Welcome to enjoying every day life with New York Times best-selling author Joyce

Meyer. On today's program, Joyce will be teaching from her series,

developing the character of God. To grow spiritually is a process. We need to

consistently read and study the Bible so the Lord can change us from the inside

out. Slowly but surely will become more like Jesus and reflect his character in

our lives. Now here's Joyce with today's teaching.

Alright, I am going to teach this weekend on developing the character of God. How

many of you want to grow and become more like Christ?

Spiritual maturity. Recently I felt like God gave me this simple little

definition of what spiritual maturity is and I'm sure it's much more than

just this sentence but I like this. I want you to think about this. Spiritual

maturity is asking God what you can do for him. Not only asking God what he can

do for you. I wonder how many of you every day when you say your prayers ask God

what can I do for you today? Who can I bless? Who can I help? Show me

something I can do for you. I want to serve you. I started doing that on a daily

basis maybe three or four years ago and it's amazing if you listen to people. I

mean if you just form a habit of listening to people they'll tell you what they

need, where they're hurting, what they might like to have. You know somebody

doesn't have to be in desperate need for you to give them something. A lot of

people just need to be blessed and they might even have more money than you but

they still just need a blessing. Giving is one of the greatest things that you

can become an expert at. I mean it really truly is if you want joy in your life

...