Welcome to 15 Minutes in the Word with New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer.

On today's program, Joyce will be teaching from her study on the book of Colossians.

Being a Christian doesn't offer us a life without problems, but God promises us something even better,

his grace and strength to rise above our circumstances. The book of Colossians is truly a manual for understanding everything we have in Christ.

In this unique Bible study, Joyce will show us how Colossians is our guide to becoming more like him

and reflecting his love, joy, peace, and stability to the world around us.

Now here's Joyce with the study on the book of Colossians.

Consecration.

Wow. Saints, we're called saints.

And that word means that we're consecrated to God.

And that means, and we gotta get this,

as far as God's concern, when he saves us,

we belong to him. More than looking at it like he belongs to us, which he does, let's look at it like, well, we belong to him now. We've been saved out of something, into something, out of a low life, into a high life,

out of a selfish, self-centered life where we just live to please ourselves into a life of

being God's vessel for him to do through us what he wants to do. He's the head, we're the body. God works through people.

Amen? When we pray for God to do something, almost always he works through some person or some human

instrument to make that thing happen in our lives. That's what makes life interesting as a Christian,

is letting God use you.

And to be consecrated means to be set apart for a special use.

And instead of sitting out there,

admiring the people on the platform in your churches

or in your concerts or in your seminars,

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