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. Man, when you grew up

like I did, you had a bad case that if I don't take care of myself, nobody's going to. And I didn't trust anybody, especially not a man.

And then you get married, and then if you do get serious about the Bible,

and you come across those scriptures that say a wife should adapt to her husband

oh I can still feel the pain that I felt

the first time I read that

I didn't even know how to spell adapt let alone do it

I wanted everybody to adapt to me I didn't even know how to spell adapt, let alone do it.

I wanted everybody to adapt to me.

Come on.

It is so painful to give it up and trust God to take care of you.

I guess that's really what I'm asking you to do tonight.

Stop arguing and fighting and being mad at people and arguing with people.

And trust God to take care of you.

When you feel like somebody mistreats you, believe what the Bible says, that I am your vindicator.

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