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. Father, we thank you for the word today.

Your word is so amazing. In Psalm 107.20 says that you send your word and you heal them and deliver

them from destruction.

And so while the word is being preached today,

I pray that people that don't know you will be,

feel hungry to want to make you their Lord.

And I pray that people that are depressed,

that that depression would lift off of them.

And if there's any here that are addicted

to some kind of substance abuse, your power is in your word to break bondages off of people.

And I pray that anybody who's sick today or has pain in their body, while the word goes forth,

they will experience your healing power.

We ask it in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Now, you know, I've always been inclined to take a subject

and teach it. I'm a teacher, so it's not unlike me to do four or five messages on the same

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