATIONSHIP, YOU BETTER MAKE SURE THAT YOU START IT
WISELY BECAUSE WHATEVER YOU START GIVING TO SOMEBODY
IN THE BEGINNING IS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA EXPECT LATER ON.
YOU CAN GIVE SOMEBODY A PRIVILEGE TODAY THAT BECOMES
AN EXPECTATION A YEAR FROM NOW, AMEN?
AND YOU NEED TO HAVE BOUNDARIES.
DON'T JUST LET PEOPLE TALK TO YOU LIKE YOU'RE DIRT.
ESTABLISH TO THEM, "IF YOU WANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME,
THEN I EXPECT YOU TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME PROPERLY."
AND IF SOMEBODY WON'T RESPECT YOU, THEN JUST DON'T HAVE
A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, AMEN?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT
A PROBLEM IN YOUR MARRIAGE, YOUR SPOUSE IS NOT RESPECTING
YOU, YOU GO HOME AND SAY, "JOYCE SAID I
COULD DIVORCE YOU."
THAT'S IN THE WHAT I'M SAYING.
I GOTTA COVER MYSELF.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING AND YOU KNOW THAT,
BUT I AM SAYING IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA TALK TO ME RESPECTFULLY,
THEN JUST DON'T TALK TO ME AT ALL BECAUSE YOU HAVE
WORTH AND VALUE.
YOU ARE VALUABLE TO GOD, AND YOU
NEED TO RESPECT YOURSELF, AND YOU NEED TO MAKE
EVERYBODY ELSE RESPECT YOU TOO.
DON'T LET PEOPLE USE YOU AND ABUSE YOU AND TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF YOU AND TREAT YOU LIKE DIRT.
YOU START RESPECTING YOURSELF AND YOU PUT SOME BOUNDARIES
AROUND YOUR LIFE AND DON'T LET PEOPLE PUSH YOU AROUND ANYMORE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AND ONE FINAL THING, IF THE ONLY WAY THAT SOMEBODY
WILL BE YOUR FRIEND IS IF THEY ALWAYS HEAR YES FROM YOU, THEN
THEY'RE NOT A FRIEND AT ALL.
AND YOU MIGHT AS WELL START FINDING OUT WHO YOUR REAL
FRIENDS ARE AND WHO THEY AREN'T BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO REALLY LOVE
YOU WILL RESPECT YOUR NO.
THEY'RE GONNA WANT YOU TO FOLLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND IF YOU SAY TO SOMEBODY, "I'M SORRY, BUT I JUST DON'T BELIEVE
THAT'S WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO," THEY SHOULD SAY, "THAT'S GREAT.
I WANT YOU TO FOLLOW YOUR HEART."
DON'T EVER LET SOMEBODY ELSE TELL YOU WHAT GOD IS SAYING
TO YOU.
ONE MORE TIME, DON'T EVER LET SOMEBODY ELSE TELL YOU WHAT GOD
IS SAYING TO YOU.
COME ON, GIVE GOD A BIG ONE.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: AMEN!
I WISH I COULD WHISTLE LOUD, BUT I CAN'T.
LET'S STAND UP AND I'LL PRAY FOR YOU.
OKAY, COME ON, STRETCH YOUR HANDS OUT.
LORD, WE RECEIVE YOUR WORD TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR IT.
HELP US, GOD, TO FOLLOW THE LEADERSHIP
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT SO WE DON'T LIVE OVERLOADED ALL THE TIME.
YOU'LL NEVER GIVE US MORE TO BEAR THAN WHAT WE CAN BEAR
WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE AND WITH PEACE.
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR SHOWING US WHAT WE NEED TO CHANGE
OUR LIVES.
I PRAY FOR ANYBODY THAT'S IN THE WRONG PLACE THAT THEY
WOULD BE WILLING TO CHANGE WHATEVER YOU LEAD THEM
TO CHANGE.
FATHER, I DECLARE OVER THESE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO NOT JUST HEAR THIS MESSAGE, BUT RECEIVE IT,
AND IT'S GONNA WORK IN THEIR LIVES,
AND THEY ARE GONNA BE DIFFERENT A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW
THAN THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE FOR THEM AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE
THAT PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING.
IN JESUS'S NAME, AMEN.
LOVE YOU GUYS, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
JOYCE: WELL, IF YOU ESTABLISH GOD-GIVEN BOUNDARIES AND CREATE
BALANCE, YOU'LL ENJOY YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE SO MUCH MORE.
THE BIBLE'S FULL OF PRACTICAL BOUNDARIES, SO TODAY, WE'RE
OFFERING YOU THE WORD OF GOD.
TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU "HEALING THE SOUL OF A WOMAN."
IT'S A BOOK THAT I'VE WRITTEN, AND I THINK IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY
WONDERFUL BOOK.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HURTING ON THE INSIDE AND THEY'RE TRYING
TO PRETEND LIKE EVERYTHING'S OKAY, BUT THEY HAVE WOUNDS
THAT ONLY GOD CAN HEAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE WOUNDED AND HURTING,
YOU USUALLY END UP HURTING PEOPLE AROUND YOU.
THE VERY LEAST IS YOU DON'T ENJOY THE LIFE THAT JESUS
DIED TO GIVE YOU LIKE YOU SHOULD OR COULD.
SO, WE'RE OFFERING YOU TODAY "HEALING THE SOUL OF A WOMAN"
FOR YOUR GIFT TO THE MINISTRY OF ANY AMOUNT, AND AS YOU GET
THIS BOOK TO HELP YOU, IT'S GOING TO ALSO HELP
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TO OUR PROJECT GIRL, WHICH IS TRYING TO HELP WOMEN EVERYWHERE
AND GIRLS THAT ARE HURTING FROM ANY KIND OF ABUSE.
AND SO, WE REALLY APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO.
SEEK GOD FIRST IN ALL THAT YOU DO AND YOU WILL HAVE
A JOYFUL LIFE.
GOD BLESS YOU.
JOYCE: FOR YEARS, I LIVED WITH A WOUNDED SOUL
DUE TO SEXUAL ABUSE, BUT I LEARNED THAT GOD
COULD HEAL MY DEEPEST HURTS.
AND I'M REALLY ASKING YOU NOT TO SPEND ANOTHER YEAR
OF YOUR LIFE IN THE SAME KIND OF MISERY THAT MAYBE
YOU'VE BEEN IN IN THE PAST.
AND IN MY NEW BOOK CALLED, "HEALING THE SOUL OF A WOMAN,"
YOU TOO CAN DISCOVER HOW TO ALLOW GOD
INTO THOSE WOUNDED PLACES IN YOUR LIFE.
ANNOUNCER: CALL...OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
FEMALE: GOD DESIRES FOR ALL OF OUR CONFIDENCE TO BE IN HIM.
ANNOUNCER: LET EACH DAY TAKE YOU DEEPER
INTO A LIFE OF CONFIDENCE WITH JOYCE'S NEW DEVOTIONAL,
"THE CONFIDENT WOMAN."
FEMALE: THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL GIVE ME STRENGTH TO DO
INSPIRING THINGS.
TRUE CONFIDENCE IS UNDERSTANDING MY TREMENDOUS VALUE IN HIM.
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THIS HOLIDAY SEASON IS THE LOVE OF CHRIST,
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SIMPLY CHOOSE AN OUTREACH THAT TOUCHES YOUR HEART.
OFFER CHILDREN AND FAMILIES CLEAN, SAFE WATER.
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RELIEVE PHYSICAL PAIN THROUGH OUR MEDICAL AND DENTAL
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AND SHARE HIS LOVE WITH THE HAND OF HOPE
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ANNOUNCER: SO, THE BIBLE IS GOD'S MANUAL TO HELP US NAVIGATE
LIFE, BUT LIFE OFTEN GETS IN THE WAY OF KNOWING THE BIBLE:
FINDING THE TIME, KNOWING WHERE TO BEGIN, AND DISCOVERING
WHAT THIS ALL MEANS TO YOU.
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MALE: OH MY GOODNESS, I AM PUMPED RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, I JUST LEFT THE CONFERENCE AND TO BE AROUND
THIS MANY OF GOD'S PEOPLE, TO EXPERIENCE THIS FEELING IS
SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS.
IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO COME OUT AND BE AROUND PEOPLE SO THAT YOU
COULD SEE THAT YOUR SITUATION IS NOT ISOLATED AND THIS IS WHAT
YOU GET WHEN YOU COME TO A PLACE LIKE THIS,
YOU GET TO TOUCH AND FEEL AND MEET REAL-LIFE TESTIMONIES.
YOU CAN'T HELP BUT TO LEAVE ENERGIZED.
ANNOUNCER: WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM.
PLEASE CONTACT US OR VISIT JOYCEMEYER.ORG
TO SHARE YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS, SEE THE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE,
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ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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FFXIV 4.0 1079 Stormblood Pre Order Items - Duration: 2:26.
and we're back for another episode in this episode I'm going to be showing you
this thorn blood pre-order awards and as always alone from e3 so stone Blood has
officially launched today on the 20th of June 2017 so you should now receive your
pre-order bonuses so here you go thank you for pre-ordering Pharmacy 14th on
blood and close our a pair of ala Meghan earrings and a wind-up red mage minion
may they help you forget all about blue Mejia load so nevermind okay so let's
wind up red mage you'd rather be red than dead oh my god and then let's look
at the earrings if we can so can we see the earrings not really cuz Mithras hair
is in the way never mind so we can't see the earrings
on mythili anyway but let me show you the minion so I see if we can find it
there it is so it says tails a major doubling and the schools are both black
and white abound but most end in the Adept really realizing that she should
have focused on a single are rather than allowing hubris to drive her to believe
that she might excel in both okay
so let's take a look at her oh she's so adorable she's so cute let me see if
there's any type of Beckham command with her as well oh okay so she's not the saw
that will like sit on your shoulder or anything like that so that's it guys let
me let me take a closer look at her when she like stops looking away so sit
beside the interface let's go first-person view she's so cute but she
doesn't she seems like she just doesn't want to be seen that's what's really
interesting about it okay so anyway guys that's it for this episode thank you for
watching and as always goodbye from me and goodbye from every bye guys
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South Korea offers example for North Korea in human development: UNDP official - Duration: 2:55.
Seoul is seen as a leading example of socio-economic development.
As inter-Korean ties improve,... some are optimistic its experience could advance human
development in the North.
To find out more our Oh Soo-young spoke to one of the leaders of the UN Development Programme.
As Seoul and Pyongyang get ready for their cross-border projects,... the South could
have much to offer the North in terms of making socioeconomic progress.
That's according to the United Nations Development Programme's Director of Advocacy, Ulrika Modeer.
In an interview with Arirang TV, the director said she hopes the UN will be able to expand
its engagement with North Korea on social development.
"The UN and UNDP being present in both countries also follow with great interest the positive
steps forward.
The hope of the world is to see peaceful development in the region but development that can also
bring human development to the people."
The UNDP is one of the six UN agencies working in North Korea, having established an office
there in 1979.
The organization aims to support the UN's strategic priorities for North Korea... by
filling gaps in nutrition, energy and disaster preparedness,... especially among women and
vulnerable people.
The director expressed optimism that South Korea could share its developmental experience,...
as cross-border ties improve.
"I am sure and convinced S. Korea has positive examples to bring... and the Sustainable Development
Goals has a heading that says: leave no one behind.
I also know there's an engagement in Korea in the important area of gender equality,
and this is something we would also like to bring to any development engagement that we
have as UNDP."
The director is currently in Seoul to discuss ways to deepen cooperation with South Korea's
foreign aid agency, KOICA, in order to share successful policies with other countries.
"The experience of Korea with regrd to forestation a very important area in these times of discussions
of climate change.
Governance, and anti-corruption, transparency we see can be exported to other parts of the
world in Asia but also African countries."
Relations between South Korea and the UNDP go back more than 50 years.
Starting in 1966, the UNDP provided the South with aid... as it recovered from years of
brutal colonial rule by Japan and the Korean War that followed.
Fast forward to 2010,... and S. Korea was the first aid recipient country to become
an official donor, and it's been expanding its foreign aid programs since.
The UNDP official hopes Seoul will continue promoting multilateral cooperation amid the
rise of nationalism and populism, which could hinder the UN's global development goals.
Oh Soo-young, Arirang News.
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Mahidol is considered a healthy university,
because it places great emphasis on health.
It has established a healthcare system for both physical and mental health.
There are healthcare facilities in the main and provincial campuses
to make sure the services cover all the students and staff in Mahidol.
Many people might underestimate the health services provided.
When you are sick, where do you go to?
I study at the Salaya campus.
When I feel ill, I usually go to MU Health at MLC,
Mahidol Learning Center.
The opening hours are Monday - Friday, 8.30 AM - 5.00 PM,
The nurses provide wound care, medicines, and injections
according to the doctor's prescription.
The doctors are in the office from 11.00 AM to 1.00 PM.
If your condition is really bad, a van is ready at Parking 4.
The nurses will refer you to Golden Jubilee Medical Center.
For me, I can use the services at Siriraj Hospital.
Students attending other faculties can go to the primary care unit
the primary care unit
Or they can go to any hospitals under Mahidol University,
including Siriraj Hospital, Ramadhibodi Hospital,
Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute, Golden Jubilee Medical Center,
Hospital for Tropical Diseases, and other partner hospitals.
To use the services, do we need any documents?
It's very important that we bring our student ID and national ID card.
About the fee, I highly recommend this.
Under the Universal Coverage Scheme [UCS],
we can change our registered choice
from a local hospital to a facility under the university,
so that we are covered by both the student and UCS insurance.
With a limit though.
After graduation, we can change back to our local hospital.
You know? We now have an emergency response team or Mahidol ERT
located on the first floor of Baan Leelawadee.
The team is prepared for any emergency or accident on the Salaya campus.
They will provide first aid and safely transport the injured to a hospital.
In severe cases such as permanent disability
or death, what will the university provide?
You don't have to worry about this.
The university offers a compensation of 100,000 baht.
But we have to file a request within one year
to the Office of Student Affairs of the faculty that you attend,
or to Student Services and Welfare Unit,
Office of Division of Student Affairs, Mahidol University,
situated on the 3rd floor of MLC on the Salaya campus.
The university health services actually extend beyond illnesses.
They include dental services too,
such as dental filling, cavity treatment, and dental scaling.
Under one condition. You have to go through
a dental check-up in the freshman year.
And when you go to the dentist,
you must bring the dental check-up form with you
But if you are in the 2018 cohort, you don't need the form.
Available dental facilities are Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Dental Hospital,
Dental Hospital of the Faculty of Dentistry,
Dental Center at Siriraj Hospital, Dental Center at Ramadhibodi Hospital,
and your UCS-registered hospital.
But don't forget to make an appointment.
On top of physical health, the university also provides mental health services
These days, students may be stressed for many reasons,
including health, financial, academic, and family problems.
You can seek advice from MU Friends staff, on the 3rd floor of MLC.
They can give you an appropriate consultation.
If you want to maintain your anonymity,
you can also call the 24-hour hotline,
or send a personal message to the MU Friends Facebook fanpage.
If the staff sees that your case is a serious one,
they will refer you to the Adolescent Clinic,
National Institute for Child and Family Development.
Doctors will be there to help.
I think it's really nice that the university provides such a service for us.
Many times, students face problems they can't solve.
They might resort to something bad, which may severely affect their lives.
The university healthcare staff and facilities are at your service.
For more information or further inquiries,
you can visit the Student Affairs website
and have a look at "Student Services & Welfare".
And don't forget to tell your friends about it.
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How To Wait (When You Really Want To Have Sex) #Boundaries - Duration: 6:51.
Hopefully, or if you're watching this video,
you already see the value in waiting to have sex until marriage or as I like to
say, find love before sex.
So in this video I'd like to talk about how to actually wait.
How can we set ourselves up for success? If we've made the decision to wait,
well, the first thing you must do if you plan
to be successful is set good boundaries upfront.
No boundaries equals no self esteem. The boundaries you keep are indicative
of how little or how much you respect yourself,
boundaries are your friend. The reason I say this is because good
intentions don't mean jack. It's only what we're actually able to do
that matters. The enemy doesn't give a shit about what
you tried to do. Let me share a story with you.
A few years ago, a female friend that I'd known for some
time and I reconnected.
She was going through something and I pulled her close to my group of friends
and immediately I started to see that she was making better decisions and was
being positively influenced by the group.
We had a level of comfort because we had known each other a long time and we had
come from similar backgrounds, so we began spending more time together
just as friends. There was some physical attraction there
on both sides, but I was praying about who to date next
and was really waiting for God to give me a green light on someone and up until
this point He hadn't said anything about this girl or anyone else;
although I was enjoying my time with her and we continued to grow closer.
We had never been physical in any way, not even held hands.
There were some minor flirting and I thought it was a dangerous situation,
so I talked to her about it, but we both pretended like that could
never happen because we were "such good friends".
I ignored the red flags and the next time that we spent together watching a
movie alone at my house, we wound up having sex.
It was a huge blow for me at the time. I had been abstinent for three years.
I was very outspoken on my stance on this subject.
I was on leadership at my church and I really just believed that I was stronger
than that. I had every intention of saving myself
for marriage, but once we started kissing,
I couldn't pull the emergency brake and stop it.
Things got out of control quickly and it almost ended our friendship and in
hindsight I see that I wanted the benefits of having a girlfriend without
the actual commitment and it was my fault because I hadn't set stronger
boundaries. In order to set your boundaries,
you have to know yourself and you have to be very honest with yourself about
what you can and can't do.
When it comes to dating. For some people,
their boundary might not be spending time alone together.
Others may not be able to even kiss or hold hands.
The main thing as the Bible says is to "know
thyself" and don't try to see how close you can
get to the fire without getting burned. Even my friends that don't believe that
Jesus was the son of God, will say that he was at least the the
most enlightened person that ever walked the earth.
And what did Jesus say about sin? He said,
"if your eye causes you to sin,
gouge it out." Think about that.
Can imagine gouging your own eye out? How painful that would be and how
extreme that sounds? So when I get friends,
asked me if it's okay to cuddle or, spend the night at each other's house
while they're dating. While there might not be anything
technically wrong with cuddling per se, I would ask is it worth it?
Because I understand that not cuddling someone you're dating sounds extreme,
but it's nowhere as extreme as gouging your own eye out.
I have many friends, girlfriends especially that miss that
aspect of a relationship and while cuddling may be innocent to them,
it's not always innocent to others, especially if that other person isn't
committed to waiting until marriage to have sex.
Spooning leads to forking! The old.
"I just wanted to be held"
may be true, but all that matters is what you're able
to do. Again,
intentions count for nothing. This is why I recommend before dating,
decide where your boundaries actually are.
Decide where your line is before ever putting yourself in a compromising
situation so you don't make a mistake. Trying to decide when you're already
horizontal is a bad idea. I won't lie,
keeping strong boundaries will cost you. Boundaries are like diets.
They're easy to set, but they're difficult to maintain.
They require discipline. I personally removed all obstacles from
a life that would prevent me from succeeding.
For example, the boundaries that I now keep
personally for the last three and a half years are I made a decision not to spend
time alone with women because I know it's dangerous for me given my past and
my weaknesses in that area. I might ride in a car or go to the
movies with a female, but I wouldn't have one at my house or
go to her house and watch a movie if it was just her and I.
another thing I did in order to pursue this path was I gave up drinking alcohol
several years ago and one of the primary reasons I did it was because when I
drank, I feel promiscuous and I used to
rationalize drinking because drinking in itself isn't wrong,
but it was causing me to make mistakes over and over again so it had to go.
I can't tell you how much more productive this one decision has made me
and it all stemmed from my desire to wait to have sex until marriage.
Again. I made all these decisions for selfish
reasons. I honestly believe that this is the best
strategy for finding true love and longterm happiness.
Plus, I didn't want to burn a friendship hurt
another person, damag the faith that other people have
placed on me and lose credibility, get stuck with the wrong person in
verbally or get an std, get someone pregnant.
Does that make sense? But hey,
those are my boundaries and I admit they are up pretty far,
but if I'm serious about having all the things I want most in life,
and if you are, then I suggest that you have to make
these certain sacrifices in order to put yourself in a position to succeed.
If you're just starting out, I will warn you,
it is lonely.
It is hard. You will be depressed at times.
It's an emotional rollercoaster. It's literally what I imagine going
through withdrawal to a substance must be like,
but on the other side of it, there's this beautiful freedom that
comes with it. The Bible says,
"no discipline feels pleasant at the time,
but painful. Later on,
however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and
peace for those who are trained by it." So be willing to go through it.
No one gets to their promised land without going through the wilderness.
The wilderness is uncomfortable. It's unfamiliar.
Sometimes it's flat out painful, but know,
there's something greater on the other side for you if you make the journey.
What's your vying for here isn't a small thing either.
This is the life you've always wanted and the person created for you just to
share it with. Focus on how good the prize is at the
end of the wait. Lastly,
I'd recommend seeking out a mentor who can give you good advice and
accountability in the area of your relationships.
Church is a good place to start and you'll find people there that share
these values and it won't cost you anything.
Having a good support system is crucial. Surround yourself with people headed in
the same direction or you'll never make it.
If you're looking for support and encouragement,
join the conversation in the Why Waiting Works Community on Facebook and until
next time, thank you.
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