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 Bible study on the book of Galatians.

We all desire God's love and to be right with Him.

While we may try to earn that love or achieve perfection, the truth is there's nothing we can do to achieve it.

But there is one answer God has given us, His grace.

God wants us to experience his freedom in every area of life.

And on today's program, Joyce will show us through the Book of Galatians how we can exchange

our trying for trusting and rely on His grace to become everything he has created us to be.

Now, here's Joyce with today's teaching.

Verse five, I love this.

And from those who seem to be influential, what they were makes no difference to me.

God shows no partiality.

Those I say who seemed influential added nothing to me. In other words,

what was Paul saying here? I'm not impressed by your position. I'm not impressed by your title.

Can I tell you something? Just because you finagle and connive and manage to get around 10 of the

most important people in your church.

You know, the in-group.

Can I tell you that that doesn't really add any value to you?

The only value we have is who we are in Christ.

And really, a smart Christian, instead of looking for somebody that is important that they think

can add value to them, go look for somebody that's lonely and somebody who doesn't seem to

have any friends, pick them out and befriend them, and then guess what? God will promote you.

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