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.

God always has a long-range plan for his people, and God has got a long-range plan for you.

I want you to know that. And what's going on in your life right now is a far cry from what will be happening next year, the year after, the year after, the year

after. No matter how good things are, they can get better. And no matter how bad they are,

they can get better. So God only has one thing in his mind for your future, and that's better.

Amen? And I want you to know that. He says,

I know the thoughts and plans I have for you, thoughts and plans for your welfare. So,

now God had a great plan for his man from the beginning. I mean, if you go back and read Genesis 1,

he had a great plan for Adam and Eve. It was like, hey,

here's this beautiful place. Here's all this. Eat all the fruit you want. Enjoy yourself.

Take all these resources. Use them in the service of God and man. There's only this one thing I don't want you to do.

Isn't it amazing? You can do all this.

There's only this one little thing I don't want you to do. Well, that's the thing that Satan is going to try to play on.

So, he tempts Eve through reasoning.

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