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, Keeping God First.

There is much in life that competes for our attention, but there is one who wants to be first before anything else,

and when we make Jesus the sinner, everything gets better.

Be encouraged today as Joyce shares how we can pursue God first

and grow a deep, satisfying relationship with him.

Now here's Joyce with today's teaching.

I'm teaching this weekend about keeping God first.

You wanna know the truth, I think it's probably,

possibly the most important series I've done this year. We've got to keep God in the place that rightfully belongs to him,

which is first place in our lives. Amen? The Bible says that we're to keep ourselves from idols, from anything that would occupy that first place in our lives that belongs to God.

Keep yourself away from those things.

We have to watch our lives.

We have to examine our lives and we have to make sure that we're keeping God first. You know some of the scriptures. Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness

and all these other things will be added unto you. That's an absolutely awesome scripture.

Keep God first in your money. Keep God first in your time. Keep God first in your decisions.

Now how many of you would just be a little bit honest with me tonight and say that Satan

really fights you hard when it comes to spending regular quality time with God?

Now, to be honest with you, I can go anywhere in the world that I want to, and I can ask

that question.

I can do a leadership conference.

I can do a pastor's conference.

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