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 Galatians and Philippians.

Galatians is all about God's amazing grace.

We'll learn how the power of the Holy Spirit is what enables us to do what God asks of us, not our own strength and effort.

Meanwhile, Philippians teaches us about joy, and how true, last to do what God asks of us, not our own strength and effort.

Meanwhile, Philippians teaches us about joy, and how true lasting joy comes only through faith in Jesus Christ and serving others.

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

And I want to share with you that I had a very good opportunity to practice my servanthood

just this last week.

And Dave gave me that opportunity.

Dave just is so kind to me, he makes sure that I follow after the Lord.

Well, what happened was he hurt his back, and of that wasn't funny at all, but, I mean,

he like, something just went out of place, kind of like over here, and he's fine now.

But, I mean, he couldn't get out of a chair for like 30 minutes.

And then when he finally did get up,

he had to lean on me,

and I'm not just like big enough to really lean on.

And so I finally got him to the recliner,

and I put it back, but I almost put it back too far.

And he was like, wow, wait a minute.

Ira, that was payback for something he did to me one time after I had surgery.

And he almost dumped me in the floor head first backwards.

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