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, recognizing and dealing with strife.

Everywhere we look, it seems there is something or someone we can choose to be upset with.

We can bicker about any topic on social media or criticize others

for their opinions and beliefs. Often we get that uneasy feeling that everything is just not okay.

There is good news. With God's help, we can improve and even have unity in our relationships.

Be encouraged as Joyce shares how we can overcome strife and receive God's

peace for our lives. Now here's Joyce with today's teaching. And so when we started our ministry,

north, southeast, and west, God spoke something to my heart. And we've been very diligent to try

to obey that now.

Here's some 40 years later, or 37 years, I think.

So I've actually been in ministry about 47 years.

And he said, I'm going to give you three things to do,

and if you do them, I'll bless your ministry.

Whatever you do, do it with excellence.

We serve an excellent God.

And we should not be sloppy in any way, shape, or form.

If you're going to do a job, do it the best that you can do it amen always be a person of integrity that means do what you say you're going to do and then do it so many people today

don't keep their word.

I'll call you next week and we'll go to lunch

and you no more intend to call them than fly.

You're just trying to get rid of them.

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