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.

I worked in a church for five years.

That was kind of part of my journey.

I did five years of home Bible studies,

then I did, worked in a church for five years.

And then God said, I'm finished with you here now.

Take your ministry, go north, south, east, and west.

Well, that was very equivalent to what God said to Abraham.

Listen, when I have been going through difficult times in my life, I go to these scriptures.

These are things that God has shown me and I will go back to them and they

strengthen me and they encourage me to go ahead and follow God and do what I believe he wants

me to do. Amen?

Leave your job. No paycheck, no invitations to go anywhere. North, east, and west, what am I supposed to do?

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