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 My Favorite Scriptures.

The Bible has made all the difference in Joyce's life, taking her from a barely getting by unhappy mindset to having a real, joyful, abundant life in Christ.

And she wants us to experience this same life-changing power from God's Word in our lives, too.

In this teaching series, Joyce shares the key scriptures that led to major turning points in

her walk with God.

Her hope is God's Word will also inspire us to dig into the Bible and have our own

firsthand encounters with God that

brings us closer to him.

Now, here's Joyce with the series My Favorite Scriptures.

Dave, I went to the bookstore one day to get some books, and Dave picked out some books,

and I picked out some books, and he came out with a book in it by a woman named Madame Guyon who lived in the 16th

century and this book was about seeking the presence of God, not P-R-E-S-E-N-T-S, but P-R-E-S-E-N-C-E.

And I was looking in his bag and I just felt drawn to that book, so I said, do you mind if I read

this before you do?

Well, I should have read my own book, but actually it was very life-changing for me, because

through reading that, God just got this across to me.

You know, first of all, we all need to spend time with God and we know that.

We need to spend regular quality time with God and we know that.

But the devil fights people on that more than anything else.

He'd rather you go to church three times a week than to spend a half an hour a day with him,

just you and him.

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