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 Psalm 23, The Lord is My Shepherd.

We all have moments in life when we feel overwhelmed, times when we need direction and protection.

The psalmist David experienced these feelings, yet he also knew the one who could lead

him through life's dark valleys.

David knew that as our good shepherd, God wants to provide for us every single day.

Today Joyce takes a deeper look at David's Psalm 23, breaking it down verse by verse, revealing

the freedom we can have when we follow God's leading.

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

Yay, though, I go through the valley of the shadow of death. I will fear no evil, for you are with

me. I'm pretty busy these days trying to get people prepared for whatever may be ahead

in our lives. Hey, listen, I hope we just have nothing but prosperous, wonderful, amazing things happen in our world

until Jesus comes back, but I'm not so sure that that's going to be the case.

And I want us to be prepared and ready.

If it stays great, amen.

But if it doesn't, I want to be just as strong in that hard place as I am

on the pulpit in the good places. Amen? And we're making a mistake if we don't ask ourselves,

am I ready for that? We need to ask ourselves if we're ready, if we need to, to go through

difficulty and stay firm. Now, what sense does it make if you're ready, if we need to, to go through difficulty and stay firm.

Now, what sense does it make if you're doing the right thing,

but you're just having trouble because of it?

Well, it's just kind of part of the thing,

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