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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victorian. Thanks so much for

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Speaker 1: listening to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

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Speaker 1: We'd love to have you join us for a service

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Speaker 1: in person sometime, or you can always watch online. You

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Speaker 1: can find a service schedule on our web. I promise

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Speaker 1: you it will make you feel right at home. We

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Speaker 1: love you and hope you enjoy the message. Will God

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Speaker 1: bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes.

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Speaker 1: And if you're ever in our area, please stop buy

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Speaker 1: and be a part of one of our services. I

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Speaker 1: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. I'd

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Speaker 1: like to start with something funny and heard about this man.

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Speaker 2: He was walking up.

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Speaker 1: To a country store and there was this little boy

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Speaker 1: to him. He said, son, does your dog bite? Boy said, no, sir,

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Speaker 2: The man reached out to pet him.

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Speaker 1: The dog took about half of his arm off. He said, son,

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Speaker 1: I thought you said your dog didn't bite. The little

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Speaker 1: boy said, that's not my dog. Say it like you

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Speaker 1: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says.

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Speaker 2: I am.

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Speaker 1: I have what it says I have, I can do

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Speaker 1: what it says I can do today. I will be

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Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind

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Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name.

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Speaker 2: God bless you.

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Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about living joyful.

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Speaker 1: It's easy to let the pressures of life weigh us down.

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Speaker 1: We have traffic to deal with, bills to pay, people

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Speaker 1: and we don't smile as much. We're not as friendly,

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Speaker 1: We never laugh, never have fun anymore. We have too

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Speaker 1: much pressure, too much responsibility to enjoy life. But God

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Speaker 1: didn't create you to live with a heaviness. You're not

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Speaker 1: supposed to go around solemn, serious all the time, burdened

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Speaker 1: down by problems. Taking time to laugh, to have fun.

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Speaker 1: That re energizes you. It helps keep you in balance.

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Speaker 1: If it's all work, all stress, all dealing with problems,

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Speaker 2: You can get so busy raising your children.

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Speaker 1: Changing diapers, getting them to school, making sure their homework

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Speaker 2: It's all work, no time for play.

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Speaker 1: And sometimes we think we have to be serious to

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Speaker 1: show that we're responsible. But you can be responsible and

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Speaker 1: good natured at the same time. God created you with

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Speaker 1: a sense of humor. You were made to laugh, made

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Speaker 1: you don't make this adjustment, not only will you not

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Speaker 1: good relationships. Nobody wants to be around a grumpy, sour person.

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Speaker 2: That pushes people away.

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Speaker 1: And we represent Christ here on this earth. If you're

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Speaker 1: smile on, be good natured, be friendly, learn to laugh.

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Speaker 1: The scripture says, a merry heart is like taking a

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Speaker 1: good medicine. Every day. You need to take your medicine.

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Speaker 1: Find something that makes you laugh, see the humor in life.

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Speaker 1: It's one thing I love about Victoria. She laughs all

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Speaker 1: through the day. I can be in another part of

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Speaker 1: the whole house. Sometimes I'll go in to find out

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Speaker 1: what it was. It wasn't even funny, it was just

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Speaker 1: something small. Most people would ignore it. It not Victoria.

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Speaker 1: She's looking for opportunities to laugh. She loves to have fun.

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Speaker 1: She keeps a joyful atmosphere in our home. A while back,

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Speaker 1: was going to say next. Victoria is much more outgoing.

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Speaker 2: She had both hands in the air, very expressive.

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Speaker 1: All of a sudden, as I was contemplating in deep thought,

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Speaker 1: I looked at her. She said, come on, Stiffy, light up.

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Speaker 2: I don't need that, but you sure do.

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Speaker 1: secret of a good marriage, always tell them treat each

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Speaker 1: family that laughs together will stay together. But too often

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Speaker 1: we used to laugh when we were dating. We used

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Speaker 2: We don't have time to laugh.

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Speaker 1: We have bills to pay, we have children to raise,

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Speaker 1: But the joy is what's going to help you get

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Speaker 1: I know a couple that was having difficulties in their marriage.

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Speaker 1: They just let the pressures that come with everyday life

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Speaker 1: decided to try something. For a few months. Once a

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Speaker 1: how that one simple thing helped change their perspective. It

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Speaker 1: helped heal the wounds. They fell back in love. Today

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Speaker 1: in the home, living with pressure, stress, tension, division, that's

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Speaker 1: to breathe new life, freshness into your relationship. How long

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Speaker 1: has it been since there was laughter in your home.

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Speaker 1: The enemy can't stand to hear you laugh. He can't

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Speaker 1: laughing with your spouse, enjoying each other. He wants there

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Speaker 1: to be tension, pressure, strife. Why don't you get on

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Speaker 1: the offensive and start laughing more often. Laughter is spiritual warfare.

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Speaker 1: Laughter brings down walls. Laughter will help your families stay together.

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Speaker 1: And yes, we all have to deal with tension and stress,

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Speaker 1: Don't bring in pressures from work, stress from school, offense

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Speaker 2: I heard about this man.

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Speaker 1: He had a tree in a pot next to his

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Speaker 1: We all need a trouble tree. Your home should be

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Speaker 1: a cheerful place. If you're bringing in stress, pressure, strife

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Speaker 1: Keep a joyful atmosphere in your home. There was a

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Speaker 1: hospital that did an experiment with patients that had been

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Speaker 1: of laughter stimulated the body's natural healing process. It not

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Speaker 1: only affected the patient's outlook, but research showed they begin

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Speaker 1: to recover faster. Just hearing other people laugh help bring healing.

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Speaker 1: Imagine what happens on the inside of us when we

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Speaker 1: live joyfully, we take time to laugh every day. It

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Speaker 1: affects us physically. Laughter will help you stay younger every

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Speaker 1: time you laugh. What's known as the youth hormone increases

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Speaker 1: aging process, helps you stay younger and pressure. You've seen

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Speaker 1: people that have been through a difficult time in life.

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Speaker 1: They were under stress and pressure. You see them two

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Speaker 1: years later, it looks like they've aged twenty years. Why

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Speaker 1: healing that God put on the inside. When we live stressed, somber, discourage,

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Speaker 1: there inactive in a f effective Well, Joel, that's just

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Speaker 1: not my personality. I'm a more solemn, serious person. I

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Speaker 1: realized God made us all different. My earliest baby pictures,

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Speaker 1: But most of the time, what's happened is.

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Speaker 2: We've forgotten how to laugh.

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Speaker 1: The average child laughs one hundred and fifty times a day.

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Speaker 1: Some people haven't laughed in so long their laughter has

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Speaker 1: gotten rusty. You need to get that thing out, dust

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Speaker 1: people that live way up into their nineties. Wasn't their diet,

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Speaker 1: Are extremely joyful people. They never forgot how to laugh.

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Speaker 1: He put his arm on my shoulder and said, Joel Black,

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Speaker 2: We laughed and laughed.

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Speaker 1: When he went to walk away, he turned around and

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Speaker 1: loves to laugh. Think about all those years healing was

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Speaker 1: I've made up my mind. I'm not going to turn

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Speaker 1: responsibility I have, I'm going to stay full of joy.

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Speaker 1: When it's my time to go, I'm gonna go like him, happy, friendly,

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Speaker 1: have some. But sometimes we think the older we get,

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Speaker 1: When we were children, it flowed freely. We laughed, we

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Speaker 1: With your family, being good natured. The scripture says in job,

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Speaker 1: this decision to have a merry heart, I believe and

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Speaker 3: Sometimes life can make you feel like you are just

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