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Your history doesn't have to be your destiny.

I did not have a good start in life.

And many of you did not have a good start in life and many of you did not have a good start in life but it's

really how you finish that people remember and no matter how you got started, you can have a phenomenal ending.

I do what I do because I've seen God's power transform my own life and he will do it for you.

The key to everything is found in God's word.

I'm Joyce Meyer and I believe that God can heal you everywhere

you hurt. People with wounded souls want to control everything.

Is anybody here tired of trying to run the whole world?

I mean, is anybody exhausted from trying to

control everybody and everything. Okay well today you could give it up because I've got a secret to tell you you're not in

control anyway. Never have been, never will be.

But you know what?

People that are wounded, they don't become controllers because they're mean.

They don't even really understand what they're doing.

You know, I was a controller, but I did it for fear of getting hurt.

See, I grew up with a father who controlled everything,

and everything that he did was for his benefit and everybody else got hurt.

So I thought I learned that if you stay in control, then you're the one that doesn't get hurt.

And so people that are controllers are not necessarily wicked.

They may just be afraid that if they don't stay in control, somebody's going to take advantage of them.

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