Welcome to 15 Minutes in the Word with New York Times best-selling author Joyce Meyer.

On today's program, Joyce will be teaching from her series, calm down and cheer up.

The Bible is full of scripture describing God's love for each one of us,

and it tells us how, through salvation in Christ, we can know true joy.

But keeping our joy isn't always easy when the difficulties of life creep in.

So how do we remain calm and cheerful when circumstances are worrisome?

Today, Joy shows us practical ways we can calm down and choose God's joy in every situation.

Let's discover how his peace and joy can transform our lives.

Now, here's Joyce with today's teaching. Well, thank you so much for joining me today. I really believe

that today's message is going to help you. I want to start by asking a question. Are any of you

upset about anything? Is there anybody watching today that

needs to calm down? You know, I love the word calm. Just saying that word makes me feel better.

And so today I'm going to be teaching on calming down.

There's a second part to this message called cheering up.

I won't get to that part today.

But, you know, peace is one of the most wonderful things in the world.

And you can have peace, but you have to have it on purpose.

Because the devil is always trying to take it away from us.

I say he sets us up to get us upset.

He knows our weak areas, and he tries to make sure that we experience them enough that we end up getting emotionally upset and distraught.

A couple of quotes that I thought were really good.

One by Josiah Holland, calmness is the cradle of power.

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