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, The Book of Ephesians.

When we look at the book of Ephesians, Paul's words are foundational for every believer.

They help us to understand who we are in Christ, how much he loves us, and how we can grow a stronger,

more intimate relationship with God. So today, let's go deeper in God's word. Listen as Joyce

walks through Ephesians chapter by chapter, showing us how we can apply its truths to our lives.

Now, here's Joyce with today's series on the book of Ephesians.

Oh my goodness.

If you ever start feeling bad about yourself, just go to Ephesians 1, 4, and 5, and you'll get over your bad mood quickly.

He says, even as in his love, he chose us, picked us out for himself.

Everybody say, God chose me.

Now say, he picked me out. Isn't that wonderful,

he picked you out as his own in Christ before the foundation of the world that we should be holy consecrated and set apart for him. That is what God wants for us. But he never expects us to produce

anything that he doesn't first give us. God wants us to love other people, but he never expects us to produce anything that he doesn't first give us. God wants us to

love other people, but he loves us first. He wants us to love him, but he loves us first. So you've got to

spend a fair amount of time receiving, receiving, receiving, receiving from God before you start trying

to do something, do something, do something.

You need to get healthy on the inside before you get into a bunch of works trying to do something

when you don't even know who you are yet. He loves us. He loves us. He loves us. Then in verse six,

he says, we are made acceptable in the beloved. I love that. I was rejected a lot

in my childhood and went through a lot of the pain of rejection throughout my life. How many of you

know what that feels like? That's very painful. And so, you know, we can get into all kinds of

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