Welcome to 15 Minutes in the Word with New York Times best-selling author Joyce Meyer.

On today's program, Joyce will share how we can discover who God made us to be and live authentically.

God has given each of us unique talents and abilities to fulfill his purposes for our life, but we may not recognize them right away.

We may be feeling pressure to live up to

someone else's expectations, or we might be comparing ourselves to people around us. But there's

good news. God loves us just the way we are. Today, discover how to let God use all of us,

both our strengths and our weaknesses, so we can be transformed by him and used to do something

more wonderful than

we could ever dream.

Now here's Joyce with today's teaching.

You know, I've discovered that there's two tests you've got to pass regarding money.

You ready for this?

How you act when you don't have any and how you act when you don't have any, and how you act when you got a lot.

And you know, the truth is,

if you can't love God just as much when you don't have any,

you're not going to love him when you do.

You say, well, no, because money is one of the big things that can quickly take you away from God.

Money and things. So it's no wonder that God wants us to be so

deeply rooted and grounded in him. Amen? You think a big ministry like I have couldn't take me

away from God? Oh, absolutely. I remember God saying to me one day, he said, Joyce, you are so proud of yourself because you work for me.

Problem is, you don't have any time to spend time with me anymore.

And see, working far God doesn't replace being with God. And going to church doesn't replace being with God.

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