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, burnt, but not bitter. When we hold

on to feelings like rejection, betrayal, and disappointment, they can make us feel bitter and focused

on the people who have hurt us. If we aren't careful, we can get stuck in our pain,

unable to move forward and robbed of the freedom that comes through forgiveness.

Today, Joyce wants to show us how, with God's help,

we can choose a lifestyle of forgiveness and trust him to work out our hurt for his good.

Now here's Joyce with today's series, Burt, but not bitter.

All right, a couple of quotes on bitterness, resentment, things like that.

The weak can never forgive because forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.

Takes a lot of strength to be able to forgive somebody, let it go, and trust God to do what only God can do.

I said last night, after somebody hurts you, don't let them keep hurting you the rest of your life by continually hanging on to what they did to you and hating them. I love this. The author of this quote is unknown.

Forgive not because your enemies deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.

Isn't that good?

Here's a little story.

One day, two monks were walking through the countryside.

They were on their way to another village to help bring in the crops.

As they walked, they saw an old woman sitting at the edge of the river.

She was upset because there was no bridge and she could not get across it on her own.

The first monk kindly offered, we will carry you across if you'd like us to.

Thank you, she said, gratefully accepting their help.

So the two men joined hands, lifted her between them,

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