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 James.

Whatever we may be facing in life, the Book of James probably has something to say about it.

If we're going through a difficult time, it teaches us how to count it all joy, and grow stronger in the middle of it. If we're in need of guidance, it shows us how to count it all joy and grow stronger in the middle of it.

If we're in need of guidance, it shows us how to receive God's wisdom and experience the power of prayer.

Today, follow along as Joyce teaches a special Bible study of James and shares with us the many valuable lessons it contains.

Now here's Joyce with today's teaching from the book of James. Now this is a little book

we have. We call it the purple book, but it's about the power of speaking God's word out loud.

And it's divided up into categories for you. So it's kind of like a real quick, like man, I'm in

trouble. I'm about to tell somebody off, and I need to

get some medicine here. Help me, except they put a thing on here and now it's tearing my page.

Okay, there. So I can get this and I can go, I will bridle my anger, I will trash my wrath,

I will cool my pipes. God will help me. I follow the example of the Lord who is merciful and

gracious, slow to anger, plenteous and mercy and loving kindness. I am slow to anger, and I have great

understanding. I am not like he who is hasty of spirit exposing and exalting his folly. I speak soft answers that turn away wrath,

not grievous words that stir up anger. And so there's three pages of these kind of scriptures

here. And I can tell you the truth, if you read these out loud, it won't be long, and your

cold, your soul will start to calm down and you're going to start to feel better and better and better.

Now all anybody can do in my position is tell you what will help you.

But knowing what I've said is not going to do what needs to be done.

It's you going home and doing it when you have a personal situation going on in your life

that will make the changes. That's what I would do even right now. If I was having a huge problem

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