Welcome to 15 Minutes in the Word with New York Times best-selling author Joyce Meyer. On today's

program, Joyce will be teaching us how we can embrace courage and face our fears. Fear, it's everywhere

and affects all of us. Fear is the enemy's favorite tool to keep us from pursuing God's good

plan for our life. The enemy wants fear to rule

our lives, but it doesn't have to. When we open our hearts to God and embrace courage, we can face

fear head on and do it afraid. Listen as Joyce helps discover a life of freedom by recognizing,

confronting, and conquering our fears today. Now, here's Joyce with today's teaching.

I was thinking this morning how sometimes when we greet each other, when we greet each other,

sometimes somebody will say, well, how do you do? And I thought, you know, that's really kind of a

goofy way to greet somebody.

You know, we need to care more about the person than we do what they do.

But we are so doing-oriented.

We feel like that that's how we get approval from God by doing,

and that's how we get approval from people by doing.

And yes, God wants us to do things, but first he wants us to have faith,

and then when we have the faith, the things that we do coming out of that faith will be much easier for us than if we had tried to do them without that. And you might say, well,

wait a minute, Joyce, I just, I just don't have faith for faith for that i just i just don't have any faith and

you know what that's absolutely untrue because the bible says in romans 12 3 that god has given

unto every man the measure of faith you say well what does that mean that means that everybody

has enough faith to do

whatever it is God assigns them to do. For by the grace given unto me, I say to everyone among you,

do not think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but think with sober judgment,

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