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I'm Joyce Meyer.

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

So I've been teaching this weekend if this is your first session about developing the character of God in your life.

Our goal is actually to become Christ-like, like Jesus.

The Bible says that we are Christ's ambassadors, that he is making his appeal to the world through us.

Now, I don't know what you think of that, but that's what a privilege, but what a responsibility.

I want you to think about this.

You might be the only Jesus that some of the people you know will ever see.

And I'm not saying that you're Jesus, but I'm saying that how are they going to see him if they don't see him through his people?

We see Jesus by faith faith is an interesting thing it's beautiful it's like you believe

something that you can't see you can't feel but you know not in your head but in your heart

you know that you know that you know that you know

that it's real. Not one of us saw Jesus die on the cross, but, well, we're banking our whole

life on the fact that he did. We're given our whole life to something that we can't see and didn't witness, but we believe it.

And as you grow in God, you begin to, you start with that believing that Jesus died for you, but then as you grow in God, you begin to believe all these other wonderful things that he loves you, that you've been made right with him through the

blood of Christ, that he has a good plan for your life, that he freely and graciously forgives you

anytime you do something wrong. So many wonderful things that no matter what happens to us, if trust him he can take it and work it out for our good

i don't know why anybody wouldn't want to serve god i mean it's nothing but a good deal amen

we get everything and jesus paid for it all.

You're not going to get a deal like that anywhere else.

And so we're talking about really spiritual maturity.

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