Welcome to enjoying everyday life with New York Times bestselling author Joy Smire.

On today's program, Joyce will be teaching from her series Prayers that Get Answered.

When we pray, our hope is our prayers get answers.

But what happens when they don't seem to?

It can be very discouraging, causing us to doubt, and we might even ask ourselves,

did I pray right? Did God even hear me?

The truth is, God loves hearing all our prayer, and He wants us to confidently come to Him.

Believing He will do great things.

Let's be encouraged with today's teaching and discover how we can have an exciting and powerful prayer life.

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

In James chapter 4 verse 1, it says,

What causes strife? Why do fights and feuds and quarrels?

How do they originate among you?

Many many years ago when God first began to give me revelation out of James 4 1 and 2,

I can tell you, my life was full of strife, feuds, fights, and quarrels.

Now, that's not the case now, but when I saw that what leads to strife, discord, and feuds,

and how do quarrels and conflicts and fights originate among you, it had my interest.

How many of you need a lot more peace in your life than what you experience?

Have way too many fights and way too many quarrels and so much strife where you work,

and even strife in the church and strife in the home.

Strife is bickering, arguing, heated this agreement, but it's also an angry undercurrent.

And I hate that part worse than anything.

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