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 we'll become more like Jesus and reflect his

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

Sex with peculiar opinions, heresies, envy, drunkenness. It's kind of interesting.

He puts drunkenness right along with envy. Corousing and the like. Okay now I don't

know what you want to do with this next sentence but I'm going to read it to you.

I warned you beforehand just as I did previously that those who do such things

shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Yeah you don't rather clap or not and I

understand how you feel because you said well wait a minute I thought that you

know in order to be saved all I had to do was believe that Jesus died for me.

That's true but let me expound a little bit. If you really do believe I mean if

you really believe then you will also obey. And I'm beginning to see

something that I think is a real problem. When we do what we call alter calls in

services we usually invite people to receive Christ but I think we need to also

tell them that they need to be ready to surrender their life to him. We don't

just get him if he doesn't get us. And I don't think we're doing people of

favor by telling them God wants to forgive all your sins and he wants to come

and live inside of you and he wants to make your life better. Yes he wants to do

that but he wants you to surrender everything to him. We don't just get to

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