Welcome to 15 Minutes in the Word with New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer.

On today's program, Joyce will be teaching from her series, Never Give Up.

Did you know the only way we can lose in life is if we quit?

The hard part is learning to keep going and trusting God, even when we're in the midst of difficulties.

When we're determined to never give up,

there is no limit to what God can do in our lives. Now, here's Joyce with today's teaching.

Father, we thank you for the Word today, and I believe that it's going to be a word-induced season.

It's not only going to help people right now, but it's going to help them with things that may be coming up in the future that they aren't even aware of yet. Open our hearts and help us to really get it. In Jesus' name. And I'm working on a series called Never Give Up, and actually we're going to be writing a book next year called Never Give Up because I think that that's one of the things that we really have to get through our head that if we're going to see the in fulfillment of our dreams

if we're going to see the promises of God come to pass in our life that yes we need faith but

we also need determination and just an attitude that says I will never quit and I will never

give up and this is something nobody else can do for you. Other people

can pray for you, but ultimately it comes down to you have to make this decision. And you know,

it's not really difficult to figure out why some people make it and some don't, why some people

have victory and some don't, why some backslide and some don't. It's something down deep on the

inside of each person

that only they can decide whether or not they're going to go all the way through to the finish line

or whether they're going to just give up because it's hard

or because they're not getting what they want as soon as they would like to get it.

So I really want to encourage you to develop that attitude that I'm not going to quit

and I'm not going to give up.

I'm going to still be around at the finish line doing everything I can to live in victory

and glorify God.

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