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 the book of Philippians.

We all desire to have more joy in our lives, but there are many things that can easily discourage us.

God has given us tools in his word to overcome this disappointment.

One of those tools is the book of Philippians.

It is full of principles for living a victorious Christian life.

It also contains practical advice for everyday living, and most of all, it's a book about joy.

Be encouraged as Joyce teaches from Philippians chapter by chapter and guides us deeper into the word.

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

As I shared last night, I'm really trying to get people to understand the difference in just reading the Bible and studying the Bible.

There's even a difference in you studying versus hearing somebody else just

teach you the word. I can tell you, this is important, but your own personal Bible study

is actually even more important. We don't just need information coming at our heads. We need revelation. And in order

for that to happen, we must learn how to digest the word of God in a way where we're going to get

the most out of it that we possibly can. You know, if you swallow your food whole or you just

barely chew it, you don't get the nutrition

out of it. Plus, it usually gives you a bellyache because you didn't chew your food right.

Well, you can look at the Word of God the same way. As you meditate on the Word, as you ponder it,

as you think about it, it's like chewing your food. And the more you meditate and the more you ponder it as you think about it it's like chewing your food and the more you meditate

and the more you ponder the more you will see and the more you'll get out of it like just just do a little

test sometime and just take even a short chapter and actually pay attention to each word and just see how much more

you see than if you just skim over it. So I've done Ephesians, Colossians, Galatians,

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