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, Learn to be led by the Holy Spirit.

Trying to run our own lives can be stressful, especially if we are motivated by fear, pride, or past hurt.

For most of us, giving up control is a challenge.

But there is one who is ready to help us, someone we can trust, and who always has the best intentions for us.

And it's as simple as asking him to lead.

The Holy Spirit wants to be invited into every detail of our lives, and in today's teaching series,

Joyce will share what being led by the Spirit means

and how we can recognize his voice in everyday life.

Now, here's Joyce with today's series,

learning to be led by the Holy Spirit.

All right, we started last night talking about

the amazing, amazing, amazing, wonderful Holy Spirit and his present-day ministry to us as believers.

We're going to take a quick look again at John chapter 16, verses 7 and 8.

And I go many times in my morning time with God and I just I just look at

these scriptures I love to look at these different things that the Holy Spirit actually does for us

on a regular basis. John 16.7 Jesus said, I'm telling you the truth when I say it's going to be

profitable, good, expedient, and advantageous for you if I go away.

Because if I don't go away, the comforter, the counselor, the helper, the advocate, the

intercessor, the strengthener, and the standby will not come to you into close fellowship with you, but if I go away, I will send him to be with you in close fellowship with you.

That's just such a rich verse in the Word of God. Jesus said, when I leave, I'm going to send you something better. And I know we would probably

think, well, how could anything be better than you? But actually, the Holy Spirit brings us the

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