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, Bert, but not bitter.

Anybody had any opportunities this week to get offended?

Here's a good one. How about since you got in the building this morning?

See? Right over there, and this lady's about to jump out of her seat, it might be a good story.

But you know what?

Sometimes, now just, this may not be you, probably isn't.

Matter of fact, I'm sure you probably wouldn't do this, but some people, not you, not you, but some people are just too touchy.

And do you know, the Bible says that love is not easily offended. In other words, we believe the best of people and we don't always assume the worst.

I have a news flash for you.

Everybody in the world is not out to get you.

Come on.

Some people live like that, you know.

They get hurt early in life and they got a chip on their shoulder and they just think that everybody in the whole world is out to get them.

Life hurts people.

So let me just ask, are you bitter because your life has had a little more than its normal share of bitter events?

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