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, 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.

All right, 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, oh, maybe three, 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.

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