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, Enjoying Successful Relationships.

Our relationships are such an important part of our lives. We'd prefer all our relationships to be positive,

but what about those who bring us stress or just kind of get on our nerves?

How can we be in a relationship with them?

Thankfully, God's Word is filled with the answers we need to have healthy relationships, no matter how those around us behave.

Today, Joyce will share some of the ways we can all work toward having more joy and peace with everyone in our lives. Now here's Joyce with the

series, enjoying successful relationships. Love finds a way, indifference makes an excuse.

One of the problems that we have today in our society is just indifference. We want they to fix

everything.

Well, they should do something about this.

Well, they, well, they, well, they, well, they, well, who is they?

Who are they?

This mysterious they that's supposed to fix everything.

We are they. Amen? Oh, excuses. Not only do we have

a do not disturb sign on our body. I forgot to bring it, but we also have an excuse bag.

We carry that on our shoulder and every time that God wants us to do something

it's a little bit uncomfortable, we just reach in quick and get out one of our excuses.

I'm too young, I'm too old, I'm not educated enough, the timing's not right.

Lord, have mercy. I don't have enough money. I'm too busy. I got problems of my own. It's too hard. I don't want to get involved.

Let me ask you a question. When you hurt your foot, does your hand refuse to get involved?

I mean, the first thing that happens, if you hurt your foot, is both hands are like, I mean, your eyes get involved.

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