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. You think you're a great man or woman of

faith? Well let's just find out. The Bible says our faith will be tested. Test it.

Many things that you go through there's no point in looking for a reason it's

just a test. Might as well pass it because in God's economy you never fail you

just get to keep taking the same test over and over and over and over and

might as well pass it and get it over with. James 1, 2, 3, 4 considered holy joy for

my brethren whenever you are enveloped in or encounter trials of any sort or fall

into various temptations. Be assured and understand that the trial and the

proving of your faith bring out endurance instead of fastness and patience. Well I

can tell you it brought a lot of things out of me before we ever got around to

patience. How many of you know that trials can bring the ugliest stuff out of

you that you didn't even know was there? Amen. Back when I was first learning

about faith and I thought your faith was just to get everything you wanted. You

want something you pray and you believe God for it. And I just was so stupid

back then I'm glad that God loves people when they're still being stupid. I

didn't know anything you know and I was believing God for a fur coat. Now you

know that was the last thing I needed. That was the last thing I needed. I had

...